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My guest this episode is the distinguished Kumi Naidoo - a human rights and climate justice activist. Naidoo first began his journey at the age of 15 fighting against the then apartheid government in South Africa by organising school boycotts. He was arrested several times for civil disobedience and when the government imposed a state of emergency, he was forced to go underground and flee to the UK, where he became a Rhodes scholar. He eventually returned to South Africa in 1990 when Mandela was released from jail, and went onto play a vital role in shaping the then African National Congress. His steadfast work in the human rights and justice sphere led him to become the first person from the global south to head Greenpeace International and later, Secretary General of Amnesty International. From scaling oil rigs to protest against the fossil fuel industry to sitting down with the likes of Tony Blair, Angela Merkel and Putin, Naidoo has become one of the prominent voices in the climate justice movement.  He continues to represent Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, and Dignity as a Global Ambassador and currently holds the position of Distinguished visiting lecturer at Stanford University's Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.  In this conversation, we discuss the tragic human crisis unfolding in Palestine to climate urgency and how the climate crisis is interlinked with human rights. To learn more about Naidoo's work, please visit: https://www.kuminaidoo.net You can reach me at maharanitalks@gmail.com or on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maharanitalks/ MUSIC: Lights by Sappheiros https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusic  

In this episode, we welcome human rights activist and environmentalist Kumi Naidoo.Kumi was the International Executive Director of Greenpeace International (from 2009 through 2016) and Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2018 to 2020). Kumi served as the Secretary-General of CIVICUS, an international alliance for citizen participation, from 1998 to 2008. He's also the author of the deeply moving book ‘Letters to My Mother: The Making of a Troublemaker' and ‘Can Citizen Action Save the World'.  Together we will explore:- Kumi's love for artivism, the synergy between arts, culture, and activism- the elements of his tireless campaigning for economic justice, gender justice, environmental justice, and climate justice- intersectionality, indigenous rights, and youth rights- how do movements become mainstream- what Kumi's message is for a good activist,  leader, and changemakerYou can read the action takeaways from this episode, comment, co-create future episodes, connect with fellow changemakers and join us on the journey. You can visit futureplanet.love to sign in or sign up. Let's get into it.Who is Kumi NaidooKumi Naidoo proudly stands as the Founding Chair at Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity.Born in 1965, Kumi's commitment to justice took root early. At just 15, he joined the Helping Hands Youth Organisation, making strides in South Africa's freedom journey. However, his activism drew the government's eye, leading to arrests and forcing him into hiding. Seeking safety, he moved to the UK in 1987.While in exile, Kumi thrived as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, earning a doctorate in political sociology.Upon Mandela's historic release in 1990, Kumi returned home, fervently working to legitimize the African National Congress. Between 1998 and 2008, Kumi led the global initiative CIVICUS, fortifying citizen action worldwide. He co-chaired the Global Call to Action Against Poverty from its start in 2003.His leadership further shone at Greenpeace International (2009-2016) and Amnesty International (2018-2020).Currently, Kumi imparts wisdom as a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's Thunderbird School. He is also a cherished fellow at the University of Oxford and Magdalen College, inspiring many with his journey.Where shall we go next, what questions shall we ask? To co-create the podcast with us, connect with fellow change makers in the FuturePlanet community of action, visit www.futureplanet.love to sign in or sign up.

Governing climate-altering technologies fairly will be very challenging, because of a democratic deficit, a transparency deficit, a coherence deficit, and an accountability deficit in global governance systems, says Kumi Naidoo in a C2GTalk. Nonetheless, it will be crucial to put justice at the heart of these considerations, by ensuring balanced participation of peoples, rooted in science, and in a spirit of redressing past injustice. Kumi Naidoo is a South African human rights and climate justice activist. As a 15-year old, he organized school boycotts against the Apartheid educational system in South Africa. Naidoo was later part of the leadership that sought to establish the African National Congress (ANC) as a political party and he then served as the official spokesperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the overseer of the country's first democratic elections in April 1994. He was previously secretary-general of Amnesty International, international executive director of Greenpeace International, and has led several other organizations, including the South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, and Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. For more, please go to C2G's website.

In this episode of Alternative Convos. Charles talks to Hardi Yakubu, about Borderless Africa Campaign being Spearheaded by the Africans Rising Movement. Africans Rising is a Pan-African movement of people and organisations working for unity, justice, peace and dignity. Alternative Convos Podcast is a dynamic and engaging talk show that aims to foster unity and drive positive transformation in Africa. It provides a platform for passionate activists, skilled practitioners, and creative thinkers to share their insights on important issues that shape Africa's progress. This podcast is a unique space where diverse perspectives are welcomed and valued, creating a safe environment for alternative viewpoints. Hosted by Charles Kojo Vandyck, Alternative Convos Podcast is your go-to source for thought-provoking conversations that inspire change. Disclaimer: “The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the guest's own and do not necessarily represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the host. The material and information presented here is for general information purposes only”. Edits & Design: Hyphen Labs, hypenlabs@gmail.com Contact: Hardi Yakubu via hardi@africans-rising.org Website: https://www.africansrising.org/ Join the Borderless Africa Campaign https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/peoples-petition-for-borderlessafrica-call-on-african-governments-to-ensure-free-movement-of-african-people-across-africa?source=email&

L'Afrique compte 83 000 km de frontières terrestres. Beaucoup de ces frontières sont un héritage colonial : tracées arbitrairement, ignorant la géographie, les groupes ethniques et les entités politiques. Mais le rêve panafricain de présidents emblématiques comme Kwame Nkrumah et Thomas Sankara ne s'est pas encore concrétisé.Dans l'épisode de cette semaine, nous nous demandons : est-il temps de repenser les lignes rouges sur les cartes ? Ou devons-nous nous concentrer sur le démantèlement des différentes frontières ? Les frontières freinent le commerce, la collaboration et les mentalités ? Dans l'épisode de cette semaine, Claude Grunitzky s'entretient avec :Samba Bathily un homme d'affaires malien autodidacte. Il a lancé des projets dans plus de 18 pays africains, dont Akon Lighting Africa, une initiative d'énergie renouvelable sur laquelle il a travaillé avec Samba et l'artiste américano-sénégalais Akon. Samba est également un grand champion de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine, un accord de libre-échange entre 54 pays africains.Mutemi Wa Kiama est un militant de Nairobi, au Kenya, connu pour avoir fait campagne contre l'aide sous forme de prêts internationaux. Il fait également partie de l'initiative Africans Rising, une ONG continentale qui milite pour un système commercial mondial équitable et des actions pour lutter contre le changement climatique.Kah Walla est une femme politique et entrepreneure camerounaise et a été la première femme à se présenter à la présidence du Cameroun en 2011. Walla est originaire de la région anglophone du Cameroun, qui est touchée par un mouvement séparatiste depuis 2016. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Africa has 83,000km of land borders. Many of these borders are a colonial hangover: arbitrarily drawn, ignoring geography, ethnic groups and political entities. But the Pan African dream of iconic presidents like Kwame Nkrumah and Thomas Sankara has yet to materialise.In this week's episode we ask is it time to rethink red lines on maps? Or do we need to concentrate on dismantling different borders? The borders holding back trade, collaboration and mindsets? In this week's episode, our host Claude Grunitzky talks to:Samba Bathily a self-made Malian businessman. He's launched ventures in over 18 African countries, including Akon Lighting Africa, a renewable energy initiative he worked on with Samba and the American-Senegalese artist Akon. Samba is also a huge champion of the African Continental Free Trade Area, a free trade agreement between 54 African countries.Mutemi Wa Kiama is an activist from Nairobi, Kenya known for campaigning against aid in the shape of international loans. He's also part of the Africans Rising initiative, a continent-wide NGO which campaigns for a fair global trading system, and action to combat climate change. Kah Walla is a Cameroonian politician and entrepreneur and was the first woman to stand for president in Cameroon in 2011. Walla hails from the Anglophone region of Cameroon, which has been affected by a separatist movement since 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the growing movement for restitution and reparations for people of African descent. Today we have an opportunity to hear a wide-ranging discussion on reparations by participants from across the continent of Africa at an event organized by Africans Rising. You will hear a variety of speakers including from Senegal, Kenya, the Sudan and more. Some ask pointed questions, others make statements and/or proposals. The discussion took place during the All-African Movement Assembly held on Aug 29-31, 2022 and organized by Africans Rising.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of the growing movement for restitution and reparations for people of African descent. Today we have an opportunity to hear a wide-ranging discussion on reparations by participants from across the continent of Africa at an event organized by Africans Rising. You will hear a variety of speakers including from Senegal, Kenya, the Sudan and more. Some ask pointed questions, others make statements and/or proposals. The discussion took place during the All-African Movement Assembly held on Aug 29-31, 2022 and organized by Africans Rising.

