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COLUMNIST: LENROD NZULU BARAKA

Cuba’s Dark Night of the Soul

Cuba’s Dark Night of the Soul

Mar 24, 2026 | Feature Article

On March 21, 2026, I received a WhatsApp text from a close buddy of mine that immediately arrested my attention. The tex ...


Mar 19, 2026 | Feature Article

In the year 1845, as the US was about to annex Texas and the territory of Oregon, an America writer, John O rsquo;Sulliv ...

Feb 27, 2026 | Feature Article

Something instructive happened at the University of Ghana in December, 2018. Students of that university, incensed by th ...

Feb 16, 2026 | Feature Article

Barbados is the most easterly of the chain of Caribbean islands making it the closest island in the Caribbean archipelag ...

Jan 19, 2026 | Feature Article

As the world marches uncertainly into a new era of great power politics, leaders of small, weak states should be shudder ...

May 26, 2025 | Feature Article

In the buildup to his first term as President of the US Donald Trump boasted that he could shoot someone and still maint ...

May 26, 2025 | Feature Article

African Americans should be congratulated for their yeoman service in pushing the boundaries of rights extended to minor ...

May 26, 2025 | Feature Article

The disbanding of USAID and the reduction in aid given by the United Kingdom and Germany to the rest of the world should ...

May 1, 2025 | Feature Article

In the buildup to his first term as President of the US Donald Trump boasted that he could shoot someone and still ma ...

Mar 27, 2025 | Feature Article

The movie Harriet begins with a scene showing a congregation of slaves on a southern plantation in Maryland, USA. The sh ...

Mar 20, 2025 | Feature Article

In the Apocalypse of the New Testament which bears the name of the apostle John, a pale horse appears on the canvas draw ...

Mar 10, 2025 | Feature Article

Abortion has been and continues to be a disaster story for Black communities in the Diaspora. The number of abortions pe ...

Mar 4, 2025 | Feature Article

In 1760 the Tacky Slave Rebellion on the island of Jamaica resulted in the passage of a law targeting all forms of Afric ...

Feb 25, 2025 | Feature Article

Our esteemed wiseman and teacher John Henrick Clarke reminded us in one of his lectures that no group of people have com ...

Feb 16, 2025 | Feature Article

January 20, 2025 marked the genesis of global Trump Saga II as the US and Israel deepened their seemingly unbreakable bo ...

Feb 13, 2025 | Feature Article

Recently I watched a documentary on the making of the Shaka Zulu miniseries. The documentary joggled my memory and ma ...

Feb 4, 2025 | Feature Article

Adolf Hitler has been much maligned and rightly so for plunging the world into the horrors of World War II and for givin ...

Lenrod Nzulu Baraka
Lenrod Nzulu Baraka

Lenrod Nzulu Baraka is a graduate of the University of the Southern Caribbean with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion and History. He is the author of several books including Piarco Affair, The Black Paradigm, Echoes of the Ancestors, The Rebirth of Black Civilization, Oreos Coconuts and Negrope. More Lenrod Nzulu Baraka (aka Leonard R. Phillips) is a native of the Caribbean island of Barbados. HIs hobbies include reading, writing, travelling and meeting interesting people. He describes himself as an Afrocentric Freethinker with a Black Christocentric bias. Lenrod has a great sense of humor and enjoys watching and reading anything that is funny. He favorite genres of music include reggae, calypso and easy listening. His favorite Black artistes are Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and the Mighty Sparrow. He is also an eternal fan of Phil Colins. He will read anything by Tom Sharpe, Stephen King or Malachi Martin

Do you support or oppose Parliament’s passage of the Anti‑LGBTQ+ Bill 2026?

Started: 30-05-2026 | Ends: 31-08-2026