Make It Plain Podcast

➡️WATCH THE FULL VIDEO INTERVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_GTfGBU7Y0&t=3s After Haiti got pawned in the US election Kehinde Andrews interviews Haitian-American filmmaker, Etant Dupain, about his new doc (film) "The Fight For Haiti." It tells the truth about the historical and current story around the Venezuelan PetriCaribe Oil Alliance scandal in Haiti. PetriCaribe was set up by former Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez. A program for LAC countries (Haiti joined in 2006) to buy oil through a repayment plan for preferential prices, resell to its oil suppliers at international prices, and use the savings for development projects such as infrastructure, health care, and education. This was a chance for Haiti to invest in itself. However, billions of dollars from the fund were wasted, embezzled, and stolen by those entrusted with it, taking it from those who needed it most. The film amplifies the self-determined grassroots struggle of Haitian activists aka Petrochallengers, who put everything on the line to lead the fight against government corruption, impunity, and state-sanctioned violence. It also follows how politicians and oligarchs have attempted to use gangs to destroy the popular movement. Etant Dupain is a journalist and filmmaker. Etant founded an alternative media project in Haiti to enable citizen journalists to provide access to information in Haitian Creole for and about internally displaced people, aid accountability, and politics.  A FREE SCREENING of "The Fight For Haiti" will run next week (Nov 19) at the BLOC Cinema at Queen Mary's School of Law. Tickets are available on Eventbrite (link below) Etant will be there, go say hello. ETANT DUPAIN SOCIALS LINKS (IG) @mr_dupain @thefightforhaiti (X) @EtantDupain @fightforhaiti  SHOW LINKS Official Site + Trailers https://thefightforhaiti.com/ Free Screening of ‘The Fight for Haiti' & Live Q&A With Etant Dupain (When: Tuesday, 19 November at 6pm-8pm | Where: BLOC Cinema, Arts One Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-screening-of-the-fight-for-haiti-live-qa-with-etant-dupain-tickets-1037802504227 The Fight For Haiti Review: "Opinion: Hate against Haitian immigrants ignores how US politics pushed them here" https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/10/02/trump-vance-lie-haitian-immigrants-fight-for-haiti/75408449007/ JOIN THE STRUGGLE>> THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK): https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ (IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource Bank We are creating an educational community resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need. Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black education resource page on Make it Plain.  mip@blackunity.org.uk  CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone: https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ *On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included"  BUF - Black United Front  Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. MIP SOCIALS LINK Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org  (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964  Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk Subscribe + Support Make It Plain https://make-it-plain.org/support-us/ For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity  

After the US election this week, today's show host, Kehinde Andrews, links up with co-host Busayo Twins to weather this gloomy political climate and share some optimism for the future.  For this special feature, Busayo will be a regular cohost with Kehinde, where they chop it up about the politics of the day, highlighting the issues that matter and underlining their specific relevance to Black communities. We need a name for this special feature so please send in your ideas and any questions for our hosts' next show through our socials channel or please email mip@blackunity.org.uk and we'll consider them. Thank YOU.  Busayo Twins is a thought leader doing political content online, including her show "Everything is Political" (get us all to realize that there is politics in most things we talk about or engage in) and Political Intrusive Thoughts. Busyao has been involved in the London School of Economics (LSE) Students' Union as both president and general secretary (social mobility and outreach stuff), president of the African and Caribbean Society at LSE, a strategic policy advisor at the Office for Students (working on closing attainment gaps), and community policy and strategy (at Black Curriculum), and most recently as strategic business development manager at ClearView Research (creating inclusive research).  BUSAYO SOCIALS LINKS (IG) @busayotwins (TikTok) @busayotwins SHOW LINKS Black Equity Org: "Our statement on Kemi Badenoch" https://x.com/BlackEquityOrg/status/1854528051071131658/photo/1  Operation Black Vote: Statement On Election of Kemi Badenoch to Leader of the Opposition https://www.obv.org.uk/blog-post/statement-on-election-of-kemi-badenoch-to-leader-of-the-opposition JOIN THE STRUGGLE>> THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK): https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ (IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource Bank We are creating an educational community resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need. Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black education resource page on Make it Plain.  mip@blackunity.org.uk  CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone: https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ *On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included"  BUF - Black United Front  Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. MIP SOCIALS LINK Subscribe + Support Make It Plain https://make-it-plain.org/support-us/ Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org  (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964  Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

