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1
Maria A. Sanchez, "Deference and Divergence in ...
48 min
2
Lauren M. MacLean, "Negotiating Power and Inequ...
75 min
3
Jessica Ann Levy, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate...
61 min
4
Selina Nwulu, "Black Climates: Notes on Race, O...
45 min
5
Sandra E. Greene, “Slave Owners of West Africa:...
In today’s podcast we talked to Dr. Sandra Greene about her book Slave Owners of West Africa. Decision Making in the Age of Abolition published in 2017 by Indiana University Press. In this book Dr. Greene presents us with the biographies of three indiv...
39 min
6
Alice Wiemers, "Village Work: Development and R...
An interview with Alice Wiemers
52 min
7
Why Senegal’s Democracy Survived
40 min
8
Wendy Wolford, "The Plantation Ideal: Landscape...
63 min
9
Carl Death, "African Climate Futures" (Oxford U...
58 min
10
Nadine Gordimer: “Living in South Africa’s Inte...
65 min
11
Claire Nicolas, "Une si longue course: Sport, g...
53 min
12
Florian Wagner, "Colonial Internationalism and ...
An interview with Florian Wagner
54 min
13
Peer Schouten, "Roadblock Politics: The Origins...
An interview with Peer Schouten
50 min
14
Todd Cleveland, "Africa and the Olympics: Winni...
33 min
15
Leslie James, "The Moving Word: How the West Af...
51 min
16
Itohan I. Osayimwese, "Africa's Buildings: Arch...
75 min
17
Nathan Munier, "Zimbabwe's Diamond Trade: The S...
33 min
18
Brahim El Guabli, "Desert Imaginations: A Histo...
46 min
19
Iain Jackson et. al., "Architecture, Empire, an...
37 min
20
Toby Green, "The Heretic of Cacheu: Crispina Pe...
41 min
21
Alaina M. Morgan, "Atlantic Crescent: Building ...
67 min
22
Noam Sienna, "Jewish Books in North Africa: Bet...
58 min
23
Jeffrey Ahlman, "Ghana: A Political and Social ...
An interview with Jeffrey Ahlman
38 min
24
Charles G. Thomas, "Ujamaa's Army: The Creation...
54 min
25
Lesley Nicole Braun, "Congo's Dancers: Women an...
An interview with Lesley Nicole Braun
44 min