#Harambee63 (Video) Nairobi – Atemi
http://youtu.be/CcrZgAdkUMI Nairobi is love.
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#Harambee63 African Philosophy of Zikism – Nnamdi Azikiwe
Zikism was Nigeria’s equivalent of Kusema na Kutenda, or amongst the KLFA (Mau Mau) Kuuga na gwika. Zikism was a philosophy created by Nnamdi “Zik” Azikiwe. His policy appealed to all including farmers – often the base of any peasant uprising that has seen revolutionary change, globally. Zikists, ...
#Harambee63 – (Video) Pacification “Hammering” – British Colonies
The process by which Kenyans were killed and intimidated in order to give up land and to stop further uprisings against the British colonialists. They were punitive murder campaigns that also saw livestock stolen from the Africans. In 1894, Fort Hall (Murang’a) was captured under Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen. A ...
#Harambee63 – (Video) Utawala (Juliani)
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#Harambee63 – Chronological Dates of Independence for African Countries (upto 1963)
By 1963, 36 African countries had gained independence from one or more colonialist countries, namely Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. Kenya was the only African country to be declared independent in 1963, following a 10 year war period that we know as the State of Emergency. Kenya was the 36th country to gain ...
#Harambee63 – (Video) Kenya (50 Years) Nonini ft. Chris Adwar
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#Harambee63 The Wind of Change Speech – Africa's changing face
“The wind of change is blowing through this [African] continent, and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all accept it as a fact, and our national policies must take account of it.” – Harold MacMillan, British Prime Minister (1960 Speech to South ...
#Harambee63 (Video) The Rise of African Nationalism (Basil Davidson)
http://youtu.be/MMFdG-Pbny4 Basil Davidson’s books offer an Africanist perspective on Africa. He offers a highly objective perspective on colonialism and African nationalism. This video focuses on what brought about the call for independence on the African continent. It begins with Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah’s ...
Untitled (Glee) 2013
A three part piece that represents people and places that are important to the artist. New identities and roles becoming are given life by limitless possibilities, many of which are awesomely interconnected. Acrylic on canvas, oil pastel and magazine print.
#Harambee63 Africa’s Anthem “God Bless Africa”
#Harambee63 Africa’s Anthem “God Bless Africa” Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrica was composed in 1897 by Xhosa composer, Enoch Mankayi Sontonga at the age of 24. It was a prayer that God will bless Africa, a song that was influenced by the suffering he saw of the Black people in South Africa. It was based on tune, ...