Following the release of a damning report of systemic anti-Black racism within the Peel District School Board (PDSB), Ontario’s Education Minister Stephen Lecce issued 27 directives on March 13, 2020 that were to be implemented by the organization under strict timelines. In a news release, the Ministry of Education stated that these directives to the […]
As we enter into 2020, as a community, let’s reflect on few things. Life is short but we can make it count for something bigger than ourselves. Something that will outlive us. Something the prosperity will remember you for. What is man o Lord that you’re so mindful of? You were created for something greater […]
By Godlove Ngwafusi, Atonaa Media Group Crisis in Cameroon (while the Canadians party on like rock stars) The Canadian Connection, eh? Genocide! Rwanda 2.0 has been simmering in Cameroon / Cameroun for years and counting. But hey, who’s counting? As long as there are a few bucks to be made, jobs to be created in […]
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The present publication provides an overview of the types of racial profiling experienced by people of African descent, the applicable international legal framework, actions taken by international human rights mechanisms and documented examples of good practices for addressing racial profiling. PreventRacialProfiling EN
THE UNITED STATES, A NATION ADDICTED TO PUNISHMENT AND CAGES, IS THE NUMBER ONE JAILER IN THE WORLD, SOMETHING THAT PRESSLEY IS SEEKING TO CHANGE. BY KIRSTEN WEST SAVALI · NOVEMBER 15, 2019 Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass), unveiled a sweeping criminal justice reform resolution on Thursday that could begin dismantling a racist system that disproportionately targets, incarcerates, and […]
“Dr. King was one of the moral giants of the 20th century. He devoted his life to equality, justice, and non-violent social change,” said the UN chief in a statement attributable to his spokesperson. “Decades after his death, he continues to inspire all those around the world who are struggling for human rights and human […]
It’s Sunday night at Aba House, an open-air bar in Lomé, Togo’s capital, and stylish young men and women in modern African dress fill the dance floor as the bass guitarist pumps up the tempo. Powerful! Soulful! The lyrics are in Mina, a local language in southern Togo and parts of neighboring Benin, but the […]
In the heart of Accra, Ghana’s capital, just a few meters from the United States embassy, lie the tombs of W. E. B. Du Bois, a great African-American civil rights leader, and his wife, Shirley. The founder of the US-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People moved to Accra in 1961, settling in […]
For centuries, unfinished materials for clothing manufacture—silk, cotton, hides—have been sold and shipped from Africa to the fashion capitals of the West, such as London, Paris and New York. In return, a small number of ready-to-wear clothes, cheap shoes and secondhand garments head back to Africa—at vastly marked-up prices or as charity donations. Now an […]
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