Episodes
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Ahjamu Umi: Decolonizing Dignity
In Western liberal thought, dignity is framed as an inherent property of the rational individual—universal in theory, exclusionary in practice. For centuries, the colonized, the enslaved, the indigenous, the poor, and anyone deemed “irrational” were denied entry into the category of the human to...
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Onyesonwe Chatoyer: Report Back from Cuba: Sanctions, Detentions & Resistance
Washington has rolled out fresh sanctions on Cuba’s state‑run mining, metals, and construction sectors — and is accusing Havana of running a covert influence network inside the United States. Meanwhile, Americans returning from Castro‑centennial events are being detained and searched at Miami...
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Inem Richardson: The Battle for Niger: Russia, Algeria & Africa’s New Geopolitical Order
Based in the Sahel, Burkina Faso, journalist, activist, Pan-Africanist, Inem Richardson speaks on the recent Nigerian mutinous act as an attempted challenge to Niger's sovereignty and revolutionary government. Inem is a journalist with Sovereign Media and is a co-founder of The Thomas Sankara...
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Pius Vilakati: Pegged: The Hidden Chains Between Eswatini and South Africa
PiusVilakati, International Secretary of the Communist Party of Swaziland, currently exiled in Azania/South Africa, joins me to talk about the dialectical relations of the economy of South Africa and eSwatiniEswatini doesn't control its own currency. Half its government revenue depends on a…
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Dr. Shukura Umi: Built On Our Bodies: A History of Medical Experimentation
Their bodies built Western medicine. Their names were erased. Their families were never paid. And their daughters are still dying today. This episode is about African women — not as victims, but as the uncredited founders of an entire medical field. We trace an unbroken line from Anarcha, Lucy…
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Jaki Seroke: Manufactured Enemies - Xenophobia, White Capital & the Third Force
The township burns. The Sandton mansion does not. In this episode, we expose the engineered hatred behind South Africa's anti-immigrant violence — tracing it from today's March and March marches all the way back to the apartheid state's documented strategy of funding Black factions to fight each...
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Onyesonwu Chatoyer: Class War Dispatches - Latin America
Reformist governments — however well-intentioned — that operate within the framework of capitalist relations and seek accommodation with imperialism will ultimately be unable to defend the gains of the working class. The people of Venezuela and Cuba are paying in blood and hunger the price of...
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Jaki Seroke: The End of Apartheid, The Beginning of Questions
In this episode, Jaki Seroke, Deputy President of the Pan-African Congress of Azania (PAC), explores with me the turning point of the 1980s—a decade defined by intensified resistance, where sanctions, armed struggle, and mass protests collided with the apartheid state’s attempts at reform. We…
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Jaki Seroke: Revolution and Reform: The Rainbow Nation Question
Jaki Seroke, Deputy President of Pan-African COngress of Azania (PAC), joins again. In this episode, we explore the turning point of the 1980s—a decade defined by intensified resistance, where sanctions, armed struggle, and mass protests collided with the apartheid state’s attempts at reform. We...
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Jaki Seroke: Before the Split: The Africanists vs The Charterist
In this episode, with Deputy President of the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), we explore the ideological roots of the Africanist movement, beginning in the 1940s with a bold shift away from the cautious politics of the old guard toward a more assertive vision of “Africa for Africans.” We...
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Jaki Seroke: Sobukwe Is Not Dead: The Idea They Fear
In this episode, we touch down on Azanian soil to unpack the life, legacy, and lasting threat of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. Though he passed in 1978, his ideas still echo powerfully in today’s political landscape—so much so that some believe there’s an ongoing effort to silence and bury what he...
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Bell: On Revolutionary Love
This episode subject is inspired by Che Guevara who stated: "At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality." Some people say a revolution is an intellectual...
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Onyesonwu Chatoyer: Politics of Americas - Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show
Onyesonwu Chatoyer speaks to me about the Super Bowl Half Time SHow that took place 3 days ago, February 8th 2026 in California. We talk about its bearing on the regional politics of the Americas; economic ramifications to Capital/big business. Bad Bunny was the halftime performer for Super Bowl...
