Last night, Twitter in the UK was all over a Channel 4 documentary, “Britain’s Racist Election.” It te…
Tag: Malcolm X
Three Myths about Mandela Worth Busting
I sometimes feel Nelson Mandela is in need of rescuing, trapped in some pretty bizarre narratives that have nothing to d…
Who will make the great Thomas Sankara biopic?
Twenty-six years ago this month, Thomas Sankara was brutally murdered. His biopic is still waiting to be made. A revolut…
Marcus Garvey’s Africa
Late last year I had the opportunity to review College of William and Mary History Professor Robert Vinson’s remar…
"Before you six feet under the ground"
R&B sounds and look very different in the video and song for “Body Down” by singer Novel. (It is actuall…
When Malcolm X went to Africa
I am dipping in and out of Manning Marable’s 600 plus-page biography of Malcolm X. As Tariq Ali, correctly write…
The Life and Times of Harry Belafonte
Apart from his role in American racial and class struggles from the 1950s onwards, Harry Belafonte (now 83) played a cen…