Africa

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, BAR editor and columnist
Black Lives Extinguished, Black Ancestors’ Bodies Desecrated
03 Jun 2020
We are killed in the streets while we are alive and then our bodies are dug up and thrown away like trash when businesses require the land for profit making.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda: “Victoire Ingabire Should Be Arrested at Least, Killed at Best”
27 May 2020
The life of the woman who leads Rwanda’s most prominent opposition to Paul Kagame’s dictatorship is being publicly threatened in the wake of the killing of many of her supporters.
Black Alliance For Peace
On African Liberation Day, the Black Alliance for Peace Demands U.S. Shut Down AFRICOM
27 May 2020
The US Military Command in Africa allows Washington and its European allies to dominate the continent and its resources.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Vincent Brown’s “Tacky’s Revolt”
27 May 2020
The Jamaican slave revolt of 1760-1761 was one war within an interlinked network of other wars.
The Public Archive
Haiti’s Revolutions and Revisions: An Interview with Charles Forsdick and Christian Høgsbjerg
27 May 2020
Toussaint stressed that freedom was something that had to be fought for and taken from below by the masses themselves.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 25, 2020
26 May 2020
Black Is Back Coalition’s “Ballot and the Bulllet” Electoral School
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Another ALD, But Africa Still Not Free
26 May 2020
More than a half century after most African states gained nominal independence, the continent is still economically and politically dependent on “external actors,” said Ndubuisi Christ
Tunde Osazua and Netfa Freeman
First Somali Congressperson Legitimizes AFRICOM and US Drone War
13 May 2020
Rep. Omar recently commended the US war machine for increasing the “transparency” and “accountability” of its bombing of her native country.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 11, 2020
11 May 2020
Biden’s “Lift Every Voice” Proposal Appeals to Black Misleaders
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
“Scent of Africa” Marketed to “Afropolitans”
11 May 2020
Fifty years after most African nations won nominal independence, ad agencies are marketing upscale products like the perfume “Scent of Africa” to so-called “Afropolitans,” a cohort defined by