The golden light of Pops Mohamed
From Actonville to global stages, Pops Mohamed blended tradition, futurism, and faith—leaving behind a musical archive as luminous as the spirit he carried.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/12/the-golden-light-of-pops-mohamed
River Valley MA rallies against U.S. war on Venezuela
Northampton, MA – On Saturday, November 29, community members from towns across the River Valley gathered in front of Northampton City Hall to protest President Trump’s war on Venezuela.
Protesters held signs stating, “U.S. hands off Venezuela” while Anti-Imperialist Action Committee (AIAC) organizer Aidan Mastroianni opened the rally. He explained the Trump administration intended to go to war with the sovereign nation of Venezuela, “whose only crime is refusing to bend a knee to American imperial interests.”
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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/river-valley-ma-rallies-against-u-s-war-on-venezuela
The economic emancipation of the American working class cannot come at the expense of the global working class.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/12/what-graham-platner-reveals-about-the-us-left
#USPol #AIAC #Imperialism #Colonialism #WorkingClass #GlobalSouth
Beyond independence
The post-colonial settlement has left Africa vulnerable to conflict, external pressure, and intellectual dependency. What comes next?
https://africasacountry.com/2025/12/beyond-independence
What would it mean for Africa to declare its independence again?
Trump’s beef with Nigeria
Trump’s threats of military action against Nigeria are not about Christian genocide, but are about rare earths, China, and the scramble to control Africa’s mineral future.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/trumps-beef-with-nigeria
Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/davidos-jacket
#SouthAfrica #Nigeria #AfroHouse #Amapiano #Racism #AfroPhobia #AIAC
How much does a Nigerian intellectual cost?
The country that once produced some of Africa’s fiercest moral voices now struggles to sustain independent thought.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/how-much-does-a-nigerian-intellectual-cost
"The digital revolution, which might have democratized access to information and expanded platforms for dissent, has, instead, accelerated the degradation of public discourse."
The coup kids are in charge now
Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/the-coup-kids-are-in-charge-now/
“praetorian plebeianism”
Whose transition is it anyway?
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/whose-transition-is-it-anyway
"It feels as if the die is already cast for Africa’s first G20 presidency to become another performance where leaders proclaim sovereignty while signing deals that deepen dependency, and Ramaphosa styling himself as a champion of the continent while mining elites carve up the spoils."
From Africa Is a Country Weekend Special, Oct 20: Doubling down on despair
See also: The gaming industry is turning every smartphone into a casino — and it’s destroying more lives than ever.
https://jacobin.com/2025/06/the-house-always-wins
"The globalization of gambling thus expresses a broader collapse of the work-reward compact. For most people, the future no longer arrives through labor, education, or politics, but through luck."
From the vault: 2020
Roti and roses
Interview with Zohran Kwame Mamdani
After the coronation
In Tanzania, the Gen Z uprising meets a state whose old bargains have collapsed.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/after-the-coronation/
The myth of Christian genocide
Far-right and pro-Israel actors are recasting Nigeria’s insecurity as sectarian extermination to distract from Palestine.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/10/the-myth-of-christian-genocide
"Israeli lobby groups are operating in Nigeria, some under the cover of the strength of the diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and the US."
#Africa #Nigeria #AIAC #Imperialism #Palestine #Israel #USPol
Leapfrogging literacy?
In outsourcing the act of writing to machines trained on Western language and thought, we risk reinforcing the very hierarchies that decolonization sought to undo.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/10/leapfrogging-literacy
"27% people in Kenya use Open AI platforms daily." Where does this stat come from? Seems fake to me... How many users are gig workers?
Armed with October
From Sudan to Toronto, a revolutionary poem echoes across time, showing how people’s movements confront militarism, mining, and imperial order with the enduring force of collective struggle.
Indenture Aesthetics
Afro-Indian Femininities and the Queer Limits of South African Blackness
https://dukeupress.edu/indenture-aesthetics
Interview: Rethinking the boundaries of blackness
https://africasacountry.com/2025/10/rethinking-the-boundaries-of-blackness
Energy for whom?
Behind the fanfare of the Africa Climate Summit, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline shows how neocolonial extraction still drives Africa’s energy future.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/10/energy-for-whom
Oh, look, Total Energies in full (neo)colonial mode, with the support of France, ofc...
#Africa #Uganda #Tanzania #AIAC #ACS2 #EACOP #StopEACOP #France #ClimateCrisis
Who pays for Africa’s food future?
A new movement is challenging the financial stranglehold of agribusiness and foreign lenders, arguing that Africa’s future lies not in extractive monocultures but in agroecology, sovereignty, and collective resistance.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/10/who-pays-for-africas-food-future/
#Africa #Food #Seeds #Agriculture #Ecology #ClimateCrisis #AIAC
The sound of revolt
On his third album, Afro-Portuguese artist Scúru Fitchádu fuses ancestral wisdom with urban revolt, turning memory and militancy into a soundtrack for resistance.
Album "Griots i Riots"
https://scurufitchadu.bandcamp.com/album/griots-i-riots
Read more: https://africasacountry.com/2025/09/the-sound-of-revolt
⚠️ This is #AfroHardBass ⚠️
When food becomes poison
In Nigeria, the drive to cut corners has turned food and drink into vectors of illness, sacrificing health and heritage at the altar of profit.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/09/when-food-becomes-poison
"[...] Fruits are forced to ripen with calcium carbide, a toxic substance that has no place near human consumption. Cooking oils are recycled endlessly, breaking down into harmful compounds long before they reach the plate."