With the death of Queen Elizabeth and the succession of her eldest son, Charles III, there are new calls from former and present-day British colonies for Britain to make amends by paying reparations, issuing apologies, returning stolen artifacts and breaking with the British monarchy as did the island nation of Barbados in the fall of 2021. Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1952 when more than a quarter of the world's population were under British rule–according to NPR that was more than 700 million people. The old saying went: the sun never set on the British Empire, which included countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and the Caribbean. And British imperial power was known for slavery, massacres and other violence and theft. The resulting suffering was felt around the world, even as the royal family accumulated great wealth, much of that wealth is secret. Even the crown jewels of the late queen were stolen from India and South Africa. Today we focus on the colonial impact and legacy of Britain, and demands for reparations and other forms of reparatory justice. Our guests are: Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace justice and dignity based in Dakar, David Comissiong David Comissiong, attorney, writer and political activist and Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and active in the Caribbean Pan African Network; and Sungu Oyoo a writer and organizer at Kongamano La Mapinduzi, a political movement in Kenya. Oyoo is also part of MWAMKO, a vanguard of a way of thinking that aspires to another order of being and doing within the African continent and her dispersed diaspora.

With the death of Queen Elizabeth and the succession of her eldest son, Charles III, there are new calls from former and present-day British colonies for Britain to make amends by paying reparations, issuing apologies, returning stolen artifacts and breaking with the British monarchy as did the island nation of Barbados in the fall of 2021. Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1952 when more than a quarter of the world's population were under British rule–according to NPR that was more than 700 million people. The old saying went: the sun never set on the British Empire, which included countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and the Caribbean. And British imperial power was known for slavery, massacres and other violence and theft. The resulting suffering was felt around the world, even as the royal family accumulated great wealth, much of that wealth is secret. Even the crown jewels of the late queen were stolen from India and South Africa. Today we focus on the colonial impact and legacy of Britain, and demands for reparations and other forms of reparatory justice. Our guests are: Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace justice and dignity based in Dakar, David Comissiong David Comissiong, attorney, writer and political activist and Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and active in the Caribbean Pan African Network; and Sungu Oyoo a writer and organizer at Kongamano La Mapinduzi, a political movement in Kenya. Oyoo is also part of MWAMKO, a vanguard of a way of thinking that aspires to another order of being and doing within the African continent and her dispersed diaspora.

Africans are waking up to the dangerous agendas being pushed by Big Pharma and the one-world-order crowd, South African journalist and Children’s Health Defense Africa Chapter Executive Director Shabnam Palesa Mohamed told The New American magazine’s Alex Newman in this episode of Conversations That Matter. Africans were already skeptical of governments, international organizations and corporate ... The post Africans Rising Up Against Big Pharma & World Government: CHD-Africa’s Shabnam Mohamed appeared first on The New American.

In this episode, Susan speaks with Kumi Naidoo, a seasoned activist in South Africa during its struggle against apartheid who is recognized internationally as a forceful advocate for human rights, gender equity, economic justice and environmental justice. He headed Civicus, Greenpeace and Amnesty International and continues to serve in an honorary capacity as Global Ambassador for the Pan-African civil society movement, Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. Kumi is presently a fellow at the Robert Bosch academy in Berlin, Germany. Susan and Kumi speak about art and activism, the aftermath of COP26, and how close we are to the cliff on climate change action.  Art is a way of making visible that which is invisible or maybe even rendered invisible and activism can learn much from art. We need to move beyond the limitations and entanglements of political activism as it stands now, and the hierarchies and intrinsic hegemonies built into our institutions and our norms. Art, fiction activate our imaginations and are important forms through which we can imagine other forms of human existence and other futures. Kumi also speaks compellingly of the need for youth to take the reins of leadership and not wait for it to be handed over, along with continuing to celebrate life, to love, laugh, embrace joy, to go down fighting, see these fights as marathons not as sprints and ensure accountability and justice in the process. The Subverse is the podcast of Dark ‘n' Light, a digital space that chronicles the times we live in and reimagining futures with a focus on science, nature, social justice and culture. Follow us on social media @darknlightzine, or at darknlight.com for episode details and show notes.  

Welcome to Breaking The Chain: The Leadership Series, hosted by Director of Career Coaching and Leadership Development at Impel Talent, Terentia Browne.In this episode, Terentia sits down with Dr Kumi Naidoo as they speak about how to successfully resolve conflict situations in the workplace.Dr Kumi is currently a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy and Honorary Professor of Practice at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. He lectures at Fossil Free University and serves as Special Advisor to the Green Economy Coalition. Kumi serves as Global Ambassador to Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. He is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford and an Honorary Fellow at Magdalen College.Follow KumiTwitter: @kuminaidooInstagram: @kuminaidoo LinkedIn: Kumi NaidooFollow Impel TalentLinkedIn: Impel TalentTwitter: @ImpelTalentFacebook: @Impel Talent Instagram: @ImpelTalentFollow Impel TalentLinkedIn: Impel TalentTwitter: @ImpelTalentFacebook: @Impel TalentInstagram: @ImpelTalentJoin us for illuminating discussions, practical insights, and a roadmap for thriving in an ever-shifting world. Subscribe now and join the conversation as we break new ground in leadership excellence!

Senegal's victory at the African Cup of Nations caused jubilation across the continent. The Lions of Taranga's triumph was long seen as overdue and well-deserved. At home, it gave respite to President Macky Sall's troubled regime, as national pride overcame national despair. Not for Senegalese women though, as reports began to emerge that several women across the country were assaulted amidst the celebrations. And yet, these stories are still at the margins of Senegalese discourse, and despite some recent advances—such as a law passed in 2020 criminalizing rape—so is much of women's rights. In this episode, Will chats to Marame Gueye and Coumba Toure about the scourge of gender-based violence in Senegal, and importantly, how feminists are resisting it. Marame is an associate professor of African and African diaspora literatures at East Carolina University, and Coumba is a writer, storyteller, and coordinator for Africans Rising for Peace Justice and Dignity based in Dakar.

