Hundreds of delegates met in Ghana to discuss five major themes in the Africa-wide struggle against capitalism and imperialism.

Ida B Wells, Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer and others understood the connections between colonialism in Africa and US racial policies.

The lies that are told about the history and people of Congo are then used to defame Black people everywhere, including the US.

Dr Joseph Harris, the personal physician to Mumia Abu Jamal, said the nation’s best known political prisoner should be released for humanitarian reasons, due to the liver dama