Africa

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
SPEECH: Imperialism is the Arsonist of Our Forests and Savannas, Thomas Sankara, February 5, 1986
23 Aug 2023
Thomas Sankara, radical leader and martyr of Burkina Faso, understood that the problem of ecological destruction was rooted in capitalism and imperialism.
Jim Lobe
Case studies: US Military Assistance in Africa Doesn’t Work
23 Aug 2023
Authors of a new report worry that Washington won’t heed their warnings but double down in an era of Great Power Competition.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Musab Younis’s Book, “On the Scale of the World”
16 Aug 2023
This week’s featured author is Musab Younis. Younis is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. His book is On the Scale of the World…
Dr. Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad
Ivory Coast's Role in ECOWAS and the Impact of Its Destabilization of Niger
16 Aug 2023
The author explains why the Ivory Coast has joined the U.S. plan to take part in a possible ECOWAS invasion of Niger. There is a long history of antagonism between the two states and Ivory Coast…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Anti-Imperialist Sentiment Spreads Across West Africa Amid Threats Against Niger
16 Aug 2023
The U.S. and France have inspired a new solidarity among the nations opposing their efforts to interfere in Niger.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Eritrea Celebrates Freedom
09 Aug 2023
Eritrea is an example of an independent and self-determining African state. Its people are rightly proud of their history.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Why Africa Must Unite, Kwame Nkrumah, 1963
09 Aug 2023
Sixty years ago, Nkrumah told us why it was important that Africa unite. Today, his message and roadmap for Pan-African unity is needed more than ever.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Musings from the Margins #2: From Atlanta and Haiti, to Niger, the Western War Against Africans and Collective Humanity Intensifies
09 Aug 2023
The war against Africans intensifies, the puppets and stooges do as they are ordered, while others are satisfied with empty gestures. But the revolutionary path is unchanged, as Ajamu Baraka…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Eritrea: A Bright Spot on a Planet near the Edge of Armageddon
09 Aug 2023
Last week I attended the Eritrean American Festival in the Seattle/Tacoma area, at the Tacoma Convention Center. This was the speech I would have given if the festival had not been disrupted by…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
11 coups in Africa: Drone Ranger's legacy??
09 Aug 2023
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