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January 22, 2026 by California Prison Focus

January 15, 2026 by California Prison Focus

We pay tribute to Our New Afrikan Comrade and Brotha Kala Sangu Kambon, who joined the Ancestors January 3, 2026. We maintain a continuum of life, liberation and self-determination through remembrance, acknowledgment and honor. Rest in Power Beloved Comrade. You live on in Us! Ubuntu! (i am We) Kan’t stop, Won’t stop Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Africa! Free Palestine!

We start the new year going deep into the necessity to Know Thyself as a basis for revolutionary action. Understanding that the struggle starts from within and informs all the decisions we make and actions we take. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop Liberate Our Elders All Power to the People! Free Africa! Free Palestine!

This week, We take time to remember why we do what we do here on Prison Focus Radio. We ground down into the importance of illuminating the voices, experience and wisdom of California’s New Afrikan Political Prisoners, current, former and ancestral. We Remember as resistance to the state’s erasure of Ourstory by hearing from unapologetic New Afrikan Revolutionaries who continue to assert their full humanity, speak truth and love up on the People – all oppressed People. Without their contribution, Ourstory is distorted and incomplete, and we risk disrespecting Our Elders who have paid a far too costly price for standing on Principal and refusing to bend their knee to the oppressor, all for Our benefit. Raise your consciousness above the fray and stand in solidarity with the People. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!

This week we take you on a ride making three stops to hear the voices of the press conference spotlighting the civil suit brought by New Afrikan Artivist Minister King against CDCr and the state of California for violating his First Amendment rights and he’s challenging the merits of Penal Code 4571; next we’ll hear an excerpt of a conversation between New Afrikan Political Prisoner Brotha LP and Educator Activist Ida McCray revealing a “master class” in the development of a traitor by Brotha LP; and lastly we’ll hear an excerpt of a conversation with Queen Makini Iyapo on her journey to healing from the loss of her husband Yafeu Iyapo who died in an outside prison hospital after 50 years of captivity. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!

We hear Part 2 the report back from Brotha Di’Ke about the Come in Unity event and what transpired between inside organizers and creators and the prison officials- more shenanigans! And we’ll hear how Brotha Di’Ke is in full Kan’t stop, Won’t stop mode. You don’t want to miss this one! Liberate Our Elders! Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People! Free Africa! Free Palestine!

Today we hear Part 1 of New Afrikan Brotha Di’Ke’s transformation from criminal thinking to revolutionary action. Sixteen years in on a 40 to life sentence, this young Brotha is a powerhouse of inspiration, motivation and purpose… His story is both a reflection and a manifestation of the recent historical activities of our New Afrikan Freedom Fighters and Political Prisoners. Let’s get them home! Liberate our Elders! Kan’t stop, Won’t stop!

We continue to tell our New Afrikan Ourstory from the streets of Oakland, from the calling of the names of our ancestors and bringing her forward to inspire the moment into remembrance of all our people have endured and from which we build our resilience and Unity. We continue to read “Assata, an autobiography,” we hear commentary and gain knowledge about Sandra “Red” Pratt, more than the wife of Geronomo Ji Jaga Pratt, and Brotha Balagoon shares his ode to Assata piece. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!

We continue to hear the voices of local Oaklanders benefitting from the weekly food giveaway organized by a powerful collaboration of local, Black-lead organizations, including Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back founded By Richard “Razor” Johnson, who spent 26 years in captivity and subjected to years of solitary confinement meant to break his revolutionary spirit because of his political activities. We pay special tribute to Kevin Bonewell who recently joined the ancestors, by Brotha Balagoon who reminds us of the significance and foundation set by this New Afrikan freedom fighter. We also take note of multiple, ongoing news and resources regarding New Afrikan/Black folk here and throughout the diaspora to support, utilize and/or take action on. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!

We continue to acknowledge and highlight the powerful work our New Afrikan brothas are doing to love up on the people with the voices of the People. After spending decades in captivity and subjected to decades of solitary confinement by the state in order to break their revolutionary minds, spirits and Unity, they’ve come home and together with other local orgs in Oakland to give back to the People – out of love and redemption, and during a wake up call to how desperately we need each other and to remember our ancestral way of reciprocity. Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!

October 23, 2025 by California Prison Focus

October 16, 2025 by California Prison Focus

This week we spend much of the hour with our Sis Queen Makini, who survives the passing of her husband, Yafeu Iyapo who after receiving a date to come home after 50 years of captivity dies in a prison hospital after an unsuccessful, questionable brain surgery. We get into the ramifications of long-term imprisonment, decades of solitary confinement and the legacy Yafeu leaves behind as part of the Black Liberation Struggle in California’s prisons. Please consider helping our Sista retrieve her late husband’s property from CDCr by visiting the GoFundMe page Yafeu Iyapo… *We are in our Fall Fund Drive! Please donate to your independent, listener supported radio station, KPOO! Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!

REST IN POWER BELOVED ASSATA SHAKUR This week we are in conversation with Sis Jay Rene, Black Enthusiast, community journalist and Co-founder of Prison Riot Radio along with her husband Kwame Teague, unjustly held captive going on 32 years. We’ll get an update on his case and how we can support… *We are in our Fall Fund Drive! Please donate to your independent, listener supported radio station, KPOO! Kan’t stop, Won’t stop All Power to the People Liberate Our Elders Free Africa! Free Palestine!