➡️WATCH THE FULL VIDEO INTERVIEW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPMyfw36nts Ahead of next week's US election, today's show is a deep dive into everything you need to know with views from our official guest, Renee Johnston.  Renee is a registered member, and committee chairperson of the Green Party of NJ; and weekly co-host of "Saturdays with Renee" on Black Liberation Media (formerly Black Power Media). She actively volunteers with several mutual aid and political organizations that focus on organizing educational opportunities to engage with people regarding abolition and other issues most impacting the material conditions of communities. Johnston is a former educator and union member for 20 years.  RENEE SOCIALS LINKS (IG) @isyourlifebetter (X) @isyourlifebett1 RENEE GUEST LINKS Is Your Life Better? (Renee on Substack) https://reneecj.substack.com/ Saturdays With Renee (Renee's Show W/Jared Ball on BLM) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7_X-VeroWRse7PIDno7dy4jOHQCjEiJJ Ballots Or Streets Or Both? ft Prof August Nimtz (SwR 55) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeaMlpFfPds JOIN THE STRUGGLE>> THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK): https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ (IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource Bank We are creating an educational community resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need. Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black education resource page on Make it Plain.  mip@blackunity.org.uk  CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone: https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ *On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included"  BUF - Black United Front  Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. MIP SOCIALS LINK Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org  (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964  Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

➡️JOIN THE STRUGGLE + BECOME A MEMBER OF THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY (HOBU): https://www.blackunity.org.uk/membership In this week's Black Political Rant, Kehinde (@Kehinde_Andrews) discusses how we understand Monday's not-guilty verdict of Sgt. Martyn Blake's trial, a White MET police marksman who killed an unarmed Black man, Chris Kaba in 2022. Kehinde links this to other cases of Black men killed by the police, to-date UK stats on police killings of Black people; and the relevance of Malcolm's concept of "The Negro" that's still with us today. He makes plain that the racism of the police is the racism of the society. The police are as racist as the society allows them to be. We have the police force that society wants. The police, police with the consent of the racist society. The fears, prejudices, negative criminal stereotypical assessments, hallucinations, and "perceptual distortions" of the police are all features of the psychosis of Whiteness, a global phenomenon, that leads to our deaths.  In this week's Interview Kehinde talks with award-winning Sylvia Arthur (LOATAD founder) and Seth Avusuglo (LOATAD manager) from the Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora Archive. They discuss the origin, mission, and development of LOATAD, the difficulty of getting Black books on the continent, the writing residencies + more.  The Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD) is a decolonizing private library, archive, writing residency, research institute, and museum dedicated to the work of Afrikan and Diaspora writers from the late 19th century to the present day. Based in Accra, Ghana, it was founded by Sylvia Arthur in 2017 using 1300 of her own books. LOATAD’s current collection contains around 4000 books by writers from 41 of Africa’s 54 countries and Black authors from the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, and around the world. LOATAD's mission: to celebrate and champion Africa’s rarely acknowledged contribution to the global literary canon. LOATAD SOCIALS LINKS (IG) loatad_orgloatad_org @Barrist (X) @loatad_org @circa1957 (Sylvia Arthur) @Barrist (Seth Avusuglo) (Email) info@loatad.org BLACK POLITICAL RANT LINKS Schomburg Center to Display Never-Before-Seen ‘Lost’ Chapter of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manuscript and Notes https://www.nypl.org/press/schomburg-center-display-never-seen-lost-chapter-autobiography-malcolm-x-manuscript-and-notes The 4Front Project (Temi Mwale, Executive Director): https://www.4frontproject.org/about 4Front Linktree https://linktr.ee/4frontproject United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) IG: https://x.com/uffcampaign?lang=en United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) X: https://www.instagram.com/uffcampaign/ "During the trial, the jury heard how [Martyn] Blake was from a middle-class background, a voracious reader who first worked in finance before joining the Met to escape a desk job." https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/21/what-we-now-know-about-the-13-seconds-before-chris-kaba-was-shot Police footage shows moment Chris Kaba was shot by officer now acquitted of murder – video: https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2024/oct/21/police-footage-shows-moment-chris-kaba-was-shot-by-officer-now-acquitted-of-video BLACK UNITED FRONT (BUF) LOATAD LINKS Sylvia Arthur https://sylvia-arthur.com/ Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora: https://loatad.org/ Support (Donate) to LOATAD https://ko-fi.com/loatad JOIN THE STRUGGLE>THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK): https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ (IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource Bank We are creating an educational community resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need. Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black education resource page on Make it Plain.  mip@blackunity.org.uk  CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone: https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ *On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included"  BUF - Black United Front  Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. MIP SOCIALS LINK Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org  (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964  Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

