Browsing: Diaspora

On this day, 20 February, in 1895, Frederick Douglass (1818-95), a leading figure in the US slavery abolition movement, died aged 77 due to either a…

Economic Freedom Fighters (@effsouthafrica) President Julius Malema urged South Africa’s government to remain resolute in the face of US President Donald Trump’s administration threatening to cut…

Delegates discussed reparations and Palestine at the African Union’s 38th summit (15-16 February). African leaders advocated for slavery and colonial reparations, calling for financial compensation, policy…

This eye-opening clip begs the question: Who does the US Congress serve, and whose interests does it protect? TikTok content creator @Jenbunny (TikTok) shared a video…

Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning African novelist Toni Morrison would have turned 94 today. Born on 18 February in 1931, she was a monumental figure in…

Today, 17 February, would have marked Huey P Newton’s 83rd birthday. A gang assassinated the Black Panther Party (BPP) co-founder after he dedicated his life to…

Amidst US President Donald Trump’s attacks on South Africa over the recently enacted Land Expropriation Act that has seen a section of Afrikaners call for US…

On this day, 16 February 1959, Fidel Castro (1926-2016) was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced US-backed dictator…

On this day, 16 February in 1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as prime minister of revolutionary Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced US-backed…

In a speech at Michigan State University on 24 January 1963, revolutionary and civil-rights activist Malcom X (1925-65) drew a distinction between field and house N*groes.…