My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
You should read Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, The Serial Killer for two reasons: the first – it’s an utterly delicious read, the kind that you…
Full circle
It was a pretty long day and as is usual for the times we are in, I had endured back to back virtual calls and…
CARICOM on the issue of reparations – correcting historical wrongs toward global restoration
The following is the verbatim communique from DAVID COMISSIONG, Ambassador to Caricom “AS MANY CARIBBEAN PEOPLE MAY BE AWARE, at the very pinnacle of the…
Will European countries ever take meaningful steps to end colonial legacies?
Centuries of European colonialism have had a tremendous impact on shaping inequities within and among countries, many of which are yet to be effectively addressed.…
The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoir, by Daisy Bates
Daisy Bates was a prominent female civil rights activist in the 1950s. Among her greatest achievements was her grassroots movement for the desegregation of schools…
Holding no punches – Seun Kuti speaks!
Willing to support the launch of Hosted in Africa, Seun Kuti, afrobeat legend in the making musician and activist, and son of legendary Fela Kuti,…
Value Exchange Africa – the Spirit of Ubuntu
Building ‘one Africa’ and uniting the plurality of peoples across the continent is a continuing ambition among Africans world wide. Although this is yet to…
AI – Authentic or Artificial? – Africa’s phase toward unification
The question is posed given the pace at which the advance of AI is travelling and the danger that this acceleration may lead to “unnatural”,…
WHY BLACK LIVES MATTER; IN AFRICA (A Kenyan Perspective) Part I
Like most cultural influences of the 21st Century, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement exploded out of the United States and took the world by…
The Time is Now!
I recently read ‘Woman at Point Zero’ by Nawal El Saadawi, based on a true story. Firdaus, a poor Egyptian girl, grows up in a…
