Donald Trump is set to return to the White House after a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on November 5th 2024. (1) In spite of running against a Black candidate hoping to reverse a trend of the Democratic Party shedding Black voters and even though they received eighty…
Category: Afrika Speaks
Weekly synopsis of Afrika Speaks with Alkebu-Lan Radio Shows.
We continue our discussion on men’s health in light of the event Black Men United: Let’s reason about football, fatherhood and health, that took place on November 23rd. (1) For some it might seem like a curious mix but given that Afrikan people over sixteen reportedly have among the highest…
November is a month when there is heightened focus on men’s health. (1) This is an issue that is particularly acute in the Afrikan community and arguably most severely in the area of mental health. (2) Afrikan people in the UK are nearly five times more likely to be sectioned…
On November 2024 Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch (née Adegoke) made history by becoming the first Afrikan (Black) person the lead a major political party in the UK voted for by party members. She now sits as the Leader of the Opposition for the Conservative and Unionist Party. It caps a meteoric…
Looking at the UK media one might be forgiven for thinking in the recent trial involving police officer Martyn Blake it was twenty-four year-old expectant father and aspiring architect Chris Kaba that was on trial, such has been the “merciless autopsy” on his life since the 21st October verdict in…