Why I run
My name is Feyisa Lilesa. I am an exiled marathon runner from Ethiopia. I have not been back to my…
Political and Social Commentary
Malcolm X in the 21st century
The revolutionary pan-Africanist would have been 92 years this week. His struggles for the liberation of Black people from imperialism…
Africans Uniting and Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity
We are determined to foster an Africa-wide solidarity and unity of purpose of the Peoples of Africa to build the…
How African Muslims Civilized Spain
Four hundred and eight years ago today King Phillip III of Spain signed an order, which was one of the…
Occupy Laikipia! Kenya’s indigenous people must liberate their land
A mzungu on horseback was killed in Kenya last week. (Mzungu is the Swahili word for a white person.) Tristan…
I Am Not A Failed Dream: Spoken Word Artists in Contemporary Nigeria
This is the opening of Valentine Onyeka Ogunaka’s documentary, I’m not a failed dream… a personal journey about being a…