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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.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
SPEECH: French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara, Tawia Adamafio, 1960
26 Jul 2023
A reminder of when Accra was at the center of struggles against nuclear imperialism. African people have always been at the forefront of peace and sanity.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
COMMENT: Story-telling in an African Village, Ama Ata Aidoo, 1966
07 Jun 2023
Remembering the anti-imperialist and Pan-Africanist politics of the late Ghanaian writer, Ama Ata Aidoo.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Currency Crisis in the West, 1965
22 Mar 2023
A 1965 article from Kwame Nkrumah’s journal The Spark highlights the role of monetary policy – and the US dollar – as an instrument of imperialism and neocolonial rule.
All African Peoples Revolutionary Party
What is Nkrumahism-Touréism?
28 Sep 2022
The Pan-African revolutionary thought of Ahmed Sékou Touré and Kwame Nkrumah is an essential guide in seeking liberation for African people.
Tanupriya Singh
Ghana’s Unions and Left Reject Bailout Talks with the IMF as Economic Crisis Spirals
27 Jul 2022
Ghana has initiated talks with the International Monetary Fund to seek a potential bailout amid a major economic crisis. This has been rejected by the Socialist Movement of Ghana and trade unions who…
Vijay Prashad
Why Does the United States Have a Military Base in Ghana?
22 Jun 2022
Why would the government of Ghana allow a U.S. military base on its territory? Kwesi Pratt Jr., a journalist and leader of the Socialist Movement of Ghana explains.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
SPEECH: “The architects of this murder are many:” Kwame Nkrumah on the killing of Patrice Lumumba, 1961
27 Apr 2022
Kwame Nkrumah’s 1961 speech on the assassination of Patrice Lumumba exposes the the international white supremacist cabal responsible for his death, and for the crisis of the Congo.
Owen Schalk
Canada and the Overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah
27 Apr 2022
April 27, 2022 is the 50th anniversary of Kwame Nkrumah's death. He was ousted from the Ghanaian presidency by Canadian trained elements of his own military who were also supported by the CIA. Canada…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Anima Adjepong’s “Afropolitan Projects”
27 Oct 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.