Desert Island Disc Hackney styled. Just sometimes, you get to stand beside a living legend, before sitting in conversation; In a space where you have both contributed in small but tallawah ways to its history. With a backing track from Abbysinians to Anderson.Paak. Black gold.

PATRICE LUMUMBA'S LAST LETTER TO HIS WIFE BEFORE HE DIES __ “I write these words to you without knowing if they will get to you, when they reach you, and if I will be alive when you read them. Throughout my struggle for the independence of my country, I have never doubted the

This is truly heartbreaking 💔

Did you know that today is the UN's International Day for People of African Descent? That's why we need support for the International Decade (2015-2024) to be extended to help celebrate the contributions of African people worldwide, eradicate Afriphobia & advance social justice.

Theresa May MP, whilst explaining that everyone but her was to blame for the hostile environment & #Windrush scandal, says she only understood the gravity of the problem when Lenny Henry & Prince Harry had a word. No wonder nothing's been resolved yet.

This 👇🏾 is what the racists are scared of. #BlackJoy #BlackJoy is a act of Rebellion. They don't want to see us united as one. 2 million of us came together to enjoy OUR culture. We're stronger together, that's what's got them shook 🤭 I love to see it!

Two schoolgirls from Lagos, Nigeria, have invented a water purifying device which turns contaminated water into safe drinking water. The girls won the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Nigeria for their innovation which has gained global attention.

This is the face of a man who climbed the ladder of affirmative action to his present perch of power only to help destroy the very ladder on which he ascended. This is not only the mark of deep ingratitude & disavowal of history, but a withering betrayal of justice & democracy.

Raising the bar.

Time for alignment and reset.

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Is anyone else in the same boat as me, stranded in Hamburg by British Airways who have cancelled my flight to Heathrow tomorrow morning?

Check me out.

Sometimes you just have to be patient and wait until the penny fully drops.

They engaged in their rituals while they enslaved, dehumanized & brutalized our ancestors. No amount of “gospel singing” can sanitize the atrocities of colonization

I wrote this book about the racism that ended my career as Britain's first Black female TV reporter in 1968. That painful history has made me fight racism continuously to help build a world where skin colour doesn't cause hate and division. ONE LOVE 💖💛💚

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Love these Black Princes 💜

Life has taken a lot from me. I will not dwell there. In the month of my Earthday, I chose to share that which life has gifted me. Young people like Lawrence Tijjani, are gifts of human-beingness that inspire, rejuvenate, uplift a… https://t.co/o5728I7vRQ

What is most important is how you see yourself.