Ama Biney

On 11 March 2014 Bob Crow, leader of the National Union of Railway, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) of Britain died suddenly of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52.

What would Malcolm X make of Barack Hussein Obama if he were alive today?

Amilcar Cabral would be 90 years old on 12 September 2014 if his life had not been cruelly cut short by reactionary forces on 20 January 1973. He was 49 years old at the time and therefore 20 January 2014 marks forty one years since his brutal assassination.

Does the international community remember Haiti four years since the earthquake of 12 January 2010? In reality, the euphemism of ‘international community’ means the Western world, that is, the US, UK and Europe, and certainly not the rest of the 150 countries and more that make up the UN.

To the spirit of Mandela,

You are now canonised among other saints.

This beautification began immediately after your release from prison and whilst you shook hands with your former political enemies.

The 15 November 2013 marks 15 years since the death of Kwame Ture, formerly Stokely Carmichael. Pambazuka News marks his death with a special edition commemorating the political contribution, and thought of this notable son of Africa.

Thomas Sankara remains one of Africa’s illustrious Pan-African sons, but his thoughts and actions during his short life need to be remembered by a new generation of Africans. More importantly, in our present time, they need to be implemented to transform the lives of African people. 

The UK premiere of the film ‘Dark Girls took place on 19 September 2013 to a packed audience inside the Museum of London in central London.

In his conclusion to his seminal ‘The Wretched of the Earth,’ first published in 1961, Fanon proclaims: