#panafricanism — Public Fediverse posts
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MACRON UNDER FIRE: French President's 'Pan-Africanist' claim met with ridicule after summit outburst. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/emmanuel-macron-africa-forward-summit-controversy-pan-africanist-claim-ksmkkacp?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Macron #Africa #France #Geopolitics2026 #PanAfricanism
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Why one #African #currency is more powerful than any #weapon
#Africa’s long struggle for #liberation has always been tied to the forces that control its #people.
#PanAfricanism #AfricanUnity #AfricanCurrency #KwameNkrumah #PatriceLumumba #Gaddafi
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https://www.europesays.com/be/6617/ Belgian court to decide on holding trial over 1961 killing of DRC leader Lumumba #Africa #Assassination #Belgium #Colonialism #DRC #EuropeanCommission #justice #Katanga #Kinshasa #Murder #PanAfricanism #War
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"In his latest book, #TheSecondEmancipation: #Nkrumah, #PanAfricanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, the veteran New York Times correspondent, Columbia journalism professor, and author #HowardFrench deftly navigates the global amnesia and national memory wars that surround Nkrumah’s legacy, while also offering a dazzling portrait of the man himself."
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/kwame-nkrumah-howard-french-second-emancipation/
#AfricanIndependenceMovements #decolonialStruggles #KwameNkrumah #BlackHistory #books @bookstodon
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/127550/ Africa and the Pan-African History of Black Studies #AAPRP #Africa #AfricanStudies #AfricanaStudies #AllAfricanPeoplesRevolutionaryParty #BlackStudies #Ghana #PanAfricanism #WEBDubois
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A world reimagined in Black
By placing Kwame Nkrumah at the center of a global Black political network, Howard W. French reveals how the promise of pan-African emancipation was narrowed—and what its failure still costs Africa and the diaspora.https://africasacountry.com/2026/02/a-world-reimagined-in-black
Review of French's book "The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide" (2025)
#Africa #AIAC #Books #Ghana #Colonialism #PanAfricanism #Diaspora
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These shifts mirrored a broader global upsurge, from the US anti-war and civil-rights movements to the French general strike of 1968, Italy's 1969 ...
The trajectory of Tanzania under Nyerere stands as a decisive refutation of the petty-bourgeois illusion that national independence, state ownership, or Pan-African sentiment could substitute for proletarian revolution.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
The December 9 Protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part Four -
These shifts mirrored a broader global upsurge, from the US anti-war and civil-rights movements to the French general strike of 1968, Italy's 1969 ...
The trajectory of Tanzania under Nyerere stands as a decisive refutation of the petty-bourgeois illusion that national independence, state ownership, or Pan-African sentiment could substitute for proletarian revolution.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
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These shifts mirrored a broader global upsurge, from the US anti-war and civil-rights movements to the French general strike of 1968, Italy's 1969 ...
The trajectory of Tanzania under Nyerere stands as a decisive refutation of the petty-bourgeois illusion that national independence, state ownership, or Pan-African sentiment could substitute for proletarian revolution.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
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These shifts mirrored a broader global upsurge, from the US anti-war and civil-rights movements to the French general strike of 1968, Italy's 1969 ...
The trajectory of Tanzania under Nyerere stands as a decisive refutation of the petty-bourgeois illusion that national independence, state ownership, or Pan-African sentiment could substitute for proletarian revolution.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
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In Nigeria, the general strike of 1945 involved more than 200,000 workers across transport and public services. In Ghana, the 1948 ex-servicemen's ...
As Trotsky’s had warned, the democratic, economic and social aspirations of workers and peasants could not be resolved through the creation of Tanzanian capitalist state along the borders of colonialism and within the imperialist framework.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
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In Nigeria, the general strike of 1945 involved more than 200,000 workers across transport and public services. In Ghana, the 1948 ex-servicemen's ...
As Trotsky’s had warned, the democratic, economic and social aspirations of workers and peasants could not be resolved through the creation of Tanzanian capitalist state along the borders of colonialism and within the imperialist framework.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
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In Nigeria, the general strike of 1945 involved more than 200,000 workers across transport and public services. In Ghana, the 1948 ex-servicemen's ...
As Trotsky’s had warned, the democratic, economic and social aspirations of workers and peasants could not be resolved through the creation of Tanzanian capitalist state along the borders of colonialism and within the imperialist framework.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
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In Nigeria, the general strike of 1945 involved more than 200,000 workers across transport and public services. In Ghana, the 1948 ex-servicemen's ...
