Opinion
THE PROMISE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD How Europe Made a Habit of Removing Africa’s Most Promising Leaders and What Patrice Lumumba Proves
Patrice Lumumba's murder is often told as an isolated tragedy: one brilliant, hot-headed young Prime Minister crushed by Cold War...
THEY CALLED IT DISCOVERY. WE CALLED IT HOME: THE RECEIPTS BEHIND PLO LUMUMBA’S AFRICA
PLO Lumumba, the Kenyan lawyer and Pan-African orator, has told a version of Africa's history that many Western textbooks still...
AFRICA MUST NEVER FORGET: THE HISTORICAL COST OF SLAVERY, COLONIALISM, AND APARTHEID
Introduction Africa stands today as a continent of immense potential, rich cultural heritage, and extraordinary resilience. Yet no honest discussion...
You Can Reject Africa, But You Can’t Rewrite History: Why the ‘I’m Not African’ Debate Misses the Point
When American rapper Cam'ron bluntly declared during a discussion that he was not African and had no connection to Africa,...
Defining Development: How PLO Lumumba Revives Nyerere’s Warning Against Measuring Progress by Skyscrapers
The Development Question Africa Cannot Escape In the race to modernise, nations often become obsessed with visible signs of progress....
Africa’s Vision Deficit: Awakening the Continent from Its Short-Term Slumber
Africa stands on a mountain of wealth, human, natural, and spiritual, yet it remains grounded by one of the most...
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