We need leadership in the uk. Someone with a platform who can pull all the various groups together. This should include black politicians, the galaxy community and the small actions which are taking place. And link up with Africa to a focus for the lost children.
Akala is our generation's street scholar. He bridges the gap for those bourgeois activists to understand whats really going on at a grassroots level, whilst helping the grassroots level better understand historical constructs and sharper moves.
couldn't put it better. well read and articulate (and i don't mean that in the "he's so well spoken" sense, but in the ability to, without impediment, demonstrate raw intelligence through speech), he is the epitome of a leader, and highly convincing to the bourgeoisie that you mention. he reminds me of a malcolm x character, but less confrontational in his delivery and discussion
I’ve broken down the topics into timestamps for everyone: 0:30 - 8:00 Local antiracism protests and warnings Q/A ~ 9:20- 11:00 On going back to Africa 11:00 - 12:00 Investing in Black British businesses/Community self development 12:30 - 19:30 Teaching history in schools/Education reform and disparities 19:40 - 26:30 On “black on black crime” 26:40- 29:10 Social revolution possible? 29:50 - 34:45 On Black conservatives 35:00- 39:30 On reparations/Did Africans sell us into slavery? 39:40 - 41:30 On black leadership 41:40 to end Mandatory readings/Prison reform and rehabilitation etc
As a white guy in the North of England that left school without gcses or the ability to barely read and write. Thanks for the shout out pal👍 I feel lost sometimes in these times, I don't feel far right or left, And I thank you for your time. I watched a video of a Bob marley interview and he said it isn't about race or colour it's about progress. Well that was my take anyways!
This young man is currently one of the brightest minds to speak on racism. His understanding of the relevant issues is outstanding and we can all learn from him. I agree that this is the right time to 'cash in' on the opportunity to stamp out the scourge of racism once and for all if the strategy is correct. Any violence coming from the black community will be picked up by the right wing media and blown out of all proportion giving the racist white community ammunition to continue their propaganda of hate, division and prejudice. We must not play in to their hands. Another vote for visiting Senegal here, particularly the Casamance region in the south of the country. Those little hamlets by the beach, on the Atlantic coast, are delightful. The people, the culture, the food and the music are the perfect way to recuperate and I have been blessed to spend a couple of months here every winter for the last ten years leading a simple life. Well done Akala. Another outstanding contribution to educate us all. Sending love and solidarity.
Im a black person in America.I have known about you for years.And I am proud of the wisdom that you speak over there.It seems as if you are one of a few over there that havent given in to assimilation.Peace to you and continued blessings!
The battles we fight in the UK are unheard of. Here there are emotions which can be destroyed and emotions which have to be approved. That is assimilation at work.
Akala from myself and I'm sure the community we thank you for the wealth of knowledge you relayed to us on the live. Big love Kingslee, we need it every week!
I love this man - he has provided more education and much-needed perspective in his writings and talks than I ever received in school. My kids will be fed a diet of his work as soon as they are old enough to comprehend it - if society hasn't managed to make the necessary shifts in the next decade. Also he's a ridiculous rapper. Love from Liverpool.
'If you dont go to uni your parents will stop talking to you' 🤣🤣 this is very accurate. Telling my parents i was taking a gap year is like i was ruining my life
@@asweproceed52 Haha If self-hating means being honest and wanting freedom for all races with spreading the truth with love and mutual respect then it is what it is 😅 I feel sorry for people like you who can’t see the objective reality and only see things in your lense of subjective reality and group mentality.
Echo my Nigerian parents both had degrees before the came to the UK. I'm a Degree'd up and both my son and daughter. I'm still doing certified exams regularly. Always learning x
I think the way Akala educates is honestly inspiring. It is a massive failure of public discourse that his voice and ones like it are so marginalized. I really appreciate how he has different forms of credibility and knowledge and talent available to it and that makes him so mighty. Much love from the Netherlands, taking your words to heart.
