As the United Kingdom deals with the life out of the European Union (EU) known as Brexit they need new markets and the plan is to go back to old faithful Africans. The British Commonwealth was started as an extension of the…
There is an assumption among Africans that the reason that our continent was taken over was because our for bearers did not have superior weapons. It is certainly true because the British often expansively bragged “We have the maxim gun and they…
I will always prick their consciences and I will always remind them of the painful past they want us to forget, I will always be that person who makes their consciences when they want to pretend that everything is fine, South Africa…
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is due to take place on 19 May, 2018 at Windsor Castle in England. The groom, Prince Harry, is a member of the British royal family. The bride, Meghan Markle, is a former American…
European settlers forcibly moved into the Kenyan highlands in large numbers after the completion of the Uganda railway in 1902. The land they occupied belonged to the Kikuyu and Kamba.
The European settlers claimed that the land was not being used to its…
The Black Panther movie was released a few weeks ago and has since grossed over a billion dollars at the Box Office. It was not surprising that many people found the movie to be uplifting. However, there were some things that were…
The already large racial wealth gap between white and black American households in America grew even wider after the Great Recession of 2007-2009. A new report from the Center for American Progress finds that the racial gap in wealth is widening. The…
One of the leading early feminist voices once remarked,
“The nuclear family must be destroyed… Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of families now is an objectively revolutionary process.” Linda Gordon Historian & leading feminist voice.
However, a study by researchers at New York…
James McCune Smith
James McCune Smith (1813-1865) was the first African American to obtain a medical degree, prominent abolitionist and suffragist, compassionate physician, prolific writer, and public intellectual has been relatively neglected by historians of medicine. A native of New York, Dr.…