PTZeleza's blog

How have the African media and commentators covered the Occupy Wall Street Movement in the United States and elsewhere in the global North? The following reports give a glimpse on African perspectives on the movement, what they see as its causes, resonances with age-old African social and political struggles, and the implications for the continent, Euroamerica, and global capitalism. PTZeleza, Editor, The Zeleza Post.

UGANDA: Anti-capitalism Rebellion in Progress in US By Dani Wadada Nabudere  read more »

After six months of protracted and ferocious fighting the end for the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, the colorful, eccentric, irascible, and ruthless tyrant of one of Africa's most enduring dictatorships, finally came with electrifying swiftness. In the last few days, the rebels have made lightening advances as they seized one city after another following months of setbacks and apparent stagnation.  read more »

Yesterday, July 20, Malawi was engulfed by protests and riots against President Bingu wa Mutharika's increasingly bankrupt regime, which left several people dead and many others injured. There was also widespread destruction of property across the country's major cities.  read more »

Last Monday, May 23, the renowned Brazilian scholar, activist, artist and Pan-Africanist passed away at the grand old age of 97. He was quite simply one of the greatest Brazilians of all time and a towering figure in the annals of Pan-Africanism. I had the rare privilege of meeting and interviewing him in July 2006 in Salvador, Bahia.  read more »