Very good conversation. Absolutely loving the progressive nature of his chat! Only way to solve this is thinking forward with brainstorming on practical solutions. It’s the only way. Statues and blah blah is counter productive. Let’s get our heads together and fix this
So many people from my generation need to hear this, intelligent, informed, non judgemental opinion. I cannot ever know how it feels to be racially disenfranchised however I know how it feels to be from a poor working class background. My man paints a picture since I first heard Shakespeare till day, it's a race thing first, a class thing second but it's a thing #BLM
Thanks for doing what you do man. Have been hooked ever since the sbtv and fire in the booth videos. I love your book as well , and would love more content like this or even a podcast. Thanks again
Akala is black hes Dad is black my son is half spanish hes black, furthermore Akala is one man who has done compelling work for as a black man for black ppl hes amazing, a gift just like Bob Marley, continue doing your work brother your inspiring many we need you!
A lot of what Akala has spoken on about his views, I've been saying but I just don't have the platform. You have to approach without ego and deliver impartial, unfiltered truth. Appreciate this 🙏🏾
Akala I am so grateful for you. You constantly educate me and help me articulate challenging and difficult conversations that i have with my peers. Thankyou
Great balanced approach, it about Communication and Community. It's not about the haters and the hate, it's about real people that have real needs wether they are black or white. we have a huge hill to climb and we will do t together. goodman
I remember listening to your first track n now look how far you have become, big respect bro. I was born and bred in brick lane and I know how my parents, grandparents were treated way back in brick lane. In my opinion I think everyone should go on Saturday but have a peaceful protest, none of this crazy BS that we are seeing lately! No point having a protest on the “endz” as no one gets heard in the ENDZ! All they get is stop n search! ✋ it’s a good time and way to bring the black community together, stronger and maybe have a chance to fix relationships within the black community itself e.g gang wars, knife crime etc...
If you live near Bedford I have many books giving away as sadly my son passed away natural causes, while doing his. Doctorate, I’m old now and no family here uk to pass them on to. Anyone who is interested in math, quantum math, physics, chemistry, science and technology, humanities and more, let me know if interested.
Get Akala on the Sam Harris podcast. That would be a great conversation! There would be middle ground but where they disagree would be a great, nuanced discussion from two calm intellects.
The Bible is black history how comes nobody if fighting for our true identity!!! I would love to see you my g look into it, big up the work your doing!!
As a white person it breaks my heart to hear black people talking about "going back to Africa" I wish I could say to every Black person in the UK "I love you, I see you, I hear you, and you are part of the society I want to live in"
Akala inspired me to look into black history and opened my eyes to many things. I dont even say the n word anymore or listen to music that says it either.
Your comment about white working class kids being ashamed of being clever rings so true. I went to a school which was rated the worst in the borough and most of the kids there were from v poor backgrounds. If you were put in top sets, you were basically bullied - it was cool to bunk off/start fights/do nothing. In fact, when my area had an influx of children from Somalia in the late 90s, the GCSE results for that school actually improved despite the kids having only been in the country for x amount of years. Really loved your book by the way, it has inspired me to read more books on geopolitics and economics so thank you!
"Knowledge is POWER." Those who hold it and refuse to SHARE it, to bring Justice, equilibrium and freedom to others, would be held accountable for the "Social Disparities" and DISCORDS !!!!
i love your passion for knowledge and history, i like how you answered the notion that Africans sold Africans into slavery as too generalised, also linking the Caribbean rebellions too with slave resistance fought on the main land-Thank you
For every white person that 'bought' a slave; there was a black person 'selling' that slave in Africa. Europeans did not leave the shorelines in Africa; they stayed in trading posts. The only reason we don't know who the slave-owners and traders were in Africa was because they'd barely learned to write, let alone keep financial records (or sail boats or make maps or cure meat) by the time the Europeans arrived....
Good point about the movement to Africa: money remittances to sub-Saharan Africa from the Diaspora is said to exceed Foreign Aid to the region by a huge factor, and astoundingly, Nigerian Diaspora remittances home is also said to exceed even the lucrative Oil & Gas revenues of the country! If true, that should continue for the time being.
