We reflect on the recently ended Afrika Liberation Day (ALD) season to assess where the liberation agenda is at.  Some of the recurring themes at the events attended by Afrika Speaks in London and Birmingham included the recognition of the centrality of Afrikan spirituality and culture as a foundation of…

After attending the successful Africa Liberation Day (ALD) event organised by the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) along with PASCF and in Collaboration with Sounds Systems Outernational in London on Saturday May 25th, Afrika Speaks broadcasts live from day two the Pan-African Congress Movement (PACM) ALD event in Birmingham. A…

When the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) established Afrika Liberation Day (ALD) in 1963 it was fuelled by the Pan-Afrikanist vision as articulated by the likes of Osgayefo Kwame Nkrumah and H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie. (1)  However, successive governments more or less retreated into ‘continentalism’ where the colonial borders became…

For serious activists liberation is a life and death issue.  However, an increasing body of evidence shows that bringing forth life is a precarious endeavour for Afrikan women.  According to the UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths the chance of death from complications surrounding pregnancy and childbirth is 40 per…

It’s Afrika Liberation Month. In May 1963, the then thirty-two independent heads of government met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to establish the Organisation of Afrikan Unity, largely under the inspiration of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie I and Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. They designated the 25th of that month…