As Trotsky’s had warned, the democratic, economic and social aspirations of workers and peasants could not be resolved through the creation of Tanzanian capitalist state along the borders of colonialism and within the imperialist framework.#Africa #Tanzania #CCM #CHADEMA #ACTWazalendo #Nyerere #AfricanSocialism #Pabloism #PanAfricanism #Trotskyism #Trotsky
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Vijay Prashad: Let the Sudanese Walk To Peace
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/21/vijay-prashad-let-the-sudanese-walk-to-peace/
Backed by foreign powers, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are locked in a bloody war with devastating consequences for the Sudanese people. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In early November, United Nations Secretary-General António…
#Politics #AntiColonialism #CrimesAgainstHumanity #HumanRights #International #Opinion #Sudan #AbrahamAccords #AfricanUnion #ClimateChange #Desertification #Droughts #GeneralAbdelFattahAlBurhan #Gold #InternationalPeoplesAssembly #LieutenantGeneralMohamed“hemedti”HamdanDagalo #MassDisplacement #MassStarvation #PanAfricanism #PresidentOmarAlBashir #Privatization #RapidSupportForces(rsf) #SaudiMaternityHospital #SudaneseArmedForces #Tricontinental:InstituteForSocialResearch #VijayPrashad -
"#HowardFrench’s stunning new book, #TheSecondEmancipation, is an epic of the 20th century’s most consequential years with #Africa’s sudden #decolonisation intertwined with the US #civilRightsMovement, through the many layered portrait of #Ghana’s visionary independance leader #KwameNkrumah."
https://afriquexxi.info/Nkumah-s-epic-from-Ghana-to-Harlem
#BlackHistory #UShistory #AfricanHistory #USpol #USpolitics #AfricanPolitics #panafricanism #decolonialStruggles #Nkrumah #decolonization #books @bookstodon
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📖 Tijl Vanneste and Rafael de Azevedo wrote an article about #AliceKinloch, a South African activist and one of the first people to openly criticise the violence perpetrated against black workers in the #Kimberley mining system at the end of the 19th century.
🔓 Her history in #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002085902400097X
#Histodons #Mining #SocialHistory #Activism #SouthAfrica #PanAfricanism #Colonialism #BritishColonialism #Minas #HistóriaSocial #ÁfricaDoSul #Colonialismo
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#OTD Am 13. Juni 1980 kaltblütig von Agenten der Regierung von Guyana ermordet: #WalterRodney, Black Power-Vordenker und Aktivist, den das weiße Europa zu wenig kennt. »Dekolonialer Marxismus« gibt seinen wichtigen Schriften aus der panafrikanischen Revolution die Stimme zurück: https://dietzberlin.de/dekolonialer-marxismus
#walterrodney #rassismus #dekolonial #kolonialismus #kapitalismus #antikolonial #panafricanism #blackpower #blackhistory #marx #karlmarx #daskapital #buchtipp #dekolonialermarxismus
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Burkina Faso: The Rise of a Nation That Said No to the West
In a world shaped by quiet subjugation and subtle control, Burkina Faso is roaring back, loud, unapologetic, and uncompromising.
This small West African nation, once dismissed as a “failed state,” is flipping the imperial script with surgical precision. In under five years, it has expelled French troops, rejected IMF loans, nationalized foreign-owned mines, powered cities with solar energy, and rolled out its own line of electric vehicles.
How?
At the center of this transformation is 37-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Africa’s youngest head of state and arguably the West’s newest geopolitical headache. Once a dusty pawn in France’s post-colonial chessboard, Burkina Faso is today a defiant voice in global geopolitics. And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.
And it’s not just about one man, it’s about what he represents: a continent done with dependency.
The man who makes the West squirm
Since taking power in September 2022, Traoré has reportedly survived at least 19 assassination attempts. The targets were real. The message was clear.
Why? Because he’s dangerous, to the status quo.
He is young, military-trained, and ideologically focused. He speaks not in diplomatic pleasantries, but in the language of sovereignty, dignity, and pride. Through social media and grassroots broadcasts, his words reach far beyond his borders, inspiring a new generation of African youth. He has no interest in being legitimized by Paris or Washington.
Instead, he’s forging new alliances, with Mali, Niger, Guinea, and Russia, under the Alliance of Sahel States, a regional bloc anchored in self-defense, resource control, and African-led governance.
The threat is so real that Traoré has publicly said: “They want me dead, not because I failed, but because I refused to kneel.”
From French Colony to IMF Laboratory
France colonized Burkina Faso, then Upper Volta, in 1896. It extracted gold, cotton, and labor, and left behind a hollowed state by 1960. But even after independence, France’s grip never loosened. It continued to dominate the economy through control of the CFA franc, foreign mining contracts, and military presence under the guise of “counterterrorism.”
