Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
“Chattel slavery, a peculiar system of domination and exploitation was unique in the sense that, though the subjugation of one person by another has been in existence since the advent of time, it was the first time that a person would be denied human status and declared another person’s personal property. This opened the floodgates […]
KWASI KONADU The resolution passed by United Nations General Assembly on 25 March 2026 seeking recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” potentially creates a broader definition of crimes against humanity in international law and allows for restitution claims against perpetrators. The resolution could elevate the legal and moral standard […]
MIMI MEFO NEWUH A landmark UN resolution has intensified the debate over reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, with supporters arguing that recognition, apologies and structural reforms are long overdue. The United Nations General Assembly late last month adopted a landmark resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity.” It also calls […]
FERNANDO DUARTE The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western nations was “built on stolen lives and stolen labor”. Noting the “barbaric punishments that maintained control – from […]
24 March 2026 Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. Truth begins with language, with the power that words hold to shape consciousness, to shift perspective, to propel action. I therefore offer this truth as a starting point: There is no such thing as a slave. There were human beings who […]
A pioneering rapper and D.J. from the Bronx, Mr. Bambaataa was accused of child sexual abuse later in his career. JONATHAN ABRAMS & HANNAH ZIEGLER Afrika Bambaataa, the pioneering Bronx D.J. credited with shaping and defining hip-hop in the 1970s and 1980s, whose legacy was later tarnished by widespread accusations of sexual abuse, has died. […]
OPE ADETAYO Lagos taxi driver Adegbola Isaac went to the gas station twice at the end of last month. Each time, the price in the Nigerian city had climbed further and hit 1,350 naira ($0.99) per liter, a nearly 35% increase since the Iran war started. That’s wiped out most of his daily profit. “It […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo will receive third-country nationals deported from the United States under a new deal with the Trump administration, the government in Kinshasa said in a statement on Sunday, April 3. The decision was announced by the Congolese government as part of an agreement reached with Washington, after the latest talks in […]
RACHEL SAVAGE Michael Randrianirina, who sacked PM and cabinet without explanation, claims measure is to root out corruption Madagascar’s military president has said new ministers will have to pass lie detector tests to root out corrupt candidates, after he dismissed the prime minister and cabinet without explanation earlier last month. Michael Randrianirina came to power […]
KOFI AYIM The death of Amandla’s longtime editor-in -chief, Mr. Ernest Kwabena Opong, was announced on April 1 in Accra, Ghana, after a short illness. He was 77. Mr. Opong started basic education at the Abetifi Boys Primary School. He later entered high school at Oda Secondary School and continued Advanced Level studies at Opoku […]