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Alden Young, “Transforming Sudan: Decolonization, Economic Development, and State Formation” (Cambridge UP, 2017)
Alden Young
Transforming Sudan
Decolonization, Economic Development, and State Formation
Cambridge University Press, 2017

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in EconomicsNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 29, 2018 Nadirah Mansour

Telling the story of a former colony post-independence is tricky, no matter if it’s a colony in Latin America, the Middle East or East Asia. Where does the idea of the ’nation’ slot in? Does it exist independent of colonialism?… Read More
Jeffrey Ahlman, “Living with Nkrumahism: Nation, State, and Pan-Africanism in Ghana” (Ohio University Press, 2017).
Jeffrey Ahlman
Living with Nkrumahism
Nation, State, and Pan-Africanism in Ghana
Ohio University Press, 2017

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network May 23, 2018 Esperanza Brizuela-Garcia

In 1957 Ghana achieved its independence from Great Britain under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah. In Living with Nkrumahism: Nation, State, and Pan-Africanism in Ghana (Ohio University Press, 2017), Jeffrey Ahlman uses a wide range of archival and print sources… Read More
Kate Skinner, “The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland: Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914-2014” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
Kate Skinner
The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland
Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914-2014
Cambridge University Press, 2015

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 15, 2018 Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina

In her book, The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland: Literacy, Politics and Nationalism, 1914-2014 (Cambridge University Press, 2015), Kate Skinner examines the history behind the failed project that sought the reunification of Togoland. At the end of the nineteenth… Read More
Nancy Mitchell, “Jimmy Carter in Africa: Race and the Cold War” (Stanford UP, 2016)
Nancy Mitchell
Jimmy Carter in Africa
Race and the Cold War
Stanford University Press, 2016

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in African StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 9, 2018 Jacob Ivey

Today we talked with Nancy Mitchell about her book Jimmy Carter in Africa: Race and the Cold War, published by Stanford University Press in 2016 as part of the Cold War International History Project Series. Drawn from extensive archival… Read More
John Nathaniel Clarke, “British Media and the Rwandan Genocide” (Routledge Press, 2018)
John Nathaniel Clarke
British Media and the Rwandan Genocide

Routledge, 2018

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in British StudiesNew Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Genocide StudiesNew Books in JournalismNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 4, 2018 Kelly McFall

It seems safe to assume that media coverage changes the behavior of politicians and voters.  And it seems safe to assume this happens in cases of humanitarian crisis. But it’s really hard to go beyond these platitudes to determine exactly… Read More

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