Exactly a year after Africa lost one of its greatest music legends, Hugh Masekela, his friend and fellow legendary artist from Zimbabwe, Oliver Mtukudzi, has died on January 23, 2019, after a long battle with diabetes. The 66-year-old Afro-Jazz musician’s death was confirmed by his record label, Gallo Records, in a statement saying he diedContinue reading “Tribute to Oliver Mtukudzi, legendary Zimbabwean musician who died at 66”
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Bridget “Biddy” Mason sued her slave master in a freedom suit in 1856 and won
Mississippi-born slave Bridget “Biddy” Mason filed a suit in a Los Angeles court on January 19, 1856, against her master to secure her freedom and that of her extended family. Biddy, as she was called, was born a slave in Mississippi in 1818 and was owned by slave masters in Georgia and South Carolina before she was returnedContinue reading “Bridget “Biddy” Mason sued her slave master in a freedom suit in 1856 and won”
Celebrating Komla Dumor, the iconic journalist Africa will never stop missing
It’s been five years since the world lost Africa’s finest journalist, Komla Afeke Dumor, who died on January 18, 2014, at the age of 41. The revered Ghanaian broadcaster suffered a cardiac arrest in London where he was working as the pioneer presenter of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World News programme, Focus on Africa,Continue reading “Celebrating Komla Dumor, the iconic journalist Africa will never stop missing”
The chilling details of Patrice Lumumba’s assassination and how he was dissolved in acid
Since January 17, 1961, no one has been held accountable for the brutal murder of Congo’s independence leader and first prime minister Patrice Lumumba who was shot dead with two of his ministers, Joseph Okito and Maurice Mpolo. However, all fingers point to multinational perpetrators who sanctioned the elimination of one of Africa’s bravest politiciansContinue reading “The chilling details of Patrice Lumumba’s assassination and how he was dissolved in acid”
READ: Patrice Lumumba’s most revealing letter written before his assassination
Congolese politician and first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Emery Lumumba was assassinated on this day in 1961 at the age of 36. Today marks 58 years after his death which was felt all over Africa and the world as he was filmed in captivity and manhandled by soldiers underContinue reading “READ: Patrice Lumumba’s most revealing letter written before his assassination”
Ismail Akwei 