A Pan African Human Rights Organisation challenging the misrepresentation of African people, culture and history in the British media.
Play: Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman
11 June 2009
Nigeria, 1943. The King is dead, and tonight his Horseman must escort him to the Ancestors.
24 April 2009
Again We’ll Rise: A collection of quotations and statements is a guide to self knowledge and transformation. It is based on ancient history, to promote self knowledge, self acceptance and self belief.
Poetry: Snapshots of Science (Part Two)
12 April 2009
The second chapter in Amen Noir’s Snapshots of Science series opens with an introduction by Lez Henry taking the role of master of ceremonies and setting the tone for what is to come.
Book: Introduction to Neo-Colonialism
09 April 2009
Uncle Tom holds the reigns for Uncle Sam
Play: The Hounding of David Oluwale
25 March 2009
I’ve just came back from watching the superb play, The Hounding of David Oluwale based on the book by Kesper Aspden and I still find it difficult to talk let alone write about it. I’m not sure whether it’s because I feel uncomfortable about not knowing much about this tragic but important piece of history or am just angry that many of the issues that occurred several decades ago leading to the murder of an innocent man are still current issues affecting the descendants of African immigrants living in Britain today.
14 January 2009
Osiris Rising, Armahs’s sixth novel, is structured after Africa’s oldest narrative, the Isis-Osiris myth cycle. It follows the journey of Ast, an African American scholar who travels to Africa in search for purpose and love and finds her home in a quiet community working to bring the continent’s people back together.
14 January 2009
In his book Ritual: Power, Healing and community, Malidoma Some explores the essential role ritual plays in maintaining community and examines common structures and themes relevant to all.
24 September 2008
Misrule in the Land of Nod
Music: Rassie Ai - Return to Life
24 September 2008
African Roots CD
Mag: Sable Issue 12 – Black British Perspective
25 July 2008
Exploring the notion of the “foreigness in Britishness” through the works of African British writers and their challenge of ‘urban’ identity.
Book: Three Continents, One History
25 July 2008
An authoritative examination of the history and links between Birmingham, the Caribbean and the enslavement of African people.
Music: Ledisi - Lost and Found
24 May 2008
Neo Soul CD
17 May 2008
A play by Richard Nyeila about enslavement, rape, resistance and freedom.
Book: Parables of Milk and Might
11 May 2008
Development Political Satire by Author RAN
11 May 2008
Neo Soul CD
16 January 2008
An authentic and challenging piece of drama that through the provocative use of culturally accessible African British stereotypes successfully addresses issues affecting both Africans from the continent and those in the Diaspora. By Kwame Kwei-Armah.
11 March 2007
Channel 4's cynical and offensive attempt to present a revisionist verison of history that blames Africans for the Maafa
05 July 2006
On the surface, Shoot the Messenger (initially titled F*ck ‘black’ people) is the tale of one man’s journey to blame his entire community for his own misfortunes after the misguided actions of a few. However, just beneath the surface of this superficial evaluation lies the compromised vision of both the author, Sharon Foster and lead actor, David Oyelowo which reveals that the purpose of the comedy drama is to deny the persistent pernicious nature of British racism by characterising the African community in the UK as apathetic, steeped in a blame culture and whose only method of empowerment is to play the ‘race card’ and ‘blame slavery’.
26 May 2006
African identity, "black" identity and the British media (Diane Abbott)
Divide and Rule - Part 2 (The Politics Show)
21 May 2006
African identity, "black" identity and the British media (Lola Ayonrinde)
