ALKEBULAN with The Merc

Alkebulanians,This was a long AUDIO episode. You should listen to it.Recently, I joined the Telegram group for IIIH (The 300), the funding community I created for my most devoted of my subscribers and followers to financially support my work and efforts for Africa and the diaspora. These handful of people and the paid subscribers on Substack are the reason you still see content from me. I am chronicling the True History of Africa in a series of print books, ebooks and audiobooks for every African nation. I started with Nigeria and you can get the first chapter ebook and audiobook free. Check it out and support my efforts to preserve our history by donating after you’ve read and listened. To join IIIH and the funding group either contribute to the True History of Africa below or send me a DM and I will send you details. One of the members sent me a video of a white man, Shahid Bolsen, saying that the only thing stopping black people today from freedom and success is the will to act because white supremacy no longer has the power or means to stop them the way they did in the past.This is something I say almost every single day on my platform in some way, shape or form but hearing it come from a white man somehow feels different. This led to me getting on Substack to talk about things and the conversation was an amazing one that I had to edit down to two hours.Yes, this is the SHORT version of the episode.Take a listen to it and drop your comments and RESTACK if you want others to hear the message.PAY ATTENTION This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe

Alkebulanians,I break down two stories the Western press buried this week: Trump calling Libya, Yemen, Haiti, and Somalia “terror-infested shithouse countries” at a Georgia rally on October 24, and the Russia-Africa Summit held October 28-29 in Moscow, attended by representatives from 48 of 54 African nations. I explain why Trump backtracked on Libya specifically, why NATO’s 2011 ousting of Gaddafi is the direct cause of Sahel destabilisation across Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Niger, and northern Nigeria, and why Saif Gaddafi’s assassination went unanswered. I also break down Russia’s offers on the table, including nuclear power deals with 15 African countries, a Rusal bauxite and aluminium refinery deal in Ghana, and grain and fertiliser supply commitments, and ask the question Africa’s leaders are not asking loudly enough: what is the plan to turn these partnerships into genuine sovereignty?I am chronicling the True History of Africa in a series of print books, ebooks and audiobooks for every African nation. I started with Nigeria and you can get the first chapter ebook and audiobook free. Check it out and support my efforts to preserve our history by donating after you’ve read and listened. CHAPTERS00:00 Trump Never Apologized to Libya, What That Tells You01:40 What Trump Actually Said at the Georgia Rally03:56 Libya’s Two Governments United Against Trump05:01 How Gaddafi Made Libya a Good Place to Live06:41 NATO Destroyed Libya and Had No Plan08:28 Why Trump Backtracked on Libya Specifically10:10 Trump’s Insults Applied to Every Country He Helped Destroy15:01 The Russia-Africa Summit the Press Ignored17:47 Who Showed Up in Moscow and Who Stayed Home22:17 Ghana’s Bauxite and Refinery Deal With Rusal Explained27:51 Nuclear Power Deals With 15 African Countries32:08 Africa Needs Ownership, Not Just Better Partners45:56 Thomas Sankara Said This 39 Years Before Putin Did48:08 Captain Traore and the Unfinished Mission of Sankara01:06:00 We Are Our Own Enemy Now This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe

Alkebulanians,I won’t say too much about this episode but it covers my efforts to preserve and save our history and the fact that if this initative fails and no one does this, our history dies with us. Simply watch and give your thoughts and the support button is below.It was a sobering week for sure and I never thought a streamer such as iShowSpeed and a former U.S. president’s movie company would be the source of one of the biggest embarrassments to Africans and Africa.By these black Americans doing an amazing thing for Africa…Want to support the preservation of our history with The True History Of Africa and Alkebulan Academy? 👇🏾PAY ATTENTION This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe

Alkebulanians,I break down Burkina Faso’s rollout of digital ID, Captain Traoré’s role in the process, the World Bank’s involvement, Chinese hardware, biometric data, and what digital identity could mean for sovereignty across the Sahel. ALKEBULAN Discover The True Africa is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.I look at the promise of stronger identification, elections, security and access to services, alongside the risks facing millions of people in rural areas who could be left outside the system. The bigger question is who controls the infrastructure, and what happens when digital identity becomes essential? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe

Alkebulanians,I break down the hidden history behind South Africa’s migrant labour crisis, Operation Dudula and the anger now directed at Zimbabweans, Mozambicans, Malawians, Nigerians, Somalis and other African migrants. ALKEBULAN Discover The True Africa is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.I follow the gold that built Johannesburg, the Chamber of Mines, WENELA, apartheid’s homelands and the system that turned millions of Black South Africans into foreigners in their own country. The history raises a deeper question about unemployment, land, migration and who designed the conditions South Africans are living with today, so who should the anger really be directed at? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe

