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The US and France have threatened foreign intervention to re-install a pro-Western regime in Niger, which produces uranium needed for nuclear energy and hosts large US drone bases. This follows coups led by nationalist, anti-colonial military officers in neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali, which warn intervention could set off a regional war in West Africa.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world's cobalt, an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles. But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddharth Kara, an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of _Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives_. In an in-depth interview, he says the major technology companies that rely on this cobalt from DRC to make their products are turning a blind eye to the human toll and falsely claiming their supply chains are free from abuse, including widespread child labor. "The public health catastrophe on top of the human rights violence on top of the environmental destruction is unlike anything we've ever seen in the modern context," says Kara. "The fact that it is linked to companies worth trillions and that our lives depend on this enormous violence has to be dealt with."
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The Pan African Congress Movement (PACM) is promoting the theme of the Grand African Renaissance for a number of successive African Liberation Day (ALD) conferences. As 2023 will be the second year we use the theme, the title of ALD this year is, The Grand African Renaissance (Part 2).The Grand African Renaissance means that we Africans must have a Grand African Renaissance (or Grand African Renewal or Rebirth) as individuals and as a people, so that we may return to our authentic African culture and modernise it, so that we may manifest our Pan African ideals. This Grand African Renaissance will not be achieved overnight and has to focus on the following areas: Spirituality, Languages, Health, Economics, Politics, Entertainment, Education, Labour, Law, Sex and War.This show is the ALD launch event, an international, and Pan African panel reasoning on: How do we support the Grand African Renaissance individually and as a people?The Pan African, international, panellists are: Baba Professor James Small.A scholar activist, dynamic speaker, and organisational consultant. He is also CEO of Sanaa Lodge Enterprise, Ghana, Ltd.; CEO & President, African-American Management Company, Ghana, Ltd.; International Vice President, Organization of Afro-American Unity; Priest of Oya, Babalorisha, Ifa Tradition; and past President of the Eastern Region of the Association for the study of Classical African Civilization.He studied extensively with Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Yosef A. A. ben Jochannan, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, Dr. Asa Hilliard, Dr. Wade Nobles, to name a few.He lectures widely across Africa and the worldwide Diaspora and is recognized as one of the most distinguished activist scholars of our time.He is based in the East Coast of the USA.Sista Shanice Lindsay.The host and creator of the YouTube channel, The Shanice Show, which brings independent news reporting from an African centered perspective.Sista Shanice is also the author of the book 'Anglo-Saxon England: King Offa'. Sista Shanice is based in The Gambia.Rev. Dr. Philippe “SHOCK” Matthews.A philosopher, Africana phenomenologist, memeticist, metaphysician, and one of the world's leading authorities on Black Trauma and Economic Ambiguous Loss.His bestselling book, DigitalNomics, introduced his Walk Away Wealth System and his 4 Metaphysical Frequencies and 4 Traumas.The acronym for SHOCK is Seeking Higher Omnipotent Conscious or Cosmic Knowledge. In the last 35 years, Dr. SHOCK has personally interviewed over 2000 thought leaders, change agents, experts, authors, and scholars.Dr. SHOCK is a Minister of Metaphysical Science and Philosophy and the Founding Minister of 1st Frequency of Oneness, Science, Manifestation, and Prosperity. The community affectionately names him the “Metaphysical Morpheus”. His Youtube channel has received over 8 million views and 60.4k dedicated subscribers! In 2015, Dr. SHOCK launched the highly successful Shock Metaphysics Virtual Kemetic Wisdom School. He has also authored more than 20 Amazon books and seven bestsellers! Dr. SHOCK is based in the West Coast of the US in California.Dr. Asher Sefanit-Wudasee.The founder of ‘Living Your Best Life In Afrika’ – an online ‘side hustle and small business’ coaching service, supporting people to start buying back their time from their day jobs by setting up small side hustles and businesses, built from mining their passions, interests and hobbies.Dr. Asher is an Afrikan Centred talk therapist, and qualified therapeutic social worker, with over twenty- five years in the profession. Dr. Asher is a founding member of the African Caribbean Achievement Project (ACAP), having joined with several colleagues in 1992, to set up an organisation that would support and mentor young people to achieve their full potential in education, training, employment, business and in their personal and social lives. ACAP now has a registered sister charity in Malawi, which will go on to upskill Malawi children in STEM subjects.Dr. Asher is a founding member of community activist organisations, like the Nyahbinghi National Council, the Southern Afrika Nyahbinghi Council, Per Ankh Community Enterprise – all organisations with a keen interest in giving voice to Afrikan self-determinatory activism.Alongside a twenty-five year Employment Tribunal Lay Judge career, Dr. Asher also runs Employment Rights Online, an online employment rights advocacy service dedicated to securing employment rights for workers.Dr. Asher continues to promote the importance of giving voice to marginalised communities and recently took her practice and vision to Malawi, where she now lives.So the PACM will focus on the Grand African Renaissance at each ALD. We will do this jointly with like-minded Africans and African organisations in the UK and globally, as the sum of our parts are greater than our individual efforts.
Today we will explore the political application of Afrikan Identity throughout history to the present day; and the necessity of clarity in Identity as a foundation Afrikan problem solving and visionary nation building. This presentation also serves as a challenge to the present day attempts to negate the concept of Afrikan Identity; and/or neutralise its political application & power potential.
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00:00 - Words from the Elders & Ancestors
14:08 - Introduction
20:51 - Defining Terms
49:22 - PART1
DECONSTRUCTION
53:01 - How Colonialism redefined Afrikan Historical Consciousness
1:05:29 - The Indecencies of "Tribe"
1:12:40 - How the Coloniser disrupted Afrikan Social Order
1:17:02 - Did Afrikans Organise Nations Beyond "Tribe"
1:22:58 - PART 2
RECONSTRUCTION
1:26:21 - Defining Liberation
1:32:40 - Historical Consciousness IS Political
1:38:39 - The FACT of Afrikan Cultural Unity
1:50:59 - Why we emphasise Afrikan Identity as POLITICAL
2:14:32 - Afrikan Identity, Nationhood & the Rejection of the Coloniser
2:19:38 - Nkrumah & Lumumba - Examples from the Afrikan Continent
2:30:11 - Omowale Malcolm X & Afrikan Identity
2:26:21 - Afrikan Identity as a Threat to Western Imperialism
2:41:18 - Afrikan Identity in the 21st Century - Continent & Diaspora
2:54:26 - Universal Afrikan Nationalism
3:01:46 - Interaction with the chat
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