Unity is an Imperative: Reclaiming African Liberation Day

Tanupriya Singh All-African People’s Conference held in Ghana, 1958. African Liberation Day marks the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963. While the idea of ‘liberation’ has since been removed in letter, and even in spirit, from official commemorations of the day, radical forces have held onto it in their fight against capitalism…

It’s the Time of Nkrumah!

Adnan Akfirat Oh people, oh humanity, hear and know: Africa is being liberated! We know that imperialism has darkened the fortunes of the land of the black skinned. Our pearl-toothed brothers and sisters are determined to overthrow the hegemony of US imperialism. European imperialism, on the other hand, is watching its feet in Africa in…

Professor PLO Lumumba Calls Africa to Unite

Keynote speech delivered by Prof PLO Lumumba at the Pan-African Parliament. As we celebrate Africa Day, we must remind ourselves that there is a lot of work to be done. Africa has made her gains, but those gains have been modest. We could have done better.

The Meaning of African Liberation Day

Walter Rodney Walter Rodney, “The Meaning of African Liberation Day (a speech delivered May 27, 1972 in San Francisco, California),” transcribed and edited by Marvin X , Journal of Black Poetry I was born in a place that used to be called British Guyana. I happened to have been educated in Jamaica, to have lived…

The Secret of the Failure of Liberation: A Tribute and Celebration of Amilcar Cabral

Leo Zeilig, Chinedu Chukwudinma, and Ben Radley The Amilcar Cabral Foundation in Praia, the capital city of Cape Verde. 28 February 2015, In 1973, fifty years ago, Amilcar Cabral, the leader of the national revolution in Guinea and Cape Verde was murdered. For the next three weeks roape.net will be celebrating his contribution to radical…

Steps to a Socialist Pan-African Movement

Nicholas Mwangi A recently published book by Vita books publishers Essays on Pan-Africanismedited by Shiraz Durrani & Noosim Naimasiah contains essays on Pan-Africanism written by Pan-Africanist intellectuals at various times. In its preface, Prof. Issa Shivji says writings on Pan-Africanism never become dated for the desire of Africans globally for freedom continues burning, sometimes dimming into…