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Ahjamu Umi: Dialectics and Democratic Centralism
When we talk about Democratic Centralism one name keeps coming up, that is V.I Lenin. We are not chatting about Lenin today but democratic centralism. Democratic centralism emerged from Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory, aiming to consolidate power to achieve socialist transformation. It has...
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Mukasa Dada: Paying Homage to Dr. Martin L King
The 3rd Monday of January every year is celebrated as Martin Luther King Day in North America and this day is close to his birthday, Jan 15th. Baba Mukasa Dada formerly known as Willie Ricks who mobilized with Dr King, Joins me on this episode to talk about Dr King - a man he knows a lot about.…
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Anthony T. Browder: The African Origins of Christmas
For this episode, we pick from Black Liberation Media - I Mix What I Like - (YouTube) Dr. Jared Ball’s interview with Anthony T. Browder on Religion, Africa and The World. The interview relates to the holiday season - “Christmas." This interview was done about 8 years ago. Browder is an author,...
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Mukasa Dada: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism Pt.1
Today we are joined by Mukasa Dada formerly known as Willie Ricks, an organizer who served as a crucial bridge between the non-violent direct action of the early 1960s and the more militant, empowerment-focused Black Power movement of the late 1960s and 1970s. As aMobilizer and organizer, he…
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Luis Malik: Capitalism & California Ecological Cycle of Large Fires
The California ecological cycle of large fires is the subject matter of this episode, and my guest, Luis Malik, speaks about the profound and unjust double standard in how the capitalist system addresses fire disasters and how wild fires intersect with industrial development. We further discuss…
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Ahjamu Umi: Interpreting Kwame Ture's Teachings
This episode is dedicated to our ancestor, Kwame Ture, who made his physical transition to be with the Ancestors on November 15th 1998. Ahjamu Umi joins me to discuss the teachings of Ture. Ahjamu is a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the ground work throughout Africa,...
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Imani Na Umoja: Guinea Bissau - The People vs a Neo-colonial Puppet
In this episode we connect with Imani Na Umoja in Guinea Bissau (GB) to talk about the recent political developments in the country. And the center of attention in Bissau is the neocolonial puppet and illegal president, Umaro Sissoko Embalo who is breaking every rule in the book to stay in power...
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Ahjamu Umi: Homage to Assata Shakur
Sister Assata Shakur transitioned to be with the ancestors on September 25th, 2025 in Cuba aged 78. In this episode we pay tribute to this giant of the African world and our guest is Ahjamu Umi - a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the ground work throughout Africa…
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Onyesonwu Chatoyer: Patriarchy Goddam
Onyesonwu Chatoyer rejoins me for this episode and we discuss Patriarchy. Onyesonwu is A Cadre and organizer with the AAPRP, editor with Hood Communist (an anti-imperialist online publication), on the national coordinating committee of the Venceremos brigade (an organization opposing the U.S....
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Ogadinma Kingsley Okakpu: The Parasitism and Decay of Capitalism
Ogadinma Kingsley Okakpu, PhD’d in Biomedical Sciences, and currently working as a research scientist in the biotech industry joins me to talk geopolitical economics today. We analyze the relevancy of Lenin whose analysis in "The Parasitism and Decay of Capitalism" ( Chapter 8 of Imperialism, the...
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Velaphi Mamba: US Deportees to Swaziland
Treasurer General of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO - one of Swaziland political oppositions) political analyst, and a vibrant activist, Velaphi Mamba - Harvard Graduate - joins me in this episode to discuss and analyze the US deportees to Swaziland. The United States sent five...
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Moya Mzuri: History of the AAWRU Pt 3
We have Part 3 of the history of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP. Sister Moya Mzuri, covers another 10+ years of the history from the 10th Anniversary of the AAWRU in 1990 and beyond the year 2000. Post 1990 the AAWRU created a section on women in...
