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Mumia: Things Fall Apart
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
30 Mar 2020
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Citing the novel by Chinua Achebe, political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal notes: “We see outside our doors, our windows, a world we did not know, that now exists. A silent, unseen disease gives vent to massive unease and unleashes unprecedented fear… A pandemic came to visit the world’s richest country – and things fall apart.”

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