Africa

David Keys
Details of Horrific First Voyages in Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Revealed
22 Aug 2018
As the world ignores the ignominious 500th anniversary of the buying and selling of slaves between Africa and the Americas, historians uncover its first horrific voyages.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Imperial Head Doesn’t Know What Imperial Hand Is Doing
20 Aug 2018
“The whole imperialist system is in a state of severe crisis,” said Black Is Back Coalition chairman Omali Yeshitela, at the coalition’s annual conference, in St. Louis.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
NATO Is a Public Protection Racket
15 Aug 2018
“Putin enraged the West by putting the brakes the looting and refusing to let the new Russian oligarchs run the country.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Wikileaks: Rwandan Reconciliation Is a Lie
08 Aug 2018
One of the many thousands of diplomatic cables that Wikileaks released between February 18, 2010, and September 1, 2011 revealed the lie beneath Rwanda's shiny surface.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Rwandan Dictator Paul Kagame’s Paranoia Strikes Deep
01 Aug 2018
“Dissidents say Kagame shuttered houses of worship because they were the last spaces in Rwanda where people felt safe from his totalitarian grip.”
Nick Turse
US Secret Wars in Africa Rage on Despite Talk of Downsizing
01 Aug 2018
“There is no evidence yet of massive cuts, gradual reductions, or any downsizing whatsoever.”
Paul Street
Same Old Obama: The First Black Presidential Library and Gentrification on Chicago’s South Side
25 Jul 2018
“Real estate interests are licking their chops over ‘development’ opportunities linked to the Obama Center’s construction.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Fred Moten’s “consent not to be a single being”
25 Jul 2018
“We have lived, and continue to live, in a climate that doesn’t support life.”
Thomas C. Mountain
Ethiopia’s Peaceful Revolution
25 Jul 2018
“As Dr Abiy continues his path of close relations with Eritrea expect to see a growing wave of criticism, maybe even demonization, once his “honeymoon” period with the western medi
Dr. Kweli Nzito
Trump’s Protection Racket Swamps Africa
25 Jul 2018
“Enormous sacrifices made in the protracted and often brutal anti-colonial resistance wars are now coming to naught.”