#Zimbabwe

'Many Zimbabweans had hoped that last year's general election might bring a change of leadership and a reason to stay. But the re-election of Mnangagwa ... has sealed their fate.'

thetimes.co.uk/article/the-on… Jane Flanagan

Well-written, well said description of where Caribbean countries stand as we wait for reparations from those who pretend to be deaf and blind.
Caribbean leaders need to stop taking it on the chin and unite to defy condescending west | Kenneth Mohammed theguardian.com/global-develop…

30 years ago, I reported on the Rwandan genocide as the world stood by. Afterwards, governments made another promise of 'never again'. Now they are failing Gaza. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… BBC interview with Sikhala. Is change possible in Zimbabwe?

tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-ra… At one point he became a student at SOAS to study African languages. He found the cultural scene in London a great relief after the racism of the US, in much the same way as Miles Davis found relief in the philosophical circles of Paris.

'Kagame's message varies dramatically depending on whether he is speaking English or Kinyarwanda ... he needs relations between Hutus and Tutsis to remain toxic, poisoned by mutual suspicion, because that's the foundation on which his rule is premised.'

spectator.co.uk/article/the-tr…

Senegals amazing democratic turnaround.

How Bassirou Diomaye Faye won the presidency, what it means for democracy in Africa, and the risks for the future …

Out now with the BBC.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…

Marvin’s Last Protest
link.medium.com/MjTqEfRNzIb

' The Most Dangerous Negro in America ': Rhetoric, Race and the Prophetic Pessimism of Martin Luther King Jr #MLK academia.edu/36754366/_The_…

“These songs were not simply emotional responses to loss, but really an important intellectual response — the way that Blackness thinks life, through death.” medium.com/@tnimixtape/we…

Delighted to read a sharply-written piece on the new Beyonce album by Yasmin Williams whose Urban Driftwood is one of the finest and most wilful albums i've heard in years.
theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

New in PN: Manufacturing discontent — how Republicans and right-wing media weaponize white rural rage publicnotice.co/p/white-maga-r…

'For the sake of all of us, Sonia Sotomayor needs to retire from the US supreme court.'

One of the hardest pieces I've written for a while.
Please do actually read it, & follow the argument, before you respond in anger or shock:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Marvin Gaye: Never-before heard music resurfaces in Belgium
bbc.com/news/world-eur…

Last night music, film icon @Cher was honored at the third-annual The Equal Justice Awards ceremony and shared some touching words about her remembrance of #TrayvonMartin . Thank you, Cher for your continued support and advocacy for equal justice!

Very interesting read. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

2023/2024: Dr Cornel West - 'A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane' ed.ac.uk/arts-humanitie…

Reading helps. #HueyNewton #whatsurvival means Taona Denhere #Zimbabwe

jacobin.com/2024/03/greece…

A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth: is there a right way to remember slavery? theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/…