As a long time fan, i urge you too start a podcast! Your voice on UK issues and general wisdom is much needed - and it feels that the media can only take small doses!
Imagine a world full of akala's?? Would be such a better place and I'm not just talking his fire in the booths. Rational in whatever topic he talks about. I'd vote for him as PM any fucking day of the week.
I always thought Kingsley would be a footballer as he was pretty phenomenal back in the day with his friend Ambrose. Very proud of this guy, who will still recognise mandem whenever he sees them. Good guy.
Akala, you need to debate Coleman Hughes, that would be absolutely fantastic. He has a podcast "Conversations with Coleman" and if you were a guest on there, that would make my life.
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Have you ever considered putting out a Podcast? Much respect for the voice and message you have to us all.
We need leadership in the uk. Someone with a platform who can pull all the various groups together. This should include black politicians, the galaxy community and the small actions which are taking place. And link up with Africa to a focus for the lost children.
this is a great idea, he has been on Distraction pieces
This would be amazing
He was also on the About Race with Reni podcast
Would love it if Akala launched a podcast. I have his Empires book as audiobook and it works really well in this format!
Akala is our generation's street scholar. He bridges the gap for those bourgeois activists to understand whats really going on at a grassroots level, whilst helping the grassroots level better understand historical constructs and sharper moves.
Well said
couldn't put it better. well read and articulate (and i don't mean that in the "he's so well spoken" sense, but in the ability to, without impediment, demonstrate raw intelligence through speech), he is the epitome of a leader, and highly convincing to the bourgeoisie that you mention.
he reminds me of a malcolm x character, but less confrontational in his delivery and discussion
He is a modern day intellectual. Like a proto-Chomsky
Yes his calm is very needed is these times, when there’s so much tension in the air, we’re at boiling point. That opening statement was perfect
He bridges the gaps. Smart enough to educate laymen and precise enough to guide the intellectuals.
I’ve broken down the topics into timestamps for everyone:
0:30 - 8:00 Local antiracism protests and warnings
Q/A ~
9:20- 11:00 On going back to Africa
11:00 - 12:00 Investing in Black British businesses/Community self development
12:30 - 19:30 Teaching history in schools/Education reform and disparities
19:40 - 26:30 On “black on black crime”
26:40- 29:10 Social revolution possible?
29:50 - 34:45 On Black conservatives
35:00- 39:30 On reparations/Did Africans sell us into slavery?
39:40 - 41:30 On black leadership
41:40 to end Mandatory readings/Prison reform and rehabilitation etc
thanks for this miles W
And 15:52 - talks about class based systems
Thank you
Grateful to YOU for taking the time to compile this list.... TY
well done mate. Much appreciated 👊🏾
As a white guy in the North of England that left school without gcses or the ability to barely read and write. Thanks for the shout out pal👍
I feel lost sometimes in these times, I don't feel far right or left,
And I thank you for your time.
I watched a video of a Bob marley interview and he said it isn't about race or colour it's about progress.
Well that was my take anyways!
This young man is currently one of the brightest minds to speak on racism. His understanding of the relevant issues is outstanding and we can all learn from him. I agree that this is the right time to 'cash in' on the opportunity to stamp out the scourge of racism once and for all if the strategy is correct. Any violence coming from the black community will be picked up by the right wing media and blown out of all proportion giving the racist white community ammunition to continue their propaganda of hate, division and prejudice. We must not play in to their hands.
Another vote for visiting Senegal here, particularly the Casamance region in the south of the country. Those little hamlets by the beach, on the Atlantic coast, are delightful. The people, the culture, the food and the music are the perfect way to recuperate and I have been blessed to spend a couple of months here every winter for the last ten years leading a simple life.
Well done Akala. Another outstanding contribution to educate us all. Sending love and solidarity.
Im a black person in America.I have known about you for years.And I am proud of the wisdom that you speak over there.It seems as if you are one of a few over there that havent given in to assimilation.Peace to you and continued blessings!
