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 people should not go unnoticed. Don't Forget To Subscribe Our Channel  Watch Some More Video : 

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 over during the British Mandate of Palestine as religious pilgrims and stuck around. The largest population of Afro-Palestinians sit in a neighborhood located in old Jerusalem referred to as “Little Harlem” or “The African Quarter”. Don't Forget To Subscribe Our Channel  Watch Some More Video : 

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 African descent have common interests and should be unified. It is to create a sense of brotherhood and collaboration among all people of African descent whether they lived inside or outside of Africa.  Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape of a political, economical, or cultural movement. Don't forget to follow our social media:  ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠ 

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.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠ 

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 the world that white skin is good and dark skin is bad. They have even conceived those people within their own ethnicity and cultures that it is better to be lighter than opposed to being dark. White Supremacy has affected the consciousness of the dominant dark skin people of the world to inwardly hate themselves to the point that they have forgotten their history of how majestic and precious the black skin is. Watch Some More Video : 

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 More Video : 

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 apply to the state of the Black diasporas in today's time.  Watch Some More Video : 

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 : 

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 Namibia. In addition, she has held numerous leadership roles including Chairperson of the National Secretary of Gender and Social Welfare and is now the current Deputy Secretary General of the organization. She prides herself as a radical feminist and the proud Author of an anthology and memoir titled "What About Us?" which speaks to her experience as a survivor of sexual abuse and a queer black woman.   Watch Some More Video : 

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 question, social, and economic issues.   Watch Some More Video : 

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 founding editor of a new Frank talk journal which published one of Mngxitama's influential essays titled Blacks Can't be Racist. Another essay published was Is Malema a Mugabe?    Don't Forget To Subscribe Our Channel  ► Subscribe Here: https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832 

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 Africa would have conceded in the sharing of political power. Instead, the rise of more radical African political movements consolidated white rule in Southern Africa, as evidenced by the victory of the predominantly Afrikaner National Party in South Africa, the creation of the Central African Federation by Britain, and renewed white immigration to the Rhodesias, Angola, Mozambique, and South West Africa.  Don't Forget To Subscribe My Channel  Watch Some More Video : 

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 conversation with Mr. Hasani Hudson and his perspective on the Black American experience on racism, affirmative Action, interracial marriage, black self-victimization, and much more. 

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. Due to the way America is perceived in the world, there is this notion that Black Americans are somehow different from members of the African diaspora residing in other countries.  Perhaps this is so because the American movies and entertainment world, which is widely accessible across the globe, may have given our brothers and sisters in other countries the wrong impression that we, as the African diaspora in the United States, have carefree lives free from discrimination, harassment and racism. The pain, struggles, and humiliation that Black Americans had to historically endure may have been overlooked because there was this idea that most Black people in America were ‘lucky' to be in the ‘Land of the Free and home of the brave'. Today we have a guest Mr. Hasani A. Hudson. He is father, brother, an educator, and principal. We will spend the next hour discussing his perspective on the Black Americans experience on racism, affirmative Action, interracial marriage, black self-victimization, and much more.  ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 Age of Reason of the  Enlightenment in America. Learned individuals such as Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams were men who read Isaac Newton, John Locke, or Thomas Reid appealed to the innate capacity for reason of the common man. These men question hierarchies based on gender, race, and class. They hoped that natural philosophy might provide a way to transcend the differences that arose within America's exceptionalism. Leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin translated Enlightenment ideals of liberty, rights, and self-government into the underlying premises of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.   ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 this episode, Unlocking Our Voices, highlights how Divide and Conquer through the colorism strategy have been used by Western powers to keep the Black diasporas divided.   Those in power continue to make people of the Black diasporas believe that we are not one of the same roots, and if we pay close attention, we can see that this is a strategy often used by European countries and the United States whether it be in the form of soft-power politics, colorism, assassinations, and or economic incentives to African leaders who are willing to betray their people and countries. One of the ways in which this divide and conquer strategy has been implemented is by dividing us through our skin color. ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 this episode, Unlocking Our Voices, highlights how Divide and Conquer through the colorism strategy have been used by Western powers to keep the Black diasporas divided.   Those in power continue to make people of the Black diasporas believe that we are not one of the same roots, and if we pay close attention, we can see that this is a strategy often used by European countries and the United States whether it be in the form of soft-power politics, colorism, assassinations, and or economic incentives to African leaders who are willing to betray their people and countries. One of the ways in which this divide and conquer strategy has been implemented is by dividing us through our skin color.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greg-fuller0/support

