Thirty African countries have laws against homosexuality, but debate still rages over whether homophobia is endemic to Africa or a European import. âLeftover colonial lawsâ against queerness are only partially responsible, said Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, a professor of journalism and mass communications at the University of Georgia and author of the article, âDeconstructing homosexuality in Ghana.â In societies that were already homophobic before colonization, said Dr Mohammed, âthese colonial laws worked in tandem with homophobic societal norms.â American evangelicals also contribute to anti-queerness in Africa.
ââBlack capitalismâ was a crucial part of President Nixonâs âsouthern strategyâ and the rhetoric and administration of his program is still intact.â
âThere can be no âblack internationalismâ without an attack on imperialism and finance capitalism.â
âFor 70 years Israel has been the biggest purveyor of war and chaos in what colonizers termed as the âMiddle East.â
The constant denial of individual Black personhood that is a legacy of centuries of slavery has given us âa chance to organizer around something other than the debilitating and vicious notion of in
