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UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent and the Durban Declaration Program of Action
Black Agenda Radio, Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
06 Jan 2023
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Black Agenda Radio · UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent and the Durban Declaration Program of Action

Efia Nwangaza is a South Carolina based attorney. She is Director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination and Founder and Coordinator of WMXP-LP Radio. She is also a member of the Black Belt Human Rights Coalition, Black Alliance for Peace, a veteran of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and a proud daughter of Garveyites. She is joining us to discuss her participation in the first session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, a mechanism that emerged from the 2001 Durban world conference against racism. She explains that the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA) is being undermined.

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