Alkebulanians,I break down the hidden history of Notting Hill Carnival, tracing a story that begins with the Windrush Generation and Caribbean migrants arriving in post-war Britain, only to encounter racial discrimination, far-right agitation and violence across West London. ALKEBULAN Discover The True Africa is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.I examine the 1958 Notting Hill race riots, the murder of Kelso Cochrane in 1959, and the emergence of Claudia Jones, the Trinidadian journalist and activist who understood that a community facing violence needed a way to reclaim its dignity, culture and voice. From steel pan and calypso to the streets of Notting Hill, I explore the forces behind one of Britain’s most recognisable cultural traditions, and the uncomfortable history that sits beneath the celebration. Who gets to decide which parts of history a nation remembers? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.alkebulan.mediaAlkebulanians,Some thoughts on the recent controversies on my platform regarding my stance on focusing on black and African struggles and not campaigning for Palestine.ALKEBULAN Discover The True Africa is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

Alkebulanians,I break down the history behind the recent footage of tens of thousands of Moroccans crossing into Ceuta, the Spanish-controlled city in North Africa, and why the images triggered such a powerful political response across Europe.ALKEBULAN Discover The True Africa is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.I trace the story through Portugal’s seizure of Ceuta in 1415, Spain’s capture of Melilla in 1497, Morocco’s independence in 1956, the UN decolonization list, and the border reaction from Italy, France, Spain, and 22 EU governments. The deeper question is how a historical technicality can reshape the way millions understand Africa and Europe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe

Alkebulanians,I break down why the Nolan Wells case out of Mississippi belongs to every African, not filed away as an American story. An 18 year old goes on a Fourth of July boat trip with friends, turns up dead, and what follows is a jurisprudence disaster: a sealed autopsy, a body returned without throat and neck structures, a sheriff declaring no foul play within days, alleged friends lawyered up inside 48 hours, and a Give Send Go raising six figures for themselves while people question why the Wells family raises anything at all. 🌍 FREE 4 PART WEBINAR: Why Africa is ‘poor’ and trapped in constant debt.I go through the distress call audio nobody wants to engage with, the eyewitness claims arriving late, Officer Brandon Tatum, the Carmelo Anthony sentencing, Cyrus Carmack Belton, and why this may eclipse O.J. in cultural weight. I connect it to the Benin Punitive Expedition, to Afrobeats stars borrowing Black American style, to how Washington will one day talk about Nigeria and Ghana. When a precedent this flagrant is set, what protects any of us?CHAPTERS00:00 The Nolan Wells Case Explained00:31 Why Africans Must Care About This Case01:16 Why I Had To Stop Posting About Nolan Wells01:55 They Don’t Ask Black People For Passports03:00 The Mentality That Makes Bombing Nigeria Easy03:45 The Audio Tape Nobody Will Engage With04:44 The Race Bait Trap And How To Avoid It05:58 Africans, Get Your Minds Right06:31 Afrobeats, Culture Borrowing And The Tax07:14 I Donated. I Put Money In Their Pockets08:50 Respectability Politics Has To End11:07 The Economy Of Black Pain And Death12:35 $100,000 Raised For The Alleged Friends14:32 The Benin Punitive Expedition Parallel16:44 Brandon Tatum And The Consequence Problem19:09 Where Are The Black Billionaires?21:16 The Sealed Autopsy And The Missing Throat22:37 Intimidating Nolan Wells’ Mother27:28 Who Lawyers Up Within 48 Hours?34:22 My Theory On Why There Are No Arrests35:17 The First 48 And Why Police Move Fast40:48 Polluting The Jury Pool In Mississippi45:39 The Audio They Cannot Magic Away47:33 The Hangings In The South56:48 Drowning Is Not Common In This Community1:00:35 An Obvious Cover-Up, Allegedly1:01:55 Own Your Audience Or Own Nothing This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe

Alkebulanians,I break down Sky News’ documentary on Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traoré and examine the language, framing, and geopolitical stakes surrounding one of the Sahel’s most closely watched leaders. ALKEBULAN Discover The True Africa is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.I trace the documentary’s claims about jihadist control, the competing figures presented for territory under government authority, Traoré’s relationship with Russia and China, the Alliance of Sahel States, and the history invoked through Lumumba, Gaddafi, Sankara, and other African leaders. I ask what happens when media narratives collide with African sovereignty, and who gets to define the story of the continent. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.alkebulan.media/subscribe