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.
Reaction to the coup in Niger is a litmus test which determines who is truly supportive of self-determination for African nations.
The people of Peru continue to demand the end of the coup government and the return of their elected president to office.
The U.S. embarked on a spree of entrapments in the post-9/11 years. Informants were used against gullible and vulnerable people, most of them Black, in order to secure spurious convictions andâŠ
JesĂșs âChuchoâ GarcĂa is an intellectual and activist, and the author of several books, including Afrovenezolanidad e inclusiĂłn en el Proceso Bolivariano [Afro-Venezuelanness and InclusionâŠ
Exposing and opposing U.S. unilateral economic coercive measures and fighting for justice at home, Glen Ford's analysis of the bipartisan war on Venezuela, and closing the Rikers Island jail andâŠ
