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ANARCHIST RESOURCES IN AFRICA

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Anarchist resources in Africa

African anarchist history

"... nothing comes out of nothing. Every achievement requires continual effort and sacrifice. Anarchism needs to find unity of will and unity of action to define its historical role  properly."

Piotr Arshinov, 1923, History of the Makhnovist Movement, 1918-1921

     There were were movements aligned to, or influenced by anarchism in north Africa and parts of southern Africa - especially South Africa- in the early twentieth-century. You can find out more about them at our African anarchist history section.

Web pages:

     Today, there are anarchists active in Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and other African countries. Here are some resources to help you find out more:

	Zabalaza Books, South Africa
	The anarchism and revolutionary syndicalism in Africa web page
	The Kenyan anarchist book project
	Interview with Sam Mbah of the Awareness League in Nigeria, and co-author of the book African Anarchism
	Anarchism and Egypt: comrades produce a review in Arabic, which is online here.

The African anarchist e-mail list:

     We also strongly encourage you to join the African anarchist e-mail list: there are over 150 subscribers from around the continent and elsewhere.  Click here for details. No racists or nationalists please.

Other anarchist resources on the net:

     Anarchism has an enormous presence on the internet. Classical anarchist books are online, as well as magazines, resource pages and e-mail lists. Here are some sites to get you started:

	The Anarchist FAQ page: everything you need to know about anarchism
	The Revolt collection: 2,800 pages of anarchist revolution.
	The A-Infos news Service: news by, for and about anarchists
	The Workers Solidarity Movement in Ireland's excellent website

The Organise list

     If you are interested in revolutionary anarchism, you are strongly encouraged to   subscribe to the "Organise" e-mail discussion list. Details may be found here.

     As of Nov 2000 there were over 330 anarchists on Organise from countries that included Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Columbia, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Costa Rica, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Zambia, Denmark, Puerto Rica and Iceland.

 Go to African anarchist history

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