From (successfully) climbing the corporate ladder to helping elevate some of the biggest brands, I share my insights on all I've gathered on the journey so far in life and business.
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Speeches and interviews with leaders of today’s worldwide African liberation struggle. On reparations, building the African nation, combatting police violence, community control of education, health care, African women, the U.S. counterinsurgency, neocolonialism and winning freedom and independence for African people everywhere. Featuring African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Luwezi Kinshasa, Dr. Aisha Fields, Kalambayi Andenet, Akilé Anai, Yejide Orunmila and more.
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Competing on Amazon and retail media requires you to effectively harness the growing amount of data and capabilities made available by the retail platforms. Intentwise Connect, hosted by Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy and Intentwise Customer Success/Product Evangelist Jason Chan, aims to share know-how and best practices through in-depth conversations with experts in advertising, marketing, sales, and more.
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Black August and slavery inside U.S. prisons
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Black August is a month of remembrance and resistance dedicated to our African warriors imprisoned for their heroic stance fighting for African liberation. It's also a month-long salute to the African liberation struggle, recognizing such historic milestones as the Haitian Revolution, the birth of Marcus Garvey, and the deaths of Jonathan Jackson a…
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Deep dive: The intricacies of brand protection
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Brands spend tons of money advertising on e-commerce platforms—but why don’t they reserve some of that for brand protection? Manu Sareen, CEO of i2o Retail, talks through the pervasive brand protection issues in our industry. Brands that don’t monitor their re-sellers closely enough might create customer experience issues that reflect poorly back o…
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Key Prime Day takeaways beyond just the numbers
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You probably already know the top-line numbers about how much Prime Day grew in 2024. But what are all of the lessons lingering beneath the surface? In this podcast, Chris Moe, CEO of Cartograph, explains the granular takeaways from Prime Day—from badging to price matching to measuring profitability, and so much more. Here are all of the most impor…
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Black Music Month and the Revolutionary Music of Miriam Makeba with Dr. Martin Boston
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June is Black Music Month. On this episode of Black Power Talks, we uplift Miriam Makeba. Miriam Makeba’s music played an important role in the African Revolution by building bridges across the colonial borders that divide African people. We discussed the role of Makeba's music and feature three of her songs: "Into Yam", "Pata Pata", and "Malcom X.…
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The state of the M&A landscape for agencies
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After a recent lull, M&A activity is on the rise again in the e-commerce space. So how do agencies in particular prepare for an exit, and what kinds of multiples can they expect? Nate Jackson, managing director at Two Roads Advisors, breaks it all down. He discusses the importance of maintaining a diverse and balanced portfolio, the necessity of ha…
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Crafting a unique Walmart Connect strategy
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Don’t fall into the trap of a copy-and-paste strategy. To succeed on Walmart Connect, you need to build ad campaigns that take into account the specifics of the platform. In this latest episode of the Intentwise Connect podcast, Sonya Hober, Head of Technology Partnerships at Walmart Connect, advises marketers on how to craft a unique strategy for …
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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we observe African Martyrs Day. At the first Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party in September 1981, APSP designated February 21 as “The Day of the African Martyr.” Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 by agents of United States repression and counterinsurgency. Amidst the historical impo…
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BWG Connect: Turn Your Ecommerce Data into Insights
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This episode originally aired on the BWG Connect podcast. In this episode, Intentwise SEO Sreenath Reddy outlines for BWG Connect co-founder Aaron Conant the key elements of a good data strategy. With the right tactics in place, brands can quickly understand how profitable their products are, how many incremental sales they are driving, and much mo…
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Bojan Gajic has spent the last two-decades scaling technology businesses within the e-commerce industry, including Helium 10, where he served as CEO. He’s now CEO of AVASK, a firm of indirect tax experts, with a well-reputed specialism in global e-commerce expansion, international taxation, accountancy, business advisory and consultancy services.…
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No Thanks to Colonialism! Celebrating African and Indigenous Solidarity and Anti-colonial Resistance
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In this episode, we say NO THANKS TO COLONIALISM. We expose the colonial mythology of Thanksgiving as the ideological support for Manifest Destiny and European/White North American colonial-capitalist domination; namely but not only the project of settler-colonialism. We speak with two activists and educators about the long history of anticolonial …
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UnBoxed Takeaways from the Amazon Ads team
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Reporting live from the 2023 edition of Amazon unBoxed, Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy sits down with top Amazon Ads executives to explore what’s next from Amazon. They break down Amazon’s biggest announcements of the year, from Sponsored TV ads to new updates to Amazon Marketing Cloud, Amazon Marketing Stream, and Amazon DSP. In this episode, you’l…
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What's your why and how does that change as life circumstances evolve
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Episode 1: "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself...."
