Note the following truth from Kwame Nkrumah from page 66 of his classic work “Class Struggle in Africa” talking about the POLITICAL phenomena currently referred to as Xenophobia. Afrophobia is a recent term referring to Xenophobia within the context of Africa and Xenophobia related to violence by Africans against other Africans: “Under colonial, the workers’ […]
President Kwame Nkrumah on REVOLUTIONARY WARFARE
Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare by Kwame Nkrumah is 50 years old this year. It first appeared toward the end of 1968. The original publisher was Panaf Books, Ltd, out of London. Nkrumah dedicated the handbook to the “African guerrilla”. He states, “The guerrilla is the masses in arms”. The Handbook is subtitled ‘A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution.’ It served […]
WANTED: Builders of a New African World
A recent celebration of African Liberation Day, organized by the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party, was done under the theme “Pan-Africanism: We Must Dare To Invent the Future”. This theme borrowed part of a statement made by the great African patriot and martyr Thomas Sankara. His statement challenged African people to stop looking outside of themselves and […]
On Class Struggle
For most students, the term class struggle brings to mind the course or courses at schools that are giving them the most difficulty. Class analysis might mean how students rate a particular course and its instructor. The term class becomes most popular at elections, when so many politicians claim they represent and will assist the […]
Challenge of the Congo
What follows is an imaginary interview of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. All of his responses are quoted verbatim from his book Challenge of the Congo which was first published after the imperialist-led overthrow of the Ghana government in February 1966…