Africa

June 16, 1976 is an unforgettable date for Africans in Occupied Azania, for it was a bloody and chaotic encounter in Soweto.

A document was leaked to the media exposing that this bootlicking cabinet has granted unrestricted access to a host of Ghanaian facilities, imports and exports to the imperialist United States military.

The African People's Socialist Party is united with the African nation to mourn the passing away of Comrade Winnie Madikizela Mandela, a brave daughter of Africa venerated through the world for her role in standing up against white power in the settler colony of South Africa.

This year has been marked with new developments that may catch those who are not acquainted with the people’s struggle in Congo by surprise.

Due to having been under foreign domination for the past 600 plus years, African people around the world have lost a great sense of who we are. That is reflected in the fact that we often refer to ourselves as various foreign titles, most of them tying us to those who oppress us, such as ‘American’ or ‘French.’

Natural and manmade disasters continue to destroy African communities.

A CNN report on the auctioning and brutalization of Africans showed on French television on 15 November shook the world, leading to black people’s spontaneous mass demonstrations on the streets of France, Belgium, London and also across Africa.

Editor's note: This piece was written by Chairman Omali Yeshitela of the African People's Socialist Party, commemorating one of Africa's fiercest fighters for independence, Patrice Lumumba, during our period of celebration of African Martyr's Day.

Editor's note: The Burning Spear would like to take this opportunity to share with our readers the last letter from the independence hero of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba to his wife. We present this letter to you in honor of African Martyr's Day and the courageous resistance of African people in the Congo happening now.