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BEHEADED BY THE BRITISH
King Charles is in Kenya, but won’t apologise for the many crimes committed there in his family’s name.
In the Rift Valley, as the British were constructing a railway to Uganda, they met stiff resistance from the Nandi community, led by Orkoiyot (chief) Koitalel Arap Samoei. They sprang a trap for him - inviting him to negotiations, only to kill and behead him when he came. His head was sent to London as a trophy.
His people have not forgotten, nor forgiven. As calls for a reckoning from other quarters of the independence struggle overshadow King Charles’ visit, Koitalel’s descendants too are calling for compensation and the return of his skull.
Britain is not willing to go that far, not even an apology. For now, the king says he feels regret - but claims there’s nothing he can do to change the past.
Do you think there’s nothing he can do?
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King Charles is in Kenya, but won’t apologise for the many crimes committed there in his family’s name.
In the Rift Valley, as the British were constructing a railway to Uganda, they met stiff resistance from the Nandi community, led by Orkoiyot (chief) Koitalel Arap Samoei. They sprang a trap for him - inviting him to negotiations, only to kill and behead him when he came. His head was sent to London as a trophy.
His people have not forgotten, nor forgiven. As calls for a reckoning from other quarters of the independence struggle overshadow King Charles’ visit, Koitalel’s descendants too are calling for compensation and the return of his skull.
Britain is not willing to go that far, not even an apology. For now, the king says he feels regret - but claims there’s nothing he can do to change the past.
Do you think there’s nothing he can do?
Hear Us Roar: https://t.me/AfricanStream
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MONEY FOR ISRAEL, NOTHING FOR AFRICANS
Why does the United States give so much money to Israel while refusing to pay reparations to African people? The answer is simple: Supporting Israel advances US imperial interests, but the same cannot be said about reparations. African people kidnapped and trafficked to the United States during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (real name European slave) were not brought over to be made citizens. They were meant to be exploited. Time and time again. It's hard to put a figure on how much is owed on generations of exploitation, enslavement, and other impacts of white supremacy that Africans in the United States have survived.
Why does the United States give so much money to Israel while refusing to pay reparations to African people? The answer is simple: Supporting Israel advances US imperial interests, but the same cannot be said about reparations. African people kidnapped and trafficked to the United States during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (real name European slave) were not brought over to be made citizens. They were meant to be exploited. Time and time again. It's hard to put a figure on how much is owed on generations of exploitation, enslavement, and other impacts of white supremacy that Africans in the United States have survived.
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Continued….On the other hand, the US relationship with Israel is quite different. Both are settler colonies that became states through the continual encroachment, annexation and ethnic cleansing of indigenous people's lands. Because of this shared history, they have a natural affinity so that the United States can rely on Israel as a strategic ally located at the crossroads of Africa and Asia.
In 2021, Bishop Talbert Swan, president of a local chapter in the US state of Vermont of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), spoke about reparations as money owed to Africans in the United States.
Let us know what you think about reparations.
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In 2021, Bishop Talbert Swan, president of a local chapter in the US state of Vermont of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), spoke about reparations as money owed to Africans in the United States.
Let us know what you think about reparations.
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COLONIAL HANGINGS CAST SHADOW ON KING'S VISIT
90,000 executed, tortured, abused, maimed or detained under inhuman conditions - this is Britain's colonial legacy during the State of Emergency in Kenya (declared in 1952 in response to the growing Mau-Mau rebellion).
African Stream’s Brenda Mwai digs deeper into this dark past and uncovers the courage of Kenya's freedom fighters, who gave their lives for their beloved land.
As Kenyans celebrate their heroes 60 years on, they are demanding a formal apology from visiting King Charles III for the atrocities committed by British colonial authorities.
Back in 2013, the British government offered a token £19.9 million in compensation to 5,228 elderly victims but stopped short of a full formal apology. Will His Majesty have the courage to close this bitter chapter by atoning for imperial crimes through an official apology?
Join the conversation and share your thoughts on the royal visit to Kenya.
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90,000 executed, tortured, abused, maimed or detained under inhuman conditions - this is Britain's colonial legacy during the State of Emergency in Kenya (declared in 1952 in response to the growing Mau-Mau rebellion).
African Stream’s Brenda Mwai digs deeper into this dark past and uncovers the courage of Kenya's freedom fighters, who gave their lives for their beloved land.
As Kenyans celebrate their heroes 60 years on, they are demanding a formal apology from visiting King Charles III for the atrocities committed by British colonial authorities.
Back in 2013, the British government offered a token £19.9 million in compensation to 5,228 elderly victims but stopped short of a full formal apology. Will His Majesty have the courage to close this bitter chapter by atoning for imperial crimes through an official apology?
