Africa

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ebola and HIV as “Development” and “Security” Problems
29 Oct 2019
Epidemics don’t just kill lots of people, they “take up a lot of space in the national budget” and affect relationships of “security and power,” said Adia Benton, a professor
Eusi Kwayana
Hurricanes and Other Storms That Uprooted a People
16 Oct 2019
The majority of residents in the hurricane-prone countries of the Caribbean are there as a result of a specific centuries-long crime wave, known as the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Rwanda: Murder of Dissidents Continues as Migrants Are Shipped in
02 Oct 2019
Another Rwandan dissident was murdered as African migrants were shipped from Libya to Rwanda to stem mass migration to Europe.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Tiny St. Vincent Blasts US Sanctions of Venezuela
30 Sep 2019
The Prime Minister of the Caribbean island nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines denounced US sanctions against Venezuela and called the Juan Guaido “government,” recognized by the US and it
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
26 Sep 2019
This week you discussed nuclear contamination, the electability of Joe Biden, and theories of racism. We share your letters for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Rinaldo Walcott and Idil Abdillahi’s “BlackLife”
25 Sep 2019
The book seeks to unmake the idea that Black people in Canada occupy some “special” place in diaspora.
Garikai Chengu
Gaddafi vs the West: Two Revolutions on the Wrong Side of History
25 Sep 2019
Gaddafi's revolution created one of the 21st century's most profoundly successful experiments in economic democracy.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Adia Benton’s “HIV Exceptionalism”
18 Sep 2019
This book offers lessons for people interested in organizing around health status, for building health systems.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Patricia Pinho’s “Mapping Diaspora”
18 Sep 2019
Transnational black solidarity has been a central component of African American roots tourism in Brazil, even as international tourism also allows for the enactment of first-world subjectivities.…
Mark P. Fancher
“Operation Brown Nose” -- U.S. Aids French Dirty Work in Africa
18 Sep 2019
The U.S. has gone extra miles to support French military efforts to protect uranium mining in Niger.