Every proud people pay tribute to the major contributors to their history!
The legacy of Omowale Malcolm X is the manifest Garveyite-Blackprint for how today’s Black Youth can resist an environment designed for our destruction and become a Revolutionary generation, capable of transforming the world. In this knowledge we honour the Life & Legacy of OMOWALE MALCOLM X, as we declare: “FREEDOM! BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!”
This year our observance features the controversial, hard hitting ,WARRIOR SCHOLAR & Author of CONSPIRACIES: Unravelling the Assassination of Malcolm X, BABA ZAK KONDO .
BABA ZAK KONDO is the controversial author of CONSPIRACIES: Unravelling the Assassination of Malcolm X – one of the most authoritative works on the subject. His efforts have placed in the firing line, enduring numerous attacks, including deaths threats, because of his commitment to unearthing the truth about this sensative and complex aspect of our history. Not content to be just an academic, Baba Zak is a long standing activist dedicating his life to the devlopment of Education in the field of Black/Pan-Afrikan studies, inside the universities as well in the Afrikan community at large. On his first trip to the UK, Baba Zak will share in his insights on both aspects of his work, as he joins us for the OMOWALE MALCOLM X OBSERVANCES!
Baba Zak Akinwole Kondo above all values being a father, husband, grandfather, son, nephew, brother, homie, and race man. Professionally, he has been an associate professor of History at Baltimore City Community College since 2005. Previously, he spent 15 years teaching History and Black Studies at Bowie State University in Maryland, where he also founded and coordinated Pan African Studies. He has also taught at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey and Goddard College in Vermont. In addition, he spent four years advocating for adjudicated teens, taught GED students for two years and coordinated various educational programs for urban youths.
An outstanding lecturer, educator, activist and soldier, Baba Kondo is considered by many Black progressives to be a major force in the current generation of Africentrists. He is also an authority on Malcolm X and is author of one of the leading studies of his assassination. He and his family live in rural Southern Maryland.