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.

Closing Remarks at African Liberation Day 2023: We Must Win

All African People’s Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) Below are remarks offered by Debora Soares da Gama of the AAPRP Central Committee at the conclusion of the 2023 African Liberation Day International Webinar on May 25, 2023. Her remarks call for a strong focus on political education, organization and revolutionary optimism in our journey toward defeating neocolonialism…

Stop Blaming Colonialism?

There’s a new wave of people of African descent being given platforms to say stuff some White people want to say but won’t, for fear of being called racist. And here’s a perfect example. Senegal-born entrepreneur, Magatte Wade, reckons Africans should stop blaming their economic struggles on their colonial past. And she was happy to…

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…