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Aimé Césaire, a Martinican poet, author, and politician, first published this foundational anti-colonial text in 1950.

🧵1/2 African folktales were once passed down through generations as community treasures. Today, many survive only through preservation efforts and digital access. 🌍 Laura Gibbs and Helen Nde are fighting to preserve African folktales before more cultural memory disappears 🕳️ From “Preserving African Folktales: Interview with Laura Gibbs and Helen Nde" by journalist Caralee Adams, part of the Vanishing Culture report for VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive. 🔗 archive.org/details/vanish…

"The San Domingo (Haiti) revolution and its success dominated the minds of Negroes in the West Indies and America for the next generation. In America, where the slaves had periodically revolted from the very beginning of slavery, San Domingo inspired a series of fresh revolts during the succeeding years." CLR James, "History of Pan-African Revolt"

Since the liberation of Cuba in 1959 from US imperialism. The USA has bombed 25 countries, invaded 13 countries and killed at least 20m people. The 'evil' Cuba has bombed no one and invaded no one. ¡Viva Cuba!

Racists killed him, and Jim Crow laws deprived him of access to a college education. Systemic and personal.

African Liberation Day is almost here! Take a look at what events BAP has coming up this weekend. Baltimore - May 22, 2026 Delaware - May 23, 2026 New York City - May 24, 2026 Atlanta- May 24, 2026

Breaking: Chicago Sky standout Azurá Stevens will make her season debut Saturday against the Minnesota Lynx barring any setbacks in the morning, she told ESPN. She'd yet to appear this season as she recovered from a bone bruise in her left knee.

The goal of the civil rights movement wasn't to be in the same spaces as white people, but to ensure Black people were treated equally and afforded equitable access to resources and opportunities. That's an ongoing effort.

Germany's Black Holocaust 1890-1945: The Untold Truth! Details Never Revealed Before by Firpo W. Carr, Ph.D. It's a historical work (first published around 2003, with later editions) that focuses on atrocities committed against Black/African people under German rule. Key points it covers: German colonial period (especially 1890s–1910s) in Southwest Africa (modern-day Namibia), where the Herero and Nama peoples faced mass killings, forced labor, and what many historians describe as the 20th century's first genocide. The book highlights early German concentration camps there decades before the Nazis. The extension of racist policies and treatment of Black people (including Black Germans, Africans in the diaspora, and others) into the Nazi era up to 1945.

When Black people are self sufficient White people burn it down

Le dernier numéro de la revue Esclavages & Post-esclavages avec un dossier thématique intitulé "Les intermédiaires dans la relation de travail servile et esclave, XVIe-début XXe siècle" et coordonné par Alessandro Stanziani est en ligne #slaveryarchive journals.openedition.org/slaveries/

Black History: An Afrocentric View by John Henrik Clarke (1973) youtu.be/PETEFY8oUPU?si… via @YouTube

Google AI got tripped up and short-circuited when I asked it about the fallacy of "white slavery."

"I must say this, if you the men of Ashanti will not go forward, then we will. I shall call upon my fellow women. We will fight the white men. We will fight till the last of us falls in the battlefields." -- Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa

It’s a star-studded matchup in Vegas this Saturday night in primetime Kelsey Plum and the @LASparks face off against reigning MVP A’ja Wilson and the @LVAces at 8 PM ET Coverage begins at 7:30 PM ET on CBS and @paramountplus

Uganda President Museveni Signs Landmark Bill To Curb Foreign Influence In Country On May 17, 2026, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed a landmark bill into law aimed at curbing foreign influence in the East African country. The Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, mandates that all individuals and groups in Uganda linked to foreign entities register with the Ugandan government as foreign agents, and declare their finances to the state – with hefty punishments for violations. The bill was and continues to be criticized by all the usual Western-aligned suspects, using the usual “human rights”, “freedom of speech” soundbite playlist. But it is telling to note how these “critics” never seem to have much to say about the Western governments they answer to, despite each and every one of these governments having similar laws in place. At a time when the West has never been more desperate to tighten its grip on Africa – having used NGOs and civil society groups as covert weapons to bend the continent to its will for decades – Africans would do well to see through this tired trick, and take a page out of Uganda’s book.

577 Black men are leaving Morehouse College today, ready to shock the world with their brilliance, leadership, and purpose. The Class of 2026 isn’t just graduating… they’re walking into history. 🎓✊🏾🔥👏

America needs to pay Black people reparations and strengthen the social safety net so that no one is homeless or without food.

Amazon is worth $2 trillion. But it didn't deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its’ trucks illegally polluted our air and forced New Yorkers to breathe in their exhaust.  
We collected every dollar they owe the people of this city — and will continue to hold them accountable. In New York, corporations are held to the same standard as everyone else.  
No company — no matter how large or powerful — is above the law.

Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old Congolese man, died after being detained by Irish security outside a department store in Dublin. Hundreds have taken to the streets to protest his death – many drawing parallels to the police murder of George Floyd.