For our final episode of Season 3, we sit down with Kumi Naidoo, Colin Spurway, and Mae Bowen for a roundtable discussion about COP26. We recap the events from Glasgow, the importance of equitable representation at international negotiations and the role that institutions of higher education can play in addressing the climate crisis. Featured Guests: Kumi Naidoo - Kumi has served as International Executive Director of Greenpeace International (from 2009 to 2016) and Secretary General of Amnesty International (from 2018 to 2020). Kumi is currently a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy, on the Global Leadership Council for Sanitation and Water for All, and Honorary Professor of Practice at Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. Currently, Kumi serves as Global Ambassador to Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. Colin Spurway - Colin is the North Africa Country Director of the BBC's international development charity - BBC Media Action. His Tunis-based team implements a portfolio of media-development and media-for-development projects across North Africa in the spheres of governance, health, and resilience. Their El Kul social media platform for young Libyans, for example, aims to contribute to social cohesion and currently has over a million followers on Facebook. Colin has an M.A. in International Relations from St. Andrews University and was a Bobby Jones Scholar at Emory 1996-97. Mae Bowen - Mae is an attorney practicing environmental law in Washington, DC. She was part of Emory's first COP delegation, attending the Paris talks in 2015, serving as a student teacher for the accompanying course Paris is an Explanation, and co-founding the Emory Climate Organization. In 2016, she traveled to the talks in Marrakech as an alumni delegate, developed a fundraising campaign for the delegation, and founded the Emory Alumni Environmental Network, which she continues to lead today. Mae holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Science and Political Science from Emory University, and a JD from New York University School of Law. All views expressed in the episode are her own and not reflective of her employer.

Moderator : Maaza Seyoum Partnerships & Communications Lead African Alliance Guests: Dr. Githinji Gitahi Group CEO of AMREF Health Africa Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Exec Director if the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan Management Strategist / Movement Co-ordinator at Africans Rising

Stephanie and Michael welcome three guests this week on Nonviolence Radio. First, they talk to Katherine Hughes-Fraitekh and Steve Chase about their work together in Solidarity 2020 and Beyond. Responding to the isolation and suffering caused by COVID, Solidarity 2020 and Beyond offers hope and support to grassroots activists and organizations, providing them opportunities to network, to learn from each other and to collaborate through webinars and trainings. Solidarity 2020 and Beyond draws on the power inherent in sharing experiences and using them to educate and increase solidarity amongst all those who are striving — nonviolently —  to bring about change for good, wherever in the world they may be. …what we’re trying to do is to be driven by the grassroots activists, extremely flexible to respond to their needs, and not create an organization but realize there are amazing groups out there – Beautiful Trouble, ICNC, the Einstein Institute, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Metta Center, Waging Nonviolence, all the groups that are working on these issues. And African Youth Movement, Africans Rising – we’re very closely connected with them. And just trying to help bring groups together and find ways to do critical learning, research, and really spread the knowledge both to people that are doing the work on the ground as people learn from each other. …for the vast majority of people in the world that are not directly involved, but may be very hopeless right now, letting them know these amazing things are happening, and these amazing courageous people are out there changing the world for the better. It's not time to give up hope, but really to have a vision for a better future. And that is possible. Katherine Hughes-Fraitekh The inspiring conversation with Katherine and Steve is followed by an equally powerful discussion with Mubarak Elamin, a Sudanese activist supporting the movement in Sudan. Mubarak talks about the astounding strength and courage of the Sudanes people, their determination to stand up for what they need, often risking their lives, working for peace and change: We’re actually learning from the streets of Sudan. It's amazing, the creativity and how people are committed to – first, they're committed to nonviolence and peaceful protest – peaceful actions. And the second thing they are doing also, organizing. And the third thing they are doing is also being really media savvy… And they just demonstrate that day in and day out. They're speaking about, “We’re not out for bread. We're not out for lower prices of gas. We’re out for our own freedom and to bring about some other high-level values to our life and to our people.” And they're so determined to do that. So, it's just really like when you see these, read these stories, it's just heartfelt. The stories that all of these kids – I will call them heroes and warriors in a way or the other. Mubarak Elamin From all three guests this week, we see the power that comes when we actively listen to and connect […] The post How Listening to Experiences Builds Power appeared first on Metta Center.

Stephanie and Michael welcome three guests this week on Nonviolence Radio. First, they talk to Katherine Hughes-Fraitekh and Steve Chase about their work together in Solidarity 2020 and Beyond. Responding to the isolation and suffering caused by COVID, Solidarity 2020 and Beyond offers hope and support to grassroots activists and organizations, providing them opportunities to network, to learn from each other and to collaborate through webinars and trainings. Solidarity 2020 and Beyond draws on the power inherent in sharing experiences and using them to educate and increase solidarity amongst all those who are striving -- nonviolently --  to bring about change for good, wherever in the world they may be."...what we're trying to do is to be driven by the grassroots activists, extremely flexible to respond to their needs, and not create an organization but realize there are amazing groups out there – Beautiful Trouble, ICNC, the Einstein Institute, Nonviolent Peaceforce, Metta Center, Waging Nonviolence, all the groups that are working on these issues. And African Youth Movement, Africans Rising – we're very closely connected with them. And just trying to help bring groups together and find ways to do critical learning, research, and really spread the knowledge both to people that are doing the work on the ground as people learn from each other....for the vast majority of people in the world that are not directly involved, but may be very hopeless right now, letting them know these amazing things are happening, and these amazing courageous people are out there changing the world for the better. It's not time to give up hope, but really to have a vision for a better future. And that is possible."The inspiring conversation with Katherine and Steve is followed by an equally powerful discussion with Mubarak Elamin, a Sudanese activist supporting the movement in Sudan. Mubarak talks about the astounding strength and courage of the Sudanes people, their determination to stand up for what they need, often risking their lives, working for peace and change:"We're actually learning from the streets of Sudan. It's amazing, the creativity and how people are committed to – first, they're committed to nonviolence and peaceful protest – peaceful actions. And the second thing they are doing also, organizing. And the third thing they are doing is also being really media savvy..."And they just demonstrate that day in and day out. They're speaking about, “We're not out for bread. We're not out for lower prices of gas. We're out for our own freedom and to bring about some other high-level values to our life and to our people.” And they're so determined to do that. So, it's just really like when you see these, read these stories, it's just heartfelt. The stories that all of these kids – I will call them heroes and warriors in a way or the other.From all three guests this week, we see the power that comes when we actively listen to and connect with others. Every community, every person has its experience, and when diverse experiences are brought together, when they are heard and shared, they become a resource, an exhilarating force for change.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa; host Shaka Ssali examines the significance of Pan-Africanism. He is joined by Mammo Muchie, Research Professor in Innovation Studies at Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa and Coumba Toure chair of the board of TrustAfrica and  co-coordinator of Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, and Dignity in Senegal. 

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa; host Shaka Ssali examines the significance of Pan-Africanism. He is joined by Mammo Muchie, Research Professor in Innovation Studies at Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa and Coumba Toure chair of the board of TrustAfrica and  co-coordinator of Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, and Dignity in Senegal. 

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa; host Shaka Ssali examines the significance of Pan-Africanism. He is joined by Mammo Muchie, Research Professor in Innovation Studies at Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa and Coumba Toure chair of the board of TrustAfrica and  co-coordinator of Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, and Dignity in Senegal. 

