Browsing: Africa

If you relentlessly chase self-gratification, you might end up with more than you bargained for… better to machete the coconut into bite-sized, shareable pieces (and hack…

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, it remains a stubborn myth that the North of the US was not involved in slavery. The prevailing narrative is…

On Friday, the 13th of September, outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke about African Stream at a press briefing, claiming our news outlet showcases…

As the Sahel trio of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger lead Africa’s decolonisation, some African leaders are moving in the opposite direction, surrendering our sovereignty to…

In a striking critique, Shaeed Bolsen (@shahidkbolsen on X), founder of @MiddleNation_, challenged the Western narrative of superiority based on material wealth. He noted that the…

Jack Daniel’s whiskey might sound as American as it gets, but it owes much to Africans from the Congo-Angola region – as does Brazil’s most popular…

The situation in Haiti reflects deep-seated global inequalities perpetuated by imperialist interests and systemic exploitation. Despite Haiti’s challenges being in large part due to subjugation and…

Aid organisations are generally thought of as good things. Humanity in action, as it were. But dig a little deeper, and it soon becomes clear that…

This is the story of the legendary Queen Nanny of the Maroons. An African woman born in present-day Ghana, kidnapped and sold into slavery in Jamaica,…

Mukasa Dada’s well known for his role popularising the slogan “Black Power.” He did it alongside Kwame Ture as a youth organiser in the Student Non-Violent…