From the Sahel to Palestine, the fight against imperialism and colonialism is intensifying. In West Africa, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is challenging French neocolonial borders and reclaiming economic sovereignty, while in Palestine, Operation Al-Aqsa Flood is part of the ongoing struggle for liberation from Zionism.
Decades of embracing neoliberal electricity policies have left Africa, one of the world’s most resource rich regions, with the lowest energy consumption rates per capita.
Professor Issa G. Shivji explores the process of worldwide capitalist accumulation across several centuries alongside the emergence of grand narratives of nationalism and Pan-Africanism.