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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death of sungura legend Leonard Dembo.  He died in 1996.  Dembo’s real name was Leonard Tazvivinga as opposed to Kwangwari Gwaindepi as is widely reported.  In fact, Kwangwari Gwaindepi was his grandfather and that...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the US, was asked by one African- American woman from Harlem what plans he had for a free South Africa since all newly independent African countries never seemed to have the...

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The Wu-Tang Clan: Part Two …another black rap activist falls victim to US police

THE self-esteem of blacks who listened to the informative and empowering lyrics of the...

The Wu-Tang Clan: Part One

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Tupac Amaru Shakur: Part Three..…remembered as a martyr and hero to blacks

SURROUNDED by secret agents who were corrupt and gang-affiliated, Tupac Amaru Shakur would see...

Tupac Amaru Shakur: Part Two..…how he survived legal and gun battles

GANG violence among blacks in the post-Black Panther period was mostly a construct of...

Tupac Amaru Shakur: Part One

IN the Black Panther series, we looked at an ex-Vietnam war veteran called Elmer...

The Black Panther Party: Part Four..…cocaine as a weapon to destroy Panthers

BY 1976, the Black Panther Party had been destroyed by way of shootouts with...

The Black Panther Party: Part Three..…divide and rule tactic weakens party

SHORTLY before the UCLA Campbell Hall shootings, Eldridge Cleaver left the US amid the...

The Black Panther Party: Part Two

BLACK Panther Party activity began in 1966 with efforts by 23-year-old Huey Newton and...

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The Black Panther Party: Part One..…aimed at establishing a united front of blacks across US

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The Israelites of Ethiopia: Part Three

STARTING in November of 1984, 35 flights went to Sudan from Israel over a...

The Israelites of Ethiopia: Part Two.…how Ethiopian Israelites lost their identity

THE Ethiopian Israelites initially observed the ways of the biblical Israelites. They had a...

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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the...

Second Republic walks the talk on sport

By Lovemore Boora  THE Second Republic has thrown its weight behind the Sport and Recreation...

What is ‘truth’?: Part Three . . . can there still be salvation for Africans 

By Nthungo YaAfrika  TRUTH takes no prisoners.  Truth is bitter and undemocratic.  Truth has no feelings, is...