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The activist who led the groundbreaking 1960s Bristol bus boycott embodied the spirit of radical resilience and hope, says Olivette Otele of Soas University of London

A leader of the Bristol Bus Boycott who changed the course of history

Cricket great Garry Sobers has admitted to being left bewildered by Englands astonishing start to their 2022 home Test season. England, after winning just one of their 17 previous red-ball internationals, have adopted an aggressive and attacking approach under their new leadership duo of captain Be ..

Cricket great Garry Sobers has admitted to being left bewildered by England’s astonishing start to their 2022 home Test season.

Our national anthem urges us to have “boundless faith in our destiny”. It affirms that “here every creed and race find an equal place” and “may God bless our Nation”. Do these lofty wor

I was heartened by the protests staged by conscious brothers and sisters against the visit of the British representatives of the real Head of State of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Queen Elizabeth 11 of the United Kingdom, on Saturday last. I don’t like to use the term “royal” lightly because privilege in any society should be earned, not inherited. So, this idea of a “royalty”, whether as colonial masters …

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We are already more than a week into National Heroes Month and will commemorate its high point next Monday, the anniversary of the date on which our sole National Hero, the Right Excellent Joseph Chatoyer, was reputedly killed. During this month of March, we also honour the memory of two of the nominees for National Hero status, George Augustus McIntosh, born March 6, 1886, and Ebeneezer Theodore Joshua who transited …

With lordly nonchalance, he embodied freedom and fulfilment on the cricket pitch

Why were the manifold contributions of the colonies not recognised in the many VE Day celebrations of 2020, asks Marika Sherwood. Writing for HistoryExtra, she explores the contributions of Black Britons, and people from Africa, India and the West Indies, during the Second World War…