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The Jamaica-headquartered University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC) has partnered with Broos Institute, a foundation in the Netherlands, to start the first fully decolonized university in the Netherlands with programs from an Afrocentric perspective.

On 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰 𝗠𝗮𝘆, we have teamed up with the 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 to organize the Dutch premiere of 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆. This groundbreaking documentary about the life of the great, if not the greatest, pan-Africanist of the early twentieth century, Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940), is screened once on […]

Almost half of people of African descent in the EU face racism and discrimination in their daily life – a rise since 2016. Racist harassment and ethnic profiling are also common, especially for young people, finds a new survey from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). FRA calls on EU countries to take urgent steps to tackle racial discrimination and harassment to ensure everybody is treated equally and with dignity.

Africa’s food and agribusiness will be worth an estimated US$1 trillion by 2030, African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr Akinwumi Adesina told participants of the World Food Prize Foundation’s Norman E. Borlaug Dialogue (https://apo-opa.info/45SJK8Q) in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday.

Amsterdam – Lemi Ghariokwu: The King of Covers, a selection of thirty designs by the Nigerian illustrator and designer, will be on display at Amsterdam-based record shop Rush Hour Store from November 1-28, 2023. The renowned artist, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, will open the exhibition himself […]