Unlocking Our Voices

In today's episode, we bring attention to the Congolese people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With some 4.5 million people displaced from their homes – more than in any other country in Africa – and 2 million children at risk of starvation the world community carries on as business as usual, while The Cry Of The Congolese People can be seen if we pay attention and care. The Congolese...

In today's episode, we would like to give attention to our Afro-Palestinian brothers and sisters as the Palestinians’s struggle for freedom and self-determination under Israeli’s occupation. And although Afro-Palestinians make up a small percentage of the Palestinian population, they have an astounding history. Mainly concentrated in Jerusalem, most current Afro-Palestinians made the journey o...

In this episode we explore the meaning of Pan Africanism. Although decolonization has been achieved – insofar as the goals of national political independence were realized in the twentieth century – the need for African unity continues to be relevant to this day, especially with the increased presence of neocolonialism in Africa. First and foremost, Pan-Africanism is the belief that people of Afri...

In this episode Unlocking Our Voices gives attention to Ms. Coco Gauff on winning the US Open Finals and the African Union becoming a permanent member of the G20. What are the ramifications and or benefits of Africa becoming a member? How does that impact members of the BRICS nations that are also members of the G20?  Don't forget to follow our social media:  ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.you...

In this episode we focus on European Supremacy better known as white supremacy and how it is played out in the Americas and Africa. All over the world where the black cultures reside whether it’s in India, Bangladesh, Australia, the Caribbean, Africa or that of Latin America, European Supremacy has convinced the majority of those black people that they are inferior. Moreover, they have convinced t...

In today’s episode, we focus on education in the United States as it pertains to black youth in the educational system in high schools and on the college level. For this conversation we have an educator, motivational speaker, and who is also an author  to talk about his journey as a black male living in the United States. Our guest Dr. Richard A. Cross is committed to helping students.  Watch Some...

In this episode, we carefully analyze Marcus Garvey’s audio speech “Look for me in the whirlwind” freedom speech from circa in 1924, was one of his most impactful and powerful works that not only gives us an insight into this charismatic man’s views on the role of the Black diasporas around the world but also demonstrates how timeless his vision was, as most of the points made by Garvey still appl...

In this episode, A reflection on our conversation with Thrive Vinomaandero Mahua from Namibia, a 23 year old student at the University of Namibia. She considers herself as a radical feminist and a proud author of Anthology and Memoir: What About Us? Background music is credited to “This Too Shall Pass” by Scott Buckely and “The Travelling Symphony” by SAVFK MUSIC  Watch Some More Video :  👉  Subs...

Is western feminism dangerous to African cultures and values? In this episode of Unlocking Our Voices we have a conversation with Thrive Vinomaandero Mahua from Namibia. She is a 23 year old student at the University of Namibia. Ms. Mahua is a member of Namibia National Students Organisation, an organization that was founded in 1984, working for  quality, equitable, and accessible education in Nam...

In this episode I reflect on the conversation I had with the President of the Black consciousness organization in South Africa, Black First Land First, Mr. Andile Mngxitama. It is important to understand that our struggles as people of the Black Diasporas is universal so should be our unity.   Andile shed some light on Black consciousness in South Africa as it pertains to politics, the land questi...

In today's episode conversation with the President of the black consciousness organization called Black First Land First (BLF), Mr. Andile Mngxitama, shed some light on the Black consciousness in South Africa as it pertains to politics, social, and economic issues in South Africa. He is a black consciousness scholar; he is also the co-edited of the influential volume BIKO LIVES! Mngxitama is the f...

This episode shed some insight on decolonization and Africa’s chance for a United States of Africa. By the time Bob’s “Africa unite” song reached the ears of millions of Black Africans in 1979, the prior decades had witnessed Africa’s struggle for decolonization. The process took several forms after the ending of Europe’s bloody war in 1945. Black Africans had hoped that the white minority in Afri...

In this episode we reflect on “We Are In Debt To You” Black Americans. Our opinion in yesterday’s episode is that this African diaspora have largely been ignored by others from the African diaspora outside the United States  or is unaware of the horrific trauma and brutal experience that Black Americans endured for life, liberty, and the pursuit for happiness. In addition, we reflect back on our c...

In this episode we turn our attention to the African diaspora in the United States, the Black American experience. Our opinion in this episode is that this African diaspora have largely been ignored by others from the African diaspora outside the United States  or is unaware of the horrific trauma and brutal experience that Black Americans endured for life, liberty, and the pursuit for happiness....

Today’s episode gives attention to Fredrick Douglass' speech given in 1852, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?  When he was summoned to deliver such a speech in front of a crowd of White Abolitionists on July 5, 1852, three million enslaved Africans were being denied their freedom.  The Founding Fathers’ grievances against King George III were articulated in their understanding in the A...

Throughout history, there have been forces or shall we say ‘actors’ that have tried to pit us against each other trying to divide the Black diasporas across the world. They have used tactics and strategies to separate us by making us believe that we are  different from one another whether that’s through highlighting the different shades of Black skin that we have or through political means. In thi...

Throughout history, there have been forces or shall we say ‘actors’ that have tried to pit us against each other trying to divide the Black diasporas across the world. They have used tactics and strategies to separate us by making us believe that we are  different from one another whether that’s through highlighting the different shades of Black skin that we have or through political means. In thi...

In this final episode, the Multitudes of Many, Yet One in Origin, I would like to focus on highlighting the similarities of several countries of the Black diasporas such as Colombia, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the United States because too often our minor differences have been used by others to exploit and keep us divided. I believe that if we want to connect and act in unison, we first have to rec...

In this episode, let’s focus on  the Multitudes of Many, Yet One in Origin.  I would like to focus on highlighting the similarities of several countries of the Black diasporas because too often our minor differences have been used by others to exploit and keep us divided. I believe that if we want to connect and act in unison, we first have to recognize our common ground and where we meet in terms...

In this episode, let’s focus on the Multitudes of Many, Yet One in Origin. I would like to focus on highlighting the similarities of several countries of the Black diasporas because too often our minor differences have been used by others to exploit and keep us divided. I believe that if we want to connect and act in unison, we first have to recognize our common ground and where we meet in terms o...

It’s February 2023 and as such it’s Black History Month in the United States and Canada. In those two North American countries they are celebrating the contributions of black people of the past and present. Celebrating Black history is important because the worst thing we can do is to stay silent. When we are silent, no one can understand our suffering. No one can feel our pain. No one can hear ab...

In the last episode, we focused on the importance of friendships and there are two main groups and historical events that were the focus of this discussion: The first was the liberation of Latin American countries and how both the Haitian independence and enslaved Africans have played an active role and a crucial part in helping countries in Latin America fight and win their wars of independence,...

For today’s show let’s call it: Our Friends Have Forgotten Us . In this episode, it focuses on the importance of friendships because it is relevant to discussion of this episode. There are two main groups and historical events that are the focus of this discussion: First is the liberation of Latin American countries and how both the Haitian independence and enslaved Africans have played an active...

The Caribbean island of Jamaica is a country with remarkable wonders and beauties. Once colonized by Spain and Britain it is a predominantly black nation with its black population with no true economic and political power. Independence in name, its political leaders don’t think race consciously nor work towards the betterment of black Jamaicans. They have forgotten his Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah...

In this episode we spend the hour with the president of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), Mr. Steven Golding in Kingston, Jamaica. Mr. Golding, lectures on the philosophy of Marcus Garvey at the primary, secondary, and tertiary level.  In addition, he serves as a member of the Jamaican National Council on Reparations as well as the Institute of...