Read Kweku Abimbola's interview with Sreddy Yen on The Johannesburg Review of Books.

Kweku Abimbola reads 'Adinkrahene', from his poetry collection Saltwater Demands a Psalm

Dans le cadre de cet épisode, nous revenons sur l'expérience de Laurie Pezeron, française, antillaise, passionnée de lecture, de littérature afro et qui anime le club de lecture Read! depuis 17 ans. Un club qui s'inscrit dans la durée, avec de très belles rencontres autour du livre sur Paris, occasionnellement aux Antilles ou en Afrique. Il y a également les sessions Read! kids dont nous avons parlé dans un autre épisode. Chargée de communication pour des médias culturels, Laurie Pezeron allie l'esthétique de la communication sur ce projet comme elle scénarise les lieux cosy où ses lecteurs et surtout lectrices se retrouvent. Rarement les mêmes. Elle nous parle de son rapport au livre, de la transmission de cette passion... Je vous invite à l'écouter et à découvrir les espaces Read! à l'affut de nouvelles sessions.
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Laurie Pezeron : Fondatrice et animatrice du book club Read !

AfricaNow! June 4, 2025 Worker Power, and The Legacy & Impact of Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Topics and Guests: AfricaNow! features a discussion on workers' power, worker solidarity, organizing workers and more in the southern U.S. with Ben Carroll, Organizing Coordinator of the Southern Workers Assembly (SWA).  The Southern Workers Assembly is a network of local unions, worker organizations, and organizing committees, committed to building rank-and-file democratic social movement unionism as a foundation for organizing, uniting and transforming labor power throughout the South.
 
Now Africa Now! remembers renowned novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist Dr. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o who joined the ancestors last week on May 28, 2025.  He was 87 years old.  Longtime human rights activist and lawyer Maina Kiai reflects on the legacy and impact of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.  From AfricaNow!'s archives  (AfricaNow! December 28, 2016 Self-Naming As Resistance) the show features a recording we produced of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o at the December 2016 African Studies Association Conference  discussing the politics of memory and the effects of name imposition on the psyche of colonized people.  Maina Kiai, is the former Director, Alliances and Partnership Program at Human Rights Watch, former UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur. He is also founder of the Kenya Human Rights Commission NGO and founding Chair of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“WORK SONG” BY CANNONBALL ADDERLEY; break--“THINK” BY CURTIS MAYFIELD (June 3, 1942–December 26, 1999) remembering Curtis Mayfield’s birthday June 3; sign-off--“TEACHER DON’T TEACH ME NONSENSE” BY FELA KUTI; closing--“HARAMBE” BY RITA MARLEY commemorating Caribbean American Heritage Month.

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Originally broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM, Washington, DC. Tune into AfricaNow! live on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpfwfm.org on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00PM (U.S. Eastern).

Photos: Flyer of Southern Workers Assembly Action Summit June 13-15, 2025; book covers of Ngugi wa Thiong'o books A GRAIN OF WHEAT, THE TRAIL DEDAN KIMATHI and DECOLONISING THE MIND; photo of Ngugi wa Thiong'o.

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