Africa

Netfa Freeman
Shutting down AFRICOM and the New Scramble for Africa
03 Oct 2018
The US must cease its military occupation of Africans at home and abroad, and abandon its attempt to rule the world by force.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Two African Heroes Leave Prison in Rwanda
19 Sep 2018
Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame has released two of his best known political prisoners: Victoire Ingabire, a Hutu political activist, and Kizito Mihigo, a Tutsi gospel singer.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Omise’eke Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
29 Aug 2018
This book asks readers ‘to follow Ezili’s lead by imagining worlds in which black women, black queer folk, masisi…ev’ry body has value—ev’ry black body is a divine gift.’”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of August 27, 2018
27 Aug 2018
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Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ugandan Police Beating of Bobi Wine is Sign of Desperation
27 Aug 2018
The police beating and arrest of Bobi Wine, the wildly popular musician and Ugandan parliamentarian, is a major “embarrassment” for the U.S., which has supported strongman Yoweri Museveni’s regime
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Gandhi and Fanon’s Shared Goals
27 Aug 2018
Whether by armed struggle or mass nonviolence, liberation movements seek to “elevate the colonized people to their proper status among humankind, and give way to a more equitable future, said
Ameth Lô
The Long March to Post-Capitalist Transition: Pan-Africanist Perspectives
22 Aug 2018
A Pan-Africanist politics is necessary because weak neo-colonial states are incapable of assuring their own survival or of negotiating how their country is inserted into the world system.
David Keys
Details of Horrific First Voyages in Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Revealed
22 Aug 2018
As the world ignores the ignominious 500th anniversary of the buying and selling of slaves between Africa and the Americas, historians uncover its first horrific voyages.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Imperial Head Doesn’t Know What Imperial Hand Is Doing
20 Aug 2018
“The whole imperialist system is in a state of severe crisis,” said Black Is Back Coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela, at the coalition’s annual conference, in St. Louis.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
NATO Is a Public Protection Racket
15 Aug 2018
“Putin enraged the West by putting the brakes the looting and refusing to let the new Russian oligarchs run the country.”