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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.
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 is…
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.
Peoples Dispatch
Death Toll Mounts in Kenya as Police Intensify Crackdown on Protests Against US-IMF Backed Tax Regime
26 Jul 2023
Kenyans have been protesting President William Ruto’s Finance Act that increases taxes on essential goods while making concessions to foreign capital.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
TRANSCRIPT: The Roots and Consequences of African Underdevelopment, Walter Rodney, 1979
31 May 2023
In May 1979, the Center for Afro-American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles hosted a symposium titled The Political Economy of the Black World. We are publishing, for the first…
Djibo Sobukwe
NATO and Africa
13 Jul 2022
Djibo Sobukwe participated in a Canadian Foreign Policy Institute panel, "NATO and Global Empire" on June 30, 2022. These are his remarks on NATO and Africa.