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A newly examined diary entry sheds light on Apongo’s West African origins, revealing deeper insight hookup links between Jamaica’s rebel history and the African continent.
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Apongo was a rebel leader in Jamaica – a diary entry sheds light on his west African origins
The search for Apongo is a small part of historians’ ongoing work to recreate the lives of Africans taken in the transatlantic slave trade.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Emmanuel Osayande argues that litigants from Africa are actively shaping doctrine via strategic court engagement during emergencies, and developing a jurisprudential toolkit forged in crisis but designed to outlast it:

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Africa’s ICJ Engagement is Rewriting International Law Playbook
Litigants from Africa and the African diaspora are doing more than “using” courts during emergencies. They are actively shaping doctrine.
www.justsecurity.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
From Trinbago to the wider African Diaspora — black-eyed peas & rice at New Year isn’t just a meal.
It’s intention.
It’s remembrance.
Ancestors teaching us to call in abundance even when things are uncertain.
We eat. We honour. We continue. ✨

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January 2, 2026 at 5:56 PM