For decades, Burkina Faso lived in a loop: coups, Western aid, IMF austerity, repeat. Structural adjustment programs slashed health and education spending while protecting elite interests. Meanwhile, French and Canadian companies extracted over 60,000 kilograms of gold annually by 2024, while most Burkinabè remained in poverty.The Black President the West can’t control
When Traoré, a little-known military captain, ousted the French-aligned regime in September 2022, it wasn’t just a change of leadership; it was a rupture. Traoré didn’t just challenge the West rhetorically. He has done it operationally.
But Traoré didn’t stop at regime change. He launched a revolution, not with slogans, but with blueprints.
- He expelled French troops.
He rejected IMF loans, calling them “modern-day slavery.”
He told foreign donors to stop building mosques and start building factories.
As he bluntly put it in a widely circulated interview, “Don’t bring us aid. Bring us ownership. We’ll run the manufacturing facilities ourselves.”
The revolution was basic, but radical
Captain Ibrahim Traoré didn’t arrive with billion-dollar bailouts or corporate mega-deals.
He did the basics. Just the basics. But in a region sabotaged by centuries of extraction and dependency, doing the basics was revolutionary.He focused on nation-building, community-building, and economic development. He prioritized education over military spending, science over religion, manufacturing over dependency, and agriculture over mining. He focused on food security, community empowerment through small businesses, and natural resources conservation through sustainable agriculture practices, mining with a plan, and self-sustenance through local production of goods. He beefed up government services to provide basic needs such as healthcare, education, and electricity. He ripped the governance of corruption and financial misappropriation.
- Education over war: In 2023, after cutting defense ties with France, Burkina Faso expanded investments in education. The government launched school meal programs, restored rural classrooms with solar power, and increased funding for universities and technical institutes by over 40%. The goal: produce engineers, not aid recipients.
- Science over religion: When Gulf donors offered to build 200 mosques, Traoré refused. “We don’t need more mosques. We need factories,” he said. In 2024 alone, more than 500 local technicians were trained in solar energy and electric vehicle manufacturing. New training centers in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso are preparing youth for careers in electric vehicle production, renewable energy, and light manufacturing.
- Solar power and electricity: In 2021, only 19% of Burkina Faso had access to electricity. By 2025, solar plants like Zagtouli (33 MW), Kodeni (38 MW), and Zina (26.6 MW) added over 150 MW of clean energy capacity. Off-grid solar microgrids began powering rural health clinics, schools, and small businesses.
- Homegrown EVs: In 2025, Burkina Faso launched the ITAOUA, a 100% solar-powered electric car designed and built locally. With a range of 330 km, it’s a symbol of national pride and proof that the country doesn’t need to import the future, it can build it.
- Agriculture over mining: Traoré didn’t abandon mining, but he demanded it work for the people. From 2023 to 2025, food production increased by 30%, driven by subsidies for seeds, solar irrigation, and rural cooperatives. Over 200,000 smallholders received access to off-grid storage and market access. New mining licenses now require community benefit clauses and environmental accountability.
- Governance: In just two years, over 900 government officials were investigated for corruption. A special audit unit was established to oversee public procurement and natural resource management. Government presence in rural areas increased by over 40%, restoring trust in basic public services like healthcare, water, and education.
- Gold and sovereignty: A national gold refinery, opened in 2024, now allows Burkina Faso to process its own mineral wealth for the first time. Traoré is also moving to nationalize foreign-run mines, ensuring profits stay within the country instead of being siphoned off.
- Healthcare: Under Traoré, the government launched solar-powered mobile clinics offering maternal care, HIV testing, and cancer screenings, especially in areas where health services were once only available through foreign NGOs.
Traoré’s genius wasn’t in declaring independence. It was in making it visible, through food on tables, light in homes, teachers in classrooms, and factories run by Burkinabè hands.
In a world where many leaders chase headlines and foreign handshakes, Traoré chose something rare: he governed, he turned sovereignty from an abstract concept into a lived experience.
And that, more than anything, is what shook the West: a leader who didn’t beg for recognition but built a system that couldn’t be ignored.
Contrast this with Pakistan, where the state has long been held hostage by a toxic mix of religious extremism, foreign debt, and military-first governance. Decades of IMF bailouts, military compromise, and external dependencies have left the nation politically unstable, economically shackled, and branded as an eternal beggar.
Wise Traoré saw that trap, and refused to walk into it. Instead, he turned down aid with strings. He demanded partnerships with ownership. And, he rebuilt his nation by starting where others wouldn’t, at the roots.
The voice the West can’t silence
Burkina Faso’s revolution isn’t just political. It’s cultural. It’s generational. It’s viral.
