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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 8h

📖 Read 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼's rejoinder to the #African question in #Karl #Marx’s doctoral dissertation, and a reflection on universal #Egyptology and #Africa’s intellectual future.
👉See more details at pambazuka.org/Egyptology
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An Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Stone. Image Credits: Alyana Galyana

pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 9h

✊The 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀’ 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 #solidarises with the #Malagasy peoples in their quest for #transformation in their #material #conditions.
👉 More at www.pambazuka.org/MPOI
#Madagascar @malangwa.bsky.social @demand4restoration.bsky.social @nourish-madagascar.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social

People Protesting in Madagascar, in September-October 2025. Image Credits: GenZ Madagascar

pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 10h

🔥In "ASUU #Strikes and The Battle For #Nigeria’s Universities," 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗲 𝗖𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗜𝘇𝘂𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗸𝘄𝘂 explores Academic Staff Union of #Universities and #Nigerian government relations, and pathways for renewal.

👉Read more here: tinyurl.com/PZ-ASUU
@nigeria-stories.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social

A person with a sign at a Protest. Image Credits: Fortune Comfort

pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 2d

📢GPAM #Condemns #authoritarian tactics around Tanzania’s elections.
🔥 #Tanzania’s absurd tactics around the 2025 #elections are condemned in the strongest terms.
👉 tinyurl.com/PZ-TanzaniaE...
#stopthekillings #stopthedestruction #resetTanzania
@changetanzania.bsky.social @malangwa.bsky.social

An Officer shooting at protesters in Tanzania. Image Credit: The African Discovery YouTube/Cephas (screenshot). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jh_52dUbng

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 #Pambazuka Opposes #Fraudulent #Electoral #Processes in #Africa.
📢Pambazuka News denounces the fraudulent #October elections in #Cameroon, #IvoryCoast, and #Tanzania, the #killing and #injury of #protesters and erosion of #democratic #practices.
👉 tinyurl.com/PZ-Africa-El...
@malangwa.bsky.social

Post-election protests in Tanzania, 29 October 2025. Image Credits: Aljazeera English YouTube/Cephas (Screenshot and Edit)

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 2d

✊🏾 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗸𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗻 critically examines #Sudan’s #counterrevolutionary #war, exposing its historic #roots and the #unfinished #struggle for #justice and #peace.
📚 “Sudan’s Counterrevolutionary War: No Justice, No Peace”
👉 pambazuka.org/Sudan-Crisis
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 2d

🔍 #IssaShivji revisits #Cabral's and #Rodney’s ideas on the #petty #bourgeoisie and class #struggles in #Africa.
📖Read “The Petty Bourgeoisie in the Thought of Amilcar Cabral and Walter Rodney” here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/PZ-Petty-Bou...
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @chitra.bsky.social

Street Scene On 47th Street in South Side Chicago, A Busy Area Where Many Small Black Businesses Are Located.

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 2d

🔥In "Historicizing, Interrogating, and Critiquing #Raila #Odinga’s Ideological and Political legacy," #Mutunga & #Mazrui pay tribute to Raila Odinga - drawing lessons from his #legacy for the collective #struggles that remain.

📍Take a read here: tinyurl.com/PZ-Odinga
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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 #Issue908 is filled with #ideological discussions and takes on #revolutionary thoughts, as well as on the #Sudan war and the October #elections in #Africa.
👉Take a read at pambazuka.org
#Cameroon #Tanzania #IvoryCoast @africaelects.bsky.social
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 15d

🔥When a #President Turned #Gangster: Sarkozy, #Libyan Bribes, and the #War That Followed.
🎯 #Sarkozy held accountable for #corruption at home. How about #justice for destruction abroad?
👉Fetouri critically reflects on Sarkozy's #conviction.
📍 More here: pambazuka.org/Sarkozy

@malangwa.bsky.social

Nicolas Sarkozy during his rally in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire on October 15, 2014. Image Credits: Bfauvergue

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 15d

🔥Call For Papers: We welcome contributions that analyze the #life and #legacy of Frantz #Fanon and mobilize it provocatively and critically, break disciplinary boundaries and challenge academic conventions.
📍More details here: tinyurl.com/PZ-SpecialIs...
🎯Deadline: 6.11.2025
@malangwa.bsky.social

Call for Papers. Special Issue on Frantz Fanon

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 12d

🔥A review of " #Community #Policing in #Nigeria" highlights true #safety as #people-driven, exposing the failures of #state-centered #security.
📖Read Izuchukwu's take on community policing here:
tinyurl.com/PZ-Community...
@malangwa.bsky.social @nigeria-stories.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social

Cover page of the reviewed book. Image Credits: Onyeozili et al. (2021)

pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 12d

🎀KATIBA DAY
🎯A #commemoration and #reflection on #Kenya’s #constitutional #journey and a challenge to the #youths about the #defence of the #Katiba.
👉Obonyo has more here: tinyurl.com/PZ-katiba-day
@malangwa.bsky.social @africakenyah.bsky.social @katibainstitute.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social

Audience at the Katiba Day Performances, Nairobi, 17 August 2025. Image Credits: The Youth Congress

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 13d

🔥In "Containerizing the #Global #South: Universalism, #Relativism, and the Silenced Other," Gatonye rethinks #HumanRights beyond #Eurocentric frames, revealing the #universalism of #Law as a web of paradoxes.
📍More here: tinyurl.com/PZ-HRights-Law
@humanrightsindex.bsky.social @malangwa.bsky.social

pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 14d

🔥In "From #Protest to #Regime #Change in Madagascar: Positive Development or Mere Change in Ruling #Uniform?" #PambazukaNews Editors explain the #GenZ protests and the overthrow of the President of #Madagascar.

