From the United States to the Dominican Republic to The Bahamas, the violence, collective scapegoating, and mass deportation of Haitians lays bare a particular kind of anti-Blackness. Anti-Haitianism not only denies the humanity of Haitians, but originates in tandem with the West’s fears of independent Black states, which was realized first in the Western Hemisphere after the Haitian revolution.

Pheko critically assesses the political economy of football, the production and capture of value and Africa’s place in the football business. Afrika produces world-class football capability but the institutions that commercialise, govern and retain the game’s greatest economic value remain concentrated elsewhere.

A critical response to the analytical framework and conclusions drawn in a recent publication with Pambazuka on Somalia’s political elite. Ahmed reflects on the neocolonial state and calls for a more historically grounded framework that acknowledges the structural realities and paths of self-determination of African peoples.

Moro argues the UK's 2026 abstention on a UN resolution condemning the transatlantic slave trade, and its support for the war in Ukraine, reflects a system that continues to prioritize elite wealth over public accountability. Reflecting on Britain's 1833 slavery-abolition loan — which compensated slave owners rather than enslaved people, and wasn't paid off until 2015 — as a historical case, the critique extends to modern examples like David Cameron's Jamaica prison-funding deal.

In this rejoinder to a critical rebuttal published in this issue (927) of Pambazuka on Mogadishu’s blind spot, the author defends his position through eight facts necessary to consider. With close attention to the intellectual positions on the rebuttal’s sources, Samatar poses important questions, including the distinction of the AU, Africa’s positon against genocide, and Somaliland’s elites. 

Agostinho discusses Jamaican Creole histories in the context of (post)-colonialism, examining the impacts of the indigenous people, trans-Atlantic slavery, emancipation and independence in shaping the evolution of Jamaican (Patwa).

Mohammed links increased personal taxation in Ethiopia to the arc of extraction from slavery to IMF austerity, and highlights a path toward African economic sovereignty.

A towering voice in Global Africa has joined the ancestors. Professor Kwame Ninson’s scholarship and contributions to Africa’s transformation remain an impactful legacy.

GPAM calls on the United States Congress to legislate to protect persons whose humanity is threatened by the US Supreme Court ruling to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program