The anniversary of the Manchester Congress calls for reflection on its enduring significance and the meaning of Pan-Africanism in today’s world, a time when the struggles for sovereignty, unity, and liberation remain as urgent as ever. The commemorating plaque at Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall, Manchester -- KGGucwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Nicholas Mwangi, People's Dispatch October 2025 marks eighty years since the historic Fifth Pan-African Congress convened i

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Mao and W.E.B. Du Bois in the People's Republic of China, 1959 -- Daily LIFT #880

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