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On this day in 2008, the world lost an extraordinary voice. Miriam Makeba wasn’t just an amazing singer, she spoke up for Africans and championed their…

All indicators show that Donald Trump is set to return to the White House for a second stint in January of next year after emerging victorious…

This week’s dash of Wednesday Wisdom comes from Assata Shakur, a prominent Black Liberation Army (BLA) figure living in exile in Cuba. This revolutionary elder reminds…

WARNING: This video contains violent scenes of the US’ war on drugs.’ On this day in 1975, Sandinista guerilla fighters in Nicaragua uncovered a covert US…

Julian Assange says he was only released after pleading guilty to ‘the crime of journalism.’ In an address to the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee…

The US has long promoted itself as a beacon of democracy and free speech. However, when WikiLeaks exposed US crimes, such as k*lling civilians, mass surveillance…

Do you remember when African Stream reposted a video earlier this year of Dr. Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9) telling a class of US university graduates that Black…

“If you bury the truth in the deepest depths of the ocean, one day it will swim its way out” – so goes an African proverb,…

In 1498, Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) took a third voyage from Spain to the Americas to further extract wealth. Looking for new routes to Asia from Europe,…

Black US voters have traditionally backed Democrat candidates for the presidency, and the 2024 election has the added factor of a possible first woman of colour…