Walter Rodney: The Afrikan-Caribbean Revolutionary Scholar and Activist
“Walter Rodney was Most Rare. He is an exemplar. He belongs in that rare category of Marcus Garvey, CLR James, George Padmore and Frantz Fanon.”...
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Oliver Tambo: Holding the anti-apartheid movement together
Oliver Reginald Tambo was, as acting president of the African National Congress (ANC), a principal spokesman for the Black African opposition to apartheid in South...
George Jackson: Soledad Brother
George Lester Jackson was an African-American political revolutionary, prisoners’ rights activist, author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family while incarcerated. His life...
Windradyne: Indigenous Australian Warrior and Resistance Leader
Windradyne (c.1800-1829), the Indigenous Australian resistance leader, was a northern Wiradjuri man of the upper Macquarie River region in central-western New South Wales. Windradyne’s date...
Julien Fedon: Warrior of Grenada
On the night of 2nd March 1795, Julien Fédon, launched a revolution against British rule in Grenada, to abolish the Maafa. The uprising which continued...
David Stuurman: Leader of the Khoi people
David Stuurman was a leader of the Khoi people, who fought against Dutch and the British colonialism in the Eastern Cape. Stuurman played a key...
Khalid Abdul Muhammad: Bold and Uncompromising Warrior
Khalid Abdul Muhammad was the militant spokesman of the Nation of Islam and Chairman of the New Black Panther Party. Born Harold Moor Jr. on...
Zumbi dos Palmares: Hero of Brazil
“The legend of the Palmares quilombo…and its greatest leader, Zumbi, are central to the history and modern day struggle of Brazilians who recognize their African...
Carlota: Heroine of Cuba
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In 1843 Carlota, an enslaved woman, led a...
Paul Bogle: Leader of the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion
Paul Bogle is one of Jamaica’s National Heroes, and leader of the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion, an event that transformed the political system of the...