AfricaNow! January 8, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democracy & Marronage with Modibo Kadalie Pt. I

Topic and Guest: In his publication Intimate Direct Democracy: Fort Mose, The Great Dismal Swamp and The Human Quest for Freedom Modibo Kadalie aptly points out, younger people “are convinced that the nation-state is not offering them a future. Newer generations of researchers are now beginning to look for evidence of community and collectivity.”  A collectivity that lies in the very fabric of Africana forms of knowing and ways of being, fully articulated in the various forms of resistance found throughout the Americas expressed as maroon communities.  In defining, mapping, and attempting to find the most articulate application of ‘democracy’ Modibo Kadalie presents an important intervention into the questions that move in and throughout discourses on democracy.  

Kadalie engages interdependent themes such as Black autonomy, radical public and social history, intimate direct democracy, social intimacy, Black geographies, and radical ecology, while centering a Pan Africanism that strengthens conceptual lens through which continuities in Africana sociopolitical thought and resistance can be further identified. Kadalie’s perspective on Black autonomy, grounded in social intimacy as being the operative mechanism for a functional democratic society, is undoubtedly rooted in his own background. Kadalie grew up in Riceboro, a Gullah-Geechee community on the Georgia coast, where he often points to African ways of being and forms of knowledge that were transmitted from generation to generation and deeply ingrained in his worldview throughout his early development.   

Today, we will listen to part one 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--"ALL AFRICA” BY MAX ROACH remembering the legendary ancestor drummer, composer, musician’s birthday (January 10, 1924—August 16, 2007); break--“BRIDGE THROUGH TIME” BY LONNIE LISTON SMITH commemorating his birthday (December 28, 1940—); sign-off--“INSOMNIA” BY MELBA LISTON remembering her birthday (January 13, 1926—April 23, 1999); closing--“THE PURPLE CONDOR” BY DANILO PÉREZ commemorating his birthday (December 29, 1966—).

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AfricaNow! Jan. 8, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democracy & Marronage w Modibo Kadalie Pt. I

AfricaNow! January 15, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democracy & Marronage with Modibo Kadalie Pt. II

Topic and Guest: Follwing up from our show last week, today we will listen to part two 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--“UHURU” BY OSIBISA as we remember Osibisa’s founder/leader Teddy Osei who joined the ancestors yesterday January 14, 2025 (December 1, 1937—January 14, 2025); break--“KURIMA” BY CHIWONISO MARAIRE; sign-off--“WE WILL WIN” BY EZRA NGCUKANA; closing--“FLYING BIRD (ANOMA)” BY OSIBISA as we remember Osibisa’s founder/leader Teddy Osei who joined the ancestors yesterday January 14, 2025 (December 1, 1937—January 14, 2025).

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AfricaNow! Jan. 15, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democ. & Marronage w Modibo Kadalie Pt. II

AfricaNow! January 22, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democracy & Marronage with Modibo Kadalie Pt. III & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Internationalism

Topics and Guests: Following up from our show last week, today, we will listen to Pt. III 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.

January 20 was Martin Luther King Day commemorating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—he would have turned 96 on January 15.  AfricaNow! goes into its archives with a program in which we explored Dr. King's internationalism—its historical and contemporary impact. That program featured Dr. Clayborne Carson, who was then the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Professor of History and Ronnie Lott Founding Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. Currently Dr. Clayborne Carson is Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Professor Emeritus of History at Stanford University. Dr. Carson has devoted his professional life to the study of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the human rights movements inspired by King. His numerous publications include his award-winning book, In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s. Full bio is available at fsi.stanford.edu/people/clayborne-carson.  We join the original archived show (from https://soundcloud.com/africanowonline/africanow-jan-17-2024-dr-kings-internationalismhistorical-contemporary-impact) after the presentation of a portion of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech of April 7, 1957, entitled Birth of a New Nation presented soon after attending Ghana’s Independence Day celebration on March 6, 1957.

MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“THE MESSAGE CONTINUES” BY NUBYA GARCIA; break--“FREEDOM SOUNDS” BY THE SKATALITES; sign-off--“HYMN TO FREEDOM” BY OSCAR PETERSON; closing--“FREE” BY STEVIE WONDER.

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AfricaNow! Jan. 22, 2025 Reflections on Autonomy, Direct Democ. & Marronage w Modibo Kadalie Pt. III

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

AfricaNow! April 30, 2025 On Fanon with Lou Turner

Topic and Guest: This year on July 20 Frantz Fanon would have turned 100 years old.  As we commemorate 100 years of Frantz Fanon (July 20, 1925-December 6, 1961) the discussion with Professor Lou Turner dissects the revolutionary, anti-colonial theorist's ideas in the context of this present socio-political climate.  The conversation with AfricaNow!’s Executive Producer and Co-Host James Pope and Lou Turner touches on the possibilities of activists at this particular moment putting into practise Fanon’s revolutionary ideas.  The discussion also explores continuities in Fanon’s ideas in movements such as the Black Power Movement in the U.S., the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa and more.

Lou Turner who has written extensively on Frantz Fanon is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois (UIUC), and former Academic Advisor and Curriculum Coordinator, Department of African American Studies at the University of Illinois (2008-2017). Professor Lou Turner is co-author with John Allan of Frantz Fanon, Soweto and American Black Thought (1978; 1986).  Lou Turner is co-author and contributor with Professor and Counseling Psychologist Helen Neville to a collection of writings for Routledge Press on Fanonian psychotherapeutic practices entitled, Frantz Fanon’s Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Clinical Work: Practicing Internationally with Marginalized Communities (2020).  Lou Turner is also co-author of an Introduction to Critical Black Studies textbook with Professor Sundiata Cha-Jua. 

MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“ALL AFRICA” BY MAX ROACH commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month & International Jazz Day April 30.; break--“FLEURETTE AFRICAINE (AFRICAN FLOWER)” BY DUKE ELLINGTON (April 29, 1899–May 24, 1974) remembering Duke Ellington’s birthday and commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month; sign-off--“CHUCHO STEPS” BY CHUCHO VALDÉS & KENNY GARRETT commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month & International Jazz Day April 30; closing--“ABYSSINIA” BY THANDI NTULI commemorating Jazz Appreciation Month & International Jazz Day April 30.

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