Pambazuka News 653: SPECIAL ISSUE: Kwame Ture and the African revolution today

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Critical lessons can be learnt from the life of Kwame Ture. He earnestly studied revolution in order to learn from it and organised ordinary African people for it. His passion, consistency and principled commitment to politically educating African people are part of his rich legacy

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Freedom for African people was at the centre of the ideology of Kwame Ture. His notion of freedom was linked to the oppression of other peoples around the globe and he worked tirelessly not only for African unity but with liberation struggles in India, Palestine and in Ireland

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Kwame Turé spent his lifetime fighting for the right of Africans to express dignity and self-determination by challenging the systems that perpetuate our political, cultural and economic subjugation

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15 years after his passing, the greatest memory I have of Kwame is how well he embodied the wide variety of experiences of revolutionary struggle he encountered throughout his lifetime; how well he upheld the highest principles of revolutionary Pan-Africanism in his relationship with people

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Sobukwe Shukura of Revolutionary African Perspectives radio interviews Brother Mukussaon, formerly known as Willie Ricks. Brother Mukussaon recalls his organising work with Kwame Ture in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Council (SNCC) in the late 1960s; the significance of the term 'Black Power' that became the militant demand of African Americans at a particular conjuncture in history; the work of SNCC and the many influences and individuals that shaped the ideological thinking and positi...read more

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