Across Africa and the Global South, Traoré is no longer just a president. He’s become a symbol of what’s possible when sovereignty is not for sale.
The age of silence is over. The Global South is speaking. And Ibrahim Traoré is the voice the West can’t shut down.
#africa #AfricaDevelopment #AfricaRising #AfricanLeadership #AfricanSovereignty #antiColonialism #BurkinaFaso #BurkinaFasoEV #decolonization #goldNationalization #IbrahimTraoré #IMFRejection #militaryLeadership #news #PanAfricanism #politics #postColonialAfrica #SahelStates #selfReliantAfrica #solarPowerAfrica #SymbolOfResistance #TraoreRevolution #WestAfrica #youthInPower
- He expelled French troops.
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Walter Rodney, 1980 ermordet, schuf bahnbrechende Forschung zum Zusammenhang von Kolonialismus, Sklaverei, Rassismus in Afrika & der Karibik und dem globalen Kapitalismus. Am 17.05. gibt Bafta Sarbo ein Seminar zu ihm in bei der @rosaluxstiftung Hamburg: https://hamburg.rosalux.de/veranstaltung/es_detail/8WCLK/leseseminar-zu-walter-rodney-mit-bafta-sarbo - - - Tipp!! Wir empfehlen von ihm zur panafrikanischen Revolution: https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/dekolonialer-marxismus
#walterrodney #kolonialismus #kapitalismus #rassismus #sklaverei #blackpower #panafricanism #marx #karlmarx #anticapitalism
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❤️ Nice nach dem super besuchten Talk mit Bafta Sarbo: Gruppenbild mit ihr, René Arnsburg (Manifest) & Dietz Berlin-Cheffe Martin (Beck) und dem besten Kraftpaket ever zu #WalterRodney: »Wie Europa Afrika unterentwickelte« bei @manifestverlag plus »Dekolonialer Marxismus« bei uns. Lesetipp des Tages 🔥
#decolonial #marxismus #kolonialismus #kapitalismus #rassismus #anticolonial #blackmarxist #rodney #africa #panafricanism
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HEUTE IN KÖLN ❤️🔥 Gleich geht’s los zu »Walter Rodney. Panafrikanischer Revolutionär und Marxistischer Historiker« mit Bafta Sarbo: 15–17:30 Kolloquium + 19:00 Film und Vortrag, Eintritt frei: https://www.allerweltshaus.de/veranstaltungen/film-und-vortrag:-walter-rodney-(1942-1980). Sein Buch »Dekolonialer Marxismus« bei uns: https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/dekolonialer-marxismus
#walterrodney #decolonial #marxism #panafricanism #blackmarxist #karlmarx #marx
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Hurra, gedruckt isses: Walter Rodneys »Dekolonialer Marxismus. Schriften aus der panafrikanischen Revolution«. Jetzt letzte Kontrolle der Abfolge, dann wird die Auflage gebunden! Die Druckerei hinkt mit der Produktion etwas nach, daher Anfang November da. Freut euch, wird gut 💎
#walterrodney #decolonial #marx #karlmarx #marxismus #antikolonial #blackpower #blackhistory #race #class #panafricanism #dekolonialisierung #marxism
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Esta tarde, Colin Darch vai apresentar o segundo de dois seminários que trouxe até ao Colégio Almada Negreiros, desta feita, dedicado ao pan-africanismo e à sua relação com as lutas de libertação nas colónias africanas.
ENTRADA LIVRE
ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/identidade-africana-unidade-continental/
#Histodons #AfricanStudies #Panafricanism #PanAfricanismo #LiberationWars #GuerrasDeLibertação #Colonialismo #Colonialism #AfricanColonies #ColóniasAfricanas #BritichColonialism
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Nos dias 26 e 30 de Abril, vamos receber o investigador Colin Darch para dois seminários no Colégio Almada Negreiros:
1️⃣ será dedicado às lutas pela descolonização e reforma dos currículos de estudos africanos em África;
2️⃣ será dedicado ao pan-africanismo e à sua relação com as lutas de libertação nas colónias africanas.ENTRADA LIVRE
ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/events/
#Histodons #AfricanStudies #Decolonization #Decolonisation #Panafricanism #HistoryCurricula #EnsinoDaHistória #PanAfricanismo
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“14 African nations still use the CFA Franc, a currency imposed on them by France in 1940s when they were still colonies. The value is pegged to the Euro so those African economies are still deprived of economic sovereignty to this day.”
(Edit: forgot to include a link to the source. My bad.)
Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwXpbsXI1jq/#Colonialism #France #Franc #Africa #Currency #Economics #Wealth #BRICS #PanAfricanism
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https://archive.org/details/ngugi-lol
The Language of Languages: Reflections on Translation by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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#translation, #literarytranslation, #linguistics, #sociolinguistics, #colonialism, #Africanlanguages, #PanAfricanism, #languagepolicy, #languagepoliciesWith clear, conversational prose, this is the first book dedicated entirely to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s writings on translation.
Through his many critically acclaimed novels, stories, essays, plays, and memoirs, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been at the forefront of world literature for decades. He has also been, in his own words, “a language warrior,” fighting for indigenous African languages to find their rightful place in the literary world. Having begun his writing career in English, Ngũgĩ shifted to writing in his native language Gikũyũ in 1977, a stance both creatively and politically significant. For decades now, Ngũgĩ has been translating his Gikũyũ works into English himself, and he has used many platforms to champion the practice and cause of literary translations, which he calls “the language of languages.”
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https://archive.org/details/azania-woman
Azania Woman: Comrade Boniswa Ncukana by Pan Africanist Congress of Azania; Christine Doubts Qunta; John Nyati Pokela; Motshabi Moleko
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#PAC, #BoniswaNcukana, #PanAfricanistCongressofAzania, #PanAfricanistCongress, #antiapartheidmovement, #antiapartheid, #PanAfricanism, #Azanianwomen, #womenofAzania, #armedstruggle, #memorials, #tributes, #exilesinAfrica, #Africanexiles, #Africanexile"BORN 20 NOVEMBER 1949 - KILLED 10 MARCH 1985 - SHE DIED FOR ALL AZANIAN WOMEN"
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https://archive.org/details/cabral-on-nkrumah
Cabral on Nkrumah by Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde; Amílcar Cabral
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#eulogies, #eulogy, #KwameNkrumah, #PanAfricanism, #WestAfricanpolitics, #politicsofWestAfrica, #Africanpolitics, #politicsofAfrica, #anticolonialism, #antiimperialism"Speech delivered by the Secretary General of PAIGC, Amilcar Cabral, at the Symposium organized by the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) in memory of President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
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https://archive.org/details/kamerunian-revolution
Objectives, Significance and Repercussions of the Kamerunian Revolution on the Continent of Africa by Union des Populations du Cameroun
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#PartyProgramme, #UPC, #UniondesPopulationsduCameroun, #Kamerun, #Cameroon, #Cameroun, #Revolution, #BritishImperialism, #AmericanImperialism, #FrenchImperialism, #AntiImperialism, #AntiColonialism, #PanAfricanism, #ArmedStruggle, #PeoplesWar, #RevolutionaryNationalism, #Revolutionarysocialism, #NewDemocracy, #NewDemocraticRevolution, #Maoism, #NationalLiberationMovements"From 1959-60, in the context of the Cold War, during the establishment of the neocolonial bourgeoisie and in the face of France's obstinacy in refusing the UPC its rightful place in Kamerun, asking if the UPC was communist could only have one revolutionary answer: Yes it was, since its leaders were already talking explicitly about socialism as the end goal of the UPC's struggle. Read:
“The UPC follows the example of China and Indochina, and seeks to build a socialist society modeled on that of People's China.”
This is what the highest official of the UPC [Moumié] said, addressing a young executive and designating without ambiguity the socialist horizon as the objective to be achieved in Kamerun.
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Happy Birthday to Walter Rodney, who was born #OTD in Guyana in 1942! After becoming a professor in Jamaica, he was barred from the country for his communist views, a decision which caused riots in his support. He later taught and lectured around the world, especially in Tanzania. His book “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” made him a towering figure in anti-colonial circles.
You can buy today's artwork here: https://l-boe.redbubble.com/
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W. E. B. Du Bois was born #OTD in 1868. His writings and political activity spanned generations, and ranged from critiques of American racism to support for communism and Pan-Africanism. The US government took his passport for a time as a result of his work, but he was eventually able to travel the world, and spent his last days in socialist Ghana.
Today's art is by KEEBS': https://www.higherself.biz/product/w-e-b-du-bois/
#history #BlackHistoryMonth #PanAfricanism #communism #USA #WEBDubois #ToWeRi #Feb23
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https://archive.org/details/secure-the-base
Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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#internationalpolitics, #Africa, #PanAfricanism, #antiblackness, #Africanpolitics, #politicsofAfrica, #colonialism, #neocolonialism, #capitalism, #socialscience, #socialsciences, #blackchattelslavery, #politicalphilosophy, #literature, #Africanliterature, #literatureofAfricaFor more than sixty years, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been writing fearlessly the questions, challenges, histories, and futures of Africans, particularly those of his homeland, Kenya. In his work, which has included plays, novels, and essays, Ngũgĩ narrates the injustice of colonial violence and the dictatorial betrayal of decolonization, the fight for freedom and subsequent incarceration, and the aspiration toward economic equality in the face of gross inequality. With both hope and disappointment, he questions the role of language in both the organization of power structures and the pursuit of autonomy and self-expression.