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Moya Mzuri: History of the All African Women Revolutionary Union Pt 2
This is Part 2 of the history of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP. My guest, sister Moya Mzuri, covers 10 years of the history from the inception of the AAWRU to its 10th anniversary. These are the highlights of the record: •1980 - Central Committee...
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Moya Mzuri: History of the All African Women Revolutionary Union - Pt 1
Sister Moya Mzuri of the All African Women Revolutionary Union (AAWRU), a women’s wing of the AAPRP, speaks to me on the general history of the AAWRU. Sister Mzuri joined the AAPRP in 1976 - some 4 years before the establishment of the AAWRU. In this episode, the first of a couple to come...
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Mimut Nuhu: Fani Lou Hamer - RESISTANCE Par Excellence
Minister Mimut Nuhu of the House of Sankofa, California, and cadre of the AAPRP is the guest in this episode. The subject is Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977), a woman characterised by RESISTANCE, a prominent civil rights activist, voting rights advocate, and leader in the fight for racial and…
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John Trimble: Appropriate Technology Manifesto - Chpt 2
This episode covers Chpt 2 of the book Appropriate Technology Manifesto. Author, John Trimble, presents historical materialism (HM) as the application of dialectical materialism to society, production and reproduction, i.e., HM offers a materialist theory to examine the socio-economic impact of...
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Mimut Nuhu: IDA B WELLS - An Anti-lynching Crusader
From the House of Sankofa California, minister Mimut Nuhu rejoins me today to shine a spotlight on Ida B Wells, an anti-lynching crusader, a civil rights pioneer, a person known for her fearless activism amid systemic oppression, and a relentless advocate for justice. We know so much about…
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John Trimble: Appropriate Technology Manifesto - Chpt 1
John Trimble joins me to talk about his latest book, APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY MANIFESTO: Shifting the Forces of Production to Empower People and Protect the Planet. With an intention to do a chapter per episode, in this episode we discuss chapter 1. In this episode John gives a critical analysis of...
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Mimut Nuhu: A Tribute to Dr. King
Mimut Nuhu, minister from the House of Sankofa in California and a cadre of the All African People’s Revolutionary Party, joins me in this episode to pay a respectful tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was born on January 15th, 1929, and died on April 4th 1968. Minister Mimut speaks not...
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Ahjamu Umi: The HealthCare System Extorts and Profits out of Peoples Suffering
Ahjamu Umi returns to the show to talk about the insurance industry from a Pan-African perspective, at the wake of the killing of the United health care CEO Brian Thompson. Ajamu is an organizer for over 40 years with the All African People’s Revolutionary Party. Ahjamu is an author, and his…
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Joseph Kaluba: The Scourge of Racism in Utah
Malcolm X is accredited with these words: You cant have capitalism without racism. Joseph Kaluba, originally from Zambia, now living in the US, is my guest today to speak about the challenges of racism in Utah. In recent years, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the United…
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J Trimble & S Shakura: Organizing Activities in Southern & East Africa
To realize their growing yearning for a liberated and unified Africa, Africans are organizing themselves throughout the continent and its diaspora. In this episode, John Trimble and Sobukwe Shakura join me to discuss their organizing activities in Southern and East Africa, respectively. They each...
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From Black Power to Pan-Africanism
This is an anthological episode dealing with Black Power and the intricacies of Pan-Africanism. In this regard we host the voices of Kwame Ture, Ahjamu Umi, and Kwame Nkrumah. Pan-Africanism has come a long way - going as far back as the 1900s or from the days of Marcus Garvey through W.E.B Du…
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Inem Richardson: From Captain Thomas Sankara to Captain Ibrahim Traore
Inem Richardson, journalist with African Stream, co-founder of the Thomas Sankara Center/Burkina Books (Centre Thomas Sankara Pour La Libération et L’Unité Africain), sits down with me to discuss the Burkinabe peoples wrestles against colonial and imperialist West, such as France, in the past 4...