"Let's not let those that brought humanity to this point of destruction get away with the injustices that it created."Kumi Naidoo is recognized internationally as a forceful advocate for human rights, gender equity, economic justice, and environmental justice. A seasoned activist in South Africa during its struggle against apartheid, his long career of deep commitment to people and the planet has included serving as Executive Director of Greenpeace International and as Secretary General of Amnesty International. Kumi’s current roles include Professor of Practice, Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University; Global Ambassador, Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity; Visiting Fellow, Oxford University, and Honorary Fellow, Magdalen College.Kumi shares his thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right? including:That we need to reassess how we measure wealth as GDP, a broken system for measuring the value of people and work.That we suffer from affluenza, “an illness where we have come to believe that a meaningful, prosperous, decent, dignified life comes from more and more material acquisitions.” and that climate change “is fundamentally a problem of consumption and inequality”.That activism needs humility and to “listen more to people on the ground”. Instead of appealing to those in power, activists should support the powerless to speak for themselves, whose “voices bring an urgency that only those that suffer an injustice can bring, with the kind of eloquence, power and passion that makes it hard for the media, policymakers and those in power to ignore.”That we need more genuinely democratic systems across the world with a fair chance to run for office, instead of displaying only “the form of democracy without the substance of democracy”.That the analogy of the spider and the starfish shows the strength of decentralized versus centralized forms of organizing and mobilizing.That understanding the biggest contribution we can make to the cause of humanity is “not giving your life, but giving the rest of your life,” with perseverance, stamina, and courage to see those injustices dislodged.That it’s not good for mental health for us to see injustice and not express it and to bottle it up inside of us.That even “the pessimism of our analysis can be overcome by the optimism of our action”. ResourcesBook - The Spider and the Starfish: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod BeckstromConnect with Kumi NaidooWebsite: kuminaidoo.netTwitter: twitter.com/kuminaidooFollow WCPGR on Social MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/postcarbonInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/postcarboninstitute/Learn more: https://bit.ly/pci-wcpgrseries***Join us in December for a special Zoom call with Vicki! When you donate any amount to support the show, we'll invite you to join a live, online call with Vicki on Thursday, December 10. ***Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss an episode of What Could Possibly Go Right?Support the show (https://www.postcarbon.org/support-what-could-possibly-go-right/)

Today on Sojourner Truth: Black August is an annual commemoration to remember Black freedom fights and political prisoners and to highlight Black resistance against racial oppression. It is marked annually during the calendar month of August. Black August was initiated in San Quentin State Prison in 1979, when a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate the deaths of brothers Jonathan Jackson and George Jackson. Both brothers were involved in revolutionary organizing for racial justice behind bars. Sadly, Jonathan was killed in August 1970 and his brother George was also killed a year later. In their honor, a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate their deaths, in what has since become known as Black August. As Monifa Bandele of the Movement for Black Lives told CNN, Black August is a time to study, plan, and pledge to continue the work and fight for Black liberation. This year, 2020, is no different. On Monday, August 31, Africans Rising hosted an international webinar, entitled Black August, Standing in Global Solidarity. Africans Rising is a grassroots Pan-African movement of people and organizations, working for peace, justice and dignity. Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you audio from the historic webinar, which pays homage to the global struggle for racial justice and Black liberation, both past and present. During today's program, you will hear commentary from activists Danny Glover, Sekou Mgbozi Abdullah Odinga, Soffiya Elijah, Linda Masarira, and Phillip Agnew.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Black August is an annual commemoration to remember Black freedom fights and political prisoners and to highlight Black resistance against racial oppression. It is marked annually during the calendar month of August. Black August was initiated in San Quentin State Prison in 1979, when a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate the deaths of brothers Jonathan Jackson and George Jackson. Both brothers were involved in revolutionary organizing for racial justice behind bars. Sadly, Jonathan was killed in August 1970 and his brother George was also killed a year later. In their honor, a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate their deaths, in what has since become known as Black August. As Monifa Bandele of the Movement for Black Lives told CNN, Black August is a time to study, plan, and pledge to continue the work and fight for Black liberation. This year, 2020, is no different. On Monday, August 31, Africans Rising hosted an international webinar, entitled Black August, Standing in Global Solidarity. Africans Rising is a grassroots Pan-African movement of people and organizations, working for peace, justice and dignity. Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you audio from the historic webinar, which pays homage to the global struggle for racial justice and Black liberation, both past and present. During today's program, you will hear commentary from activists Danny Glover, Sekou Mgbozi Abdullah Odinga, Soffiya Elijah, Linda Masarira, and Phillip Agnew.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Black August is an annual commemoration to remember Black freedom fights and political prisoners and to highlight Black resistance against racial oppression. It is marked annually during the calendar month of August. Black August was initiated in San Quentin State Prison in 1979, when a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate the deaths of brothers Jonathan Jackson and George Jackson. Both brothers were involved in revolutionary organizing for racial justice behind bars. Sadly, Jonathan was killed in August 1970 and his brother George was also killed a year later. In their honor, a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate their deaths, in what has since become known as Black August. As Monifa Bandele of the Movement for Black Lives told CNN, Black August is a time to study, plan, and pledge to continue the work and fight for Black liberation. This year, 2020, is no different. On Monday, August 31, Africans Rising hosted an international webinar, entitled Black August, Standing in Global Solidarity. Africans Rising is a grassroots Pan-African movement of people and organizations, working for peace, justice and dignity. Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you audio from the historic webinar, which pays homage to the global struggle for racial justice and Black liberation, both past and present. During today's program, you will hear commentary from activists Danny Glover, Sekou Mgbozi Abdullah Odinga, Soffiya Elijah, Linda Masarira, and Phillip Agnew.

