COURAGE TO RESIST: SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MALCOLM X ON THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ASSASSINATION:
“We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.” – Malcolm X The 21st of February this year marks one of the darkest moments in black resistance history in the last 50 years- the 61st anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. WHO WAS MALCOLM X? Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May […]
THE ETERNAL FLAME: A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT DR EDUARDO CHIVAMBO MONDLANE
“My brothers and sisters stand up and sing, Eduardo Mondlane is not gone Frelimo, Frelimo, your eternal flame has shown us the light of dawn” This a line from Mama Zenzile Makeba’s song, ‘Aluta Continua’. A song that she had asked her daughter, Sibongile, to write. This was after she was captivated by what she […]
IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN BLACK RESISTANCE HISTORY IN FEBRUARY
This month’s black resistence history series is particularly special as it coincides with what the black world refers to as ‘Black History Month’. February this year marks 97 years since the inception of Black History Month. Black History Month was the initiative of the black thinker, teacher, historian and scholar, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson author […]
THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE GREAT PATRICE EMERY LUMUMBA
“[T]he only thing which we wanted for our country is the right to a worthy life, to dignity without pretence, to independence without restrictions. This was never the desire of the Belgian colonialists and their Western allies…” This extract is taken from a letter that Baba Patrice Emery Lumumba wrote to his wife, shortly before […]
2025 REFLECTIONS: REALITIES OF OUR TIME
2025 was without doubt a profoundly instructive year for both our country and for the trajectory of world history. During this year, we witnessed epoch-shaping global events such as the persistence of old armed conflicts and the emergence of new ones. We have seen how emerging technologies are being increasingly used to bolster imperialism and […]
THE BLACK WORLD MARKS THE 76TH BIRTHDAY OF THE GREAT THOMAS ISIDORE NOEL SANKARA
““Our revolution is not a public- speaking tournament. Our revolution is not a battle of fine phrases. Our revolution is not simply for spouting slogans that are no more than signals used by manipulators trying to use them as catchwords, as codewords, as a foil for their own display. Our revolution is, and should continue […]
BIKO, THE EMBODIMENT OF OUR DEEPEST ASPIRATIONS
Today (18 December), the black world comes to a complete halt to mark the 79th birthday of one of the greatest Black men to ever walk the earth- Bantu Steve Biko. Even though he had only lived for three decades and had been politically active for about a decade, Biko built a monumental and enduring […]