This event is co-organised by the Centre for the Study of Democracy (University of Westminster) and Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE).
About this event
Join us for a celebration of ROAPE's 50th anniversary with the launch of the book:
- Voices for African Liberation: Conversations with the Review of African Political Economy
Edited by Leo Zeilig, Chinedu Chukwudinma, and Ben Radley
Voices for African Liberation presents 38 interviews with African and Africanist socialists conducted by the Review of African Political Economy between 2015 and 2023, bringing to life older voices of liberation and lost radical histories alongside newer initiatives, projects, and activists who are engaged in the contemporary struggles to reshape Africa - to make, win, and sustain a revolutionary transformation in our devastated world.
Leo Zeilig is an editor of the Review of African Political Economy and is the author of several books including A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story.
Chinedu Chukwudinma is a socialist activist and writer based in London. He writes on African politics, popular struggles, and the history of working-class resistance on the continent, is a member of ROAPE’s editorial board, and an editor of roape.net. Chukwudinma is researching the life and work of Walter Rodney at the University of Oxford.
Ben Radley is a political economist and lecturer in International Development for the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath. His research centres on the role, influence and developmental impact of Northern transnational corporations operating in the extractive and renewable energy industries, with a regional focus on Central Africa.
Location
Pavillion, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, W1W 6UW
Speakers and chair
Speakers
Hakim Adi
Professor Adi teaches African history and the history of the African diaspora. He is widely regarded as the international expert on Pan-Africanism and communism and the history of the African diaspora. As well as his many books, and articles, Adi is currently writing a people's history of Africa. He is a member of ROAPE's editorial collective.
Esther Xosei
Esther Xosei is a decolonial Pan-Afrikanist Jurisconsult, Reparationist, Community Advocate and ‘Ourstorian’ engaged in reparations movement-building, policy-making and research. Esther also serves as the Executive Director of the Maangamizi Educational Trust.
Chair
Hannah Cross
Hannah is a senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of Westminster and chair of the ROAPE Editorial Working Group.
