Afriques en Lutte

The homophobia of Pan-African regimes

ROAPE — 2026-08-20T10:09:00Z

In this long read, Malick Doucouré draws our attention to the increased repression of homosexuality and LGBT+ rights within states proclaiming to uphold Pan-African values, which he sees as an alarming recent trend. He argues the anti-LGBT stance of states such as Burkina Faso and Senegal must be understood as a mechanism through which political elites mobilise support, consolidate authority, and construct a unified national identity in opposition to a perceived external threat. Doucouré (…)

- Livres Etudes Débats

Madagascar's Gen Z uprising – an interview with Harilala Ranjatohery

ROAPE — 2025-11-06T11:22:00Z

On the 20 October 2025, ROAPE's Pascal Bianchini interviewed Malagasy historian Harilala Ranjatohery on the youth revolt that toppled President Andry Rajoelina. Ranjatohery explains that Madagascar's Gen Z protests began with demands for basic services like water and electricity but quickly evolved into a nationwide call for systemic change. The movement, backed by unions and civil servants, ultimately led to the army stepping in to assume power.
Bianchini : In the wake of the mobilisation (…)

- Madagascar

‘When I was a student of Fanon' : an interview with Frej Stambouli

ROAPE — 2025-08-19T13:57:00Z

In celebration of Fanon's centenary, we repost an interview with the Tunisian sociologist, Frej Stambouli who remembers his teacher Frantz Fanon. Stambouli describes Fanon's lectures at the university in Tunis in 1959, and his unique conception of psychiatry and promotion of open psychiatry as a “pathology of freedom”. Stambouli considers Fanon's legacy and his anger, reason and kindness, recalling, ‘I will never forget the generosity of Fanon'.
You were in Tunisia the late 1950s ; can (…)

- Tunisie / Indépendances africaines, Frantz Fanon

Amílcar Cabral's life, legacy and reluctant nationalism – an interview with António Tomás

ROAPE — 2023-05-11T13:30:00Z

Last month, ROAPE re-posted a collection of essays from 1993 to mark the 50th anniversary of Amílcar Cabral's murder in 1973. Continuing our tribute, Chinedu Chukwudinma interviews António Tomás, who wrote Cabral's biography in the 21st century. Tomás speaks about Cabral's political development as well as his abilities as a teacher, revolutionary diplomat and leader. But he also discusses his insecurities, shortcomings and the myths surrounding national liberation in Guinea-Bissau.
What (…)

- Guinée-Bissau

“Whoever wins we must continue to fight” – Nigeria's coming election

ROAPE — 2023-02-18T18:27:00Z

ROAPE speaks to Nigerian socialist and activist, Alex Batubo, about the elections this month, and the political and economic situation in the country. Batubo focuses on the struggle of labour, and the possibilities of a radical alternative emerging from the challenges (and opportunities) of the present.
ROAPE : Can you please describe the situation in Nigeria at the moment, the major political and economy fault-lines and divisions ? Also, if possible, describe last year's strikes, and the (…)

- Nigeria

La Déclaration de Dakar – Coopération panafricaine et solidarité mondiale

ROAPE — 2023-02-02T14:26:00Z

Des universitaires et des militants d'Afrique, d'Asie, d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord se sont réunis pour rédiger la Déclaration de Dakar l'année dernière. La déclaration condamne les contraintes à la souveraineté économique et monétaire de l'Afrique. Face aux crises multiformes du capitalisme, de la dégradation du climat, de la finance spéculative, de la guerre et des inégalités, la Déclaration de Dakar appelle à la coopération panafricaine, Sud-Sud et à la solidarité mondiale.
Dans (…)

- Livres Etudes Débats

Student activists recall the uprisings of May 1968 in Dakar, Senegal

ROAPE — 2023-02-01T14:09:00Z

May 1968 in Dakar was a defining moment in the political history of Senegal. Dakar University students went on strike and blockaded the campus. The protests were violently suppressed, sparking a short-lived but intense nationwide revolutionary uprising against the ruling class. Over the last several years, videographer Yannek Simalla has compiled a collection of filmed testimonies from activists involved in the protests. Here, he introduces his collection, the creative process behind it, and (…)

- Sénégal

Whites and democracy in South Africa

ROAPE — 2022-07-19T12:29:00Z

Before 1994 there was enormous speculation that white intransigence in South Africa would lead to a racial war. In his new book, Roger Southall finds that by the mid-1980s most whites saw the writing on the wall. Even so, he argues, the economic system which had maintained white dominance was left more or less intact.
By Roger Southall
How on earth does one write a book about a category of people defined by the social construct of ‘race' ? Is it possible to say anything sensible about (…)

- Afrique du sud

Third World Network-Africa & ROAPE Webinars : Africa, climate change & the pandemic – crises & radical alternatives

ROAPE — 2021-08-04T11:45:08Z

ROAPE, in partnership with Third World Network-Africa, will hold a series of three webinars starting in August 2021 to explore the connections between Africa, climate change and the pandemic from a political economy perspective. The first webinar is being held on 5 August.
We are currently facing two global crises – one is the immediate threat to lives on a world-wide scale of Covid-19 pandemic (and almost certainly other later pandemic diseases). The second is the larger and potentially (…)

- Livres Etudes Débats / communiqués partis amis et associations, Action Militante

Pour transformer radicalement le monde

ROAPE — 2021-05-31T13:09:00Z

Peter Dwyer de ROAPE présente les nouveaux membres du groupe de travail éditorial de la revue. Il accueille une nouvelle génération, Leona Vaughn, Chinedu Chukwudinma et Njuki Githethwa, militantes de la diaspora africaine et implantées en Afrique. Dans un sens personnel, politique et scientifique, Dwyer soutient qu'ils changeront irrévocablement ROAPE.
Nous savons qu'en lisant ces brèves biographies du premier de nos six nouveaux rédacteurs au groupe de travail éditorial (GTE) de la (…)

- Communiqués / luttes et débats / document historique