L'historien panafricaniste Walter Rodney a été assassiné le 13 juin 1980 par un système qu'il combattait. L'actualité le rend encore plus vivant. Son oeuvre riche et dense continuera de nous aider à défendre les intérêts des peuples et des travailleurs en lutte pour la justice.
Democratic Republic of Congo people are shocked people worldwide can’t stop admiring their players outfit, to them that is just a casual outfit back at home
DR Congo national football team 🇨🇩 arrive in Houston for the World Cup in leopard 🐆 skin fashion🔥🔥….. This will be their first appearance at the tournament since 1974 when the came as Zaire
So few of the headlines mention his queerness & how pioneering he was re queer art. They mention his nationality & his artistic form...he was one of the most influential gay artists of the 20th c! This article doesn't mention it until a little over halfway
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What a brilliant idea, to write about social relations in Rwanda scaled down to a Catholic girls school. I could read 1000 pages of these girls playing, gossiping and dreaming. A dark shadow hangs over the narrative, so the tragic ending wasn’t a surprise, but I’m still crushed.
Celia Cruz performing "Guantanamera" at a sound check in Kinshasa. Featuring Johnny Pacheco on flute.
Live at Zaire '74, the festival staged alongside the Rumble in the Jungle.