Join the conversation and share your thoughts on the royal visit to Kenya.
Hear Us Roar: https://t.me/AfricanStream
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SLAVE-TRADE KINGS: A ROYAL BUSINESS
King Charles of England is on a four day visit to Kenya at the invitation of President Ruto. Aside from heading the country that dispossessed and killed countless Kenyans in the 20th century, his family actively participated in the slave trade. Just to paint the picture, he inherited $500 million dollars upon his mother’s death, and a significant portion of that is proceeds from the enslavement of Africans. It goes deeper, as the king’s ancestors directly used slave labour.
He is a descendant of Edward Porteus, a 17th-century tobacco plantation owner in Virginia, who received a shipment of at least 200 enslaved people from the Royal African Company in 1686. The Royal African Company (RAC) was a British trading company established in 1672 during the reign of King Charles II of England. It held a monopoly on English trade with West Africa for the transportation of enslaved Africans, gold, and other commodities.
King Charles of England is on a four day visit to Kenya at the invitation of President Ruto. Aside from heading the country that dispossessed and killed countless Kenyans in the 20th century, his family actively participated in the slave trade. Just to paint the picture, he inherited $500 million dollars upon his mother’s death, and a significant portion of that is proceeds from the enslavement of Africans. It goes deeper, as the king’s ancestors directly used slave labour.
He is a descendant of Edward Porteus, a 17th-century tobacco plantation owner in Virginia, who received a shipment of at least 200 enslaved people from the Royal African Company in 1686. The Royal African Company (RAC) was a British trading company established in 1672 during the reign of King Charles II of England. It held a monopoly on English trade with West Africa for the transportation of enslaved Africans, gold, and other commodities.
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Continued….The company played a significant role in the Atlantic slave trade, as it was responsible for shipping tens of thousands of enslaved Africans to the British colonies in the Americas during the late 17th century and the early 18th century.
The RAC was granted a royal charter, which gave it exclusive rights to trade along the west coast of Africa and between Africa and the English colonies in the Americas. The company’s primary goal was to profit from the sale of enslaved Africans to work on plantations and in other industries in the Caribbean and North America.
Despite all this, Kenya has ironically blocked the airing of allegations of UK Army abuses before the king’s visit. Before a news conference could be held at a hotel in the capital Nairobi, a lorry with at least 20 police officers and two smaller trucks blocked access to the venue, according to a Reuters reporter. The police also allegedly gave the hotel’s management a letter that warned them not to host the event.
This will worryingly hamper efforts at reparations even as calls are growing in the country for the monarch to address the historical crimes whose consequences are still felt today.
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The RAC was granted a royal charter, which gave it exclusive rights to trade along the west coast of Africa and between Africa and the English colonies in the Americas. The company’s primary goal was to profit from the sale of enslaved Africans to work on plantations and in other industries in the Caribbean and North America.
Despite all this, Kenya has ironically blocked the airing of allegations of UK Army abuses before the king’s visit. Before a news conference could be held at a hotel in the capital Nairobi, a lorry with at least 20 police officers and two smaller trucks blocked access to the venue, according to a Reuters reporter. The police also allegedly gave the hotel’s management a letter that warned them not to host the event.
This will worryingly hamper efforts at reparations even as calls are growing in the country for the monarch to address the historical crimes whose consequences are still felt today.
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Luxury yachts aren’t known for their usefulness in combat at sea. Yet Nigeria’s presidential office is trying to convince the nation that the Nigerian Navy needs one!
When the Navy’s budget was being reviewed by lawmakers, they spotted a 6-million-dollar super yacht on the proposed shopping list. They vetoed the idea - slamming it as a complete waste of government money, and a testament to the Tinubu administration's insensitivity to the plight of ordinary Nigerians battling with the skyrocketing cost of living.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu - one of Nigeria’s richest individuals - campaigned on a platform of fiscal discipline, promising to turn around the country's ailing economy. However, things have only got worse under his leadership - with inflation approaching 30% - while the national currency, the Naira, has been on a downward spiral for months.
His office claims to have had nothing to do with the Navy’s luxury-yacht request - claiming there must be an “operational need” for one. Do you buy that?
When the Navy’s budget was being reviewed by lawmakers, they spotted a 6-million-dollar super yacht on the proposed shopping list. They vetoed the idea - slamming it as a complete waste of government money, and a testament to the Tinubu administration's insensitivity to the plight of ordinary Nigerians battling with the skyrocketing cost of living.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu - one of Nigeria’s richest individuals - campaigned on a platform of fiscal discipline, promising to turn around the country's ailing economy. However, things have only got worse under his leadership - with inflation approaching 30% - while the national currency, the Naira, has been on a downward spiral for months.
