AFRIKAN WORLD REPARATIONS AND REPATRIATION TRUTH COMMISION (AWRRTC) is a non-profit commission comprised of Continental and Repatriated Africans living in Ghana. The Truth Commission was mandated and formed by the participants of theFirst Emancipation Day Celebrations held in August 1998, in Accra, Ghana.

This little known story has met a just conclusion, as Sophia Stewart, African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due from the copyright infringement of her original work!!! Monday, October 4th 2004 ended a six-year dispute involving Sophia Stewart, the Wachowski Brothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart's allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow residing. [more]

The state agency responsible for names of towns and cities approved plans Thursday to rename the capital of Pretoria as Tshwane, dismissing criticism by mainly white South Africans that it would undermine their cultural traditions. [more]

Eleven years into democratic rule, South Africa's white minority population still controls most of the productive agricultural land, government officials acknowledged earlier this week. [more]

"I shed tears and I wished my family was there with me to see and take a look at the documents that revealed the truth of our family connection dating far back in Liberia, says Koromah Boykins. [more]

Analysis of today's diversity news from Roll Call, The Boston Globe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Village Voice, Outsports.com and more: [more]

WITH the 17th All Africa Students Conference (AASC) starting tomorrow, a Pan-Af-ricanist from Jamaica, Clem Marshall who is in the country to attend the conference, has emphasised the need for educating the youths on how they can build on the Pan-African philosophy. [more]

Editor's Note "The efforts at debt cancellation that were made till now could be compared to the scraps that Lazarus hoped he could feed on at the rich man's table: they are illusory promises without real substances. ...Giving to others scraps rather than what they deserve means basically treating them in a sub-human way, not as human beings!" - Catholic Bishops of Kenya, Pastoral Letter, May 17, 2005 [more]