“Let me stop you right there…” Caribbean nation Guyana is booming after discovering oil. BBC’s Stephen Sackur puts it to President President Dr Irfaan Ali; lobbyists say oil is bad for the climate. Dude wasn’t having it. Mans was ready!

Nothing beats stepping off the plane and smelling the Caribbean ( I can’t explain the smell but I’m hoping you lot get what I mean) and the heat slapping you in the face 😍

In the aftermath of horror, we need political leaders with the ability to facilitate de-escalation and peace. Instead, their thirst for war is endangering us all. My piece for the The Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Spent the most wonderful few days back in Masindi this week for the official handover conference from Redearth UK to Redearth Uganda that has been years in the making.

Whoopi Goldberg brought back the “Sister Act 2” choir to perform “Oh Happy Day” for the film’s 30th anniversary on “The View”

Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."

C. S. Lewis, just to remind you what's important this weekend

it really is so sad that the countries who contribute the least to climate change are the ones that suffer from it the most. and on top of that, because of exploitation and neo-colonialism, these countries typically lack the resources needed to mitigate the devastation

NEW: "This hurricane has put the people of Carriacou and Petite Martinique light years behind and they are expected to pull themselves up by the bootstrap on their own. This is not right, not fair and not just." - Grenada's Prime Minister Hon. Dickon Mitchell 👏🏾🇬🇩✊🏾

This is everything.

the FIRST all-Black podium in Olympic gymnastics history

I’d like to talk about my Dad. He came to England from India at age 17. He had a brutal childhood- he’s refused to talk us kids about it but part of his childhood involved living on the streets as a child in India Coming to England saved his life. Literally. He has worked -

Palestinians are not just victims. They are people with imagination, ideas, literature, poetry, music and art. We need to see and hear that as well. Watch the full film with gazasunbirds here: youtube.com/watch?v=SeTFgp…

How dare you. British slaveowners were compensated to the equivalent of near £20 BILLION in today’s money, drawing a debt that was only paid off, by taxpayers, in 2015. Gladstone’s father received one of the largest individual payouts, equivalent to £80m today. Shall I continue?

"Every Black person that you see is a walking miracle."

They’re not uncomfortable with Black history because of what it says about US they’re uncomfortable for what it says about THEM!

Perhaps the greatest, and certainly one of the most important, sporting performances of all time.

HOMMEGIRLS VOLUME 14