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https://archive.org/details/sobukwe
Speeches of Mangaliso Sobukwe 1949 - 1959 by Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe; Potlako K. Leballo; Pan Africanist Congress
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#PAC, #PanAfricanistCongressofAzania, #PanAfricanistCongress, #RobertMangalisoSobukwe, #MangalisoSobukwe, #antiapartheidmovement, #antiapartheid, #southafrica, #Azania, #PanAfricanism, #politicaltheory, #Africanpolitics, #politicsofAfricaNo date of publication given. The introduction references (with dates) events that occurred in 1972 and 1973.
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https://archive.org/details/history-of-nko
The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons by Dianne White Oyler; Arnold Odio
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#NKo, #NKoscript, #ߒߞߏ, #literacy, #literacyinAfrica, #Mande, #Mandelanguages, #Mandeculture, #WestAfrica, #Guinée, #Guinea, #Kankan, #education, #educationinAfrica, #CôtedIvoire, #IvoryCoast, #Mandediaspora, #PanAfricanism, #SouleymaneKanté, #ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, #languagestandardization, #sociolinguisticsDianne White Oyler discusses the creation of the N'ko alphabet, based on the Maninka language, by Souleymane Kanté (1922-1987) in 1949 in Haute Guinée (Guinea). She carefully documents N'ko's dissemination by a grassroots literacy campaign that started with Kanté and continues to the present. Her analysis shows the importance of language in transnational identity and the cultural nationalism of Mande-speaking people in West Africa. Oyler also discusses Kanté's and Nko's relationship to Pan-Africanism.
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https://archive.org/details/history-of-nko
The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons by Dianne White Oyler; Arnold Odio
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#NKo, #NKoscript, #ߒߞߏ, #literacy, #literacyinAfrica, #Mande, #Mandelanguages, #Mandeculture, #WestAfrica, #Guinée, #Guinea, #Kankan, #education, #educationinAfrica, #CôtedIvoire, #IvoryCoast, #Mandediaspora, #PanAfricanism, #SouleymaneKanté, #ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, #languagestandardization, #sociolinguisticsDianne White Oyler discusses the creation of the N'ko alphabet, based on the Maninka language, by Souleymane Kanté (1922-1987) in 1949 in Haute Guinée (Guinea). She carefully documents N'ko's dissemination by a grassroots literacy campaign that started with Kanté and continues to the present. Her analysis shows the importance of language in transnational identity and the cultural nationalism of Mande-speaking people in West Africa. Oyler also discusses Kanté's and Nko's relationship to Pan-Africanism.
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https://archive.org/details/history-of-nko
The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons by Dianne White Oyler; Arnold Odio
Topics
#NKo, #NKoscript, #ߒߞߏ, #literacy, #literacyinAfrica, #Mande, #Mandelanguages, #Mandeculture, #WestAfrica, #Guinée, #Guinea, #Kankan, #education, #educationinAfrica, #CôtedIvoire, #IvoryCoast, #Mandediaspora, #PanAfricanism, #SouleymaneKanté, #ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, #languagestandardization, #sociolinguisticsDianne White Oyler discusses the creation of the N'ko alphabet, based on the Maninka language, by Souleymane Kanté (1922-1987) in 1949 in Haute Guinée (Guinea). She carefully documents N'ko's dissemination by a grassroots literacy campaign that started with Kanté and continues to the present. Her analysis shows the importance of language in transnational identity and the cultural nationalism of Mande-speaking people in West Africa. Oyler also discusses Kanté's and Nko's relationship to Pan-Africanism.
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https://archive.org/details/history-of-nko
The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons by Dianne White Oyler; Arnold Odio
Topics
#NKo, #NKoscript, #ߒߞߏ, #literacy, #literacyinAfrica, #Mande, #Mandelanguages, #Mandeculture, #WestAfrica, #Guinée, #Guinea, #Kankan, #education, #educationinAfrica, #CôtedIvoire, #IvoryCoast, #Mandediaspora, #PanAfricanism, #SouleymaneKanté, #ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, #languagestandardization, #sociolinguisticsDianne White Oyler discusses the creation of the N'ko alphabet, based on the Maninka language, by Souleymane Kanté (1922-1987) in 1949 in Haute Guinée (Guinea). She carefully documents N'ko's dissemination by a grassroots literacy campaign that started with Kanté and continues to the present. Her analysis shows the importance of language in transnational identity and the cultural nationalism of Mande-speaking people in West Africa. Oyler also discusses Kanté's and Nko's relationship to Pan-Africanism.