Today on Sojourner Truth: Black August is an annual commemoration to remember Black freedom fights and political prisoners and to highlight Black resistance against racial oppression. It is marked annually during the calendar month of August. Black August was initiated in San Quentin State Prison in 1979, when a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate the deaths of brothers Jonathan Jackson and George Jackson. Both brothers were involved in revolutionary organizing for racial justice behind bars. Sadly, Jonathan was killed in August 1970 and his brother George was also killed a year later. In their honor, a group of incarcerated people came together to commemorate their deaths, in what has since become known as Black August. As Monifa Bandele of the Movement for Black Lives told CNN, Black August is a time to study, plan, and pledge to continue the work and fight for Black liberation. This year, 2020, is no different. On Monday, August 31, Africans Rising hosted an international webinar, entitled Black August, Standing in Global Solidarity. Africans Rising is a grassroots Pan-African movement of people and organizations, working for peace, justice and dignity. Today on Sojourner Truth, we bring you audio from the historic webinar, which pays homage to the global struggle for racial justice and Black liberation, both past and present. During today's program, you will hear commentary from activists Danny Glover, Sekou Mgbozi Abdullah Odinga, Soffiya Elijah, Linda Masarira, and Phillip Agnew.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We bring you voices of women from the Continent. Women from Africans Rising hosted a webinar entitled, "Africa's Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery: A Feminist Perspective." Africans Rising is a grassroots movement based on the Continent of people and organizations working for peace, justice and dignity. The women gave an analysis of the failure of the liberal economic model, including a critique of imposed capitalist approaches to African economies. They said for capitalism to be a success, someone has to suffer. In their wide-ranging discussion, they spoke about how grassroots women in largely unpaid care and domestic labor subsidize African economies and how in turn, Africa subsidies the global economy. They describe what they call "climate imperialism" and refer to what they call "reproduction debt" for domestic work and the need for a care economy. Topics included policies of multi-lateral financial institutions on women in Africa. They discussed restitution, reparations and eugenics capitalism. They spoke about the significance of Africa, the murder of George Floyd, how African nations responded to Floyd's murder and the importance of Pan Africanism. Today, we bring you Part 1 of a two-part series, the voices of women based in Africa. You will hear perspectives and sharp analysis from Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising in Senegal, Amina Mama, a Nigerian-British professor and editor of Feminist Africa, Nancy Kachingwe, a freelance consultant based in Zimbabwe specializing in women's rights, and Lebohang Liepollo Pheko, Steering Committee Member of South African Women in Dialogue.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We bring you voices of women from the Continent. Women from Africans Rising hosted a webinar entitled, "Africa's Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery: A Feminist Perspective." Africans Rising is a grassroots movement based on the Continent of people and organizations working for peace, justice and dignity. The women gave an analysis of the failure of the liberal economic model, including a critique of imposed capitalist approaches to African economies. They said for capitalism to be a success, someone has to suffer. In their wide-ranging discussion, they spoke about how grassroots women in largely unpaid care and domestic labor subsidize African economies and how in turn, Africa subsidies the global economy. They describe what they call "climate imperialism" and refer to what they call "reproduction debt" for domestic work and the need for a care economy. Topics included policies of multi-lateral financial institutions on women in Africa. They discussed restitution, reparations and eugenics capitalism. They spoke about the significance of Africa, the murder of George Floyd, how African nations responded to Floyd's murder and the importance of Pan Africanism. Today, we bring you Part 1 of a two-part series, the voices of women based in Africa. You will hear perspectives and sharp analysis from Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising in Senegal, Amina Mama, a Nigerian-British professor and editor of Feminist Africa, Nancy Kachingwe, a freelance consultant based in Zimbabwe specializing in women's rights, and Lebohang Liepollo Pheko, Steering Committee Member of South African Women in Dialogue.

[Image: Claudia Jones Paul Robeson Amy A Garvey with friends in London England, Source: Source Pan African News Wire] W.E.B. Du Bois (1933) in, Pan-Africa and new racial philosophy, presents his early articulations of Pan Africanism as “the industrial and spiritual emancipation of the Negro people” wherever they are in the world. George Padmore (1955) in, Pan Africanism or Communism, asserts that “the idea of Pan Africanism first arose as a manifestation of fraternal solidarity among Africans and peoples of African descent" (95). I have explored in, Pan-Africanism in the United States: Identity and Belonging, why Pan-African discourse is not a dominant expression in African diasporic resistance in the U.S. today. This is not to say a Pan-African discourse is not present at all, but when situated in the historical and intellectual genealogy of African decedent experiences in the U.S., it is marginal at best. Even with this contextualization, the marginalization of Africana women in the formation and evolution of Pan African thought and practice is important to center. This disarticulation has distorted the historical narrative of radical and Pan African thought of the fact that in “early coverage of the 1900 Pan-African Congress reveals delegates, “all eminent in their sphere” who represented the United States, Canada, Ethiopia, Haiti, Liberia, Sierra Leone, the then Gold Coast, most of the islands of the then British West Indies included Miss Anna Jones (Kansas), and Mrs. Annie Cooper (i.e. Anna Julia Cooper) (Washington, D.C.) among others (see Adi & Sherwood 2003, for listings). Mabel Dove Danquah attended the 2nd Pan African Congress. Her husband Joseph Boakye Danquah, himself a major pan-Africanist was one of the African students that Amy Ashwood Garvey nurtured in the West African Students Union in London (Davies, 2014: 80). Adelaide Casely Hayford, who married the pan-Africanist J.E. Casely Hayford in 1903 and as a pan-Africanist herself, briefly held the position of lady president of the UNIA branch in Freetown, Sierra Leone. She spent two years in the U.S. studying girls schools, became an associate of U.S. women like Nannie Burroughs, and would later develop her own school for girls. In 1927 she attended the fourth Pan-African Congress in New York (Davies, 2014: 80). Today, we explore the current rebellion through a Pan African lens with Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. Africans Rising is a Pan-African movement of people and organizations. Next, you will hear, in order, of speaking: Coumba Toure, co-coordinator of Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity; Hakima Abbas, executive co-director of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID); M. Adams, community organizer and co-executive director of Freedom Inc; Taalib Saber, Pan Africanist, filmmaker and principal attorney at The Saber Firm, LLC, where he practices Education and Special Education Law, Civil Rights, and Personal Injury Law; Dimah Mahmoud, co founder of the Nubia Initiative, a humanist, activist, and passionate change-maker; Gacheke Gachihi, Coordinator, Mathare Social Justice Center and member, Social Justice Centres Working Group in Nairobi, Kenya; and Yoel Haile, Criminal Justice Program Manager with the ACLU of Northern California. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; and Ghana and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples! Enjoy the program!

Today, on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of African Liberation Week, which kicked off on Monday, May 25, with African Liberation Day. On April 15, 1958, in the city of Accra, Ghana, African leaders convened the first Conference of Independent African States. The conference included representatives from Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Republic (which included Egypt and Syria) and representatives of the National Liberation Front of Algeria and the Union of Cameroonian Peoples. This was the first Pan-African Conference held on the continent. It represented the unity of African people to the racist systems of colonialism and imperialism. Among other provisions, the conference called for the founding of African Freedom Day. Five years later, after the First Conference of Independent African States in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, another historical meeting occurred. On May 25, 1963, leaders of thirty-two independent African States met to form the Organization of African Unity. At the historic Organization of African Unity meeting, the date of Africa Freedom Day was changed from April 15 to May 25 and Africa Freedom Day was declared African Liberation Day. African Liberation Day has been marked annually on May 25th in every corner of the world ever since. This year is no different. Africans Rising, a grassroots Pan-Africanist movement on the continent, kicked off a week-long mobilization on African Liberation Day. The movement has been hosting online conversations, actions and events dedicated to keeping all Africans safe during this global health crisis. The theme of their mobilization is Active Citizenship in the Fight Against COVID-19. Africans from all over the world " including the U.S., the U.K., the Caribbean and Latin America " have been taking part in it. Other Pan-Africanist movements have been hosting similar mobilizations focused on COVID-19, given its hard impact on African people. Today, you will hear audio from an African Liberation Week webinar hosted by the Advocacy Network for Africa. The virtual event briefed audiences around the world about COVID-19 in Africa and the diaspora, the responses taking place, and what needs to happen to mitigate COVID-19. The event was moderated by Robtel Neajai Pailey, a Liberian academic, activist and author. Speakers included Coumbe Toure of Africans Rising, Nana Gyamfi of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Abdiqadir Yousuf Abdullahi, a doctor with the organization Save the Vision, and Nyeleti Honwana with Global Black Youth.