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The first of many more to come. A short intro of who I am, some background, and where we're headed.
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The hidden costs that impact your P&L | Martin Heubel
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Martin Heubel is a strategy consultant based in London. As a former Senior Manager at Amazon, he has led several FMCG categories and helped companies like Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Mars to successfully sell online. After five years at Amazon, Martin transitioned into his role as an independent consultant. His consultancy firm Consulterce works with clie…
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How to Prepare For Changing Profitability & Margin Shrink | Aisha Khan
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Aisha Khan, VP of Strategy & Insights at Momentum Commerce, has been a data-driven marketplace operator for most of the last 10 years. As an operator, Aisha has always analyzed data, but in her role at Momentum Commerce, she is now working on building technology to shorten the lead time required from pulling raw data to activating insight-driven ac…
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Salute to the late Calypsonian Black Stalin with Trini Trent Part 1
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On this episode of Black Power Talks we lift up the memory of late Calypsonian Black Stalin of Trinidad and Tobago. Black Stalin passed away in December 2022 at the age of 81. Black Stalin was a five-time winner of the Calypso Monarch competition and was donned Calypso king of the world in 1999. Still, Black Stalin was not merely a calypso singer, …
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African Internationalists take the Revolutionary discussion of Reparations into the halls of academia
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In 1982, the African People’s Socialist Party formed the African National Reparations Organization (ANRO). ANRO was the first mass organization created to forward the reparations struggle and make reparations a household topic. ANRO’s reach was wide and even garnered the support of people like Michael Jackson who signed an ANRO certificate demandin…
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DOJ and FBI place economic sanctions on the African Liberation Movement
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In this episode, we address current FBI and Department of Justice economic sanctions against African self-determination. As Black History Month 2023 drew to a close, the U.S. government and its partners in the financial sector escalated its campaign against the right of today’s Black Power Movement to freedom of speech and association. The DOJ and …
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Salute to our African Martyrs! Hands Off Uhuru!
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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we observe African Martyrs Day. At the first Congress of the African People’s Socialist Party in September 1981, APSP designated February 21 as “The Day of the African Martyr.” Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 by agents of United States repression and counterinsurgency. Amidst the historical impo…
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Black Power radio fights back against Florida censorship
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"We put these people in the same camp of what Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, is doing here with the banning of black history from education. By taking out history; by taking out the actual voice and opinions and the world view of black people from the public eye, they're trying to prevent what is even able to be communicated to our people a…
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State of Industry & Retail Media In 2023 | Rick Watson
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In this episode, Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy speaks with Rick Watson, Founder & CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting.By Sreenath Reddy
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FBI attacks Black Power leaders in St. Louis, St. Petersburg
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In the early morning hours of Friday, July 29, 2022, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), aided by local police, raided the offices and homes of members of the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida and St. Louis, Missouri, seizing computers, hard drives, phones, office equipment and files. They temporarily detained APSP Chairman Omal…
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Episode #120: The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin surveilled by COINTELPRO for 40 years; the arts are not refuge; African culture workers urged to get involved
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Just months after the FBI's brutal assault against the African People’s Socialist Party and the Uhuru Movement, a report surfaced showing that the FBI surveilled the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin for four decades. In today's program, we will turn the spotlight on some of the popular African artists who have been surveilled, harassed and targeted b…
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Episode #119: Russia releases Griner; Biden called to release Africans still in U.S. penal colonies on marijuana charges