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https://archive.org/details/history-of-nko
The History of the N'ko Alphabet and Its Role in Mande Transnational Identity: Words as Weapons by Dianne White Oyler; Arnold Odio
Topics
#NKo, #NKoscript, #ߒߞߏ, #literacy, #literacyinAfrica, #Mande, #Mandelanguages, #Mandeculture, #WestAfrica, #Guinée, #Guinea, #Kankan, #education, #educationinAfrica, #CôtedIvoire, #IvoryCoast, #Mandediaspora, #PanAfricanism, #SouleymaneKanté, #ߛߎ߬ߟߋ߬ߡߊ߬ߣߊ߬ߞߊ߲ߕߍ߫, #languagestandardization, #sociolinguisticsDianne White Oyler discusses the creation of the N'ko alphabet, based on the Maninka language, by Souleymane Kanté (1922-1987) in 1949 in Haute Guinée (Guinea). She carefully documents N'ko's dissemination by a grassroots literacy campaign that started with Kanté and continues to the present. Her analysis shows the importance of language in transnational identity and the cultural nationalism of Mande-speaking people in West Africa. Oyler also discusses Kanté's and Nko's relationship to Pan-Africanism.
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This post will be about some of my favorite videos by one of my favorite Youtube essayists: Andrewism, a Caribbean Black Youtuber. I wanted to focus on Andrew's work as it's full of fantastic videos that dig into alternate ideas and movements that combat capitalist imperalist colonialist patriarchy. I consider it a good place to start, but definitely don't leave your exploration only at Andrew's videos! Dig deeper for sure.
Here's some suggestions to get one started:
#Solarpunk (Alt text for video and link: The link goes to a youtube video by Andrewism and discusses Solarpunk. The screengrab of the video shows the word Solarpunk in bright yellow where the 'o' is a sun. There is plants around the edges of the frame.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHI61GHNGJM
I love this introduction video to solarpunk because it digs into the wonders of what it explores as well as some challenges inherent within the solarpunk ideology and genre. There is a rich philosophy and community building built into solarpunk that is touched upon in this video and in Andrew's follow-up videos, which can be found on Andrew's youtube channel).
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#LandBack (alt text: Link goes to a youtube video by Andrewism that discusses LandBack and Indigenous Liberation. The screengrab for the video has an Indigenous woman in her traditional clothing and face paint looking at the camera. To the left of her is a pale beige and white globe.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7msyOSrpYsg
I've seen a lot of people misunderstand the LandBack movement and what exactly it means, and Andrew digs into it and breaks it down quite well. It's made clear that this is only an introduction to a rich liberation movement too. The biggest misconception is the idea that LandBack means owning the land -- this projects capitalist ideology onto a complex, community-oriented movement, where the Land is seen as a relation not something to be owned. I like how Andrewism tears apart these misconceptions.
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#Psychology of Collapse (Alt text: Link goes to a youtube video by Andrewism that discusses the psychology that conditions people into apathy or despair about ecological and/or societal collapse. The screengrab of the video is from an animated Television show, where the young boy stands with his hands against his head and his eyes bulge outward. He is screaming while juxtaposed on flames). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPrimu4zP0o
I found the Psychology of Collapse video by accident, which introduced me to the breadth of this channel's analyses. It also really made me stop and think about how our society tries to condition us into thinking that the only way to deal with climate change is to "continue as normal" and do nothing. But that is a falsehood pushed on us by the billionaires and oilgarchs. There is a lot we can do and push for to combat climate change, but to do that we must dig into what is being conditioned into us. This video does just that.
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A Quick Guide to #PermaBlitz (Alt text: Link goes to a youtube video by Andrewism that discusses praxis concerning permablitz, a strategy to hack the environment with balls of seeds packed with nutrients to help them grow whereever they are thrown. The screengrab has a border of leaves and the center image shows tilled dirt, part of the handle of a tool, and a brown boot): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFDm7JLze5g
I wanted to include this video to show some of the Praxis videos out there to help combat capitalism, climate change, and urban decay and food deserts. The details on how to create a Blitz seed is immensely helpful, and there's solid ideas on how to implement it well. This led me down a research hole, where I looked up more ideas in other channels that discussed this further.
