George The Poet 🇺🇬
@GeorgeThePoet
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📧 [email protected] | 🎙️Have You Heard George’s Podcast? | 📗 TRACK RECORD 📕 PART OF A STORY THAT STARTED BEFORE ME 📙 HAVE YOU READ GEORGE’S PODCAST?
Joined September 2009
Once upon a time, Africa was on course for revolution. What happened?. Full video up on my YouTube now: The Truth About Kwame Nkrumah.
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Ten years ago.
Another UN school blown up. Why are we standing by whilst Netanyahu rampages? #Gaza.
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To the hundreds of western journalists that follow me on here: if the imaginary 40 beheaded babies mattered, why doesn’t this?.
“We are looking for babies but there is no babies left, I killed a girl that was 12, but we’re looking for babies”. A circulating video shows an Israeli soldier bragging about killing Palestinian babies and children.
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Bro they’re bombing hospitals schools and refugee camps. What language do you need that in?.
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I’ve never been through such a long period of not having the words to describe the evil this country is perpetrating every single day.
BREAKING: The UK will temporarily pause funding to the UN's relief agency in Gaza over claims members were involved in Hamas' attack on Israel. Full story ⬇️.
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My appearance on @BBCnewsnight yesterday reminded me that racism convos are weakened by gaps in our information. Ideally, we would all leave school with a basic awareness of Britain's leading role in the oppression of black and brown people. But we're a long way from this 1/7.
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I hope you guys still accepting MBEs understand what the word “empire” means now.
What kind of country abstains on a vote to end plausible genocide?
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RIP to all who lost their lives in the Grenfell tragedy. Justice is still pending.
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The election is tomorrow. Here’s why so many of us are not voting Labour or Tory:
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These riots were started by the political and media establishment. Solidarity with everyone under attack 🙏🏾
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Sickened by the police brutality going on in Uganda right now. Praying for my people 🙏🏿.
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“If you find yourself bombing some of the poorest people in the world to defend a genocide against some of the most persecuted people in the world, you’re not the good guys” - @Lowkey0nline.
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Thank you to @BBCnewsnight @maitlis for having me. American racism is expressed in its institutions. Same here. Black ppl are twice as likely to die in police custody and no officers have ever been jailed for a death in custody. #BlackLivesMatter.
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RIP Jamal Edwards. Giving God thanks that you did what he sent you to do ❤️ So many of us owe our careers to you bro. Thank you for everything
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Dr George Mpanga 🎓 Thank you @UoLondon for awarding me Doctor of Literature 🙏🏿 Thank you to @bungatuffie for summarising my work so poetically, thanks to @benbrick for helping me reach the people, and thank you to my family and friends for all your support ❤️
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For our brothers and sisters suffering in Congo 🇨🇩
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Black innovation has created music/culture that is admired and copied around the world. What we do with this influence is up to us. I use it to promote Sociology, which is why I can offer you my podcast as a step towards the future I hope it helps 🖤 7/7.
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Happy Independence Day to all my Ugandans 🇺🇬 check out my list of Ugandans you should know!
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"It's not that bad is it?" - Racism debates remain surface-level cos by the time we're old enough to see how deeply divided we are, we're all too busy to do anything about it - busy working and building families. By this point we expect the solution to be someone else's job 2/7.
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The book that took 33 years to write: #TrackRecord is finally here. I’m lucky to have been a connecting point for so many different walks of life, and I used this book to place them all within their historic context. Hope ya like ❤️
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Thanks to @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan @BBCNews for including me in this iconic and timely display to ring in the new year. 🖤✊🏿 2020 was about starting a conversation. What will you make 2021 about? 🙏🏾.
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Expecting a solution to racism from someone somewhere is unrealistic, cos we are starting from a place of mass unawareness. Commitment to building that awareness is the first step, but is almost unreachable in a society that doesn't recognise the urgency of the problem 3/7.
