It’s almost three years since the so-called ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests that erupted around the world in the wake of the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. (1) At the time the time there was speculation that an injection of youthful energy was poised to…

This month is the 30th anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, the case that created a “paradigm shift” on race relations in the UK. (1) As such there’ll be a range of commemorate events spearheaded by the research centre that bears his name at Leicester’s De Montfort University….

Although active before then, Bro. Ldr Mbandaka dates his entry on to Liberation Road from his first attendance at the Pan African Congress Movement Umoja-day (Sun) meeting at 25 West Green Road, Tottenham in March 1983. As energised as he was, he felt that what was lacking in the ‘conscious’…

When Alem Abay returned to his central London flat 30th June 1990, he expected to find his younger brother Mogous relaxing.  Instead, he was confronted by a scribbled note from the police informing him that his brother was dead. (1) The police version of events contends that Mogous Abay committed…

On a day globally referred to as International Women’s Day, we witnessed the cruel irony of Sis. Ngozi Fulani, founder and CEO of Sistah Space, the charity supporting Afrikan women victims of domestic violence, announce that she is temporarily stepping down from the role after receiving a torrent of abuse…