In this week's Black Political Rant, Kehinde Andrews (@KehindeAndrews) debunks the psychosis of Whiteness in the spirit of Black Employment Month. The arguments and myths are based on Kehinde's book The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Rule the World: including Arab slavery in Afrika, why Britain really abolished the Atlantic Slave Trade (nothing to do with morals), not everything that's anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist is Marxist + more.   - In this week's Official Guest Interview, Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu joins Kehinde Andrews to chop it up on Gaza, racial gatekeepers, Kemi "not bad enough" Badeoch and Kamala Harris potentially becoming the two first Black female heads of government supporting genocide + more. DR. SHOLA’S MOS-SHOGBAMIMU SOCIALS LINKS (IG) sholamos1 (X) SholaMos1 (TikTok) @sholamos1 BLACK POLITICAL RANT LINKS The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316672/the-new-age-of-empire-by-andrews-kehinde/9780141992365 A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Dadzie https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/971-a-kick-in-the-belly OFFICIAL GUEST LINKS Black activist threatened with ‘execution’ by British ‘Neo Nazi group’ in chilling letter https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/shola-mos-shogbamimu-death-threat-b2286089.html This is Why I Resist by Shola Mos-Shogbamimu https://www.headline.co.uk/titles/shola-mos-shogbamimu/this-is-why-i-resist/9781472280794/#:~:text=This%20is%20Why%20I%20Resist,non%2Dfiction%20books%20and%20ebooks THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK) https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ (IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource Bank We are creating an educational community resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need. Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black education resource page on Make it Plain.  mip@blackunity.org.uk  CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone. *On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included. https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ BUF - Black United Front  Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. MIP SOCIALS LINK Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org  (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964  Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

Yomi Adegoke on "The List" + British Empire Legacy W/Chagos Islands "Return" - S2 EP15 In this week's Black Political Rant, Kehinde Andrews talks about the positives and negatives of UK foreign secretary David Lammy announcing that Britain will be "returning" sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to the Mauritian government. Highlighting that the larger issue is that Britain and Empire continue to take Black and Brown lives through their legacies and violent presence in the world. For example, a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia (the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago) will remain under UK-US control. He also rants about Kemi Badenoch potentially becoming Britain's first Black Prime Minister after recently reaching the top 2 for the Tory leadership race. - This week, official guest Yomi Adegoje joins Kehinde Andrews, they talk about her award-winning debut book The List. A novel about secret lives and lives online, including social media, relationships, sexual harassment in the media + more. Yomi shares the process of writing the book, pitching it to agents + more. - Yomi Adegoke is a multi-award-winning author, broadcaster, and journalist who has a monthly column at The Guardian and is a contributing editor at Elle. In 2018 she co-authored the bestselling book Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible and was named one of the most influential people in London by the Evening Standard. In 2023, her instant Sunday Times bestselling debut novel The List was released and nominated for two British Book Awards. - YOMI ADEGOKE SOCIALS (IG) @yomi.adegoke (X) @yomiadegoke - BLACK POLITICAL RANK LINKS UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o Foreign Secretary's statement on the Chagos Islands, 7 October 202: Foreign Secretary's statement on the Chagos Islands, 7 October 2024 Foreign Secretary David Lammy gave a statement on the conclusion of negotiations on the exercise of sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-oral-statement-on-the-chagos-islands-7-october-2024 Why is the UK handing the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius?: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/4/why-is-the-uk-handing-the-chagos-islands-back-to-mauritius Badenoch and Jenrick reach final two in Tory race https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje343q1zy8o "'Jesus' of Lubeck" (The first slave ship to arrive in Africa) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtgeaRCr3N4 How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years By Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/2/how-british-colonial-policy-killed-100-million-indians New soil study confirms 1943 Bengal famine was caused by Winston Churchill’s policies, not drought https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-and-letters/200832/new-soil-study-confirms-1943-bengal-famine-was Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169 - OFFICIAL GUEST LINKS Yomi Adegoke https://www.yomiadegoke.com/ The List https://www.yomiadegoke.com/the-list Yomi Adegoke's Guardian Column https://www.theguardian.com/profile/yomi-adegoke - THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK) https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ (IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource Bank We are creating an educational community resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need. Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black education resource page on Make it Plain.  mip@blackunity.org.uk CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone. *On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included. https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ BUF - Black United Front  Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. - SOCIALS Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964  Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk - For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ - Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

