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.

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…

A Review of White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa by Susan Williams

Kim Scipes  New York:  Public Affairs Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-5417-6829-1 (hardcover) Africa has long been looked at by outsiders as a continent that is hopelessly mired in corruption and incapable of social and economic development.  This especially pertains to sub-Saharan Africa, overwhelmingly populated by black people, thus fitting the trope of white supremists that black…

Reading Cabral in 1993: Killing a Man but Not His Work

Lars Rudebeck In the first of three essays to mark the fiftieth anniversary of national revolutionary leader Amilcar Cabral’s murder in 1973, first published in the ROAPE journal thirty years ago, Lars Rudebeck celebrates Cabral’s extraordinary writing, speeches and interviews. The piece includes reflections on personal conversations Rudebeck held with Cabral at various points. While celebratory, Rudebeck…

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…