The battles we fight in the UK are unheard of. Here there are emotions which can be destroyed and emotions which have to be approved. That is assimilation at work.
She blat 👩🏿
Akala from myself and I'm sure the community we thank you for the wealth of knowledge you relayed to us on the live. Big love Kingslee, we need it every week!
I love this man - he has provided more education and much-needed perspective in his writings and talks than I ever received in school.
My kids will be fed a diet of his work as soon as they are old enough to comprehend it - if society hasn't managed to make the necessary shifts in the next decade.
Also he's a ridiculous rapper. Love from Liverpool.
Nice one bro. It ain't easy for Scousers either they have been done dirty by the media. I'm a quarter Scouse lol my nan got me supporting Liverpool.
I feel sorry for your kids ,sycophantic lickspittle.
Why only take his insight? Its totally biased
'If you dont go to uni your parents will stop talking to you' 🤣🤣 this is very accurate. Telling my parents i was taking a gap year is like i was ruining my life
Akala....all I can say is God bless you brother. Not only a big fan but your one special human being. Keep up the good work.
this brother should be our spokesman. man has my upmost respect.
Totally agree 💪🏾🙏🏽
Just from the first few minutes: thank you SO MUCH for encouraging political strategy, not just the fight. So important we win this one.
Big up Akala ! Much love and respect from southern Cali
Whenever Akala speaks, I stop what I am doing to listen. I've learnt so much from this brother.
Many thanks and keep up the good work.
Akala you are amazing! Been listening to your music, debates and lectures for nearly 20 years.
yep, another self-hating middle aged white fan for Akala. He doesn't really have any other type of fans, does he? Awkward...
@@asweproceed52 Haha If self-hating means being honest and wanting freedom for all races with spreading the truth with love and mutual respect then it is what it is 😅
I feel sorry for people like you who can’t see the objective reality and only see things in your lense of subjective reality and group mentality.
@@asweproceed52 Working class white from the heart of Hackney here and I think Akala is fucking brilliant.
Echo my Nigerian parents both had degrees before the came to the UK. I'm a Degree'd up and both my son and daughter. I'm still doing certified exams regularly. Always learning x
Have missed you Akala! We need to hear from you more often! Love the way you make the complicated easy to understand! Love from Bham UK ❤
I think the way Akala educates is honestly inspiring. It is a massive failure of public discourse that his voice and ones like it are so marginalized. I really appreciate how he has different forms of credibility and knowledge and talent available to it and that makes him so mighty. Much love from the Netherlands, taking your words to heart.
Stfu
Been waiting for you to speak on this. Much respect!
Very good conversation. Absolutely loving the progressive nature of his chat! Only way to solve this is thinking forward with brainstorming on practical solutions. It’s the only way. Statues and blah blah is counter productive. Let’s get our heads together and fix this
I have been waiting for your thought. Thanks for your time
So many people from my generation need to hear this, intelligent, informed, non judgemental opinion. I cannot ever know how it feels to be racially disenfranchised however I know how it feels to be from a poor working class background. My man paints a picture since I first heard Shakespeare till day, it's a race thing first, a class thing second but it's a thing #BLM
Thanks for doing what you do man. Have been hooked ever since the sbtv and fire in the booth videos. I love your book as well , and would love more content like this or even a podcast.
Thanks again
2020 clear vision. The Great Awakening🙏🏻
RESPECT MY BROTHER AKALA YOU HAVE WORDS OF WISDOM.
Akala is black hes Dad is black my son is half spanish hes black, furthermore Akala is one man who has done compelling work for as a black man for black ppl hes amazing, a gift just like Bob Marley, continue doing your work brother your inspiring many we need you!
A lot of what Akala has spoken on about his views, I've been saying but I just don't have the platform.
You have to approach without ego and deliver impartial, unfiltered truth.
Appreciate this 🙏🏾
Akala I am so grateful for you. You constantly educate me and help me articulate challenging and difficult conversations that i have with my peers. Thankyou
Oh, I missed the live😫but thanks for uploading it , 👏👏👏
Akala speaks the truth like no other.