Today, on Sojourner Truth: We continue our coverage of African Liberation Week, which kicked off on Monday, May 25, with African Liberation Day. On April 15, 1958, in the city of Accra, Ghana, African leaders convened the first Conference of Independent African States. The conference included representatives from Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, the United Arab Republic (which included Egypt and Syria) and representatives of the National Liberation Front of Algeria and the Union of Cameroonian Peoples. This was the first Pan-African Conference held on the continent. It represented the unity of African people to the racist systems of colonialism and imperialism. Among other provisions, the conference called for the founding of African Freedom Day. Five years later, after the First Conference of Independent African States in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, another historical meeting occurred. On May 25, 1963, leaders of thirty-two independent African States met to form the Organization of African Unity. At the historic Organization of African Unity meeting, the date of Africa Freedom Day was changed from April 15 to May 25 and Africa Freedom Day was declared African Liberation Day. African Liberation Day has been marked annually on May 25th in every corner of the world ever since. This year is no different. Africans Rising, a grassroots Pan-Africanist movement on the continent, kicked off a week-long mobilization on African Liberation Day. The movement has been hosting online conversations, actions and events dedicated to keeping all Africans safe during this global health crisis. The theme of their mobilization is Active Citizenship in the Fight Against COVID-19. Africans from all over the world " including the U.S., the U.K., the Caribbean and Latin America " have been taking part in it. Other Pan-Africanist movements have been hosting similar mobilizations focused on COVID-19, given its hard impact on African people. Today, you will hear audio from an African Liberation Week webinar hosted by the Advocacy Network for Africa. The virtual event briefed audiences around the world about COVID-19 in Africa and the diaspora, the responses taking place, and what needs to happen to mitigate COVID-19. The event was moderated by Robtel Neajai Pailey, a Liberian academic, activist and author. Speakers included Coumbe Toure of Africans Rising, Nana Gyamfi of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Abdiqadir Yousuf Abdullahi, a doctor with the organization Save the Vision, and Nyeleti Honwana with Global Black Youth.

0:08 – South Africa is on a “Level 4” of a five-level emergency system, entering one of the world's strictest lockdowns. Lynsey Chutel is a journalist and television news producer based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and talks about how the country is slowly re-opening. The government also implemented an alcohol ban, Chutel says, both out of concern for domestic violence and also in an effort to keep emergency rooms empty by preventing injuries from accidents and brawls. 0:20 – Senegal has 2,189 Covid-19 cases and 23 deaths, according to numbers from Johns Hopkins University. Amidst grave concerns about the virus spreading on the continent, mass organizing is taking place on the ground to limit the impact of the disease. We hear updates from Coumba Toure of Africans Rising for Peace, Justice and Dignity, a Pan-African advocacy organization for Africans across the diaspora. Toure says an action is planned for May 25, African Liberation Day, under the banner “Rise For Our Lives.” 0:34 – Spotlight on the Oakland Undocumented Relief Fund with Carolina Martin Ramos of Centro Legal de la Raza, in Oakland. Centro Legal is still receiving donations for the fund here.   Photo by Wahenga Youth Group. The post Organizers across Africa launch #Rise4OurLives campaign to curb Covid-19 spread; plus, Oakland Undocumented Relief Fund gives crucial cash grants to workers appeared first on KPFA.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on COVID-19 in Africa, where there are fears that the continent may soon become the next global hotspot. Our guest is Senegal-based Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace, justice and dignity. We continue our coverage of the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities. Our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford, who is lead editor (with Derek Griffith, Marino Bruce and Keon Gilbert) of Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professor (American Public Health Association Press, 2019). She is Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The reclaimers movement continues in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Residents have taken over houses owned by the city. Our guest is Martha Escudero, an impacted mother who is involved with the reclaimers. As National Poetry Month wraps up, poet Ron Baca joins us to read one of his original pieces. Ron grew up in Boyle Heights in the shadow of the East L.A. Freeway Interchange. His poetry attempts to capture and reflect on people and events that contribute to celebrating one's roots. He taught for over 20 years in the LAUSD in Eastside public schools and is currently a volunteer tutor at Homeboy Industries.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on COVID-19 in Africa, where there are fears that the continent may soon become the next global hotspot. Our guest is Senegal-based Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace, justice and dignity. We continue our coverage of the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities. Our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford, who is lead editor (with Derek Griffith, Marino Bruce and Keon Gilbert) of Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professor (American Public Health Association Press, 2019). She is Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The reclaimers movement continues in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Residents have taken over houses owned by the city. Our guest is Martha Escudero, an impacted mother who is involved with the reclaimers. As National Poetry Month wraps up, poet Ron Baca joins us to read one of his original pieces. Ron grew up in Boyle Heights in the shadow of the East L.A. Freeway Interchange. His poetry attempts to capture and reflect on people and events that contribute to celebrating one's roots. He taught for over 20 years in the LAUSD in Eastside public schools and is currently a volunteer tutor at Homeboy Industries.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on COVID-19 in Africa, where there are fears that the continent may soon become the next global hotspot. Our guest is Senegal-based Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace, justice and dignity. We continue our coverage of the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities. Our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford, who is lead editor (with Derek Griffith, Marino Bruce and Keon Gilbert) of Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professor (American Public Health Association Press, 2019). She is Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The reclaimers movement continues in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Residents have taken over houses owned by the city. Our guest is Martha Escudero, an impacted mother who is involved with the reclaimers. As National Poetry Month wraps up, poet Ron Baca joins us to read one of his original pieces. Ron grew up in Boyle Heights in the shadow of the East L.A. Freeway Interchange. His poetry attempts to capture and reflect on people and events that contribute to celebrating one's roots. He taught for over 20 years in the LAUSD in Eastside public schools and is currently a volunteer tutor at Homeboy Industries.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on COVID-19 in Africa, where there are fears that the continent may soon become the next global hotspot. Our guest is Senegal-based Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace, justice and dignity. We continue our coverage of the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities. Our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford, who is lead editor (with Derek Griffith, Marino Bruce and Keon Gilbert) of Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professor (American Public Health Association Press, 2019). She is Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The reclaimers movement continues in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Residents have taken over houses owned by the city. Our guest is Martha Escudero, an impacted mother who is involved with the reclaimers. As National Poetry Month wraps up, poet Ron Baca joins us to read one of his original pieces. Ron grew up in Boyle Heights in the shadow of the East L.A. Freeway Interchange. His poetry attempts to capture and reflect on people and events that contribute to celebrating one's roots. He taught for over 20 years in the LAUSD in Eastside public schools and is currently a volunteer tutor at Homeboy Industries.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on COVID-19 in Africa, where there are fears that the continent may soon become the next global hotspot. Our guest is Senegal-based Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace, justice and dignity. We continue our coverage of the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities. Our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford, who is lead editor (with Derek Griffith, Marino Bruce and Keon Gilbert) of Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professor (American Public Health Association Press, 2019). She is Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The reclaimers movement continues in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Residents have taken over houses owned by the city. Our guest is Martha Escudero, an impacted mother who is involved with the reclaimers. As National Poetry Month wraps up, poet Ron Baca joins us to read one of his original pieces. Ron grew up in Boyle Heights in the shadow of the East L.A. Freeway Interchange. His poetry attempts to capture and reflect on people and events that contribute to celebrating one's roots. He taught for over 20 years in the LAUSD in Eastside public schools and is currently a volunteer tutor at Homeboy Industries.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on COVID-19 in Africa, where there are fears that the continent may soon become the next global hotspot. Our guest is Senegal-based Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace, justice and dignity. We continue our coverage of the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities. Our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford, who is lead editor (with Derek Griffith, Marino Bruce and Keon Gilbert) of Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professor (American Public Health Association Press, 2019). She is Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The reclaimers movement continues in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Residents have taken over houses owned by the city. Our guest is Martha Escudero, an impacted mother who is involved with the reclaimers. As National Poetry Month wraps up, poet Ron Baca joins us to read one of his original pieces. Ron grew up in Boyle Heights in the shadow of the East L.A. Freeway Interchange. His poetry attempts to capture and reflect on people and events that contribute to celebrating one's roots. He taught for over 20 years in the LAUSD in Eastside public schools and is currently a volunteer tutor at Homeboy Industries.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The latest on COVID-19 in Africa, where there are fears that the continent may soon become the next global hotspot. Our guest is Senegal-based Coumba Toure, Coordinator for Africans Rising for peace, justice and dignity. We continue our coverage of the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities. Our guest is Dr. Chandra Ford, who is lead editor (with Derek Griffith, Marino Bruce and Keon Gilbert) of Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professor (American Public Health Association Press, 2019). She is Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice and Health and Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The reclaimers movement continues in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Residents have taken over houses owned by the city. Our guest is Martha Escudero, an impacted mother who is involved with the reclaimers. As National Poetry Month wraps up, poet Ron Baca joins us to read one of his original pieces. Ron grew up in Boyle Heights in the shadow of the East L.A. Freeway Interchange. His poetry attempts to capture and reflect on people and events that contribute to celebrating one's roots. He taught for over 20 years in the LAUSD in Eastside public schools and is currently a volunteer tutor at Homeboy Industries.

