AfricaNow! Aug. 6, 2025 On Fanon with Kenya Organic Intellectuals Pt. 2

AfricaNow! August 6, 2025 On Fanon with Kenya Organic Intellectuals Pt. 2 Topic and Guests: As we commemorate Black August and centering with WPFW’s Summer Pledge theme, and keeping in mind this critical time for the African World and also this year being the year in which commemorate the centenarian birthdays of freedom fighters Malcolm X, Patrice Lumumba, Medgar Evers and Frantz Fanon AfricaNow! Continues our series reflecting on Pan-Africanism and liberation. A few months ago there was a reflection on Fanon. Then as part of WPFW’s special Malcolm X’s 100 birthday commemoration on May 19 and WPFW’s special Patrice Lumumba’s 100 birthday commemoration on July 2 we featured a show with the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network. The shows focused on Malcolm X’s and Patrice Lumumba’s impact on Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network’s work. Continuing AfricaNow!’s series with the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network, today we present part two of our discussion on Frantz Fanon’s influence on its activist work. In part two of the conversation we feature Waringa Wahome is an organizer, political theorist, lawyer, member of Mathare Social Justice Center, the Communist Party of Kenya as well as the Kenyan Organic Intellectuals Network. Also in the conversation is Nicholas Mwangi a member of the Kenya Organic Intellectuals Network and is part of the Ukombozi Library. The discussion explores the continuities in movements in Kenya–from the struggle against colonial rule to speaking truth to power in post-independence Kenya. The conversation unpacks the effects of neocolonialism today in Kenya and the continent; and the unresolved issue of land forcibly taken away from indigenous communities during colonial rule. The discussion also looks at using Fanon complete theory in practice in movements today. MUSIC ON THE SHOW: intro--“SKOKIAAN” BY LOUIS ARMSTRONG commemorating his birthday which was on August 4 (August 4, 1901—July 6, 1971); closing--“AFRICAN PEOPLE” BY CHRISTINE KAMAU. Support AfricaNow! and your community station WPFW during our Summer Pledge Drive August 3 to August 16, 2025. Donate online: visit https://pledge.wpfwfm.org/index.php and then on Step 1: Contribution scroll down to AfricaNow! to make your donation to the show. You can also text to donate by simply texting WPFWFM (not case sensitive) to 801801 and then follow the instructions. Or on our CashApp, which is $WPFWFM write it is for AfricaNow! and include your email address. Thank you. Originally broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM, Washington, DC. Tune into AfricaNow! live on WPFW 89.3 FM in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area or visit www.wpfwfm.org on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00PM (U.S. Eastern). Photos: Sudanese Dr. Dimah Mahmoud with signs at Embassy of Sudan by and Drawing of Statement on Sidewalk in front of Embassy of Sudan by Dimah Mahmoud in front Sudan Embassy in Washington, DC in June 2023 photo by AfricaNow!'s Mwiza Munthali. #KeepEyesOnSudan photo on the U.S. National Mall April 15, 2025 by Kate Hixon. Speak Up Silence Kills, Save Sudan Banner April 15, 2024 photo by Advocacy Network for Africa (AdNA). Woman in Central Darfur IDP Camp by Ayin.