Category: Africana Studies
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Telling the Truth About Nelson Mandela with Margaret Kimberley
Margaret Kimberley of Freedom Rider and BlackAgendaReport.com and joined us to discuss her recent essay, “Telling the Truth About Nelson Mandela.” We…
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The Super Funky Soul Power Hour for December 6, 2013
On this week’s edition of The Super Funky Soul Power Hour we paid quick tribute to Nelson Mandela, asked whether or not…
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Uncrossed Rivers and Intellectual Opportunism with Dr. Todd Burroughs
Todd Steven Burroughs rejoined us to review Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. *And here is the…
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The Backlash Against Boycotts with The Truth Minista Paul Scott
The Truth Minista Paul Scott joined us to discuss his recent article, “I Saw Black Leaders Kissin’ Santa Claus.” We talked about…
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Kwame Ture Speaks on Pan-Africanism (1996)
This is a 1996 speech on pan-Africanism delivered in 1996 by Kwame Ture at the late Elombe Brath’s Patrice Lumumbia Coalition gathering…
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Dr. Bobby Wright Remembered
The late and legendary Black psychologist Dr. Bobby Wright (March 1, 1934 – April 6, 1982) was remembered in this discussion with…
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Kwame Ture and the All African People’s Revolutionary Party w Dr. Mjiba Frehiwot
November 15 marks the anniversary of the death of Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael). The work of his organization, The All African People’s Revolutionary…
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Race as Political Context of Surveillance with Tom Porter
Mr. Tom Porter, educator, activist, author, joined us to discuss recently discovered documents about the federal government surveillance he and others were…
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Assata Shakur, Excluding the Nightmare After the Dream by Dhoruba bin-Wahad
Extending our earlier discussion of Herman Wallace and the Political Context of Black Self-Defense Dhoruba bin-Wahad continued with this frank – and highly explicit*…
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Digital Neo-Colonialism with Dr. Umaru Bah
Dr. Umaru Bah is an Associate Graduate Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State University. His two main areas of scholarship are…
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Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson on Black and Brown Struggle and Spatial Entitlement
Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson joined us to discuss her book Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity: Music, Race, and Spatial Entitlement in…
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Dr. LaTasha Levy on Pan-Africanism in Theory and Praxis and Dr. James Turner
Watch this video on YouTube Dr. LaTasha Levy discusses her article, “Pan-Africanism in Theory and Praxis,” for a forthcoming book, Discourse on…
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Africana Womanism, Kemet and the Fallibility of Feminism
During this week’s 28th annual Kemetic Studies Conference of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) a panel was convened on…
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‘Smart Power’ In the Era of Africana Studies with Dr. Greg Carr
Dr. Greg Carr speaking at the 28th annual Kemetic Studies conference convened by the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations gave…
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African Independence and Media w Dr. Tukufu Zuberi
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi joined us to discuss his latest and coming work on the African diaspora. His new film African Independence was…
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Black August: The History, Culture and Practice w Mama Ayanna Mashama
Mama Ayanna Mashama joined us to discuss the history, culture and practice of Black August. Mashama is a veteran organizer, co-founder of…
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Kamau Franklin On Black August And The Philosophy Of Law
Human rights lawyer Kamau Franklin joined us recently to discuss Black August and The Philosophy of Law. Franklin is also a contributor…
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African Liberation in Brazil: An Interview w Ama Mizani
We spoke recently about African liberation with Ama Mizani of Afrocentricity International about the struggle in Brazil.*
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Requiem for a Timekeeper: Dr. Greg Carr on the Life and History of Dr. John Henrik Clarke
This is truly a brilliant presentation given by Dr. Greg Carr on the life, history and political/cultural “genealogy” of Dr. John Henrik…