Africa

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Destin Jenkins and Justin Leroy’s “Histories of Racial Capitalism”
03 Feb 2021
Racial capitalism is insidious and malleable, and can adapt to nearly any political context.
Jade Bentil
BAR Book Forum: Short Meditations on Christina Sharpe’s "In the Wake"
03 Feb 2021
To read In the Wake is to read a love letter to Black people in the everywhere of this world.
Ramzy Baroud
Beyond Slogans: Palestinians Need an Urgent, Centralized Strategy to Counter Israel in Africa
03 Feb 2021
Israel has accelerated its plans to exploit Africa’s many political and economic opportunities, especially as the continent is now an open ground for renewed global attention.
Dr. Kweli Nzito
The Veiled Violence of Racism
03 Feb 2021
The struggle against white supremacy dares to undermine a way of life that has steered and informed White American and European imperialism for 500 years.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 1, 2021
02 Feb 2021
Billionaire Wealth Breaks All Records in Crisis
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Anti-Black Racism Is Environmental Hazard
02 Feb 2021
Environmental justice should be put at the cutting edge of the social justice movement, said Dr Ugo Edu, an African American Studies professor at UCLA, and a medical anthropologist
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Abolish Police, from the US to Nigeria
02 Feb 2021
Crystal, a first-generation US citizen of Nigerian descent and activist with the Assata Collective, supports the abolition of police in both countries.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Black Citizenship Forum: Pan-Africanism and the Pitfalls of National Citizenship
27 Jan 2021
The Review interrogates the thought of academic and activist Layla Brown-Vincent, who says she was “reared and steeped in Pan-Africanist thought and organization” from birth.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Andrea Allen’s “Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships”
27 Jan 2021
Even those who are significantly marginalized act in ways that, unfortunately, inflict pain on others.
Adlène Meddi
France Vows 'Symbolic Actions' but No Apologies for Colonization of Algeria
27 Jan 2021
Between 500,000 and 1.5 million Algerians died in the war for independence, but the French don’t like to talk about it.