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We Need a #Library Economy (Alt Text: link goes to a youtube video by Andrewism that discusses what a Library Economy is and how we may build one. It is more than just books. The screengrab shows a library full of shelved books with the name of the video in yellow on the left. Juxtasposed over the right side is white silhouettes of various items). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOYa3YzVtyk
This is another praxis video that has a lovely roleplay near the middle-end that discusses what living in a library economy could look like. I personally love libraries, so having a library of things would help make more tech devices, cooking items, transportation items, tools, etc more accessible to the wider community. The more accessible a community is, the more equitable it is for all people. This video helps us envision such a future and has practical ideas on ways to push for it in present day.
In fact, in my current city, activists have pushed hard for a library of things within the city library system, and that was instituted recently! We can now check out tools, ice cream makers, cooking pots, and other random items and devices that are expensive to source. Let's hope that it works out and continues to thrive!
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Should we #Degrow? (Alt text: link goes to Andrewism's youtube video concerning #degrowth, what it is, how it may help, and what growth is and how it harms currently. The screengrab shows Black people walking around or sitting in a garden of pathways with the title of the video over the image.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrI2GBvn5Q&t=1045s
This video tackles the myth of growth. Capitalism requires growth, but growth is what is making our planet inhabitable for humanity and other species. We cannot survive if we allow "unlimited growth" to continue. This video discusses how capitalism has conditioned us to view growth as the only metric to measure efficiency and production and "healthy economies." How there cannot be "healthy economies" under capitalism's endless growth models. The video deconstructs this and explains what degrowth is and how it can aid us in creating a more just, equitable, and sustainable world, where we and nature can heal and exist in community together.
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What is #PanAfricanism? (Alt text: Link to Andrewism's video about PanAfricanism, which covers its history, many of its major thinkers, and what it has evolved into today and may evolve into in the future. The screengrab is a black background with a Black woman with large hoop earrings looking to the right. Faint zigzags are on the top and bottom frames. The title is in bold yellow with red line on top and green on bottom.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQrI2GBvn5Q&t=1045s
Much of the history, struggles against colonization and racism, and culture of Pan-Africanism is rarely discussed, especially in the propogandist history courses in my home country of USA. This video discusses this idea of all Africans having connection, shared history, and shared culture across the world -- how there is a lot of divergent ideas and discussions within this wide-ranging movements. The history and discussion of the many (often divergent) views of writers within this expansive ideology is crucial. Gives a lot of folks to look into further to read more.
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There's dozens of others I could highlight -- truly go watch Andrew's channel, but I am low on energy now, so I wanted to jumpstart discussion on videos that help us envision a more accessible, equitable, sustainable, just, communal, and consensual future along with praxis to help us create it in our present.
Please share your favorite videos! I would love to watch them.
Note: I will make a separate post to discuss books. (I have a mini library to be honest - one is digital books and the other print - since I kept getting gifted them or got bundles for cheap. So I have lots of thoughts on books, but that's for another post). :)
Thank you for reading my long ramble! Stay safe and keep on community building! #CommunityCare #Learning #EducatingOurCommunities #AntiCapitalist #Anarchism #MutualAid
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https://archive.org/details/ghanarevolution
Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution by C. L. R. James
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#KwameNkrumah, #Ghana, #goldcoast, #revolution, #Africanhistory, #historyofAfrica, #PanAfricanism, #GeorgePadmore, #urbanization, #britishcolonialism, #britishimperialism, #proletarianization, #decolonization, #anticolonialism, #PanAfricanism, #marxism, #leninism, #socialismA collection of essays written over a span of two decades.
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https://archive.org/details/walterrodney
Walter Rodney, un historien engagé (1942-1980) by Amzat Boukari-Yabara
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#WalterRodney, #Guyana, #Guyanesehistory, #PanAfricanism, #Guyane, #Panafricanisme, #biography, #biographies, #Africanhistory, #Tanzania, #Caribbean, #revolutionaries, #marxism, #marxists, #marxisme, #biographie, #historians, #histoireAfricaine, #historiens, #colonialism, #neocolonialism, #néocolonialisme, #britishcolonialism, #anticolonialism, #anticolonialisme, #Tanzanie, #Caraïbe, #Caraïbes, #Caribbeanhistory, #histoiredesCaraïbesCe livre analyse la vie et l’œuvre de l’historien et homme politique de Guyana, Walter Rodney (1942-1980), ses années de formation, ses influences, son idéologie, et son action politique.
Alors que Rodney a fait l’objet d’une demi-douzaine de monographies en anglais, cet ouvrage est le premier travail en français consacré à cet historien anglophone. Il s’adresse autant à un public universitaire travaillant sur les mondes africains qu’à un public « militant » engagé sur les questions de développement et de luttes sociales.