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In this episode, we talk with Angelika Mueller-Rowry about her husband, Robert Rowry, an African man who died chained, inhumanely chained to a prison bed in 2014. This story is extremely relevant in conversation with contemporary discussions about mass imprisonment in the US. On Thursday December 8, 2022, the Women’s National Basketball Association…
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How Agencies Can Capture the Big Retail Media Opportunity | Kevin Lee
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In this episode, Intentwise's Chief Commercial Officer Alan Osetek speaks with Kevin Lee, founder of Didit and the CEO of the eMarketing Association.By Sreenath Reddy
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Episode #118: The Colonial Origins of Santa Claus
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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we learn about the colonial origins of Santa Claus, also known as Sinter Klaas or St. Nick, the patron saint of shipping. Colonial ideology purports the Christmas holiday to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus. In fact, the Christmas holiday season is centered around the obsessive pursuit and aspiration to p…
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Driving Off-Amazon Traffic to Amazon | Dakota Morse
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In this episode, Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy talks with Dakota Morse, co-founder and CEO of Alt Group, about using outside traffic to spin the Amazon flywheel.By Sreenath Reddy
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Episode #117: Free Our Brothers! Wrongfully convicted Africans fight for justice
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Today on Black Power Talks we examine the case of two wrongfully convicted African men and the organized pushback they are waging against the system that stole almost thirty years total from them. The US prison system plays a significant role in the colonial mode of production. Chairman Omali Yeshitela notes that “Massive prison building projects w…
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Episode #116: No Thanks to Colonialism! Celebrating African and Indigenous Solidarity and Anticolonial Resistance
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In this episode, we say NO THANKS TO COLONIALISM. We expose the colonial mythology of Thanksgiving as the ideological support for Manifest Destiny and European/White North American colonial-capitalist domination; namely but not only the project of settler-colonialism. We speak with two activists and educators about the long history of anticolonial …
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Reaching Multicultural Audiences to Drive Growth | Christian Martinez
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In this episode, Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy talks with Christian Martinez, president of ProfitlogiQ US & Multicultural, about multicultural audiences.By Sreenath Reddy
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Dynamic Pricing—A High Impact Lever for Amazon Private Label Brands | Chad Rubin
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In this episode, Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy speaks with Chad Rubin, founder of Profasee.By Sreenath
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The Intentwise team discusses key takeaways from Amazon Ads unBoxed 2022, held in late October in New York City.By Sreenath
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Episode #115: DOJ indicts China: African, Indigenous activists respond
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On Monday, October 24, 2022, the United States’ “Justice Department” held a press conference to accuse China of breaking U.S. laws in its efforts to challenge U.S. power on the world stage. They charged several Chinese nationals with spying on behalf of Beijing and seeking to disrupt a U.S. government investigation into the Chinese technology compa…
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Retail Media’s Next Frontier—Physical Stores | Trevor Sumner, Perch
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In this episode, Intentwise CEO Sreenath Reddy speaks with Trevor Sumner, CEO at Perch.By Sreenath
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Episode #114: Long Live Thomas Sankara, hero of Burkina Faso, ”Land of the upright people”!
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In this episode of Black Power Talks we uplift the legacy of the martyred revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, the president of Burkina Faso. Sankara was killed 35 years ago on October 15, 1987, at the age of 37. His assassins were tried and convicted in 2022. Sankara gave Burkina Faso its name, which means "land of the upright or incorruptible peo…
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Episode #113: The Woman King film review round table
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This episode features a roundtable discussion about the 2022 film “The Woman King”, starring Viola Davis. The feature length movie premiered at the Toronto Film Festival on September 9th, 2022 and opened in theaters on September 16th. Panelists explore key issues raised in the movie's plot, including: The impact of slavery and the colonial mode of …
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Episode #112: Defending the African Community! We are our own liberators!
