https://youtu.be/kqTmmeU2h-wDr. Mjiba Frehiwot will join us to discuss the politics of identity and the radical value of Pan-Africanism. We will also discuss the history and politics of the All African People’s Revolutionary Party. Mjiba Frehiwot is a Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. She is in the History…
Read moreBuying Black: Does It Make a Difference?
It was a pleasure to be part of this rousing discussion with Alkebu-Lan radio and their wonderful listening audience! The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power by Jared A. Ball From Alkebu-Lan: PLAYING TRACKS BY PJ Morton, Prince Fatty & Nostalgia 77 feat. Malcolm X, Terence Blanchard and Freddie McGregor. Malcolm X, like activists…
Read moreThe Revolution On Your Momma’s Coffee Table: Lerone Bennett Jr., Black Power, Pan-Africanism and the Schizophrenia of Ebony Magazine, 1966-1976
It’s September 1966, and the regular reader of Ebony gets the sinking feeling that its jali, Lerone Bennett Jr., is a little disconcerted. In the article, the magazine editor and history book author is in a vehicle zooming along in South Carolina at 70 mph by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairman Stokely Carmichael, and a…
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