The Rebirth of the African Phoenix Book Launch with author Roger McKenzie
Manifesto Press is proud to announce the launch of The Rebirth of the African Phoenix - A View from Babylon by Roger McKenzie on Friday 2nd May at the Scottish Trades Union Congress.
About The Rebirth of the African Phoenix Book Launch with author Roger McKenzie
McKenzie will be joined by his Morning Star colleague Keith Stoddart and Elaine McFarland, Professor Emeritus of history at Glasgow Caledonian University.
The Rebirth of the African Phoenix is the first book in a new trilogy, arguing that Africa will be pivotal to the building of a new multilateral world. This book full of optimism sets out some of the fundamental challenges that Africa and Africans across the diaspora must tackle. It addresses critical questions for the working-class movement and progressives in the developed capitalist countries that go beyond expressions of sympathy or even acts of charitable giving.
Roger’s deep knowledge and commitment to Africa and a lifetime of anti Racism and trade union solidarity makes him well placed to write this historical and future analysis. — Jeremy Corbyn MP for Islington North
Roger McKenzie powerfully reminds us that Africa and its people are not just central to our past but essential to our collective future. This timely work challenges us to confront the legacies of colonialism, inequality, and division, and calls for a new multilateralism rooted in justice, solidarity, and self-determination. McKenzie’s vision is clear: a reborn Africa will be the heart of a fairer, freer world. A must-read for all who believe in true global liberation.
— Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan Reparations.
You can pre-order a copy at www.manifestopress.coop
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