Imagined by Addae G

05/01/2026

"The only place where Negroes did not revolt is in the pages of capitalist historians." — C.L.R. James
Today we honor the legacy of a true intellectual titan: C.L.R. James (Jan 4, 1901 – May 31, 1989).

Known as the "Black Plato," James was a Trinidad & Tobagonian-born historian, journalist, and socialist whose work reshaped how we understand struggle and liberation.

His masterpiece, The Black Jacobins, remains the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution. He proved that enslaved people were the primary architects of their own freedom, forever changing the literature of the African Diaspora.

CLR James was also a world-class cricket critic and a tireless advocate for West Indian self-governance.
Happy Birthday to a man who taught us that "every cook can govern."

24/11/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Legendary Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff has sadly passed away. 🙏🏾🇯🇲👑😢

His wife has made the announcement on his Instagram account within the last hour.

Jimmy Cliff was 81.

Jimmy Cliff was a singer, musician, actor and multi-instrumentalist and a respected mentor in the music industry.

Some of his notable hit songs include “Wonderful World, Beautiful People”, “Many Rivers to Cross” and “You can get it if you really want.”

In 2010, Jimmy Cliff was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his outstanding contributions to music.

He was also given Jamaica’s Order of Merit, the nation’s third highest honour for his work in both the music and film sectors.

Deepest condolences to his family, friends and fans at this time.

🙏🏾💔🇯🇲👑💫

20/11/2025

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Sharing a moment from INK & OBEAH, my podcast honouring Caribbean literature, spirit, and the deeper layers of who we are.

There’s something powerful about reading our stories out loud, the rhythm, the atmosphere, the ancestral presence living between the lines.

INK & OBEAH has just been nominated for the Spotify Independent Podcast Award.
Join the circle and support the work, your listening keeps the storiesalive. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2528360

26/10/2025

20/09/2025

HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL REHEARSALS
📍 African Caribbean Centre
🗓️ T uesdays, 6PM

We have always known that there is power in our movement. That our ancestors held on to something special!. We never just danced, or drummed, or sang, we commanded the elements! The universe submitted to our presence. We affected cosmologies through our movement.
They still don't understand how we did it., how carried magic and power through our movement.

Our classes are journey to commune with our heritage.
Together with Katumba, the Merseyside International Centre for Caribbean Carnival and Black Imagination are delivering a powerful Halloween experience. drum, dance, and ancestral Mas fused into living ritual. To be performed on the streets for the Halloween Parade.

REHEARSALS
📍 African Caribbean Centre
🗓️ Tuesdays, 6PM

Step into the circle. Claim your culture!

05/09/2025

Need some vibes to end the week? Jump on the Ark.

From Ark Vessel Groundation, drifting through Sector Zion-7, comes this week’s broadcast of The Ark: Word Sound Power — a cosmic reggae countdown guided by Addae G the General. In the shadow of the Babylon Eclipse, ten songs blaze like lamps, keeping memory alive against the void. Each lamp is m...

05/09/2025

Ancestors do not rot;
they wait, luminous in the shadows of empire.
128 years starein through museum glass,
dignity pawned, bones on display.

Sweell o tide of justice,
come slow, then flood.
King Toera rises, beheaded, unbowed,
skull blazing, a chariot against colonial conquest.

There is no space for charity in the moaning ground of reckoning!
The earth remembers. The drums remember.
The Sakalava remember,
We remember, for ourselves.

Artifacts? No.
Remains? No.
Prophets returning, planting seeds of liberation.
Summons: to bury fear, to resurrect courage, to walk unbroken.
(AG, 2025)