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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/06/kenya-security-forces-abducted-killed-protesters

RAMAPHOSA EMBARRASSES AFRICA | WE REACT

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa boarded an aeroplane to embarrass the entire continent during his 21 May meeting with his US counterpart, Donald Trump. 

Trump repeated the same tired lie centred on allegations of ‘white g*nocide’ against settler farmers in South Africa, a claim that has been repeatedly debunked, including by its alleged victims. Unfortunately, he barely got any pushback from Ramaphosa.

Join us as we break down the disastrous White House press conference, and please share your thoughts.

Soundbite credit: @AP (YouTube)

TULSA RACE MASSACRE WAS 'MILITARY-STYLE ATTACK' - U.S. JUSTICE DEPT.

Today, we honour the memory of those who lost their lives as a mob of white people murdered hundreds of Black residents 104 years ago in the US city of Tulsa in the state of Oklahoma.

In early January 2025, the US Department of Justice released a report on what is often referred to as the ‘Tulsa Race Massacre,’ calling it a ‘coordinated, military-style attack' that involved law enforcement's support.

Kristen Clarke, who served as the US assistant attorney general for civil rights (2021-25), shared the findings of an investigation into a mob of 10,000 white people k*lling as many as 300 Black people and destroying properties along 35 city blocks in the Greenwood neighbourhood of Tulsa from 31 May to 1 June in 1921.

Continued……. While false allegations of a Black teenager assaulting a white woman in an elevator sparked the massacre, many have alternatively argued the prosperous Black community drew the envy of white neighbours in a society built on racial capitalism.

The US Justice Department said none of the assailants were alive.

The repercussions of this tragedy continue to resonate through generations. In June 2024, the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the last two known survivors, Lessie Benningfield Randle, 110, and Viola Ford Fletcher, 111, who seek reparations.

A paper in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology estimated that the loss of homes, businesses, churches, public buildings, personal belongings, and cash amounted to $1.8 million in 1921 dollars, or over $200 million in 2018 dollars. 

No one has ever been held accountable or prosecuted for these heinous acts, and no Black survivors received compensation for their immense losses.

Will there ever be justice for the victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre?

Video credit: @TheJusticeDept (X)

Sources

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-results-review-and-evaluation-tulsa-race-massacre

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/tulsa-race-massacre-probe-finds-1921-horror-coordinated/story?id=117581090

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https://lawrepository.ualr.edu/faculty_scholarship/281

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-true-costs-of-the-tulsa-race-massacre-100-years-later

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajes.12225

NGUGI ON HAITI-THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH SUCH A LEADER!

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a giant of African literature whose books reflected his anti-imperialist ideology and the fight for African sovereignty. He joined the ancestors on the 28 May in the US state of Georgia. His literature, spanning six decades, challenged colonial rule in Kenya and the post-independence era that followed. Thiong’o wrote in both English and Gikuyu and was a vocal advocate for the use of indigenous languages in literature. 

In this now-resurfaced clip, Thiong’o criticises President William Ruto’s decision to deploy 1,000 Kenyan policemen to Haiti for a US-sponsored occupation.

Continued…….. He shares his disbelief and disapproval of Kenya’s decision to do so, knowing the history of Haiti as a nation and its ddestabilization by external influences. In his words, Ngũgĩ said, “I felt teary, I didn’t believe that Kenya is doing this!” During a UN general assembly in September 2023, Ruto passionately spoke about the Haiti intervention as a gesture of “Africanism”. Despite the High Court ruling the deployment as unconstitutional, Ruto defiantly sent 1000 officers to Haiti. The deployment was met with staunch opposition not only in Kenya but also from Haitians, who vehemently refused foreign intervention of any sort. 

Earlier this month, following the usual playbook of grovelling before the West, Kenya’s Foreign Minister, Musalia Mudavadi, pleaded for more funds to shore up the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti, led by Nairobi at the behest of Washington. In his argument, he says that the deployed forces are struggling to tackle escalating gang violence because of a lack of money and logistical help. Two police officers have reportedly been killed in confrontations with the gangs.

Upon the passing of Thiong’o, his family emphasized that Ngũgĩ wished for his life and work to be celebrated rather than mourned.

Rest in Power, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Video credits - @AdipoSidang

Sources

https://www.tnx.africa/newsbeat/article/2001520382/video-of-ngugi-wa-thiongo-criticising-ruto-on-police-deployment-to-haiti-resurfaces-after-authors-death

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/dominican-republic-kenya-sign-agreement-supporting-haiti-security-mission/3565545

https://icj-kenya.org/news/respect-court-decision-on-deployment-of-police-to-haiti/#:~:text=The%20deployment%20of%20the%20Kenyan,officers%20were%20to%20be%20deployed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0ql5yq167o

'TULSA RACE MASSACRE SURVIVORS DESERVE RESTITUTION'

The last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre - Viola Ford Fletcher, 111, and Lessie Benningfield Randle, 110 - are still waiting for justice more than a century after one of the worst racial crimes in the US.

In this clip, Nehemiah Frank, a descendant of victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre, reacted to the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissing a compensation claim in June 2024 on the grounds that ‘simply being connected to a historical event does not provide a person with unlimited rights to seek compensation’ under the city’s public nuisance statute. 

However, the court acknowledged the ‘grievance with the social and economic inequities created by the Tulsa Race Massacre is legitimate and worthy of merit.’

