Mogous' Story

They say 'Black Lives Matter', but do they, do they really?

George Floyd's death has, rightly, shocked the world. It has also, from what has been said and written, seemingly divided people.

Now maybe, as Michael Johnson said, "it could be a prominent moment where we can bring about change that so many people in this country want". If that happens, then great; maybe if the name George Floyd gets remembered, like the name Stephen Lawrence, then we will have achieved something and his death will not have been in vain.

But what about the others - the black people abused and killed in the United Kingdom whose names are not remembered? Those people who, all too quickly, become fish and chip wrappings. 

People like David Oluwale, the Leeds gent who was chased by the police, drowned in the river Aire and then had 'wog' written on his death certificate, in place of nationality, by the police.

 

Or people like Mogous Abay, who died in suspicious circumstances in June 1990.

We cannot bring people back, we cannot change history, but we can tell their stories, so they are not forgotten.

This is Mogous' story...