Educational thank you for opening my eyes
As a conservative I enjoyed listening to this.
Always insightful! Great content!
We love you. Thank you !
Thank you Akala.
Akala won me back as a fan after our little spat on twitter.
Great balanced approach, it about Communication and Community. It's not about the haters and the hate, it's about real people that have real needs wether they are black or white. we have a huge hill to climb and we will do t together. goodman
I remember listening to your first track n now look how far you have become, big respect bro. I was born and bred in brick lane and I know how my parents, grandparents were treated way back in brick lane. In my opinion I think everyone should go on Saturday but have a peaceful protest, none of this crazy BS that we are seeing lately! No point having a protest on the “endz” as no one gets heard in the ENDZ! All they get is stop n search! ✋ it’s a good time and way to bring the black community together, stronger and maybe have a chance to fix relationships within the black community itself e.g gang wars, knife crime etc...
Thank you for your time and opinions especially about Saturday 🙏❤
Dude, looking at your background made me have words with my library 😫
AfSA Action for Social Advancement 🤣
its an expensive hobby...
What did your library say ?
If you live near Bedford I have many books giving away as sadly my son passed away natural causes, while doing his. Doctorate, I’m old now and no family here uk to pass them on to. Anyone who is interested in math, quantum math, physics, chemistry, science and technology, humanities and more, let me know if interested.
Veronica Manley I’m interested
Although not studying they’re subjects that fascinate me
You need a podcast fam, I loved this.
You are one of the only people I would happily vote for and canvas for... an absolute scholar
@Michael Ayling a mixed race uk born man....absolute racist ? please explain
I am so glad you addressed Candice Owen
Bro you and Gino Jennings are two of the realest people i have encountered keep speaking unbiased truth food for the mind, bless up
Get Akala on the Sam Harris podcast. That would be a great conversation! There would be middle ground but where they disagree would be a great, nuanced discussion from two calm intellects.
wouldn't happen. Harris got cancelled years ago
I love listening to Akala talk as it gives me access to views that I don't regularly have access to in my regular life. Always so enlightening.
When is your next book coming? Those reading this make sure you read Natives - Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire
I started that book a few days ago 😀
@@squarepeg9484 it's good innit
I Love this guy!!!
Yes we want the whole story on everything not just a simple narrative
Good to hear a guy your age talking sense. Keep it up, by the way I know you dad Ian .
One of the most sensical, eloquently spoken people I've listened to.
Could listen to you talk all day.
At college all my predicted grades were really low, like D’s. I knew the teachers judged me because of my dress and speech, I got straight A’s.
Noel Westwood I wish they marked coursework without reading the name on it...I actually requested that and it got rejected
@@Lewis-vg5uu well done for smashing the grades lad!
💯💯💯💯💯 Well said Akala keep the truth flowing. Blessings in all ways.
Wise words
....at least up to 9:32. The well placed first question/answer set the tone for the rest. I disconnected.
The Bible is black history how comes nobody if fighting for our true identity!!! I would love to see you my g look into it, big up the work your doing!!
Thank goodness for RUclips 👏🏾👏🏾😃😃
Teaches you a lot! I’m gonna buy the audio books as well thank you 🙏🏼
Loving reading your book, and always a pleasure to hear you speak. Thank you!
Peace and love my brother you always talk that real talk i think that is the perfect tactic plz youngers take it as advise not dictatorship
Thank you
As a white person it breaks my heart to hear black people talking about "going back to Africa"
I wish I could say to every Black person in the UK "I love you, I see you, I hear you, and you are part of the society I want to live in"
Can tell you've never been near a London estate. You would soon change your mind.
Thats very sweet Ollie
@fo that’s some very idiotic energy to put into the world.
Respect Akala, on your knowledge on the history of black people bless
Change must start from minds, hearts and homes. Black excellence we must educate ourselves, our history, finance and emotional intelligence.
