Murphy Browne

By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) Happy New Year 2025. In North America we said goodbye to 2024 at midnight on December 31, 2024. By then, some other countries were already …

By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) It’s beginning to look a lot like Kwanzaa. Yes, African people it is that time of year again! In his 1977 released song “African” Peter …

MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) August is Emancipation Month in Ontario. August 1 was Emancipation Day in Canada. The preamble to “An Act to proclaim the month of August as Emancipation …

By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) October was designated Women’s History Month in 1992 to commemorate the “Persons Case” which was launched by the “Famous Five”. On October 18, 1929, the …

By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) It is the second week of September 2024 and this is a special September for my family because two of our youth are in their …

MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) August is Emancipation Month in Ontario. August 1 was Emancipation Day in Canada. The preamble to “An Act to proclaim the month of August as Emancipation …

By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) Halifax, Nova Scotia, l0th July 1797. My Lord Duke: In the dispatch (No. 45) I had the honour to represent to your Grace, that I …

By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “I was wondering about our yesterdays, and starting digging through the rubble and to say, at least somebody went through a hell of a lot …

By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “I can’t stand the cold in winter I want to buy an incubator.” From the calypso “The Cold In Winter” by Aldwyn Roberts, Lord Kitchener. …

By MURPHY BROWNE (Abena Agbetu) “The Jamaican Maroons left a lasting legacy with their dignity, strength, resiliency and resistance to oppression and still hold a prominent place within the collective …