Africa

Black Agenda Radio for Week of July 10, 2017
11 Jul 2017
U.S. War Crimes Against “Muslims of Color” The illegal U.S. presence in Syria is a “Nuremburg crime against peace,” said Dr. Francis Boyle, the renowned professor of international law at the…
Motsoko Pheko
Why Africans Have No Land in South Africa
11 Jul 2017
by Motsoko Pheko If South Africa is an independent, decolonized, democratic country under the control of its Black majority, then why is 93% of the land still owned by whites? The author maintains…
Herstory: The Soweto Uprising and the Erasure of Black Women
27 Jun 2017
by Thando Sipuye There are many distortions in the dominant narratives around the 1976 students’ uprising. One of the most critical of these is the persistent, subtle projection of that uprising as…
Alemayehu G. Mariam
Ethiopia: Collective Punishment by Internet Clampdown
19 Jun 2017
by Alemayehu G. Mariam Shutting down and criminalizing use of the internet has become a weapon in the government’s cyber warfare strategy against the Ethiopian people, particularly the youth. The…
“Zuma Must Fall” and the Left: Lessons from Zimbabwe
05 Jun 2017
by Munvaradzi Gwisai Faced with a growing crisis, South African President Zuma has raised the prospect of a radical reorientation of the ANC and the possibility of radical economic transformation.…
The Failure of the Socialist Movement in Nigeria
05 Jun 2017
by Osaze Lanre Nosaze Africa’s most populous nation has lots of parties that call themselves “socialist” or “communist,” but “all of them fail by the crucial criterion of possessing sufficient…
Thomas C. Mountain
Fortress Europe: The Rise of Fascism and Racism in the Netherlands
05 Jun 2017
by Thomas C. Mountain Police in a small Dutch town broke up a long-scheduled and totally peaceful gathering of Eritreans from all over Europe, as the event was besieged by Ethiopians pretending to be…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Rwanda: Starvation in the Shadow of a Star 
31 May 2017
by Ann Garrison Paul Kagame, the dictator that presides over Rwanda’s minority government, is the darling of the U.S., the former colonial powers, and Israel. Bill Clinton claims “the economic and…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Africa at the Crossroads: the Fate of the African Union
30 May 2017
by Abayomi Azikiwe History is not as far removed from the crises afflicting Africa today as many people seem to think. Imperialism has fought against the continent’s genuine independence and…
Mark P. Fancher
In the Light of African Liberation Day Imperialist Rats Will Run Away
23 May 2017
by Mark P. Fancher The heroic African guerilla struggles against colonialism are history. The African present is dominated by AFRICOM, the U.S. military octopus with tentacles deep in the militaries…