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Colonial exploitation is no longer something that only happens abroad. Our limited understanding of empire allows us to be continually exploited by the ruling class. Grateful for this @channel4news interview about the themes of my new book #TrackRecord - full thing @ 7pm BST.
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🙄 I don’t hate white people, I don’t think the whole empire is pure evil, I just think rape is, and that’s what the British Empire did to my motherland. These are my feelings, you don’t have to take them on. But if you wanna learn more, here u go
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I celebrate all black professionals outside of entertainment. I recognise your power and appreciate your achievements, but ppl are reading this tweet not cos I studied at Cambridge - it's cos I learned how to rap, then became a poet, then reached TV. Black innovation is real 6/7.
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The job of reversing racism's effects falls on us. We need careers that support us in doing this. It's possible for us to plan such careers for our kids. We need to think like a government: long-term economic planning around the unique challenges and strengths of black people 4/7.
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I've always felt conflicted about promoting the Grenfell episode of my podcast. I hate that I had to write it. But today is the third anniversary of the fire and there have been no arrests. Listen, reflect, and help us push for justice 💚
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So glad to have been a part of this #ArchewellAudio holiday special from Meghan and Harry PS my fiancée is loving your words at the end 😄❤️.
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The industry offering the biggest opportunity for young black people to forge their own economic path is entertainment. Through music and film, we are able to amass international influence and economic clout - largely from our own self-made culture. This is important 5/7.
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No words! @HYHGP is the first British/European podcast to EVER win a Peabody Award! Thank you to every single person who connects with our work. We're here for the long haul. 🙏 All glory to God. @ThisisBenbrick @PeabodyAwards #PeabodyAward2020 #HaveYouHeardGeorgesPodcast #HYHGP
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Thank you guys for having me on! Thanks to all panelists and audience members too 🙏🏿 I love this country.
“It would go a long way if your government began to show a little bit of contrition and acknowledgement of the mistakes that have been made.”. @GeorgeThePoet criticises the UK government for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. #bbcqt
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“I killed a girl, she was 12, but I’m looking (to kill) a baby”
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Happy one year anniversary @MissSandraDiana. You are my safe place in a crazy world. I love you baby girl 😘 finna marry yo ass 💍❤️ Check out our exclusive engagement shoot x interview featured in @hellomag • on sale nationwide now • Issue 1669 🗞
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Love to everyone who has cried, fought and protested in the name of George Floyd over the past week. The genius of African America has repeatedly changed the world & it's heartbreaking to watch the institutional denial of basic freedoms/respect for my brothers and sisters 1/5.
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Unfortunately imperialism, racism & corruption govern our major parties…vote for change tomorrow 🗳️ (filmed & edited by @benbrick).
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You know you’ve reached the limits of the system when the news is telling you the killers are the victims
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Thanks for all the intelligent conversations around the US/UK parallels. On reflection I can see how unsettling it must be to learn that your country produces racial inequalities similar to another country that you don't identify with - esp. if you've never had to confront racism.
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Can’t believe I used to rate this guy. Gaslighting the public like the reason for the genocide is that “we” won’t talk to each other nicely, not that he and all western leaders have continuously given unconditional support to a racist, murderous, colonial project.
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To strengthen our response to racism we need to build our place in the economy. It’s ambitious but we now have the technology & historical lessons to redesign our freedom strategy. This isn't gonna happen overnight but in arts & entertainment, it's already very much underway @CNN
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Last night after a beautiful sold out show I was chilling outside my parents' house when police rolled up in that big van asking questions about my car. I answered and verified. Then they…
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Thank you guys!.
Ugandan 'George The Poet' makes history at 2020 Peabody Awards. In an unprecedented move, Have You Heard George’s podcast is the first British or European podcast to ever win the prestigious award. | #VisionUpdates
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Not a single word here is anti-Black.
