France owes Rwanda an apology – PLO Lumumba reacts to damning report
Renowned Kenyan professor and Pan-Africanist, Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has stated that, French government must render an apology to the people of Rwanda. “The French Government owe the People of Rwanda an unequivocal apology now that the French Commission has established their complicity in the 1994 Genocide.” He wrote on his official Facebook page. The […]
Why return artifacts, sculptures, but not the looted gold, diamonds and other resources?
The admission of outright theft of over 500 historical objects including 440 bronzes by the British and the commitment to repatriate such to Nigeria has triggered a whole different conversation. Africans worldwide have shared their views on the development; whilst some called on Berlin to include the revenue generated by those objects from the time […]
Coming 2 America is “disrespectful” and “discriminatory” towards Africa –Filmmaker blast Hollywood
Filmmaker, Leila Djansi has criticized Hollywood following the release of popular movie, “Coming 2 America” meant to be a sequel of the original 1988 movie featuring Eddie Murphy. She described coming 2 America as a movie which is propagating a narrative that is very derogatory towards Africa. In Her own words, Leila said the movie […]
How I almost got denied a US Green Card after admitting polygamy
Growing up in a Polygamy Household Growing up in West Africa, my dad has two wives whom I both love and cherish equally. Our family is big and I have 13 siblings, we all love each other as brothers and sisters. Like many other families in my country, we would all eat together as a […]
Will Biden bring back Obama-era LGBTQIA+ conditional aid policy as promised?
The question many Africans often ask is whether the newly elected President of the United States of America, Joe Biden will bring back the Obama era conditional LGBTQIA aid policy as promised during his campaign as a candidate is of concern to many people, especially Africans. During a conversation with Alphonso David, President of the […]
Aid: Africa’s Biggest Enemy – P’tibi Gomes
It is widely argued by myopic Politicians that Africa should be pumped with aid given its status as opposed to other continents. Reports indicate that the African continent is the richest yet with the world’s poorest people. Therefore, financial aid to Africa is more of a recipe looming corruption. African governments being very reliant on […]
The African way of life there is We, but the western way of life is I – George Obama
George Obama made this statement few years back when asked about his relationship with Barack Obama. The statement is a reflection of Africa’s social system which is proven to be oldest and most politically free form of socialism. Prior to contact with the Europeans, Africa had traditional value systems, based on numerous concepts that manages […]
Democracy is Not a Good Thing For Africa – Salif Keita, The Golden Voice of Africa
Prior to the arrival of European travelers and subsequently colonialism, Africa has had its own political system. Not only has colonialism created a new struggle of unending attempts by Africans to adopt an “alien” governance system, but it has also equally placed the entire continent in the exploitive end of the capitalist economic system. For decades, […]
Events in Mali threatens peace and security in West Africa – President Buhari
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has joined the many individuals, organizations and nations to condemn the current occurrence in Mali where President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s government has been overthrown by military coup. “Nigeria strongly supports the efforts of ECOWAS Chairman, President Mahamadou Issoufou, for wider regional and continental consultations with ECOWAS, the AU and […]
Gambia: They called him The ‘Accidental’ President; Three years on, did he prove critics wrong?
The Echoes Of A Betrayed People, Under An Accidental President. Before 2016 and even when he was controversially elected as the flag-bearer to head a coalition of seven parties to confront one of Africa’s most feared president at the time, Mr. Adama Barrow was a novice to the Gambia political circle. While his opponent, an […]