His office claims to have had nothing to do with the Navy’s luxury-yacht request - claiming there must be an “operational need” for one. Do you buy that?
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During his state visit to Kenya, King Charles failed to apologise for his country’s colonial crimes. Among them, the horrific suppression of the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s. They rose up to fight for their freedom and retake stolen land. But as far as the British were concerned, they had to be stopped and nothing was off the table. Thousands were killed or put in concentration camps and tortured. Here’s a brief history of the Mau Mau and a reminder of why they should never be forgotten.
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FATIMA BERNAWI AFRO-PALESTINIAN FIGHTER
On November 3rd 2022, the people of Palestine mourned the loss of Fatima Bernawi. Bernawi was an Afro-Palestinian woman, born in Jerusalem to a Nigerian father who fought to liberate Palestine during the 1936 Great Palestinian Revolt and a Palestinian mother whose life was turned upside down as ethnic cleansing became the law of the day in 1948. One might be able to see why Fatima Bernawi grew up to become the first Palestinian woman to organise a military campaign and the first Palestinian woman imprisoned by the Israeli Occupation Forces.
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On November 3rd 2022, the people of Palestine mourned the loss of Fatima Bernawi. Bernawi was an Afro-Palestinian woman, born in Jerusalem to a Nigerian father who fought to liberate Palestine during the 1936 Great Palestinian Revolt and a Palestinian mother whose life was turned upside down as ethnic cleansing became the law of the day in 1948. One might be able to see why Fatima Bernawi grew up to become the first Palestinian woman to organise a military campaign and the first Palestinian woman imprisoned by the Israeli Occupation Forces.
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WORLD LEADERS IGNORING PUBLIC ON GAZA?
World leaders are divided over the Israel-Palestine war and carnage unfolding in Gaza. But do they represent the sentiment of their public? Firebrand Left Wing MEP Clare Daly thinks EU chief Ursula von der Leyen is way out of touch. And lambasted the Commission president for her pro-Israel stance and refusal to back a ceasefire. Do you feel the same way about your African leader’s position on the war?
Let us know in the comments.
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World leaders are divided over the Israel-Palestine war and carnage unfolding in Gaza. But do they represent the sentiment of their public? Firebrand Left Wing MEP Clare Daly thinks EU chief Ursula von der Leyen is way out of touch. And lambasted the Commission president for her pro-Israel stance and refusal to back a ceasefire. Do you feel the same way about your African leader’s position on the war?
Let us know in the comments.
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SUDAN CRISIS - THE HIDDEN HAND
It’s easy to pass off Sudan’s bloody civil war as a battle of egos - two power-hungry generals vying for control, with total disregard for the cost to civilians. But other, less apparent factors may have played a role in making this tragic conflict possible. This is a cautionary tale about surrendering sovereignty to global institutions and their backers.
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It’s easy to pass off Sudan’s bloody civil war as a battle of egos - two power-hungry generals vying for control, with total disregard for the cost to civilians. But other, less apparent factors may have played a role in making this tragic conflict possible. This is a cautionary tale about surrendering sovereignty to global institutions and their backers.
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NKRUMAH’S DAUGHTER STANDS WITH PALESTINE
Ghana is adding its voice to millions of others around the world calling for a just and lasting solution to the Palestine question.
Protesters gathered 2 November at a major interchange named after Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first Pan-African president and prime minister. Attendees of the rally in the capital city of Accra included Nkrumah’s daughter, Samia, who condemned Israel killing civilians in Gaza. Many other voices came together, isolating that of Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who came under fire for voicing support for Israel, as it carries out indiscriminate bombing of civilians in the densely populated Gaza Strip for the third week in a row.
As of press time, Israel has killed more than 9,000 civilians in the 7.5-mile-wide and 25-mile long enclave that borders Egypt and the Zionist state of Israel.
Ghana is adding its voice to millions of others around the world calling for a just and lasting solution to the Palestine question.
Protesters gathered 2 November at a major interchange named after Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first Pan-African president and prime minister. Attendees of the rally in the capital city of Accra included Nkrumah’s daughter, Samia, who condemned Israel killing civilians in Gaza. Many other voices came together, isolating that of Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, who came under fire for voicing support for Israel, as it carries out indiscriminate bombing of civilians in the densely populated Gaza Strip for the third week in a row.
As of press time, Israel has killed more than 9,000 civilians in the 7.5-mile-wide and 25-mile long enclave that borders Egypt and the Zionist state of Israel.
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