Mike Africa, Jr. is the son of Debbie Africa and Michael Africa, Sr. of the MOVE 9, released from prison nearly two years ago after they were wrongfully convicted for the death of a Philadelphia police officer in 1978 during an armed confrontation between MOVE and the PPD. “[Mike Africa,Jr.] was born to a mother accused and later convicted of third-degree murder in one of the most dramatic confrontations with law enforcement of the 1970s black liberation struggle. Not only was Debbie Africa sentenced to 30 years to life for the death of a police officer, so too was her husband, Mike Africa Sr, father to Mike Jr, who was caught up in the same confrontation and given the same punishment.”
My name is Patrick Farnsworth. I’m a long-form interviewer, occasional writer, and host of Last Born In The Wilderness, a podcast I’ve produced for the better part of five years.
