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Africans reject U.S. Africa Command
Gen. William “Kip” Ward, commander of United States Africa Command, or Africom New image falls flat by Abayomi Azikiwe Editor, Pan-African News Wire On Oct. 1, the much-anticipated United States...
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Wanda’s Picks for Dec. 12
by Wanda Sabir Wishing a blessed Eid Al Adha to all Muslims this week. The Berkeley Rep production of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” by August Wilson, directed by Delroy Lindo, closes this weekend; so...
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Shell agrees to pay for Ken Saro-Wiwa’s death but denies complicity
by Lisa Vives Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni freedom fighters were executed in 1995. (GIN) – A landmark civil rights case that charged oil company Royal Dutch Shell with collusion in the capture,...
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Can Barney out-legislate Bahati on LGBT rights?
by Ann Garrison KPFA Weekend News for March 19, 2011 http://www.anngarrison.com/images/mp3s/barneyfranklgbt.mp3 KPFA Weekend News Anchor Cameron Jones: On Tuesday, Massachusetts Congressman Barney...
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Hiding Africa’s looted funds: Silence of Western media
by Lord Aikins Adusei A little known news aggregation site called Newser used this photo showing how oil pipelines have taken over and destroyed the economy and environment of the Niger Delta to...
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Washington’s long war against Africa
by James Petras Despite rejection of a U.S. base in any African country except Liberia, AFRICOM has found other ways to school Africans in the American way of warmaking. – Photo: Foreign Policy The...
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Malcolm and the music
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali Malcolm X, loved then and now by the people, eulogized by Ossie Davis as our “Black Shining Prince” El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) was assassinated 46 years...
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Congo: Let’s be frank about Dodd-Frank
by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele This Congolese teenager works in a coltan mine. Congo holds 80 percent of the world’s coltan resources, a mineral widely used in electronic products, without which wireless...
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Should Africa be an ally of the West or China? The case of Cameroon and Côte...
by Jean-Paul Pougala, translated from French by Therese Boua In Cameroon, women are becoming farmers and growing cotton. Where previously the men preferred the women not to become cotton farmers, many...
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Wanda’s Picks for February 2012
by Wanda Sabir At the Rainbow Recreation Center, Brother Fred hands out bagged food while his youngest son, Bilal, checks names off the list. Bilal studied law in Britain and is a solicitor. – Photo:...
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How we can truly honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by Marian Wright Edelman In his last Sunday sermon at Washington National Cathedral, Dr. King retold the parable of the rich man, Dives, who ignored the poor and sick man, Lazarus, who came every day...
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India emerges as leader in 21st century ‘Scramble for Africa’
by Sputnik Kilambi The rising presence of China and India in Africa has important implications for the continent’s development. While the two Asian giants provide a much-needed alternative to the old –...
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Wanda’s Picks for August 2014
by Wanda Sabir Congratulations to Gerald Lenoir for carrying the torch and blazing the way for so many social justice issues from HIV/AIDS awareness in the Black community to his recent work in just...
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Wanda’s Picks for September 2014
by Wanda Sabir Art for Change Through their art, William Rhodes helped his students at Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in Bayview Hunters Point connect with children in South Africa. Congratulations...
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United States Ebola death raises questions about quality of care
by Abayomi Azikiwe There was a sense of shock and disbelief when news was released about the death of Thomas Eric Duncan on Oct. 8 at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. The Liberian-born...
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Ebola, the African Union and bioeconomic warfare
Health questions and the challenges for Africa by Horace G. Campbell Introduction As the Ebola outbreak rages and there are projections of more than 1.4 million persons infected in the next few months,...
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Daguerreotypist Augustus Washington and John Brown’s body
by Malaika Kambon The daguerreotype was an early type of photograph finalized and marketed by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851) Daguerre, considered by France to be the leading scene designer in...
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How does Africa get reported? A letter of concern to 60 Minutes
by Howard W. French The following open letter was sent by email to CBS 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager: Dear Mr. Fager, In the 60 Minutes story “The Ebola Hot Zone,” broadcast Nov. 9, 2014,...
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A Ugandan doctor describes the real ‘Ebola Hot Zone’
by Ann Garrison KPFA Evening News broadcast April 5, 2015 http://sfbayview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Dr-Lubega-on-the-Ebola-Hot-Zone.mp3 Transcript KPFA Evening News Anchor Cameron Jones: In a...
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New Nina Simone documentary: ‘What Happened, Miss Simone?’
Film review by The People’s Minister of Information JR “I’ll tell you what freedom is to me – no fear. I mean really no fear. If I could have that half of my life – no fear,” said Nina Simone in a new...
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