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African Stream is a pan-African digital media organisation providing a voice to Africans at home and abroad through cutting-edge, African-centred content.
- AMERICA BACK OFF! America has no moral authority when it comes to lecturing Africa about democracy. That’s the stinging assessment of Zambia’s opposition leader, Fred Mnembe. He delivered it during the visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris. And pointed to her country’s
00:00 - Africa is bigger than many people realize. But the way maps are drawn inflates the size of some countries, so places like the United States, Russia, Canada, and the whole European continent get massively inflated on traditional maps, whereas Africa appears smaller than its true
- SISTER SOULJAH ON KU KLUX KLAN In this 1992 interview with Larry King, rapper and activist Sister Souljah responds to an incredible accusation. A caller claims her actions are on a par with white supremacist David Duke. Her answer is as powerful as it gets. To do it justice,
00:00 - THE SAHEL REVOLUTION: REAL DECOLONISATION! People throw about the term 'decolonisation' left, right and centre. University campuses say they’re decolonising curriculums, and corporations - the workplace. But true decolonisation is a question of land, sovereignty and
00:00 - BLACK MAN INVENTS REVOLUTIONARY WATER MACHINE Moses West, an engineer in San Antonio, Texas, has captured global attention with a water-generating machine. This device extracts moisture from the air, cooling it to form water droplets, much like how a refrigerator condenses
00:00 - 𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗣𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧? Following the failure of his multiple attempts to invade Niger at the behest of France and the USA, Nigerian president Bola Tinubu appears to be at the end of the road, courtesy of some legal
00:00 - LET'S TALK ABOUT KEMI BADENOCH In a speech at Michigan State University on 24 January 1963, revolutionary and civil-rights activist Malcom X (1925-65) drew a distinction between field and house N*groes. He called the latter the “twentieth-century Uncle Tom.” Over six decades
00:00 - AFRICAN STREAM IS CLOSING DOWN This is, sadly, a farewell to you, our loyal followers and supporters. Under relentless attack, we’ve made the painful decision to shut down African Stream—a platform that many of you’ve come to trust and love. This decision was not made lightly.
00:00 - GHANA'S PARLIAMENT LAUGH AT HARRY MAGUIRE Flashback to when Ghanaian MP Isaac Adongo mocked his country’s finance minster, comparing him to Manchester United's clanger-prone defender Harry Maguire. #ManchesterUnited #HarryMaguire
00:00 - African Stream has been banned by Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. We were censored after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made false, unsubstantiated claims against us on Friday. To be clear, contrary to the accusations, African Stream does not receive any funding from any
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- ‘LEAVE EUROPE? ONCE EUROPE GETS OUT OF AFRICA!’ Racists in Europe will often mask their hatred as patriotism, telling Black and Brown people to ‘leave’ and ‘go back’ to their ‘own countries.’ The level of ignorance is galling. It was Europeans that came and pillaged our
00:00 - JAMAICANS BARRED FROM OWN BEACHES: END THE BAN! Imagine living on a beautiful island with picturesque beaches - but you’re not allowed to visit them. That’s what life is like for Jamaicans, where less than 1% of the sandy coastline is open to the public. It’s a colonial legacy
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