“Did I leave you behind or did you let me go?”
Encyclopaedia Africana F
March 20, 2021
FRANTZ FANON
“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with information that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance.”
Encyclopaedia Africana F
February 27, 2021
FORBES BURNHAM
“Consensus is something you have if you cannot have agreement.”
Encyclopaedia Africana F
February 24, 2021
FRANK OCEAN
Despite opting for a more reclusive lifestyle, he has cemented his name as one of the most influential artists this century.
Encyclopaedia Africana F
February 20, 2021
FILM – DEATH OF A PANTHER: FRED HAMPTON (1970)
Closes with an excerpt of a speech by Chairman Fred, explaining why he would rather die a revolutionary than live being subjected to injustice.
Encyclopaedia Africana F
February 20, 2021
FILM: JUDAS & THE BLACK MESSIAH
It’s stellar work that will be talked about for some time.
Encyclopaedia Africana F
February 19, 2021
FRED HAMPTON
“Black people need some peace, white people need some peace, and we’re gonna have to fight, we’re gonna have to struggle, we’re gonna have to struggle relentlessly to bring about some peace, because the people that we’re asking for peace, they’re a bunch of megalomaniac warmongers and they don’t even understand what peace means.”
― Fred Hampton
Encyclopaedia Africana F
February 16, 2021
THE FOUR TOPS
The Tops’ togetherness and teamwork throughout their career remains as an example for many, matched by few.
Encyclopaedia Africana F
October 31, 2020
FUNMILAYO RANSOME KUTI
British rulers of Nigeria had hoped that Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti could be an emblem of their “benevolent imperialism”. Instead she numbered among their most feared opponents—and was popularly known as the “Lioness of Lisabi”
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Encyclopaedia Africana F
September 16, 2020
DR FRANCES CRESS WELSING
white people in America could not cohabit peacefully with their black peers, because of a deep-seated jealousy of people with melanin and their embrace of racial supremacy to accommodate these feelings.