Nation States Don't Have Rights: Israel-Palestine + A Black European Experience W/Helio (@JupiterBaal) - S2 EP14 - In this week's Black Rant, @KehindeAndrews highlights how Whiteness is going to kill us all if Israel-Palestine takes us to the brink of World War 3, some mentions (links below) include Ta Nehisi Coates’s recent CBS interview about his new book 'The Message' + Kemi Badenoch’s "not all cultures are equal" comment. - This week, Kehinde Andrews is joined by official guest Helio Figueiredo, aka @JupiterBaal. They chop it up about Israel-Palestine, White-washed Portuguese Black history, being a recovering "exceptional" negro, and more. - Helio Figueiredo (@jupiterbaal) was born and raised in Portugal, he studied archaeology at the University of Coimbra. Following graduation, Helio left Portugal for London where Helio worked in finance (in due diligence, compliance, political exposure) for ten years in the City. In 2018 Helio left finance to work full time as an artist. Post George Flloyd (2020) Helio started talking on social media about policy, history, the queer experience and so much more. - Listen Wherever You Get Podcasts - HELIO'S FIGUEIREDO'S SOCIALS (IG) @JupiterBall (TikTok) @JupiterBall - OFFICIAL GUEST LINKS Helio's Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/Jupiterbaal APOLODORUS, London founded by Helio + his partner: https://apolodorus.com/pages/our-story - THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK) https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ (IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource Bank We are creating an educational community resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need. Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black education resource page on Make it Plain. mip@blackunity.org.uk CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone. *On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included. https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ BUF - Black United Front Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. - SOCIALS Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews (X) @kehinde_andrews Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk - For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ - Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

The Busayo Twins, advocates for making politics accessible, join Kehinde Andrews, a prominent voice on social issues, and honor the legacy of his late wife, Dr. Nicole Andrew, whose work spotlighted health disparities among Black women. The discussion dives into the gender dynamics in activism, emphasizing the roles of Black women. They tackle the complexities of Black identity and the significance of diaspora nationalism, exploring how younger generations are engaging with political issues while addressing the challenges posed by modern society.

