KPFA - Africa Today

On this episode of Africa Today, host Walter Turner speaks with Sónia Vaz Borges about the legacy of Amílcar Cabral and the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. They explore how liberation schools in Guinea-Bissau used education, political consciousness, and community organizing as vital tools in the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule, and what those lessons continue to offer today. A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Today – Amílcar Cabral’s Liberation Schools and the Fight to Build a New Guinea-Bissau [ENCORE] appeared first on KPFA.

Historian Gerald Horne discusses the roots of slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism in 17th-century North America and the Caribbean. A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Today – Gerald Horne: The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism [Re-Broadcast] appeared first on KPFA.

On this episode of Africa Today, host Walter Turner speaks with Sónia Vaz Borges about the legacy of Amílcar Cabral and the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. They explore how liberation schools in Guinea-Bissau used education, political consciousness, and community organizing as vital tools in the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule, and what those lessons continue to offer today. A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Today – Amílcar Cabral’s Liberation Schools and the Fight to Build a New Guinea-Bissau [ENCORE] appeared first on KPFA.

A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Today – September 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

In this previously aired special, Greg Bridges and Walter Turner honor pioneering Guyanese scholar Ivan Van Sertima through archival speeches, interviews, and reflections on his influential work examining African civilizations, the African diaspora, and the African presence in the Americas before Columbus. A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Today – Ivan Van Sertima: Rewriting the History of the African World appeared first on KPFA.