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Africa Now - TransAfrica

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Topics and Guests: Presidential Election in Haiti; and Upcoming Polls in the DRC.  Today Africa Now! continues to focus on the election process in Haiti.  The first round of the presidential election in Haiti are scheduled to take place on Octo
Topics and Guests: Today Africa Now! continues to focus on the peace process between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC) and the Colombian government to end the 50-year conflict: what d
Topic and Guest: Today Africa Now! provides an update on the political crisis in Burkina Faso.  Last week on September 16 Presidential Guards (RSP) in Burkina Faso overthrew the interim gove
Topics and Guests: Liberation Cultural Activist Haki Madhubuti; and Pan-Africanism and Communism.  In Africa Now's continuing spotlight on the International Decade for People of African Descent, which commenced January 1, 2015 and ends December
Topic and Guests: Today Africa Now! highlights the Lessons of Amilcar Cabral in the Context of Today’s Struggles as we commemorate Cabral’s birthday which is on September 12.  Amilcar Cabral, one of Africa’s foremost anti-colonial leaders and t
Topics and Guests: Remembering the Marikana Massacre Three Years On; and African Heritage Month.  Three years ago on August 16, 2012 the world saw images from South Africa reminiscent of the days of apartheid: police shooting at striking minewo
Topic and Guest: Assessing Black Lives Matter as a Movement or Moment. As look back at the killing of Michael Brown on August 9 last year and the ensuing uprising in Ferguson and beyond, we
Topics and Guests: AIDS Conference and What it Means for the African World; and the African World on the Big Screen.  From 19th-22nd July 2015 the 8th International AIDS Society Conference o
Topics and Guests: Parliamentary Elections in Haiti; and Update on the Expulsion of Dominicans of Haitian Descent. On Sunday August 9 finally after repeated postponements since 2011 Haiti held Parliamentary elections for the 119 Chamber of Depu
John ManirakizaTopics and Guests: Update on the Continued Political Crisis in Burundi; and Acclaimed Poet and Author Lemn Sissay and Renowned Filmmaker
Topic and Guests: Dissecting U.S. President Obama’s Trip to Kenya and Ethiopia. U.S. President Barack Obama just concluded his fifth trip to Africa in his tenure.  From July 24 to 28 he was
Topic and Guest: Protests, Riots and the International Black Freedom Movement.  Africa Now!'s topic today is part two of our discussion on two weeks ago entitled Terrorism, White Supremacy, and Violence on African Peoples.  Today we focus our a
Topics: The Plight of Tobacco Farm Workers in Malawi and Update of Ebola Crisis in West Africa.  On May 9 Liberia was declared Ebola-free after battling with the virus for over a year.  But unfortunately last week three new cases were reported
Dr. Darryl HarrisTopic and Guest: Terrorism, White Supremacy, and Violence on African Peoples: An International Perspective.  The killing of Rev. & Stat
ASSOCIATION OF HAITIAN PROFESSIONALS DEMONSTRATION MARCH TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EMBASSY June 22, 2015Topic and Guests: Expulsion of Dominicans of Haitian
Topic and Guests: Hip Hop as Critical Consciousness.  Africa Now!'s topic today is Hip Hop as Critical Consciousness in the spirit of African American Music Month also known as Black Music M
Femi Kuti photo by Youri LenquetteTopics and Guests: Afro-Cuban Poet Nancy Morejón; Musician Activist Femi Kuti; and DC Caribbean Filmfest.  Africa Now!
Topics: Update on Political Crisis in Burundi; and Afro-Cuban Experience through the Eyes of Filmmaker Gloria Rolando.  Africa Now! begins with an update of the political crisis in Burundi.  This past Sunday, May 31, leaders of the East Africa
Topic: African Liberation Movements in Context.  May 25 is African Liberation Day also known as Africa Day.  The day is commemorated by Africans on the continent and beyond remembering the various independence struggles to attain freedom from E
Topic: Manifestations of African Culture in Cuba.  Today Africa Now!'s topic is Manifestations of African Culture in Cuba, as it continues to highlight this decade as the UN International Decade for People of African Descent (January 1, 2015 to
Youth Protest in DRC (Photo Courtesy of Friends of the Congo)Topics: Updates on DRC Youth Movement and Political Situation in the Country; and Haiti Par
Topics: Colombia’s Peace Talks and the Marginalization of the Country’s Afro-Descendants; and Update on the Political Crisis in Burundi.  On November 19, 2012 talks between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revoluciona
Topic: Understanding the Present from the Past: Historiography of the Mali Empire; and the Plight of Angolan Journalist/Activist Rafael Marques de Morais.  Sunday, May 3 is World Press Freedom Day or World Press Day as declared by the United Na
Topics: The first topic on Africa Now!' today is Xenophobic Violence in South Africa particularly centered in Durban.  Over the past three weeks, mobs have targeted migrants from other parts
Topic: Law and Order, and the Struggle in the African World.  The killing of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina once again placed a spotlight on structural violence against peo
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