On June 13, 1901, the Africa Times and Orient Review was first conceived during a planning meeting in Trinidad by early Pan-Africanists. Though the newspaper would officially launch in 1912 in London under Duse Mohamed Ali, its ideological roots were laid on this day. The June meeting united Caribbean intellectuals frustrated with British imperial propaganda and laid groundwork for global Black political journalism. The paper would later influence Marcus Garvey and African nationalists. This founding moment in Trinidad underscores the Caribbean’s early leadership in global Pan-African consciousness and media activism.
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