Omali Yeshitela

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Omali Yeshitela
Yeshitela in 2023
Born	Joseph Waller (1941-10-09) October 9, 1941 (age 82) St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Political party	African People's Socialist Party
Spouse	Ona Zené Yeshitela
Website	apspuhuru.org

Omali Yeshitela (born Joseph Waller on October 9, 1941) is an American political activist and author. He is a co-founder and current chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (formed in 1972) which leads the Uhuru Movement.

Yeshitela, whom the United States government had accused of operating as an illegal agent of the Russian government,^[1] is credited with popularizing the demand for reparations to African people in the U.S. and worldwide,^{[according to whom?]} having served as the People's Advocate at the First International Tribunal on Reparations to Black People in the U.S., held in Brooklyn, NY in 1982.^[2]