"COCONUT TRIAL" LIVE REACTION W/NELS ABBEY + SCHOOLS ARE COPYING PRISONS - S2 EP12 ➡️Video (filmed by Shezal Laing founder of Sankofa Day) of the Marieha Hussain "Coconut Trial" Reaction w/Nels Abbey + Kehinde: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_3UwFsIdh3/ In this week's Black World News Kehinde Andrew has been looking at secondary schools for his son, Kadiri, which reminded him of how the schools are just prisons. He explains why some not all inner city secondary schools, with mostly Black and Brown kids, are just prisons designed to police mostly Black and Brown children. But the problem is the schools, not the kids because these schools are not a welcoming environment, the schools are not resolving things effectively and the schools not building relationships between children. Schools are historically designed like prisons and are designed by designers of prisons. To support this, Kehinde brings in and breaks down the concept of Total Institution popularised by White man sociologist, Erving Goffman. It's important to overstand that schooling is not education, we can't rely on the schools to provide the education that Black children need. We also need community education so we are going to create a resource bank to offer an alternative curriculum for Saturday School and Black Education, please send in your resource links to mip@blackunity.org.uk and we'll create a Black education resource bank. Kehinde will talk more about schooling stuff in next week's podcast episode when he chops it up with Busayo Twins ("sharer of intrusive political thoughts").  -In this week's official guest interview, Kehinde and Nels Abbey (his second appearance on the pod) share their immediate reactions to Marieha Hussein's "Coconut Trial" verdict and circus (recorded during an IG live straight after the trial). We've also got Kehinde's audio from his speech at the protest during the two-day trial.  - Nels Abbey is a British-Nigerian writer, media executive, and satirist. Before this, he worked as a banker. His debut book, “Think Like a White Man” was published in 2019. It contains satire of modern racial discourse and politics in the corporate world. It lays bare the rules by which mediocre White men get ahead. Nel's writings can be found in several major newspapers and magazines. His latest book, “Hip Hop MBA: what the Empires, moguls and Business of rap can teach the World” is out now. Nels is one of the co-founders of @blackwritersguild and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. In addition to all of the above, @nelsabbey is a social and political commentator and can be seen contributing to debates on several major TV channels. - BLACK WORLD NEWS LINKS ‘Emoji trial’: Black man acquitted of hate crime charges over use of raccoon emoji in politician rowhttps://independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/black-man-hate-crime-raccoon-emoji-b2508680.html Total institutionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_institution “This is an attack on our community”: Kehinde Andrews blasts police probe over ‘House Negro commentshttps://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2024/09/18/this-is-an-attack-on-our-community-kehinde-andrews-blasts-police-probe-over-house-negro-comments/ In last week's podcast episode, Kehinde gives an explainer about Britain's history of policing Black political thoughthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taE6h5olFYQ Will P. Diddy Become the New Jeffrey Epstein and Blow the Lid Off Black Hollywood?! https://www.theroot.com/will-p-diddy-become-the-new-jeffrey-epstein-and-blow-t-1851650011 The education of the Black child in Britain: The myth of multiracial education https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4444310-the-education-of-the-black-child-in-britain - COCONUT TRIAL + GUEST SHOW LINKS (IG) @nelsabbey (T) @nelsabbey Prof. Kehinde Andrews, full speech outside Westminster Magistrates during the trial of Marieha Hussain https://x.com/actualinterview/status/1834659976695931340?s=48 Police asked Black Studies professor for help on ‘coconuts’ case before his own ‘house n*gro’ investigation by Nadine White https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kehinde-andrews-coconuts-calvin-robinson-b2612298.html Think Like a White Man by Boulé Whytelaw III and Nels Abbey (2019) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42005594-think-like-a-white-man The Hip-Hop MBA: Lessons in Cut-Throat Capitalism from Rap’s Moguls by Nels Abbey (2024) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199630775-the-hip-hop-mba - THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK)https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone.https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ BUF - Black United Front Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. - SOCIALS Guests: (IG) @nelsabbey (T) @nelsabbey Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Blog) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 (YT) - For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ - Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

No official guests this week, instead Kehinde Andrews drops some POLITICAL EDUCATION and cracks these coconuts for us, keeping us sane in a racist world. He highlights two recent, related, and ongoing events: he's facing a "house negro" police probe and Marieha Hussain's current "coconut trial" (taking place at Westminister Magistrates Court yesterday and today).  Kehinde is facing a criminal investigation after the police came knocking on his door thanks to a complaint made by Black conservative commentator Calvin Robinson about a video posted earlier this year in which Kehinde called Calvin a "house negro." Marieha is a Brown woman charged with a hate crime over a satirical and political placard depicting former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and former home secretary Suela Braverman as coconuts during a pro-Palestinian rally last year.  Kehinde explains why we shouldn't be surprised at these charges, as there is precedent. He breaks down how the Race Relations Act came into law in England and Wales in 1965, and how 5 of the first 6 prosecutions in 1967, for racism under this legislation were against Black and Brown people. He underlines how from the very beginning, the British state was criminalizing us, by conflating prejudice with racism the law attacks prejudice. He concludes that the whole legal framework is the problem, quoting attorney and a co-founder of critical race theory (CRT), Derrick Bell "What we designate as “racial progress” is not a solution to that problem. It is a regeneration of the problem in a particularly perverse form." - POLITICAL EDUCATION LINKS Leading Black professor faces police probe after calling former GB News host Calvin Robinson a ‘house n*gro’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/calvin-robinson-kehinde-andrews-youtube-police-b2607648.html Marieha Hussain: Protest outside court as ‘coconut’ placard trial begins by Nadine White https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/marieha-hussain-coconut-placard-trial-b2611598.html Leila Hassan Howe: ‘My life was made hell. You’d just hear a tirade against immigrants’ by Kehinde Andrews https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/08/leila-hassan-howe-black-power-london-revolution-black-lives-matter Roy Hackett: the civil rights hero who stood in front of a bus – and changed Britain for ever by Kehinde Andrews https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/06/roy-hackett-the-civil-rights-hero-who-stood-in-front-of-a-bus-and-changed-britain-for-ever Renegade The Life and Times of Darcus Howe https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/renegade-9781448218080/ - THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK)https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X’s 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm’s legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone.*On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included. https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ BUF - Black United Front Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. - SOCIALS Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Blog) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 (YT) - For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ - Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity