About Bekeh Utietiang

Bekeh Ukelina is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center of Gender and Intercultural Studies at State University of New York, Cortland. Twitter: @bekeh/ Instagram @mwalimuwakusafiri/

NBN Episodes hosted by Bekeh:

Nilanjana Paul, "Bengal Muslims and Colonial Education, 1854–1947: A Study of Curriculum, Educational Institutions, and Communal Politics" (Routledge, 2022)

July 5, 2022

Bengal Muslims and Colonial Education, 1854–1947

Nilanjana Paul
Hosted by Bekeh Utietiang

In this episode, Dr. Nilanjana Paul of the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley speaks about her new monograph, Bengal Muslims and Colonial Educati…

Luke Messac, "No More to Spend: Neglect and the Construction of Scarcity in Malawi's History of Health Care" (Oxford UP, 2020)

July 16, 2020

No More to Spend

Luke Messac
Hosted by Bekeh Utietiang

Dismal spending on government health services is often considered a necessary consequence of a low per-capita GDP, but are poor patients in poor count…

Hennie van Vuuren, "Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit" (Hurst, 2019)

April 10, 2019

Apartheid Guns and Money

Hennie van Vuuren
Hosted by Bekeh Utietiang

In his new book, Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit (Hurst, 2019), Hennie van Vuuren examines the final decades of the apartheid regime in Sou…

Kate Skinner, "The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland: Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914-2014" (Cambridge UP, 2015)

May 15, 2018

The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland

Kate Skinner
Hosted by Bekeh Utietiang

In her book, The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland: Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914-2014 (Cambridge University Press, 2015), Kate Ski…

Nic Cheeseman, "Institutions and Democracy in Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

March 12, 2018

Institutions and Democracy in Africa

Nic Cheeseman, ed.
Hosted by Bekeh Utietiang

In Institutions and Democracy in Africa: How the Rules of the Game Shape Political Developments (Cambridge University Press, 2018), the contributors c…

Bonny Ibhawoh, "Human Rights in Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

March 2, 2018

Human Rights in Africa

Bonny Ibhawoh
Hosted by Bekeh Utietiang

In his new book, Human Rights in Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Bonny Ibhawoh examines the discourse of human rights in Africa. He challen…

Kim Yi Dionne, "Doomed Interventions: The Failure of Global Responses to AIDS in Africa" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

February 6, 2018

Doomed Interventions

Kim Yi Dionne
Hosted by Bekeh Utietiang

AIDS is one of the primary causes of death in Africa. Of the more than 24 million Africans infected with HIV, only about 54% have access to the treatm…