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On this episode of Africa Today, host Walter Turner speaks with Sónia Vaz Borges about the legacy of Amílcar Cabral and the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. They explore how liberation schools in Guinea-Bissau used education, political consciousness, and community organizing as vital tools in the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule, and what those lessons continue to offer today.

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As China’s political and economic presence across Africa continues to expand, what does it mean for the people living through these changes?

On this episode of Africa Today, host Walter Turner speaks with Dr. Anita Plummer, assistant professor of African Studies at Howard University, about China’s engagement across the continent, African political economy, and the perspectives of communities navigating shifting global relationships. Drawing on years of research in Kenya, South Africa, Mozambique, Senegal, and China, Plummer explores how ordinary Africans understand and respond to China’s growing role in Africa, and what these developments reveal about power, development, and international relations.

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

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This episode of Africa Today features historian Gerald Horne in a discussion of The New York Times‘ 1619 Project, examining its effort to reframe U.S. history through the legacy of slavery, the debate it sparked among scholars, and its broader historical significance.

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

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On this episode of Africa Today, host Walter Turner speaks with Sónia Vaz Borges about the legacy of Amílcar Cabral and the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. They explore how liberation schools in Guinea-Bissau used education, political consciousness, and community organizing as vital tools in the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule, and what those lessons continue to offer today.

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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.

Photo: Marion S. Trikosko, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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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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