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Pius Vilakati: Appraising the Swazi Struggle 2.0
Pius returns to conclude his appraisal of the mass struggle for liberation and against the regime in Swaziland. He speaks of international solidarity vs. the so-called international community and which of these can support revolutionary changes in Swaziland. Pius is very candid on whether the...
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Pius Vilakati: Appraising the Swazi Struggle
For an appraisal of the struggle for democracy in Swaziland, Pius Vilakati sits down with me. Pius is Central Committee Member and Head of Research and Policy Development of the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) and a former International Secretary of the CPS. He is former President of the...
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Ahjamu Umi: Organizing Lessons From the 60s
Ahjamu Umi returns to talk about Organizing Lessons from the 60s. Ahjamu is a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the ground work throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S. for 4 decades now. His latest work is "A Guide for Defense against White...
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Pan African Homage to Dr. Martin L King Jr.s Legacy
In this episode, Africans from all over the world share their thoughts about the honourable Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s legacy and contribution to the world struggle for justice and humanity. This episode published just a few days after King's birthday - January 15. We are greatful for the…
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Imani Na Umoja: Democratic Resilience in Guinea Bissau
We connect with Imani Na Umoja in Guinea Bissau to talk about the recent political upheavals in the country and the lessons that can be learned by rest of Africa from Guinea Bissau's democratic centralism. We further discuss the history of Amilcar Cabral's party, the Party of Independence of…
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Salifu Mack: Why I Reject "Black American"
Pan-Africanist and organizer with the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, Salifu Mack, is my guest in this episode. Salifu simply refers to himself as an African that was born in the United States (South Carolina), but is currently organizing in Burkina Faso - organizing for the unification...
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Ahjamu Umi: Distinguishing Judaism From Zionism
My guest in this episode is Ahjamu Umi (from Sacramento, USA) and we speak about separating Judaism from Zionism. Ahjamu is a dedicated activist/organizer/author who has engaged in on the groundwork throughout Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and throughout the U.S. for about 4 decades now. His...
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John Trimble & Albie Walls: Part History of The All African People's Revolutionary Party
In this episode we seek to tap into the record the establishment, historical development of the The All African People's Revolutionary Party (AAPRP) a political party engaged in organizing all people of African descent for The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African...
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Rafiki Morris: Consciencism - An African World View
Rafiki Morris is my guest for this episode. Rafiki is Muralist/Artist, Writer, Poet, Lecturer Politics: Revolutionary Pan-Africanist and cadre and a Central Committee Member in the All African People's Revolutionary Party. Some of the Works and/or Novels written by Rafiki are “The Call of the...
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Geechee Yaw: The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Joining me today to talk about the Non-Profit Industrial Complex, is GeeChee Yaw. Geechee is a published author, activist, organizer - has organized in the UK, the Baltimore and DC area and also organizes in Central America. Geechee is a member of a number of organizations like BPM. He provides...
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Erica Caines: Recapturing Black Culture
The subject of this episode is ‘Recapturing Black Culture’ and I and Erica Caines have a great discussion. Erica Caines is a poet, writer and organizer in Baltimore and the DMV. She is an organizing committee member of the anti war coalition, the Black Alliance For Peace as well as an outreach...
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Mandla Hlatjwayo: Swaziland - Debt, International Finance, Economics and Development
Mandla Hlatjwayo, Chairman of Letfu Sonkhe Institute for Strategic Thinking and Development returns to the show. Letfu Sonkhe Institute provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, educators and politicians to meaningfully engage and discuss the on-going challenges of...
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Velaphi Mamba: Tribute to Thulani Maseko - Servant of Humanity
This is a tributary episode on the world-renowned activist and human rights attorney, Thulani R Maseko (TR) from Swaziland, who was allegedly slain by King Mswati III's regime (Swaziland). For this homage, my guest is Velaphi Mamba a long-time friend and comrade of TR. Velaphi Mamba is a vibrant...
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