"L'Afrique Une et Indivisible" is a work of reflection and commitment that explores Pan-Africanism in depth as an ideology, a historical movement and a project for the future of Africa. In four main sections, the author traces the historical roots of this thinking, born in the African diaspora and carried forward by such emblematic figures as Kwame Nkrumah, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey and Cheikh Anta Diop.The book then analyzes the contemporary challenges facing Africa: political divisions, economic dependence, conflicts, the loss of cultural identity and the persistent influence of outside powers. In the face of these obstacles, the author highlights the limitations of current pan-African institutions, while acknowledging the advances made by the African Union and regional communities. It proposes concrete ways to revitalize Pan-Africanism through education, technology, the mobilization of youth and women, and the central role of diasporas.
On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike...
Beyond the Kumbla: Sylvia Wynter and New Conversations attests to the fact that the literary field dedicated to the study of Caribbean women’s writing, inaugurated by Out of the Kumbla: Caribbean Women and Literature (1990) flourishes and lives up to the excitement of its...
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The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver "An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." -- Christian Science Monitor "As Hochschild's brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own...
rom CNN’s Abby Phillip, a triumphant new look at Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns of the 1980s and how they changed Black political power“A joyful, rich, must-read biography of a politician whose flaws and gifts were in constant, intense competition.” ―Jake...