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From Friday September 2nd through Sunday September 4th, 2022, the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement held its 30th annual convention in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme of the convention was Defending the Black Community! We Are Our Own Liberators! The theme for the 2022 InPDUM Convention had historical and immediate importance to the l…
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Episode #111: Now that you’ve seen ”The Woman King”, view the African Internationalist classic film, ”Bush Mama”
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Now that you have seen The Woman King, revisit the anti-colonial and African Internationalist film, Bush Mama. On this episode of Black Power Talks we will be presenting to you a roundtable discussion on the 1979 film Bush Mama by Haile Gerima. Bush Mama is described elsewhere as the story of Dorothy and her partner T.C. TC is a Vietnam veteran who…
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Episode #110: Covid-19, Pop Culture and the Anticolonial Turn in Africana Studies
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In this episode, we speak with Professor Layla Brown about her scholarship, the covid-19 pandemic and the way forward. Professor Brown’s work is emblematic of that anticolonial turn, or might we say anticolonial return, that has taken place in Africana Studies. This anticolonial return has been directly impacted by the spread of African Internation…
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Episode #109:The Role of Black Students and Intellectuals in the African Revolution
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On this episode of Black Power Talks, we discussed the role of the African Intellectual in the world. African students and teachers everywhere are entering into their fall semesters. Some students are beginning the end of their educational journeys and some are just getting started. On campuses, African students are organizing summits where they ta…
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Episode #108: The Revolutionary Power of Black Poetry
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In this episode, we showcase several African poets and talk about the role of poetry and culture in the African anti-colonial struggle. We know that the spoken word is powerful. If not, colonizers would not have stripped Africans of their names, their language, their traditions and their songs. The anticolonial writer from Martinique Aime Cesaire w…
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Blinken’s bleak trip to Africa and America’s doomed effort to maintain colonial control
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From August 7th through August 12th, 2022, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to South Africa, the Congo and Rwanda, to fight for continued access to the continent’s wealth in the face of growing competition from China and Russia. He also sought to win support for the U.S. condemnation of Russia and arming of Ukraine, in the f…
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FBI raids Black Power leaders in St. Louis, St. Petersburg
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In the early morning hours of Friday, July 29, 2022, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), aided by local police, raided the offices and homes of members of the Uhuru Movement in St. Petersburg, Florida and St. Louis, Missouri, seizing computers, hard drives, phones, office equipment and files. They temporarily detained APSP Chairman Omal…
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Episode #104: Black Music Month Spotlight On”Mama Africa” Miriam Makeba with Dr. Martin L. Boston
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June is Black Music Month. On this episode of Black Power Talks, we uplift Miriam Makeba. Miriam Makeba’s music played an important role in the African Revolution by building bridges across the colonial borders that divide African people. We discussed the role of Makeba's music and feature three of her songs: "Into Yam", "Pata Pata", and "Malcom X.…
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Episode #103: A Roundtable Discussion of Haile Gerima’s Bush Mama (1979)
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On this episode of Black Power Talks we will be presenting to you a roundtable discussion on the 1979 film Bush Mama by Haile Gerima. Bush Mama is described elsewhere as the story of Dorothy and her partner T.C. TC is a Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead TC is falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime …
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Episode #102: Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers: An African Internationalist Review
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Today, we are excited to examine Kendrick Lamar and his new album Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. Lamar has produced his first album in five years, following much anticipation. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers double album that engages a variety of topics that pertain to the lived experience of African people. Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers is rep…
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Episode #101: Malcolm X and Anti-colonial Struggle: The Importance of May 19
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Today on Black Power Talks we uplift and look at the importance of May 19th to the anticolonial struggle for liberation. Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm’s Birthday is an important day of political organization. Just six days before African Liberation Day, May 25th, Malcolm’s birthday is often celebrated as an importan…
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Episode #100: African Liberation Day 2022 - 50 Years of Leadership Towards African Redemption
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On this special 100th episode of Black Power Talks we uplift African Liberation Day. African Liberation Day is May 25. May 25, 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the first African Liberation Day mobilizations in the United States. May 25, 2022 also marks the 50th anniversary of the African People’s Socialist Party. As African Internationalists, we …
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Episode #99: Reparations Series Part 2 - A Profile of Queen Mother Moore w/ Prof. Tiffany Caesar
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On part two of our reparations series, we lift up a leader in the struggle for reparations to African People, Queen Mother Audley Moore. Elements of the reparation demand go back to the 19th century. Yet, in 1957, Queen Mother Moore gave the struggle an important mass character and organization when she formed the Universal Association of Ethiopian…
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