Anarchism and Revolutionary Syndicalism in Africa

The individual country notes here reflect the extreme difficult of ordinary Africans to communicate with the rest of the world due to dictatorships, poverty and poor access to telecommunications. Many led to more questions then they answer. Subscribe to anarchy_africa for future news.

Nigeria Awareness League Holding aloft the banner of struggle - Report from the Awareness League, may 2001 Radio Station Set Up by Nigerian Awareness League A US anarchist reports on Nigeria Lagos the great Nigeria, bubblin' Uganda In early September 2000 a post was sent to ainfos claiming credit for an armed attack by anarchists on a police station in Uganda. Subsequent posts and replies showed this story was more complex then initially suggested. Below we archive the original posts and replies. Emails from Anarchist Democratic Forces (ADF) of Uganda Irish anarchist on the 'Uganda Anarchist Democratic Forces (UADF)' There are more communiques and discussion with a delegate of the ADF in the anarchy_africa archive

South Africa Bikisha Media Collective Zabalaza Books Zabalaza Magazine - A joint Bikisha / Zabalaza publication Issue 1, April 2001 Workers Solidarity Federation (dissolved) Articles in Zulu Predecessors of the WSF Anarchist Revolutionary Movement Unrest Magazine Freedom magazine Revolt - anarchist paper from 1992 Documents Organised by subjects Anarchist voices from South Africa South African Anarchist history

Featured Articles: South African Anarchists Against the World Conference Against Racism South African Anarchist statement on the WTC attacks South African Anarchist analysis of the Anti-globalisation movement

Sierra Leone The Industrial Workers of the World (dissolved?) Lebanon Al Badil al Taharouri Egypt Arabic texts in the social sciences from the libertarian (radical left wing) view. We are Egyptian writers and researchers participating in the libertarian radical left wing. That site includes some of our writings in Arabic http://home.talkcity.com/terminus/rouia or http://www.geocities.com/sameh562001

Morocco There is a group active in the trade unions there but for the moment no additional details are available. Zaire/Democratic Republic of Congo The Australian anarcho-syndicalist magazine Organise reports that the XX1 IWA congress in December 2000 was told an organisation was emerging there. More details appreciated.

Algeria The CNT-F have contacts in Algeria Also see the Freedom Press African index Somalia Is the instability of Somalia due to the weakness of the state?

African Anarchism: The history of a movement (Awareness League - Nigeria) Reviews: [Workers Solidarity Magazine(ireland)]  [Black Flag (UK)]

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African anarchist mailing list

To help encourage the growth of the anarchist movement in Africa Revolt is sponsoring an African Anarchism mailing list.

Reading by Paraffin: Cracks in the Zimbabwean Mirror

Article from April 2000 explaining the background to the Zimbabwean land crisis

Review: African Anarchism: The history of a movement

This book is written by two members of the Awareness League, a 1000-strong anarcho-syndicalist organisation in Nigeria

"Fight for Africa, which you deserve" The Industrial Workers of Africa in South Africa, 1917-1921

A historical look at early revolutionary syndicalist unions in South Africa.

Solidarity projects

• Kenyan anarchist literature project

• LIBERTARIANS, THE LEFT AND THE MIDDLE EAST
• A Home page for East Mediterranean Libertarians

Personal accounts

• An Irish anarchist in Africa
  a travel diary from an Irish anarchist travelling through Africa during 2000 and a number of articles written afterwards