AfricaNow! January 29, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democracy & Marronage with Modibo Kadalie Pt. IV & Update on the Situation in Goma, DRC

Topics and Guests: The show begins with an update on the attack on the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.  Featured in the conversation is   Congolese journalist Akilimali Chomachoma and Nils Kinuani, Board Director, and Immigration Coordinator for the Congolese Community of Washington Metropolitan (CCWM).

Following up from our show last week, today, we will listen to Pt. IV of a four-part series where we explore direct democracy, autonomy, marronage, Black anarchism, and atheism with Modibo Kadalie. 

Dr. Modibo Kadalie is a social ecologist, academic and lifelong radical activist within the Civil Rights, Black Power and Pan-Africanist movements and the Founding Convener of the Autonomous Research Institute for Direct Democracy and Social Ecology (ARIDDSE). He is the author of Pan-African Social Ecology: Speeches, Conversations and Essays (2019); Internationalism, Pan-Africanism and the Struggle of Social Classes; Intimate Direct Democracy: Fort Mose, the Great Dismal Swamp, and the Human Quest for Freedom (2022) and a number of other articles.  

MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“TRÈS IMPOLI” BY FRANCO & T.P.O.K. JAZZ; intro segment two--“ELMINA” BY KOFI; break--“KURIMA” BY CHIWONISO MARAIRE;  sign-off--“JARABI” BY SONA JOBARTEH; closing--“FOUR” BY SONNY STITT remembering his birthday which February 2 (February 2, 1924–July 22, 1982).

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AfricaNow! Jan. 29, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democracy & Marronage with Modibo Kadalie Pt. IV, & Update on the Situation in Goma, DRC

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AfricaNow! Jan. 29, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democracy & Marronage with Modibo Kadalie Pt. IV, & Update on the Situation in Goma, DRC

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