Is this how the Akala podcast begins ?
hope so
Rate This guy too much he is so smart ...everything he speaks about is very on point to the point ..take note guys
Akala inspired me to look into black history and opened my eyes to many things. I dont even say the n word anymore or listen to music that says it either.
Akala the great!!-should have his own TV channel!-nothing but knowledge/wisdom 24hrs a day!!!!!!-this man is blessed!!
Thank you Akala
Your comment about white working class kids being ashamed of being clever rings so true. I went to a school which was rated the worst in the borough and most of the kids there were from v poor backgrounds. If you were put in top sets, you were basically bullied - it was cool to bunk off/start fights/do nothing. In fact, when my area had an influx of children from Somalia in the late 90s, the GCSE results for that school actually improved despite the kids having only been in the country for x amount of years. Really loved your book by the way, it has inspired me to read more books on geopolitics and economics so thank you!
Bro I've literally been waiting and looking everywhere for you to come out with a video on wag1 right now!
We need an Akala 'History of Africa' podcast!
We need to stick together as human beings because what I think is coming is far more influential on the human race than the colour of skin.
very respectable message
"Knowledge is POWER." Those who hold it and refuse to SHARE it, to bring
Justice, equilibrium and freedom to others, would be held accountable for
the "Social Disparities" and DISCORDS !!!!
You are amazing, bless you and your family
Absolute Respect 🙏🏽
Much respect for Akala. Thanks for your insights. Love and Peace.
i love your passion for knowledge and history, i like how you answered the notion that Africans sold Africans into slavery as too generalised, also linking the Caribbean rebellions too with slave resistance fought on the main land-Thank you
For every white person that 'bought' a slave; there was a black person 'selling' that slave in Africa. Europeans did not leave the shorelines in Africa; they stayed in trading posts. The only reason we don't know who the slave-owners and traders were in Africa was because they'd barely learned to write, let alone keep financial records (or sail boats or make maps or cure meat) by the time the Europeans arrived....
I can hear the mrs yamming up some food inna plate too. Bless
Solid video, watched twice and now going to watch the Part 2
Good point about the movement to Africa: money remittances to sub-Saharan Africa from the Diaspora is said to exceed Foreign Aid to the region by a huge factor, and astoundingly, Nigerian Diaspora remittances home is also said to exceed even the lucrative Oil & Gas revenues of the country! If true, that should continue for the time being.
Very very interesting.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PEOPLE TELL JOE ROGAN ABOUT AKALA! WE NEED A JOE ROGAN-AKALA EPISODE!
Anti Government He had Cornel West on so eh...yeah?
Spam rogan
@Anti Government You should definitely check him out, like Akala, he is a great man.
Yes definitely, that would be an awesome podcast
Joe Rogan is big time. Who the fuck is Akala around the world Lol
Big up yourself I loved the track GIANTS
you dont get taught to be a hairdresser at private school - that hit deep i never realised
As a long time fan, i urge you too start a podcast! Your voice on UK issues and general wisdom is much needed - and it feels that the media can only take small doses!
Imagine a world full of akala's?? Would be such a better place and I'm not just talking his fire in the booths. Rational in whatever topic he talks about. I'd vote for him as PM any fucking day of the week.
Bro needs to start a podcast ASAP
This was incredible. So much knowledge and wisdom. ✊🏾🔥
Big up Akala 👍🏾
I always thought Kingsley would be a footballer as he was pretty phenomenal back in the day with his friend Ambrose. Very proud of this guy, who will still recognise mandem whenever he sees them. Good guy.
You are such a brilliant mind! The world needs more people like you
Akala, you need to debate Coleman Hughes, that would be absolutely fantastic. He has a podcast "Conversations with Coleman" and if you were a guest on there, that would make my life.
Coleman Hughes would totally shit on this guy, “fascist police”?? This man is talking out of his arse
"They come. No news, they lose" Succinctly put.
Words of wisdom. forget munity .
Create community.🤩
Akala for PM 💯🙏
A) Exercise some common sense....I felt that
"39:42" my inner spirit wakes me up.
Great message brother
Fantastic ✊🏾🙌🏾🤍