Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka

Historian & Pan-Africanist for United African States in our lifetimes!

[Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka @LShabaka]

Egito Faraônico: Berço da Filosofia, do Estado e do Monoteísmo- Drº Yopo... https://t.co/4KtcZi471x via @YouTube

[Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka @LShabaka]

This is very simplistic and it is much more nuanced than the polemics by Farrakhan!

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan teaches on the history of the country of Cape Verde 🇨🇻. The truth is the rate of racism towards Black people by Mulatos is worse than none.

[Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka @LShabaka]

Macron shouldn’t be welcomed in any form!Ghana to advance reparatory justice at first major gathering since landmark UN resolution | Reparations and reparative justice. https://t.co/3la7ups2Nc

[Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka @LShabaka]

These barbaric savages!!!Seven-year-old Abdiqadir was hit in a US airstrike. Without a $750 operation, he may lose his ability to walk | Somalia | The Guardian https://t.co/A0Yu0HIsEp

[Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka @LShabaka]

How about the other African fans from Senegal, DRCongo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, etc., get visas? US govt disrespect Africa!!! This is tokenism:
“How Vozinha’s Mother Got Her Visa To Watch Cape Verde In The World Cup” https://t.co/GqSaawhl0k via @YouTube

[Zoom Afrika @zoomafrika1]

Do not say anything, just like and repost. 💛🩵🖤

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly speaking facts:

"Africans can’t have their people" at the World Cup because of US travel bans.

Every other team gets their fans. But Global South teams like Senegal get blocked while the West lectures everyone about "inclusion" and "human rights".

This is the same empire that bombs, exploits, and restricts — then cries when others resist.

Football should unite people, not separate them with racist visa policies and double standards.

Stand with Koulibaly. Stand with the fans. Stand with the Global South.

No bows. Just raw truth. 💪🏿🇸🇳

[K.Diallo ☭ @nyeusi_waasi]

Despite spending time in Belgium and later France under quarantine and medical screening measures to ensure they had not contracted Ebola, not a single DR Congo supporter traveling from Kinshasa was granted a U.S. visa for the World Cup. Among them was Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, better known as “Lumumba,” an iconic Leopards supporter who became one of the most recognizable faces of AFCON 2025.

Since the start of this tournament, we have been witnessing clear bias against African countries embedded in visa and immigration systems.

[Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka @LShabaka]

Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced https://t.co/xnoKbT5hqP via @YouTube

[Les Requins Bleus🇨🇻 @LesRequinsBleus]

Le mood est bon 🕺🏽😍

[Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka @LShabaka]

The Africa exception: the slavery reparations debate was once ‘unthinkable’. Now it is unavoidable | Race | The Guardian https://t.co/2UFvyuMrry

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

BREAKING: Trump administration claims the Somali referee was denied entry because he is a security threat to the US with links to suspected terrorists. He was questioned for 11 hours, including about Al Shabab

Omar Abdulkadir Artan just landed back in Somalia to a hero's welcome

[Elham Ishmael ✍︎ @EIshmael_]

#BoycottFIFA #BoycottWorldCup

[Walter Rodney Foundation @RodneyProject]

In solidarity, join us at 8pm tonight for a moment of silence in memory of the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney.

[Lumumba Hamilcar Shabaka @LShabaka]

Ethiopia must not be dragged back into war | Opinions | Al Jazeera https://t.co/XbjOrXO6la

[Nahuel Lanzón @nahuelzn]

🇸🇴 Nunca vi algo así. En Somalia hoy se llenó un estadio para recibir como héroe nacional a Omar Artan, el árbitro al que Estados Unidos le negó la entrada al Mundial. Increíble.

[African @ali_naka]

Fact is Omar Abdulkadir Artan is Now the story of World Cup 2026!!

[Deeqa 🇸🇴 @Deee_luul]

This is the Somali spirit.

Undefeated!

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Thank you, Ian Wright, for speaking out against what is shaping up to be the worst FIFA World Cup in modern history and for highlighting how Donald Trump’s America has demeaned the beautiful game of football.

It is sad that FIFA President Gianni Infantino has shown so little courage and independence, choosing instead to remain silent while football is dragged into the politics of exclusion and discrimination.

Where are the big African names who have remained quiet while Africans are being belittled by this racist regime in America? Did you see how the Senegalese World Cup team was treated on arrival, Africa’s top referee denied entry, and fans, journalists, and at times coaches denied entry?

I am not surprised that it took an Arsenal great like Ian Wright to speak out publicly. In a world where too many of the powerful and influential are consumed by self-interest, it is refreshing to see principled people like Ian Wright stand up and speak when it matters most, rather than cower in silence.

Football is supposed to unite people across borders, races, and cultures. Those who claim to lead the game should be defending those values, not looking the other way when they are under attack.

This is what FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on 9 March 2017.
“Any team, including the supporters and officials, who qualify for a World Cup need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup. That is obvious.”

Yet today, he is remarkably and comically quiet while fans, officials, coaches, journalists, and even referees face barriers and restrictions. What changed? The principle seemed clear enough in 2017.

It is disappointing to see someone who once spoke so firmly about equal access to the World Cup now appear unwilling to defend those same values. Leadership is tested when it is inconvenient, not when it is easy. Silence in the face of discrimination and exclusion is not leadership.