Africa

Norman Richmond
Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba
09 Mar 2016
Remembering Mama Africa Miriam Makeba Last week marked the 86th birthday of the late South African singer and Miriam Makeba, known to millions worldwide as “Mama Africa.” She “used her…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 7, 2016
08 Mar 2016
New FBI Guidelines for Targeting Classroom “Radicals” The nation’s teachers will soon be getting revised FBI guidelines on how to spot “radicalized” students. “The modern FBI ‘counter-violence and…
International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission No. 6
Oppose Massive Land Grabbing, Human Rights Abuses by Ethiopian Government
02 Mar 2016
by International League of Peoples’ Struggle Commission No. 6 The regime has killed over 140 students, teachers and farmers since last November. This is part of a crackdown on anti-government…
Ronnie Kasrils
South Africa: An Interview with 'Red Ronnie' Kasrils
24 Feb 2016
by Janet Smith In 2013, Ronnie Kasrils, a former commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the once-outlawed African National Congress who also served as minister of intelligence in the ANC…
Abayomi Azikiwe
The Coup Against Nkrumah and the Role of African Americans in the African Revolution
24 Feb 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe African American political organizations played a key role in influencing Kwame Nkrumah from the 1930s, until his removal from power in 1966 and beyond. Although the coup was…
Ebrahim Shabbir Deen
AFRICOM: Protecting US Interests Disguised as 'Military Partnerships'
24 Feb 2016
by Ebrahim Shabbir Deen AFRICOM, the U.S. military command in Africa, has subverted African militaries and enmeshed the continent in Washington's 'war on terror.' It is a one-side partnership. "…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 22, 2016
23 Feb 2016
When Paul Robeson Denounced a President to His Face Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, has turned out another book. Paul…
Patrick Bond
World Bank Punches South Africa’s Poor and Coddles the Rich
17 Feb 2016
by Patrick Bond Despite abundant evidence of pro-corporate bias, the Bank endorses the government’s “sound policy” on redistribution because Bank researchers cannot grapple with the core problem that…
Motsoko Pheko
The Shame of South Africa’s Black Political Prisoners
10 Feb 2016
by Motsoko Pheko More than twenty years after the end of formal apartheid, several African nationalists who resisted the inhuman system are still languishing in prison. Yet many apartheid agents who…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
African Union Refuses to Invade Burundi
03 Feb 2016
by Ann Garrison The African Union has reversed its decision to send 5,000 “peacekeepers” to Burundi, at the instigation of the U.S. and Europeans. The real threat to Burundi comes from…