Africa Today examines the outcomes of South Africa’s Conference of the Left, where hundreds of delegates gathered to discuss the country’s deepening economic inequality, the future of left organizing, and strategies for building working-class political power. Host Walter Turner speaks with activist and educator Mazibuko Jara about the conference, its goals, and the challenges facing progressive movements in South Africa.

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

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Africa Today replays one of Malcolm X’s final public speeches, delivered in Detroit on February 14, 1965, just days before his assassination. Speaking the day after his home was bombed, Malcolm reflects on racism, liberation, and the future of Black struggle in America.

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

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On today’s Africa Today, we replay an interview between Walter Turner and Dr. Amzat Boukari-Yabara, a prominent Beninese historian, author, and political activist specializing in African history, Pan-Africanism, and geopolitics. He is widely recognized for his scholarship on anti-colonial movements and for his work as president of the Pan-African League UMOJa.

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

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In remembrance of Dr. Rashidi, we air a 2010 interview with the Afro-centrist, essayist, author and public lecturer.

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

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Professor Gimena Sanchez Garzoli from the Washington Office on Latin America discusses the impact of the global war and US policies on South America, the Caribbean, and Afro-Descendant populations.   A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

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Professor Gimena Sanchez Garzoli from the Washington Office on Latin America discusses the impact of the global war and US policies on South America, the Caribbean, and Afro-Descendant populations.

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

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A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

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A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner.

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Dr. Nada Ali on gender, peace building, and militarization in Sudan and South Sudan

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