📍More here: tinyurl.com/PZ-Madagascar
@ambermurrey.bsky.social @malangwa.bsky.social

Youth Protesting in Madagascar, September-October 2025. Image Credits: Gen Z Madagascar

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 14d

🔥In "The Commitment of the #Public #Intellectual in #Crisis," Shivji examines the question: What role is there for #African public intellectuals in the current conjuncture?

📍More details here: tinyurl.com/PZ-Public-In...
@malangwa.bsky.social @radicalcarib.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social

A public lecture image published on 30 December 2020. Image Credits: Emediong Umoh on Unsplash

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 15d

🔥Call For Papers: We welcome contributions that analyze the #life and #legacy of Frantz #Fanon and mobilize it provocatively and critically, break disciplinary boundaries and challenge academic conventions.
📍More details here: tinyurl.com/PZ-SpecialIs...
🎯Deadline: 6.11.2025
@malangwa.bsky.social

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 15d

🔥When a #President Turned #Gangster: Sarkozy, #Libyan Bribes, and the #War That Followed.
🎯 #Sarkozy held accountable for #corruption at home. How about #justice for destruction abroad?
👉Fetouri critically reflects on Sarkozy's #conviction.
📍 More here: pambazuka.org/Sarkozy

@malangwa.bsky.social

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 15d

🔥 The Gaza #Peace #Summit and Trump's 20-point #Plan for #Peace: A blueprint or another piecemeal attempt?

By #PambazukaNews Editors. A summary of the #Gaza ‘peace’ summit, the actors involved, and #Trump’s plan.
🔗More at: pambazuka.org/Gaza-Peace
@malangwa.bsky.social @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

Much of Gaza is in ruins following two years of war, 16 October 2025. Image Credits: UN News

pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 15d

🔥 #Issue907 offers incisive commentaries and analysis on the #Gaza #Peace Summit, #Trump's 20-point Plan, #Sarkozy's conviction and #crimes against #Libya, Thomas #Sankara, and many more.
📍Take a read here: www.pambazuka.org
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @freedomflotilla.bsky.social

pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 27d

🖊️“I have said my piece, and now I lay my Pen”: Syl Cheney-Coker at 80.
🎗️Gberie pays tribute to #Syl #Cheney-#Coker, the renowned exiled #Sierra #Leonean #poet and #novelist, on his #80th birthday of a globally #impactful life.

📍More here: tinyurl.com/PZ-Syl-CC
@ohiouniversity.bsky.social

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Syl Cheney-Coker 2 Proceedings of the Medellín International Poetry Festival, Syl’s presentation at the 11th Edition.Image Credits: Revista Prometeo YouTube (2007 upload) /Cephas (2025 screenshot and edits)

pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 27d

🔥Strengthening the #Private #Anti-Retroviral #Supply #Chain in #Nigeria.
👉Mbamalu calls for #rethinking the #production and supply of anti-retroviral #drugs in #Africa.
📍More here: www.pambazuka.org/ARV-Nigeria
#ARV #HIV/AIDS #Wellbeing
@malangwa.bsky.social @healthsystemsfacts.bsky.social

USAID and PEPFAR collaborate to provide Anti-Retroviral Drugs to Africa, 18 December 2015. Image Credits: Oris Chimenya/USAID. Via Flickr/Wikimedia

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 27d

🔥What became of #Greek #philosophy once the African source was destroyed?
👉Explore with Agozino answers to the #African question in #Western philosophy.
📍More here: www.pambazuka.org/Karl-Marx
#Marx
@malangwa.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social @xphilosopher.bsky.social @philosofemme.bsky.social

Portrait of Karl Marx (1818–1883). Image taken before 24th August 1875. Image Credits: John Mayall/International Institute of Social History/Cephas (2025 edits

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 27d

🔥In "Breaking the #siege on GAZA means breaking the siege on ALL OF US," Gadha boldly calls for global #solidarity against the siege on #Gaza and its #extensions across the world.
📍More at www.pambazuka.org/Gaza-Siege
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social @jvp.bsky.social @ambermurrey.bsky.social

Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza in protest against the siege of Gaza, September 17, 2025.Image Credits: Yassine Gaidi, Facebook

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pambazukanews.bsky.social @pambazukanews.bsky.social · 27d

🔥Memory and Futures: Building #Justice and #Solidarity Between #Africa and Its #Diasporas.
👉Keynote address given by Vinson III and Zeleza at the African Burial Ground National Monument, New York, during the 80th Session of #UNGA.
📍More here: tinyurl.com/PZ-Memory-Fu...
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Part of the audience at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, 25 September 2025. Image Credits: Tiyambe Zeleza