Africa

Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Propaganda Watch: Kagame Is Not Traoré
21 May 2025
A recurring social media trope casts Rwandan President Paul Kagame as a defiant African hero, like Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré, resisting the West’s dictates, but nothing could be further from the…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
SPEECH: A Black Man’s Protest, Lamine Senghor, 1927
14 May 2025
“It is a lie that slavery has been abolished. It has only been modernized.”
Jon Jeter
Fleeing Imaginary Persecution at Home, South African ‘Refugees’ May Find the Grass is Not Greener in America
14 May 2025
The Trump administration’s decision to fast-track asylum for white South Africans—claiming "persecution"—is a political stunt, ignoring that they remain among the wealthiest globally, still…
Moussa Ibrahim
How Western Churches Hijacked African Christianity—and How It's Fighting Back
14 May 2025
The future of the Christian church on the continent depends on the ability to develop an authentic African Christianity, moving away from its westernized forms.
Tennyson S.D. Joseph
False Promises, False Hopes: The Africa-CARICOM Summit
14 May 2025
A forward-looking critique of African and Caribbean collaborations embodied in the Africa-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
LETTER: Thank you, Mr. Howe, Ama Ata Aidoo, 1967
07 May 2025
Ama Ata Aidoo lands a knock-out blow to white neocolonial anti-African revisionism.
Black Alliance for Peace Africa Team
Now is the Time for All Anti-Imperialists and All Justice Loving People to Stand Unequivocally in Defense of Burkina Faso
07 May 2025
The Black Alliance for Peace demands an end to U.S. and Western interference in Burkina Faso, the rejection of neocolonial policies in the Sahel, and a stance affirming Africans' rights to…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The US/EU/NATO’s Regime Change Playbook for Burkina Faso and Captain Ibrahim Traoré
30 Apr 2025
The U.S. increases pressure on Burkina Faso through military propaganda, as Africans rise to protect the developing project.
Kai Cash
Planting Seeds of Sovereignty: Lessons from the Sahel and Beyond
30 Apr 2025
When the West slaps on tariffs, it’s 'economic security'—but when the Sahel rejects exploitative deals, it’s called a threat. From Cuba to Burkina Faso, countries have fought for self-sufficiency:…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Power Shift in the Horn of Africa: Somalia Recognizes SSC-Khaatumo
23 Apr 2025
Somalia’s recognition of SSC-Khaatumo as its sixth Federal Member State (FMS) has radically shifted the Horn of Africa’s geopolitical dynamics, with implications for Israel, Palestine, and Ansar…