At the 3rd Abibitumi Awards, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo is honored for his outstanding contributions as a Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist, educator, and cultural activist whose work preserves memory, confronts historical injustice, and creates spaces for healing.Kwame Akoto-Bamfo is widely known for his commitment to cultural preservation and historical truth. He is the founder of the Ancestor Project and the Nkyinkyim Museum in Ghana. His sculptural work has gained international recognition for documenting African historical experience and confronting the enduring legacies of enslavement, colonialism, war, genocide, and displacement. Through art, symbolism, and public memory, he has helped create powerful spaces for reflection, restoration, and consciousness.In this moving moment from the 3rd Abibitumi Awards, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo reflects on nearly two decades of activism and explains why this recognition is especially meaningful. Though he has received awards before, he makes clear that honor carries its deepest significance when it comes from home. His remarks offer a powerful reminder that being recognized by one’s own people means more than prestige, visibility, or outward display.This clip captures both the award presentation and Kwame Akoto-Bamfo’s heartfelt words on home, belonging, activism, and the importance of community-rooted recognition.Thinking about moving back home? We have already helped hundreds secure citizenship, housing, relocation, driver’s licenses, and business setup. Endorsed by Ghana’s Office of the President, we help make your move seamless.Learn more:https://www.r2gh.comFor more powerful lectures, interviews, and Black-centered content:https://www.abibitumi.com#KwameAkotoBamfo #abibitumiawards #nkyinkyimmuseum #blackpower #culturalactivism #ghana #repatriation #r2gh #abibitumi #africanart

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In episode 68 of Global Majority for Peace, Nigerian investigative journalist David Hundeyin, founder of West Africa Weekly and The Spearhead @spearhead_af joins Ileana Chan to discuss his journey from award-winning journalism to political exile and the brutal reality of U.S. imperialism in Africa.

David traces his political awakening to his father's preventable death, which launched him into a confrontation with the Nigerian establishment and a career of full-contact investigative journalism. He details his explosive exposé of Nigeria's current president as a convicted U.S. drug dealer and CIA asset, the subsequent lawsuit against the CIA, FBI, and DEA, and how he was placed on a no-fly list after the 2020 Lekki massacre before fleeing into exile.

Together, Ileana and David explore what it truly means to be a politically conscious journalist in an age of empire, the revolutionary potential of the Alliance of Sahel States, and whether the multipolar world offers the Global South a genuine path out of dependency.
#nigeria #usimperialism #allianceofsahelstates #multipolarworld david Hundeyin is a Nigerian investigative journalist, author, and founder of West Africa Weekly and The Spearhead. He won the People Journalism Prize for Africa in 2020, and he was named one of the 100 Most Influential Africans of 2022 by New African Magazine. His sophomore nonfiction book titled ‘Breaking Point’ won the 2025 ANA Prize for Nonfiction. Hundeyin currently lives under political asylum protection in Ghana where he is working on his third book.

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0:00 - Introduction: David Hundeyin, Investigative Journalist in Exile
2:51 - Political Awakening, Lekki Massacre & Escape from Nigeria
6:42 - Exposing Nigeria's President as a CIA Asset & the FOIA Lawsuit
13:22 - The Realization: Marxists Were Right & Journalism Cannot Be Neutral
18:37 - The "Christian Genocide" Hoax & US Military Base in Nigeria
26:28 - David's Unknowing Role in a Western-Funded Propaganda Project
32:20 - Alliance of Sahel States (AES): Data Sovereignty & State-Led Development
45:08 - Challenging Neoliberalism: Government Has Business in Business
53:59 - Contradictions: The US Health Deal & Why Anti-Imperialism Cannot Be Half-Assed
1:02:39 - China's Zero-Tariff Policy & The Multipolar World

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What are historic diasporans actually doing in Ghana?In this powerful visit to Brother Calvin Daniels’ moringa and agriculture farm, Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé Bakari Kambon shows what repatriation looks like on the ground: farming, investment, job creation, worker care, food production, and long-term development.This is bigger than a farm. It is a vision for Black repatriation, economic growth, nutritional security, and building institutions that benefit both returnees and Ghanaians. From moringa cultivation and snail production to employee housing and large-scale expansion plans, this conversation highlights the real impact of the Decade of Our Repatriation (D.O.O.R.).If you have been wondering whether repatriation to Ghana is possible, practical, or transformative, this video gives you a firsthand look.Learn more:https://www.r2gh.comhttps://ww....w.decadeofourrepatri #door #ghana #moringa #repatriation #blackpower #diasporareturn #agriculture #foodsecurity #investmenthttps://decadeofourrepatriatio....n.com/shai-hills-sna

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