Chanda

Interdisciplinary wannabe: political economy, politics, digital contexts, media, African studies, etc.

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In our latest blog, Heike Becker introduces a new edited volume for Voices of Liberation @HSRCPress, which covers the militant life and legacy of Namibian liberation leader Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (1924-2017).
https://t.co/Se6HaSBniD

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In this piece, Sarah Cotte explores the political economy of the Gulf involvement in Africa, looking specifically at land investments, stressing that the Gulf states in their new ‘scramble for Africa’ should be categorised as sub-imperialist.

https://t.co/G6jZjxSW80

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In this piece, Abdoulie Kurang offers a postcolonial critique of so-called modernity, which positions the West as the ‘civilised’ and ‘civilising’ entity - and the African elite who feeds (on) it.

https://t.co/L5xeey4icy

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In Neoliberalism and Race, Lars Cornelissen argues that race is the organising principle of neoliberal ideology. He shows that racial motifs have always shaped neoliberal thought—and cannot be removed without rendering it incoherent.

https://t.co/BgiBQyWg2S

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The people of Guinea-Bissau elected their leaders last November, but the military had other plans. In this interview, Branwen Gruffydd Jones speaks to the UK Guinea-Bissau Community on the country’s post-election crisis

https://t.co/9jZs1lvX19

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“We are nothing on earth if we are not first of all slaves to a cause — the cause of the people, the cause of justice and freedom.”
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.

🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥

#Fanon100

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ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal, with an editorial: Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice 🔥 🔥 🔥

https://t.co/IuLYe0BOqw

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Always a must read, this covers history & current crises in Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Chinese development finance across the continent

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In this piece, ROAPE’s Ray Bush reflects on the recent 4th World Congress on Marxism held in Beijing, China, highlighting its relevance for Africa

https://t.co/9WECIudeBo

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Fikir Haile highlights ways the current government of Ethiopia differs with its predecessor in their engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and explains how the previous government resisted the neoliberal pressure.

[Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 @YusufSerunkuma]

"You are at the mercy of the tax collectors in this country. URA acts as if they own our businesses & are we are simply their workers"

I visited downtown Kampala: the pain is out of this world. But they trudge on – resiliently.

In @observerug this week.

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Longstanding ROAPE editor Colin Stoneman recalls his impressions of #Zimbabwe under colonial occupation, the country’s liberation struggle and its leading unionist & political figures, including Morgan Tsvangiri.

https://t.co/Jglg5zzuvU

[Chanda @ChandaMfula]

@Zar1na_Khan Isn’t that a century lol

[أبو حرب ⚡ @abu7harb]

@AnasAlSharif0 @yipengGe

[Islam And Life @IslamAndLyfe]

@AnasAlSharif0 May Allah accept him as a Martyr.

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@AnasAlSharif0 2 qualities of a real journalist: honesty and fearlessness. He had both. Even more so, he dedicated his life to exposing the atrocities of Israel.

May Allah accept him as a Martyr. Ameen

[أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAlSharif0]

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.

Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.

I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.

I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.

I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.

I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.

O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.

Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.

Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025

This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

@MoSalah Well said Mo!

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

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To mark Fanon’s 100th, Sam Chian revisits The Wretched of the Earth, examining Fanon’s critique of the national bourgeoisie and the working class while exploring his faith in the peasantry and international solidarity to achieve socialism. #Fanon100
https://t.co/7miUSahFis