Tag: Food Sovereignty

Necessary Blackness Ep:141 – The Fight For Food Sovereignty

Our guest Omowale Afrika will talk about the need for food sovereignty and why this is of paramount concern and how you can join the movement. We also discussed the divide in the 60’s and 70’s between the Civil Rights Movement & The Freedom Fighters. He also discuss the importance of Baba Hannibal Afrik’s work and why it must be introduced to the current generation and to involve them in the fight.

In 1911, Black owned 16 million acres of land, as of 2017, we lost 90% which leaves us with 4.5 million acres. That represents 1/2 of 1% of all the available farm land in the country. By May off 2022, the value of land Blacks lost is $326 Billion.

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