EP.009: Is Apartheid Really Dead?: Interview with Dr. Julian Kunnie Part 1 of 2

On this episode we talk with Julian Kunnie about his book Is Apartheid Really Dead?: Pan-Africanist Working-Class Cultural Critical Perspectives. Read more »

Saturday’s Shadows by Ayesha Harruna Attah

Set in 1990’s West Africa, Ayesha Harruna Attah’s second novel Saturday’s Shadows, introduces us to the Avoka family, a family that is struggling to maintain its cohesion in the midst of a... Read more »

Decolonising the African Mind by Chinweizu

In this sequel to The West And The Rest Of Us, Chinweizu examines the colonial mentality, in its various manifestations, and how it has obstructed African economic development and cultural renaissance since... Read more »

“Black Lives Matter?”: The Sisyphean Endeavor to Fight Racism as Opposed to Struggling for Revolutionary Pan-African Liberation

Nothing could be more futile than an effort to make one group's personal attitude central to your objectives as an oppressed group. Read more »

The Predicament of Blackness: Postcolonial Ghana and the Politics of Race by Jemima Pierre

The Predicament of Blackness tackles the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Examining key facets of contemporary Ghanaian society, from the pervasive significance of “Whiteness,” to the practice... Read more »

Class Struggle In Africa: A Review

Class Struggle In Africa, demystifies the notion of the "backward" African, and the patriarchal "benevolent" Western (white) world... Read more »

Showdown: Pan-Afrikanism vs. Global White Supremacy by Del Jones

Two battered and bruised races are in the center of the ring and truth and justice have very little to do with it. Those who claim it’s a spiritual war are just... Read more »

Misguided Movement: The Neoliberal Move Toward Natural Hair Part 3 of 3

Even more insidious is the neoliberal trend to encourage consumerism as a way to social change. Read more »

Misguided Movement: The Neoliberal Move Toward Natural Hair Part 2 of 3

"We encounter difficulties when dealing with the petty-bourgeois class, especially in a colonial context." Read more »

Black-On-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination by Amos Wilson

Black-on-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in the Service of White Domination represents a distinct milestone in criminology and Afrikan Studies. Its explanatory perspectives on the sociopsychological and politicoeconomic causes of... Read more »