In early January 2025, the US Department of Justice released a report, calling the massacre a ‘coordinated, military-style attack' that involved law enforcement's support.

Continued……Between 31 May and 1 June in 1921, a white-supremacist mob k*lled about 300 Black people and rendered homeless thousands in Tulsa’s Greenwood District, where Black people built a thriving community starting in 1905.

While false allegations of a Black teenager assaulting a white woman in an elevator sparked the attack, many have alternatively argued the prosperous Black community drew the envy of white neighbours in a society built on racial capitalism.

A paper in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology estimated that the loss of homes, businesses, churches, public buildings, personal belongings, and cash amounted to $1.8 million in 1921 dollars, or over $200 million in 2018 dollars.

Authorities never charged anyone for the Tulsa Race Massacre, and no government or insurance company ever compensated a Black person.

A third plaintiff in the lawsuit, Hughes Van Ellis, passed away in 2023 at the age of 102.

Do you think the elderly survivors and their descendants will get justice? Let us know in the comments.

Video credit: @nehemiahdfrank

Sources

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjmm8dnxz00o

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=TU013

https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/05/13/oldest-living-survivor-tulsa-race-massacre-celebrates-her-110th-birthday/

https://www.newstalkkzrg.com/2023/10/11/youngest-known-survivor-of-tulsa-race-massacre-dies-at-102/

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajes.12225

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/roots-greenwood

CHINA: GAZA IS NOT A BARGAINING CHIP

In reiterating China's long-standing commitment to multilateralism, Guo Jiakun, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reaffirmed China's support for a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel based on the pre-1967 lines.

'Gaza is not a bargaining chip,' said Guo, invoking China's view of Palestinian statehood as a right, not a concession in the game of short-term geopolitical moves.

Continued……The remarks arrive at a time when regional actors have placed on the table bids that risk subjecting Palestinian rights to greater strategic realignments, especially following as many as 186,000 deaths between 7 October 2023 and July 2024, according to the Lancet medical journal. 

China's position is in line with international consensus in UN General Assembly resolutions that call on Israel to pull out of the occupied territory and call for an independent Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, to exist in peace within secure, recognised borders.

Video credit: Dragon TV (@ add)

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Recently, an internet trend has emerged, with people creating their versions of Mount Rushmore. However, one version stands out as particularly significant: a pan-African Mount Rushmore.
Our choices for the pan-African Mount Rushmore are Ghana's founding leader and renowned pan-Africanist, Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972); the revolutionary late Burkinabe leader, Thomas Sankara (1949-1987); and Congolese pan-African icon and independence leader, Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961).

Africa has produced many illustrious daughters and sons who dedicated their lives to advancing the pan-African cause, and it was, therefore, no easy task to choose the three finalists.

Continued……Nkrumah has earned his spot for not only leading the dismantling of the colonial stranglehold on his homeland but also for assisting other countries that were still fighting for their independence. Additionally, he played a key role in efforts to unite Africans under the banner of pan-Africanism. He was the chief architect of the Organisation of African Unity, which he believed could be used as a tool to unite Africans.

Sankara is renowned for his efforts to rid his homeland of any traces of French imperialism. He renamed the country from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, meaning ''land of upright people.' He also championed self-reliance, rejecting foreign loans.

For his part, Lumumba was the engine in the Congolese people's struggle against brutal Belgian colonialism. After independence, he made moves towards nationalising the country's natural resources. His name continues to serve as an inspiration for African people in our fight against imperialism.

Do you agree with our three? If you agree with our selection, who would you add as your fourth?

Side Note: We are aware that Mount Rushmore is located on land that belongs to the Lakota Sioux people, and its creation is deeply controversial for several reasons.

Also, we considered the idea of featuring Winnie Mandela. The only reason she wasn't included on our list was that she wasn't a head of state. Will she make yours?

Sources

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https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/patrice-lumumba-executed/

DEDAN KIMATHI IS KENYA'S FOUNDING FATHER

The British gave Kenya internal self rule on this day in 1963, before full flag independence a year later. Like many colonies, this turned out to be a sham with supposed independence merely consolidating the African colonial elite but changing little for the masses. One such case is that of one of Kenya's founders, Jomo Kenyatta.

In this video, the general secretary of Communist Party Marxist - Kenya, Brooker Omole makes the case for a different kind of founding father. Omole explains how the departure of the British was a clever ruse: first kill the revolutionary (Dedan Kimathi), then install the puppet (Jomo Kenyatta).

Omole argues that Kenyatta, owing to his privileged position was unfit to govern because he sought to assume the role of the colonial rulers rather than fundamentally change the system.

Continued……Kimathi however, was a true champion of the people and their interests, which is why he was murdered. This is why Omole hails the latter as the real founding father of Kenya.

Kimathi’s fate was similar to that of DR Congo’s Patrice Lumumba and Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara - popular revolutionary leaders assassinated in the service of the capitalist West.

Video Credit: @lynn_ngugi1

Sources

The real Jomo
https://rpublc.com/april-may-2021/legacy-of-lost-opportunities/

The life if Dedan Kimathi
https://motivation.africa/legendary-life-of-kenyas-freedom-fighter-dedan-kimathi.html

CIA murder of Lumumba
https://rielpolitik.com/2014/06/17/the-cia-murder-of-lumumba-and-the-rise-of-mobutu/

France murder of Sankara
https://africanripples.com/thomas-sankara-how-france-pulled-off-the-dirtiest-trick-to-assassinate-a-popular-reformer/