Africa Today – September 7, 2026
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Tod...
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20 of 40 episodesAfrica Today – Ivan Van Sertima: Rewriting the History of the African World
In this previously aired special, Greg Bridges and Walter Turner honor pioneering Guyanese scholar Ivan Van Sertima through archival speeche...
Africa Today – Sterling Stuckey on Slave Culture and the Foundations of Black America
Africa Today revisits a conversation with distinguished historian Dr. Sterling Stuckey about his life, scholarship, and landmark book, Slave...
Africa Today – Libya After Gaddafi: Foreign Intervention and Instability
A previously aired conversation with scholar Horace Campbell examining Libya’s ongoing political conflict, escalating foreign interference,...
Ronald “Elder” Freeman’s Life in the Black Freedom Struggle [Encore]
Africa Today speaks with Ronald “Elder” Freeman about his decades in the Black Freedom Movement, from serving as Field Marshal of the Southe...
Amílcar Cabral’s Liberation Schools and the Fight to Build a New Guinea-Bissau [ENCORE]
On this episode of Africa Today, host Walter Turner speaks with Sónia Vaz Borges about the legacy of Amílcar Cabral and the African Party fo...
China’s Growing Influence in Africa: Power, Politics, and Local Perspectives [REPLAY]
As China’s political and economic presence across Africa continues to expand, what does it mean for the people living through these changes?...
Revisiting the 1619 Project with Gerald Horne [REPLAY]
This episode of Africa Today features historian Gerald Horne in a discussion of The New York Times‘ 1619 Project, examining its effort to re...
Amílcar Cabral’s Liberation Schools and the Fight to Build a New Guinea-Bissau
On this episode of Africa Today, host Walter Turner speaks with Sónia Vaz Borges about the legacy of Amílcar Cabral and the African Party fo...
Africa Today – Building a New Left in South Africa
Africa Today examines the outcomes of South Africa’s Conference of the Left, where hundreds of delegates gathered to discuss the country’s d...
Africa Today – Malcolm X’s Last Public Addresses
Africa Today replays one of Malcolm X’s final public speeches, delivered in Detroit on February 14, 1965, just days before his assassination...
Africa Today – June 15, 2026
On today’s Africa Today, we replay an interview between Walter Turner and Dr. Amzat Boukari-Yabara, a prominent Beninese historian, author,...
Africa Today – Dr. Runoko Rashidi
In remembrance of Dr. Rashidi, we air a 2010 interview with the Afro-centrist, essayist, author and public lecturer. A weekly news program p...
Africa Today – Professor Gimena Sanchez Garzoli (Encore)
Professor Gimena Sanchez Garzoli from the Washington Office on Latin America discusses the impact of the global war and US policies on South...
Africa Today – Professor Gimena Sanchez Garzoli
Professor Gimena Sanchez Garzoli from the Washington Office on Latin America discusses the impact of the global war and US policies on South...
Africa Today – May 4, 2026
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Tod...
Africa Today – April 27, 2026
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Tod...
Africa Today – April 20, 2026
A weekly news program providing information and analysis about Africa and the African Diaspora, hosted by Walter Turner. The post Africa Tod...
Africa Today – Dr. Nada Ali
Dr. Nada Ali on gender, peace building, and militarization in Sudan and South Sudan A weekly news program providing information and analysis...
Africa Today – Dr. Horace Campbell
On today’s program, Dr. Horace Campbell of Syracuse University analyzes the impact of the war in the Middle East on Africa and the recent Un...