There is a danger in using and/or buying in to the ‘unprecedented' narrative as being projected by dominant [medical, political, economic] discourse. In relation to the Africana world, it distorts, hides, and marginalizes the impact and community rooted efforts Africana people throughout history have presented the world. This current pandemic is no different. Therefore, identifying historical and ancestrally rooted collective responses [being clear of delineate reaction to conditions, although there were instances of reactions] is essential. Local health. National health. Global health, as being exposed in this current pandemic to be an appendage to racial capitalist logic, is woefully inadequate. This is without any debate. In order to properly contextualize and organize a collective global response to this pandemic, analysts who are using the term—response—who be better served as transmitters of information to adjust their lens to understand that what is happening is a reaction that is innate to the reverberations of sociopolitical and economic structures that are rooted in exploitation, marginalization, and the continued devaluation of human life. Nevertheless, the African world, properly organized, will as in the past provide a way forward for the West—the rest. Today, in the context of World Health Day, which was recognized yesterday, April 7, we speak with Coumba Toure, Coordinator of Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity, speaking to us from Dakar, Senegal. Coumba Toure was born and raised between Mali and Senegal. She is a writer and storyteller and publishes children stories and organizes art events focused on nurturing the mind of children through Falia. She also designs popular education programs with a focus on impacting and is a board member of TrustAfrica. We then turn our attention to the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, where we spoke with writer, activist and poet Siki Dlanga from Eastern Cape, South Africa. She is author of Black Lives Matter alive or dead, which was featured on PBS News Hour in conjunction with her work on protecting an African burial ground with Macedonia Baptist Church in Bethesda, Maryland and performed throughout the states as well as author of a poetry anthology titled: Word of Worth. But, before we dive in, AWNP's collective member, Funa Ngonda, provides a bit of context for us. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; and Ghana and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples! Image: This Papyrus is the world's oldest surviving surgical document written in hieratic script in ancient Egypt around 1600 BCE. Plate 6 and 7 of the papyrus, pictured here, discuss facial trauma [https://www.ancient.eu/image/4542/].

Hello everyone! Bienvenue sur the komrades podcast . Today we have honor of receiving Coumba Toure, an activist based in Senegal west Africa , she is a writer (you can find her materials online she has some great books for the young ones). She is member of movements including Africans Rising which she is the coordinator ,African Feminist Forum and many more... We alternate from French to English ,English to French on this episode , et nous avons beaucoup, beaucoup apris d’elle

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Today on Sojourner Truth: The worlds oldest Western-style democracy, the British Parliament, has been shut down for five weeks by conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This, in a move that he hopes will allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal. This is opposed not only by opposition members of the Labour Party, but also by ministers and members of Parliament from his own party. What is going on? Whats at stake? What are the wider implications? Our guest is London-based Sam Weinstein, a former labor union official and member of U.K.-based movement Momentum is our guest. We return to our Africa Watch series. The long-time President Robert Mugabe has died; anti-immigrant violence in South Africa against immigrants from other parts of Africa; women in South Africa are protesting an epidemic of violence against them, including femicide; the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sept. 4-6; and climate change has it impacts the continent. Our guest is Coumba Toure, coordinator for Africans Rising. She is based in Senegal, but is now on the ground in South Africa. We continue our coverage of the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and how island nations in the region are responding to the devastation of the hurricane as well as the threat to the Caribbean islands by climate change. Our guest is David Commissiong, who coordinated a media-thon this past Sunday in Barbados to assist victims of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. He is also the Barbados Ambassador to CARICOM, the organization of Caribbean governments.

Andrew Schwartz speaks with Gambian human rights activist Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan. Muhammed is the coordinator for Africans Rising, which is an emerging pan-African movement working for justice, peace, and dignity, and which aims to build solidarity across campaigns for social, economic, environmental, and gender justice. Muhammed talks with Andrew about the mission of Africans Rising, how…

Andrew Schwartz speaks with Gambian human rights activist Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan. Muhammed is the coordinator for Africans Rising, which is an emerging pan-African movement working for justice, peace, and dignity, and which aims to build solidarity across campaigns for social, economic, environmental, and gender justice. Muhammed talks with Andrew about the mission of Africans Rising, how…

Andrew Schwartz speaks with Gambian human rights activist Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan. Muhammed is the coordinator for Africans Rising, which is an emerging pan-African movement working for justice, peace, and dignity, and which aims to build solidarity across campaigns for social, economic, environmental, and gender justice. Muhammed talks with Andrew about the mission of Africans Rising, how…

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa guest-host Vincent Makori examines the role and influence of the African diaspora. He is joined by Yetunde Odugbesan-Omede, Visiting Professor of Global Affairs and Politics at Farmingdale State College and Vice Chair of Leadership of the United People for African Congress, Emira Woods of Africans Rising for Justice Peace and Dignity and Gizaw Legesse founding member of Vision Ethiopia.

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa host Shala Ssali looks at events that will be shaping the continent in 2019. He is joined by Sudanese-American Activist Wafa May Elamin who is also Vice President of Moving Forward Sudan, political analyst Emira Woods of Africans Rising for Justice Peace and Dignity, and Professor of Political Science Abdul Karim Bangura, of American University's Center for Global Peace. Take a look and let us know what you think.

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa guest-host Vincent Makori examines how the outcome of the U.S. Midterm elections will affect Africa. He is joined by VOA's election expert Steve Redisch, Emira Woods of Africans Rising for Justice Peace & Dignity and analyst Abdi-Qafar Abdi Wardere.

