Abayomi Azikiwe

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…
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Ahmed Kathrada, Veteran Communist and South African National Liberation Icon, Dies
05 Apr 2017
by Abayomi Azikiwe Another of South Africa’s founding revolutionaries has been laid to rest. Ahmed Mohamed “Kathy” Kathrada, a stalwart of the African National Congress who was imprisoned on Robben…
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Anti-Imperialism, Pan-Africanism and Nkrumah’s Ghana: The Historic Role of Shirley Graham Du Bois
15 Mar 2017
by Abayomi Azikiwe A longtime leftist, Shirley Graham Du Bois had as much influence on her famous spouse he did on her. Both their lives ended in exile. Shirley Graham Du Bois explained to Africans…
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The Global Dimensions of the Life and Legacy of Malcolm X
22 Feb 2017
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Why Did America’s Ruling Elites Declare War on the Black Movement?
22 Jun 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe 1966 was a watershed year, the historical juncture when the “civil rights” movement, which had been largely victorious in ending legally-mandated apartheid in the U.S., was…
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Africa Liberation Day: Pentagon and CIA Continue to Destabilize the Continent
25 May 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe African Liberation Day is always a cause for celebration – but also for sober assessment of how far off the goal of continental liberation remains. The great pan-Africanist Kwame…
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US Foreign Policy in Africa and the 2016 Elections
18 May 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe The pace of U.S. meddling in Africa has increased tremendously under the Bush and Obama administrations, yet U.S. policies in Africa are non-issues in the current presidential…
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The Coup Against Nkrumah and the Role of African Americans in the African Revolution
24 Feb 2016
by Abayomi Azikiwe African American political organizations played a key role in influencing Kwame Nkrumah from the 1930s, until his removal from power in 1966 and beyond. Although the coup was…
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Militarization of U.S. Police is a Reflection of United States Foreign Policy
21 Oct 2015
by Abayomi Azikiwe “The militarization of U.S. society is as old as the American system itself,” but the policy kicked into a high gear in the mid to late Sixties, to crush Black urban revolt. In…
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Burkina Faso Courts Allow Exhumation of Thomas Sankara Remains
16 Mar 2015
by Abayomi Azikiwe During his four years as head of a revolutionary government in Burkina Faso, Captain Thomas Sankara captured the imaginations of Marxists and Pan-Africanists throughout the world.…