April 10-12th was 45th anniversary of the Brixton Uprising. For many it was the inevitable outcome the state sponsored kindling it was igniting under the political tinder-box that had seen government antagonism towards the Black People’s Day Of Action a month earlier as well their indifference to the New Cross…

In February this year a “School Wars” meme circulated on social media, purporting to divide local schools into red and blue teams and exhorting violence against their rivals on the proverbial field of battle brandishing rulers, compasses, protractors and metal combs as weapons of choice. Schools were on high alert,…

On March 25th two-thirds of the United Nations(U.N.) General Assembly voted to pass resolution A/80/L.48, Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity. (1) The countries from Afrika, the Caribbean, and most of South America and Asia voted in…

Following on from what we have done with Mosiah, we have reclaimed the second month of the year as Ọmọ́wálé, in honour of the life and legacy of Ọmọ́wálé Malcolm X. (1) It is clear that his “stature and cultural legacy have only grown since his death” in 1965 where…

October is Black History Month in the UK and it that even in its 38th year it is still misunderstood by those who remaain patently unware of it’s origins: “By the designation of October as Black History Month it is our expectation that “Africa’s ideals”, shall forever be manifested in…