Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, featured on Russia Today satellite television news. Azikiwe is a frequent commentator and analyst on various media outlets internationally., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Geopolitical Analyst Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya on Africa
A few weeks ago I came across this radio interview of Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya about Israel's relations with Africa. In the interview he moves beyond the relations between that country and the African continent and talks about so much more concerning Africa. Some of his views may be controversial perhaps even politically incorrect for some, but he presents fascinating information which is from my very limited studies and observations truthful .
I am always excited to see anything about geopolitics by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya. He is a Canadian of Iranian descent who is a sociologist, geopolitical analyst, and writer.
He first came to my attention in 2011 during the Libya War when he would appear on Russia Today network explaining the situation.
He was one of only a handful of independent journalists who aided in balancing out the perspective of what was happening in Libya unlike the mainstream majority who were cruising around with the wild rebels or just completely ignoring reality and giving reports that suited the agenda of their governments, the Western media, and NATO.
He was based in Tripoli at the famous Rixos Hotel where the spokesman for the defunct Jamahiriya government gave news conferences concerning the war's onslaught.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya was there during the fall of the government and take over by NATO's NTC factions and militants. He escaped the country by the skin of his teeth following the fall of Tripoli.
He was unafraid to report on all the ugliness and tragedy going on during those heady and terrible months, but in some of his Russia Today reports he was clearly afraid for his life, nevertheless still trying to counter all the naked propaganda which news networks like Al Jazeera and CNN were spitting out.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya and Detroit based Abayomi Azikiwe the editor of Pan-African News Wire are two of my favorites of independent journalism and analysis.
Both leave aside the emotional rants of some (those I do like too I admit because I have my times when I enjoy ranting) and are professional and calm in their explanations of geopolitical situations. It is also obvious that they are both well read and know and understand the histories and cultures of the regions they discuss.
I see Abayomi Azikiwe's work regularly online. I am honored that he is one of my Facebook friends. Nazemroaya's I see less frequently. However, I keep a regular eye out for his work.
Both Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya and Abayomi Azikiwe contributed essays to Cynthia McKinney's book The Illegal War on Libya which I read last year.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is a researcher at the Centre for Research on Globalization in Canada. Articles by him can be found on the center's website here. Articles written by him can also be found at the online journal Strategic Culture Foundation. Sometimes Strategic Culture's website is slow to download, so be patient.
Recently I purchased this book by him which was published late last year. Apparently he is also coming out with a book about the Libyan War, AFRICOM , and the re-colonization of Africa sometime in the future.
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