The UK government has announced that it is launching an official inquiry to investigate “why people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds appear to be disproportionately affected by coronavirus.”  This follows reports that that “35% of patients in intensive care units were black or from another ethnic minority, despite people…

As the UK’s lockdown goes into it’s third strong, deaths attributed to Coronavirus/COVID-19 have now topped 10,000. (1)  While some hoped that Prime Minister Boris Johnson would be included in that number, it wasn’t to be. (2) Much of the mainstream media has acquiesced to the government’s approach, in spite…

The current times continue to extract a heavy toll from the Afrikan community: locally and globally, politically and culturally as we get to grips with news of the passing of family, friends and icons. So for this show we return to the rescheduled tribute of Dr Llaila Oleta Afrika.  He…

In a change to our advertised programme we dedicate this show in memory of two committed activists in our community who transitioned into the Ancestral Realm on this very day. The Alkebu-Lan Revivalist Movement, announce with great sadness the passing of our dear and beloved sister, Sister Nkechi Ode on…

In recent years the crisis that is engulfing our young people has seen increasing numbers of us draw for the concept of ‘Rites of Passage’.  This focus has largely been trailed on Afrikan boys/young men who lag behind their female counterparts academically (1), are by far more likely to be…