Novara FM: In Search of Red Africa w/ Kevin Okoth
In the second half of the 20th century, revolutionaries across the African continent were striving towards a decolonised future that never fully materialised. Folding together Marxism and Black radicalism, the global project of Third Worldism envisaged complete liberation, not only from colonial powers but from every kind of oppression. Kevin Okoth, a political theorist who grew up between Kenya and Germany, believes it's now time to reacquaint ourselves with the revolutionary politics of 'Red Africa' – the title of his first book. Rivkah Brown talks to him about the unfinished business of…
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