African America

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Tapji Garba
12 Nov 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed writers about their work. This week’s featured author is Tapji Garba. Garba is a graduate student based in Toronto, focusing on Critical Black studies and political…
Issa Shivji
The Petty Bourgeoisie in the Thought of Amilcar Cabral and Walter Rodney
12 Nov 2025
A deep exploration of Cabral’s and Rodney’s thoughts on the petty bourgeoisie and class struggles in Africa.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
STATEMENT: The Challenge to the Colonial Powers, Delegates to the Fifth Pan-African Congress, 1945
29 Oct 2025
“Africans, as a last resort, may have to appeal to force in the effort to achieve Freedom, even if force destroys them and the world.”
Imani Nile
Every Winter, the Bronx Burns
22 Oct 2025
The cause of the explosion at Mitchel Houses in the South Bronx harkens back to the arson-for-profit schemes of the 1970s that caused mass destruction of Black and Latine communities. Decades later,…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio October 17, 2025
17 Oct 2025
In this week’s segment we hear analysis of the Gaza peace agreement, why it took place, and the future of Palestine. But first we hear about data centers, A.I., and their negative impact on the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Data Centers, A.I., and State Repression
17 Oct 2025
We speak with Kali Akuno, co-founder and Director of Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. He joins us from Jackson to discuss the construction of an Amazon web services data center and the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio October 10, 2025
10 Oct 2025
In this week’s segment, we hear about a graphic novel that presents the history of Black armed resistance in the U.S. But first, we discuss the city of Chicago and how activists and communities are…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Chicago Mobilizes Against Trump
10 Oct 2025
Frank Chapman is Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. He joins us from Chicago, which Donald Trump has targeted with an onslaught of federal law…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance
10 Oct 2025
Ben Passmore is the author of the graphic novel: “Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance,” published by Pantheon Books. Ben Passmore is an award-winning political cartoonist who has…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Genocide Stalks the U.S.A., Paul Robeson, 1952
08 Oct 2025
“We, the people, charge genocide.”