Crisis of US Diplomacy in Sierra Leone: Facade of Tripartite Democracy
How is United Sates foreign policy affecting democracy in Sierra Leone? What is the difference between electoral democracy and tripartite democracy? Is the United States Embassy in Sierra Leone suppor...
18 Nov 202440min
Tripartite Agreements Are Not Democracy: Lessons from the US Elections
Are there any parallels between the just concluded November 2024 United States elections and the June 2023 Sierra Leone elections? What lessons do the US elections offer to real democratic and genuine...
11 Nov 202439min
The Life and Death of Steve Biko
This episode spotlights the life and contributions of South African revolutionary leader, Stephen Bantu Biko to the Black Consciousness Movement and the struggle against Apartheid.
10 Nov 202451min
22 Years of the Africanist Press: Looking Ahead...!!
December 2024 will mark 22 years since the launch of the Africanist Press. The Africanist Press was established by journalists and academics in December 2002 as an independent media organization to d...
4 Nov 202424min
The World Bank and Underdevelopment in Africa and Asia: Honoring the Work of John Pilger
This episode examines how World Bank's debts, and high interest rates, cripple African and Asian economies, deepening poverty and underdevelopment in the world's most impoverish countries. This episod...
11 Sep 202451min
The IMF and Jamaica's Development Crisis
This episode examines how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank's structural adjustment policies affected Jamaica’s economic and political development from the early 1970s to the presen...
25 Aug 20241h 25min
Sierra Leone's Dr. Chernoh Alpha Bah Speaks On West Africa's Illicit Economic Flows
In this exclusive interview with KPFA, Dr. Chernoh Alpha Bah, editor of the Africanist Press, talks about the deteriorating democratic situation in Sierra Leone and West Africa, illicit economic flows...
6 Aug 202428min
African History Series: Corruption, Underdevelopment and the Debt Crisis in Jamaica
This episode examines three key events to illustrate how political corruption undermined Jamaica's development and fueled the country's debt crisis. First, we look at how a US$9.5 million World Bank ...
29 Jul 202459min
