“…The struggle of black people inevitably appear in an intensely cultural form because the social formation in which their distinct political traditions are now manifest has constructed the arena of politics on ground overshadowed by centuries of metropolitan capitalist development, thereby denying them recognition as legitimate politics. Blacks conduct a class struggle in and through race. The BC of race and class cannot be empirically separated, the class character of black struggles is not a result of the fact that blacks are predominantly proletarian, thought this is true…”- (Frank Talk Staff Writers in ‘Azania Salutes Tosh’ – circa 1981)
front cover:
Tosh by Steve Gordon
back cover:
Kippie by Basil Breakey
Chimurenga 08: We're All Nigerian! (December 2005)
An exploration of a love-hate, admiration-envy, awe-disappointment relationship with “Nigerianess”. Features the “last interview” with Fela Anikulapo Kuti, and new writing and art by Olu Oguibe, Chimamanda Adichie, Akin Adesokan, Achal Prabhala, Sefi Atta, Odia Ofeimun, Ishtiyaq Shukri, Ike Okonta, and many others.
