One Africa One Voice: March 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

BTR 1 YR ANNIV. SPECIAL FEAT. EABIC TRINIDAD BRANCH 03/29 by Black Truth Media | Blog Talk Radio

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Black Cinderella Ft. Mother Culture Sister Carol 03/22 by Black Truth Media | Blog Talk Radio

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Senator bats for dreadlocks - Lead Stories - Jamaica Gleaner - Monday | March 12, 2012

Friday, March 9, 2012

Idi Amin Dada: Hero of Africa? as told by Jaffar Amin

"If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning."

Idi Amin

“If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.”

Idi Amin Dada

Last night I had the pleasure again to cohost Black truth Media's radio program. As mentioned before, I am honoured that the invitation was extended to me and am proud to help out in any capacity. For what it's worth, I have received several positive comments and hope to continue providing the quality programming that Priest Jaja and the Black truth Media audience are accustomed too.

Further, last night was my introduction, and maybe many of the listening audience as well, to Jaffar Amin, son of the late Idi Amin Dada, former President of Uganda. These days most peoples opinions and understandings may be based on the recently released "Last King of Scotland", starring Forrest Whitaker as Amin. As dynamic a performer as Whitaker is, I'm not sure how well received the film was amongst Diasporic Africans, at least in the circles I run.

For all of the myth of Dada, as many affectionately call him, much has been left out of the popular propaganda and profile of one of post-colonial Africa's most notable and visible figures. As a man, Amin was a very imposing figure of formidable stature. Jaffar Amin, one of Idi Amin's 60 children, explained how his father was a very good man, despite all accounts to the contrary. He related to the listeners that his the late Amin was a very "mothering father", perhaps having to do with his being raised by a single mother.

There was so much more I wanted to ask but time was against us the night, and with long distance service between D.C. and Ghana, even on Skype, the connection wasn't always great. But I implore you to listen for yourself and exercise your own judgement about the man who some people say proclaimed himself, The Last King of Scotland.

Jaffar Amin's book is titled Idi Amin: Hero or Villain? and is co-authored by Margaret Akulia

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Happy 55 Years Ghana/ "Let I People Go...Repatriation Now"

“The best way of learning to be an independent sovereign state is to be an independent sovereign state.”
Kwame Nkrumah

“Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.”
Kwame Nkrumah

First and foremost, I want to officially and sincerely give thanks to Black Truth Media and it's host, the Hon. Priest Jaja, for inviting me to co-host last night and guest host in his stead as he takes a brief leave. The experience is altogether new to me and I am being handed some pretty big shoes to fill. Still, that the Priest and his coterie have put their trust in me to navigate the ship, gives me confidence that I will do justice to the Black Truth program and for it's audience.

Dr. Kwame Nkrumah

Secondly, as yesterday marked a very seminal event in the history of African peoples universally, I must extend heartfelt extolment to the Republic of Ghana for 55 years of independence from imperialist European colonial overseers. Under the stewardship of the stalwart Hon. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana positioned itself as the first sub-Saharan African state to remove colonial rule and gain self governance. This move not only secured their place in modern history, it to this day marks Ghana as one of the important gateways into Africa for many members of the Diaspora who through the wickedly brutal and devilishly vile African Holocaust of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade, have had to trace their African roots from outside the continent.

Black Food TV

“There's no transformation process that could bear the desired outcomes without women throwing their weight behind that change initiative, and the same holds for the nation-building process.”

Steve Biko

“WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence,”