Guest host Vincent Makori discusses the significance of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump's four-nation visit to Africa with Emira Woods, Africans Rising for Justice Peace & Dignity, an International Working Group Member, Patsy Widakuswara, White House Correspondent, and Benedicto Kondowe, Human Rights Advocate & Civil Society Education Coalition.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump struck a little-reported deal agreeable to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The established border of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights will be honored as Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah have as of today routed anti-Assad forces out of the area of Syria that borders Israel. That added to the boldness of the Netanyahu-led government, which has now voted in the Israeli Parliament on a law that defines Israel as the homeland of Jews with Hebrew as the official language and that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. The law rescinded Arabic as one of Israels official language. The move was met with alarm by Israels Arab population, which says the measure is racist and sidelines them. It was also opposed by J Street, a prominent Jewish lobby in the U.S. and by the American Jewish Committee, which says the law shows that Israel is not democratic. To give us background and analysis on the Trump-Putin deal as well as the Jewish state law, we are joined by Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. And yesterday, July 18, marked the birthday of Nelson Mandela who was born in 1918 in South Africa. It was a public holiday in South Africa and was marked by celebrations, large and small, of Mandelas life. The one most reported was the speech given by former U.S. President Barack Obama given at a stadium before thousands of people. As with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the U.S., there is a struggle going on over the true legacy of Mandela as well as attempts to sanitize him. Our guest is Coumba Toure, a coordinator of Africans Rising for Peace, Justice and Dignity. She is based in Dakar Senegal. For our Weekly Earth Watch segment, Oglala Lakota activist, writer and educator Corine Fairbanks joins us. She is a lead organizer for the American Indian Movement in Ohio and a spokesperson for Native American rights. She has been involved in protests against ICE.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump struck a little-reported deal agreeable to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The established border of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights will be honored as Syrian forces backed by Hezbollah have as of today routed anti-Assad forces out of the area of Syria that borders Israel. That added to the boldness of the Netanyahu-led government, which has now voted in the Israeli Parliament on a law that defines Israel as the homeland of Jews with Hebrew as the official language and that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. The law rescinded Arabic as one of Israels official language. The move was met with alarm by Israels Arab population, which says the measure is racist and sidelines them. It was also opposed by J Street, a prominent Jewish lobby in the U.S. and by the American Jewish Committee, which says the law shows that Israel is not democratic. To give us background and analysis on the Trump-Putin deal as well as the Jewish state law, we are joined by Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis. And yesterday, July 18, marked the birthday of Nelson Mandela who was born in 1918 in South Africa. It was a public holiday in South Africa and was marked by celebrations, large and small, of Mandelas life. The one most reported was the speech given by former U.S. President Barack Obama given at a stadium before thousands of people. As with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the U.S., there is a struggle going on over the true legacy of Mandela as well as attempts to sanitize him. Our guest is Coumba Toure, a coordinator of Africans Rising for Peace, Justice and Dignity. She is based in Dakar Senegal. For our Weekly Earth Watch segment, Oglala Lakota activist, writer and educator Corine Fairbanks joins us. She is a lead organizer for the American Indian Movement in Ohio and a spokesperson for Native American rights. She has been involved in protests against ICE.

This is a special episode of the Hip Hop African Podcast. This episode is a conversation between Dr. Msia Kibona Clark, the author of Hip-Hop in Africa, and moderator Dr. James Pope. Dr. Pope is a professor at Winston Salem State University and an organizer with the Africa World Now Project. The conversation took place at the legendary Sankofa Video Book and Cafe in Washington, DC. The event was sponsored by the following organizations Africa World Now Project | Africans Rising for Justice, Peace, & Dignity | Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) | Sankofa Books   If you are listing to the podcast on a platform other than the blogsite, you can access some of the images from the evening's event on our blogsite: hiphopafrican.com.Continue reading

The world has always seen the Maasai people as backward, unflinchingly terrified of technological advancements. They have been called ‘Technophobic’

Today, a reflection on the work and legacy of the late Winnie Madikezela-Mandela, a fierce advocate for social justice, considered by many South Africans to be the mother of their nation. She is revered in South Africa and around the African continent for her relentless fight against the South African apartheid system which, for nearly 50 years, subjected the native Black population to violence, intimidation and segregation.Winnie Madikizela Mandela died last Monday at the age of 81. Dr. Emira Woods joins us in Studio A. Dr. Woods is a scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, and a member of the International Working Group for Africans Rising, a network of African social justice movements. Joining us from Boston is Dr. Xolela Mangcu. He’s a Professor of Sociology at the University of Cape Town, and the author and co-author of nine books, including a biography of the anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko.

South African president Jacob Zuma often boasts that the African National Congress (ANC) “will rule until Jesus comes back.” Voters have consistently given the ANC clear majorities in national, provincial, and local elections since 1994, when South Africa first made the transition to democracy. A certain level of hubris may have been inevitable. However, the 2016 local elections shattered the party's complacency: its share of the national vote dipped below 60 percent for the first time, shaving off some 8 percent of the ANC's support since the last local election. South Africa struggle is well documented. The contributions of its most radical elements, however, are not. These radical elements were essential to the struggle against brutally repressive Apartheid regime. The marginalization of their contributions and the solidification of ANC party elite exacerbates class divisions and ethnic tensions. The ideas and practice of Steve Biko, Chris Hani, Robert Sobukwe, and others are finding practical expression in the various South African youth resistance movements--#feesmustfall; #rhodesmustfall; land struggles…captured in Shack Dwellers movements, eviction resistance, labor vs. corporation struggles, etc. Twenty-three (23) years after South Africa democratic elections—considered by some as being the post-apartheid era…South African youth are finding that those ‘radical' elements of Apartheid resistance are essential to framing a South African future. Today, Mwiza Munthali, Africa World Now Project's executive producer, international journalist, and human rights activist caught up with Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool. Ebrahim Rasool who served as South African ambassador to the United States between 2010-2015. Mwiza and Ambassador Rasool explores the challenges of the ANC; its moral compass; and its internal dynamics. In second segment, we turn our attention to the situation and conditions in Togo. Since August, people have taken to the streets in protest of the lived-conditions of millions of Togolese under the current ruling family. The first protest was led by the Pan-African National Party (PNP), which called for constitutional and institutional reform. These demands later evolved to a call for the president to step down. Again, joining us was Mwiza Munthali who spoke with Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan who was on the ground in Togo. Gambian Human Rights Activist, Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan, is Coordinator of Africans Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity. A human rights activist who organized widespread protests to get longtime Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh out of office, Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan, a young activist from The Gambia with a background in youth development is taking over the reins from global human rights and environmental justice activist and launch director, Kumi Naidoo. Here Africa World Now Project's in-depth discussion on the current and future situation in Togo. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the native, indigenous, and Afro-descended communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; and Ghana; and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all people.

Shaka Ssali discusses the 29th African Union Summit with Emira Woods, Africans Rising for Justice Peace & Dignity, an international working group member and with Reath Muoch Tang, former South Sudanese Member of Parliament.

Shaka Ssali discusses the 29th African Union Summit with Emira Woods, Africans Rising for Justice Peace & Dignity, an international working group member and with Reath Muoch Tang, former South Sudanese Member of Parliament.

Shaka Ssali discusses the 29th African Union Summit with Emira Woods, Africans Rising for Justice Peace & Dignity, an international working group member and with Reath Muoch Tang, former South Sudanese Member of Parliament.

Shaka Ssali and his guests examine the significance of Africa Day, the creation of the African Union and the state of politics on the continent. He is joined by Arikana Chihombori-Quao, Ambassador of the African Union to the United States, Awet T. Weldemichael, Professor of History at Queens University in Kingston, Canada and Kumi Naidoo, Director of Africans Rising from Durban in South Africa.

Shaka Ssali and his guests examine the significance of Africa Day, the creation of the African Union and the state of politics on the continent. He is joined by Arikana Chihombori-Quao, Ambassador of the African Union to the United States, Awet T. Weldemichael, Professor of History at Queens University in Kingston, Canada and Kumi Naidoo, Director of Africans Rising from Durban in South Africa.