Delbert Africa

Join the MOVE Family on the 36th Anniversary of the MOVE Bombing

Join original MOVE members, African Dance and Drum Ensemble, and many others this Sat., May 15, 2021.

2021-05-15-MOVE-program Download

Sat., May 15, 2021,
12 noon – 4 pm,
Cobbs Creek Recreation Center,
280 Cobbs Creek Pkwy,
Philly, PA 19139 – See map/directions

• Free food giveaway
• Panel discussion with NBA Star Stephen Jackson

Say their names. The bombing of the MOVE compound killed six adults and five children and destroyed more than sixty homes, leaving more than 250 Philadelphians homeless. Only 13-year-old Birdie Africa (1971-2013), who later took back his given name of Michael Ward, and Ramona Africa (b. c.1955) survived the confrontation. Those killed included children Katricia Dotson (Tree), Netta, Delitia, Phil, and Tomasa Africa and adults Rhonda, Teresa, Frank, CP, Conrad, and John Africa (1931-85).

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Delbert Africa Passes Mon., June 15, 2020

Delbert Africa & daughter, Yvonne Orr-El (Tribune Photo/Abdul R. Sulayman)

Delbert Africa passed away last night on Monday, June 15, 2020. He was at home with his family around him. Delbert Africa was an early counterpart 42 years before George Floyd. Besides his original, brutal attack by Philadelphia police, Delbert was deliberately killed, methodically assassinated, by officials at the State Correctional Institution – Dallas as part of the government’s plan to get rid of all MOVE men they could get their hands on.

Delbert was receiving care for cancer at the end of his prison sentence at the local hospital. There the doctors and nurses said the prison provided a lot of wrong treatments on Delbert and they couldn’t even understand why the prison did what the doctor and staff did. But, MOVE knows, and Delbert’s supporters know why–it’s murder by prison officials. The same fate that Phil Africa and Merle Africa suffered. The same fate that is occurring to Black men and women all over America by brutal, racist police, and the system they serve.

The MOVE Family
Long Live John Africa Forever!

MOVE member Delbert Africa speaks at a press conference after parole from prison.

Mumia Abu-Jamal Remembers Delbert Africa

MOVE Organization Press Conference on Murder of Delbert Africa

Delbert Africa, Warrior for the people!

By Betsey Piette posted on June 17, 2020, Workers World Newspaper

Special WURD Broadcast Weds., May 13, to Commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the MOVE Bombing.

MOVE members will speak.

WURD can be heard on 900AM, 96.1FM, or https://wurdradio.com. The day will be structured within a historical and chronological context, placing guests in the order in which they appear in the MOVE narrative. Read more.

10am – 11pm:
In the beginning, there was John Africa.

11am – 12pm:
DELBERT AFRICA
JANINE AFRICA
EDDIE AFRICA
JANET AFRICA

1pm – 2pm:
PAM AFRICA
CARLOS AFRICA

3pm – 4pm:
CONSUEWELLA AFRICA
RAMONA AFRICA

5pm – 7pm:
Interviews with a wide array of stakeholders who were directly involved. Archival audio, live interviews and video.

The day of programming is sponsored by Resolve Reporting Collaborative. Read more.

Join the MOVE 9. Remember the 35th Anniversary of the MOVE Bombing.

Program with MOVE members and Philadelphia guest speakers.

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EVENT POSTPONED: Welcome Delbert Africa & MOVE 9 to NYC!

3-10-2020: EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

Sat., March 14, 2020 • 5-8 pm
Holyrood Episcopal Church,
715 W. 179 St., NYC

take A train to 181 St. – see map/directions
For more info contact: 347-641-2773 & 617-388-5445 &
https://www.facebook.com/events/holyrood-episcopal-church-iglesia-santa-cruz/a-peoples-victory-celebration-of-the-release-of-the-move-9/191258728630876/

Delbert Africa Free on Parole!

Delbert Africa of the MOVE organization was freed from prison after 42 years on Saturday! In a joyful scene, he was reunited with daughter, Yvonne, and MOVE family on Sat., January 18, 2020. He is 73 years old and just spent 4 decades in harsh Pennsylvania prisons.

From Yvonne, Delbert’s daughter

My father, Delbert Orr Africa, was a political prisoner from the MOVE Organization that has been incarcerated for 41 years finally got paroled on Saturday, January 18th, but I have to have some major things in place in order to ensure he’s re-acclimated (e.g. health insurance, housing, etc). I would greatly appreciate your financial support by donating to my GoFundMe campaign for my father.

Free Delbert Africa

ONA MOVE

Delbert Orr Africa #AM4985 was 32 years old when he was wrongfully imprisoned along with 8 other men & women. His “crime” was being a part of an organization against corrupt government, racism and the degradation of our people. He is now 73 years old, having served nearly 42 years for a crime none of them committed. He has been eligible for parole since 2008 but has continually been denied because of his political views.

Del has 8 codefendants. Two died in prison (Phil Africa and his wife, Merle), and five have been released from prison onto parole just between Fall 2018 and Spring 2019. It’s past the time that Delbert should be coming home from prison. Just like others from the MOVE 9 are thriving, so should Delbert Orr Africa have the same opportunity.

Our community has supported those who came home to excel and we are committed to doing the same for Del so that he can excel as well. From having one of his daughters murdered during the bombing of MOVE Headquarters by the government to having his eldest daughter battling breast cancer, it’s overdue for him to be with his family.

Delbert Africa, famous for surviving extremely vicious Philly police assault.

Children of the MOVE family remember MOVE 9 during dedication of new marker

During the dedication of the new marker on Saturday, June 24, 2017, children of the MOVE family stand silently with photos of MOVE members who have been incarcerated for 38 years. Photograph by Ed Hille, Staff Photographer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.

A historical marker was unveiled during a ceremony this afternoon at Osage Avenue and Cobbs Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, where the Move activist community lived until they along with neighbors were bombed in 1985.

The marker is the result of two years’ worth of work by students at the Jubilee School.

Save the Date: MOVE Art Exhibit and Commemoration

Saturday, August 5, 2017,

2 – 4 pm: MOVE Art Exhibit – With The Art of Sophia Dawson
$20 – Fundraiser

5 – 8 pm: Program – 39 Years Too Long: Free The Move 9
Free
Featuring:
Ramona Africa (Move Org), Pam Africa (ICFFMAJ), Lawrence Hamm (POP), Suzanne Ross (Free Mumia Coalition), James McIntosh (CEMOTAP), Inez Barron (NYC Councilperson) & Charles Barron (NYS Assemblyperson), and more to be added

House of The Lord Church
415 Atlantic Avenue (bet. Bond & Nevins Sts.) – see map
Brooklyn, NY

For more info: (215) 386-1165 & onamovellja@aol.com

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