Food, Farming, and Africa: An Open Letter to Bill Gates
Food sovereignty activists challenge a wealthy white man’s flawed assumptions, hubris, and ignorance.
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Africa Confronts the Food, Fertilizer, and Climate Crisis
Interview with economist Timothy A. Wise on the need for Africa to reduce dependence on fossil-fuel-based fertilizer, which has been heavily promoted by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, a project of the Gates and Rockefeller Foundations.
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Africa | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
“We Didn’t Import Our Revolution”
The first English translation of this interview. Thomas Sankara (1949-1987), who is sometimes referred to as the “African Che Guevara,” was the socialist leader of the Burkinabé Revolution from 1983 until his assassination in 1987.
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Guinea’s Plight Lays Bare Greed of Foreign Mining Companies
Guinea has the world’s largest reserves of bauxite and is the second-largest producer (after Australia) of the essential mineral for aluminum. All the mining is controlled by MNCs.
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Africa | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
How the U.S. Sanctions the Horn of Africa
Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia have suffered from a variety of U.S. interventions over many years. Proxy wars and unilateral coercive measures, sanctions, are the tools used to prevent these nations from finding a means of peacefully coexisting.
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The Bloody Crown – Africa, Empire and the British Royal Family
ROAPE’s contributors reflect on the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the legacy of the British royal family and on the British empire in Africa.
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Economics and Politics for Liberation: an Interview with Ndongo Sylla
The writer, researcher and activist Ndongo Samba Sylla speaks about his work, French imperialism in Africa, and the struggle for economic and political liberation in Senegal and the continent.
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Afghanistan | Africa | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA
African People Bear the Weight of US’s Deadly “War on Terror” on the Continent
While AFRICOM training has not helped African security forces curb terrorism, it has enabled them to repress civilian protests against reactionary African leaders who align with U.S. interests. It has also boosted corporate profits associated with the lucrative counterterrorism industry.
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After Queen’s Death, Victims of British Imperialism Share Why ‘We Will Not Mourn’
“This is Queen Elizabeth’s legacy. A legacy of colonial violence and plunder. A legacy of racial segregation and institutionalized racism” – says an activist cited in the article.
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How France Underdevelops Africa
Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, because of post-colonial monetary arrangements imposed on these countries by France, which have allowed for their continual exploitation by France.