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You celebrities who pretend not to know what’s happening in Palestine - you’re making your bed, and you will have to lie in it. Don’t come back around talking about any social cause ever again. You’re not real. Stick to posting your selfies and accept what you’ve become.
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Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of Richard Okorogheye ❤️😔.
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This month marks 63 years since the US government sent Louis Armstrong on a tour of Africa. The CIA used this tour as a cover for the re-colonisation of Congo 🇨🇩 hear the full story on my new episode of #HaveYouHeardGeorgesPodcast
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Valentines Day in Uganda? You need to visit @ForestKibale 🇺🇬 it’s crazy how so many of us never see this side of our beautiful country. Chimpanzees, lakes, hot springs…trust me
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In the West Bank (not Gaza) Israeli forces just killed 2 children, a teacher, a surgeon on their way to treat patients in a hospital and about 5 more Palestinians - all civilians who they described as “terrorists”
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Topboy, Rap Game, Stormzy ur generation could never.
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Pathetic. £2.5 billion on more prison spaces, more police, more stop and search. And when it comes to proactively reaching endangered young people you slap some stupid stories on chicken boxes. You people are pathetic.
We are rolling out our #KnifeFree chicken boxes in over 210 chicken shops in England and Wales, including Morley’s, Dixy Chicken and Chicken Cottage. They use real life stories to show people how they can go #KnifeFree.
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Thank you to @rkabushenga and everyone who joined us for #360Mentor!! If you would like to share your thoughts with me please visit 🙏🏿🖤💛❤️🇺🇬
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It's out!! #HaveYouHeardGeorgesPodcast.Chapter 2!! I love this project like nothing I’ve done before and I’m grateful for all the amazing people in the BBC and in my circle who have got us here. Hope you love this like I do. ❤️ @thisisbenbrick @bbcsounds
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This is insane. The aid workers were killed by a British-made drone. Add that to all the evidence @kennardmatt and @declassifiedUK have uncovered of the UK supporting the IDF through their Cyprus base
The 7 aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza, which included three Britons, were hit by a Hermes 450 drone strike manufactured by Elbit Systems. The Hermes 450 is powered by a UK-made R902(W) Wankel engine, produced by Elbit subsidiary UAV Engines Limited in the UK.
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Julian Cole. Say his name. "In 2018 three police officers were sacked for lying in relation to the incident".
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Uganda’s poetry scene is world class. I love you guys. Thank you so much for showing up ❤️.
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People come to Britain in boats because they are desperate. Criminalising that desperation is evil.
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Israel will not exhaust our compassion. Every time they commit a new atrocity that no one thought was possible, the people of the world respond in solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸.
The deaf community in Melbourne, Australia, demand a ceasefire for Gaza during a rally.
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Thanks again the birthday wishes! Praise God for 30yrs of love and lessons 🙏🏿 I admit I’m distracted by #UgandanElections today. As the country deals with an internet shutdown, my new short film offers a diaspora perspective . 🇺🇬 #BLACKYELLOWRED
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Swear down @theRSAorg is hosting a fundraiser for Israel with racist genocide mascot Tzipi Hotovely and Isaac Herzog? Wonder why they kept it quiet. @theRSAorg you better unfollow me and not contact me for anything again.
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12,000 is a lot of anything. But murdered children? . 12,000 murdered children =. 60/70/80,000 years of live unlived. 100,000 family members in mourning, if alive. X,000 future families that will never exist. All in 11 weeks.
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Overseas collaborations keep the diaspora connected to the motherland 🇺🇬 Here’s how my team and I worked with Ugandan cartoonist @chrisatuk for Chapter 3 of @HYHGP
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The Western ruling class is not “the world”. THEY chose colonialism as a business model, not the world. THEY are behind this genocide, not the world. This doesn’t excuse us from the duty of standing up for 🇵🇸 but don’t accept the lie that “the world” turned its back on Gaza.
