The issue of Educationally Subnormal (ESN) or ‘Special’ schools as highlighted by Lyttanya Shannon’s 2021 documentary, as well as an Afrika Speaks show last year is back in the news amid the launch of a new campaign. (1) The launch took place on March 1st in a packed Committee Room…

Recent press reports have revealed that: “The family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X marked on Tuesday the anniversary of his 1965 assassination by announcing plans to sue agencies including the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role…

We continue our exploration of the legacy of the Eminent Prophet Omowale Malcolm X as we strive to discern his true legacy and the extent to which we are able to extend, if not complete it. Throughout his activist career Malcolm X put defence of family and community at a…

Fifty-eight years ago this month, the Eminent Prophet Omowale Malcolm X made the ultimate sacrifice being gunned down in a shower of assassins’ bullets while preparing to outline the programme of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), the latest phase of his evolving revolutionary trajectory.  But physical death has been…

By now most people have heard of the case of Tyre Nichols the twenty-nine year-old Memphian beaten to death by five police officers, aided by the negligence of emergency workers at the scene. (1)  But there are some who are refusing to watch citing its broadcast as “exploiting Black trauma.”…