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 recognize our common ground and where we meet in terms of heritage, culture, politics and experiences. As I've mentioned many times before, we, as Black people, are more connected to each other than we are aware, whether we are located in the United States, Nigeria, or Brazil. We have a shared set of values, history, and culture that stems from Africa; no matter where we are physically located, this tie cannot be severed. Our joy is universal and so are our pain and struggles. ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 of heritage, culture, politics and experiences. As I've mentioned many times before, we, as Black people, are more connected to each other than we are aware, whether we are located in the United States, Nigeria, or Brazil. We have a shared set of values, history, and culture that stems from Africa; no matter where we are physically located, this tie cannot be severed. Our joy is universal and so are our pain and struggles. ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 of heritage, culture, politics and experiences. As I've mentioned many times before, we, as Black people, are more connected to each other than we are aware, whether we are located in the United States, Nigeria, or Brazil. We have a shared set of values, history, and culture that stems from Africa; no matter where we are physically located, this tie cannot be severed. Our joy is universal and so are our pain and struggles. ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 about our struggles, our courage, our pride, and our heritage. When we stay quiet, we hurt ourselves, we hurt the people who came before us and fought for a better today, and we hurt the generations who will follow us, who deserve a better tomorrow.  Silence keeps the world from knowing the story of the Black diasporas and its current state of affairs,  both domestically and around the world. The Black diasporas is the totality of Black communities around the globe, including African-Americans, Afro-Asians, Afro-Latinos, Afro-Caribbeans, and native African communities.  We are determined to be silent no longer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greg-fuller0/support

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, but only to be forgotten by our Latin American brothers and sisters.  In this second part of Our Friends Have Forgotten Us, we will explore how the Black diasporas worked with the Jewish community during the civil rights movement in the United States to promote equality for them and financial rise. Subsequently, in the end our Jewish brothers and sisters have forgotten the black diaspora people once they have achieved their intended objectives.  ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 role and a crucial part in helping countries in Latin America fight and win their wars of independence.  In the second part, we will explore how the Black diasporas worked with the Jewish community during the civil rights movement in the United States to promote equality for them and other groups. Subsequently, in the end those friends have forgotten the black diaspora people once they have achieved their intended objectives. ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 Garvey in practice. But there are individuals like Rasta Idi I who hold steadfast to the teaching of Marcus Garvey and the African culture of the black man.  In the heart of Kingston, Jamaica you will find one of the many wonders and beauties at Di Vinn Yawd, a quiet and majestic paradise. Tune in on the reflection that both Rasta Idi I and the Founder of Unlocking Our Voices discussed the state of Jamaica, white supremacy, and Africa. ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

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 Jamaica Council and has  served as Chairman of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica (ACIJ). He is the son of Jamaica's eight Prime Ministers (Bruce Golding) and grandson of Jamaica's first speaker of the house of representatives post independence (Tacius Golding).  He is married to Jamaican media personality Mrs. Emprezz Golding and together they have one son.  ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

In this episode, we will continue our discussion on Marcus Garvey's historical speech, “Look for me in the whirlwind” from circa 1924, is 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 apply to the state of the Black diasporas today.  Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which highlighted the common ground between people of African descent across the world and aimed to unify and connect them. He was was the founder of the UNIA-ACL–(Universal Negro Improvement Association - African Communities League), a fraternal organization of Black nationalists who advocated that persons of African ancestry should receive “separate but equal” status and establish independent Black states around the world. ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠  

In this episode, we delve into a historical speech delivered by Marcus Mosiah Garvey, “Look for me in the whirlwind” from circa 1924, is 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 apply to the state of the Black diasporas today.  Marcus Mosiah Garvey was a Jamaican-born Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which highlighted the common ground between people of African descent across the world and aimed to unify and connect them. He was was the founder of the UNIA-ACL–(Universal Negro Improvement Association - African Communities League), a fraternal organization of Black nationalists who advocated that persons of African ancestry should receive “separate but equal” status and establish independent Black states around the world.  Don't Forget To Subscribe Our Channel Watch Some More Video :

Unlocking Our Voices focuses specifically on the Black diasporas, the issues, the stories, the controversies, the cultures, and the ongoing oppression and injustices faced by our people around the world. Our aim is to connect people of the Black diasporas in new and exciting ways, giving them the chance to seek empowerment by tracing their history and understanding how the past influences the present they live in, and how they hold the keys to shaping everyone's future. We seek to enhance and evolve ourselves socially, politically, economically, and physically by having face-to-face, constructive conversations with a diverse, far-reaching list of guests from around the world.  The Black diasporas is the totality of Black communities around the globe, including African-Americans, Afro-Asians, Afro-Latinos, Afro-Caribbeans, and native African communities.  ► Subscribe Here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@unlockingourvoices832⁠