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2020 was full of surprises, this was by far the best ❤️ . Warmest thanks to Petra, Jessle and Birungi for helping me put together the perfect proposal for @misssandradiana. Praise to the Most High for bringing us this far 🙏🏿 & more blessings to you all for the New Year
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I believe black people can most effectively unite against racism through long-term economic planning around the arts. In my new article for @TIME I explain why
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5 years since the fire, no accountability, just power protecting money. Don’t accept their “thoughts”, we need justice 💚.
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It can be tempting to do DIY analysis using your personal experience, but this can't give you a historical or national perspective. I encourage you to read #Natives by @akalamusic and #WhyImNoLongerTalkingAboutRace by Reni Eddo-Lodge (@renireni).
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Any poor country that knows its worth is getting pressured into accepting presidents that allow foreign investors to own its turf. Meanwhile rich countries make rules they don’t observe.
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I can’t stop smiling. Thank you!.
@GeorgeThePoet the year 6’s decided to study you for black history month. Here is some of their work. Would love if you could check it out :)
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So many of you are just deep fried racists. In your head, the loss of Israeli life on 7th Oct holds weight that 75 years of ethnic cleansing never will.
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Damn 💔 RIP Benjamin Zephaniah ✊🏾That man gave us the words to speak our truth! An actual poet. You will be sorely missed Uncle 🖤🪽.
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We can’t make racism disappear but we can make it irrelevant. For black people this means control of our economic future. Why not start with our clear advantage in arts, sports & culture?
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Given that Britain hasn’t faced a threat in a long time.And given that most people don’t want a war,.Let’s pivot to diplomacy and spend the war budget on.Everything we’re being told there’s no money for.
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Israel has the support of the world’s most powerful countries in bombing the world’s most vulnerable people, to the extent that police in those countries are suppressing support for Palestine. And you’re still tweeting about the threat of Hamas?.
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Racism isn't a study or a report or a set of statistics, it's the lived experience of historical power imbalances.
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Throwback to @Channel4's #WaystoChangetheWorld. Going to be sitting down with @krishgm again tomorrow at 6pm. Make sure you tune in for this one. 🙏🏾
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To any zionists having 2nd thoughts, it’s not too late. 1% of Gaza’s population has been wiped out, with your consent. Withdraw that consent. There is nothing special about your brand of colonialism - murder is murder.
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7k+ Palestinians killed in 3wks & these psycho western leaders send more arms 2 Israel while acting sad about the death & refusing 2 call for a ceasefire. Everyone too scared 2 speak up - what’s ur plan? Speak once the last Palestinian’s dead? Wait til ur leaders r less psycho?.
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Thank you for capturing and thanks to @BrentHarrowPSC for this opportunity to show solidarity with the Palestinian people ❤️🇵🇸.
Moving words by @GeorgeThePoet today @BrentHarrowPSC. Thank you. "Resist normalising this genocide. It's important that we allow ourselves to feel that disgust in our stomachs. Shed a tear for Palestine when it hits you. Allow yourself to cry. to have a day of depression."
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Scum.
Keir Starmer is asked about his "red lines" - use of white phosphorus, collective punishment, bombing safe routes? . He doesn't list any and refers to Israel's "right to self defence", emphasising the need for humanitarian aid.
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They will not exhaust us! They will not normalise this bloodshed! . Join the national march tomorrow 👊🏾🇵🇸
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Black people, unite. The genius of @GeorgeThePoet . The craft of @lianafilms. Our film, tonight @channel4 19:55. @milkandhoneyprd @pilkington_lucy @sachamirzoeff.@birdydan
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The movement is simple: black lives matter. You entered this thread to deny police brutality and discredit black voices. Please keep my name out of your misinformation.
@CocoKiia @StillJustCJ @sthenes @DreaOcean @C0mplexSocieTY8 It was from George the Poet lol, which was broadcasted on the BBC. It raised a lot of attention because of the scrutiny it received for being incredibly false and misleading, which in turn led to him correcting his error. If you want the real figures, they are on gov websites.
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