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Nana Osei-Opare, "Socialist De-Colony: Black an...
44 min
27
Craig Perry, "Slavery and the Jews of Medieval...
49 min
28
Maria A. Sanchez, "Deference and Divergence in ...
48 min
29
Lauren M. MacLean, "Negotiating Power and Inequ...
75 min
30
Jessica Ann Levy, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate...
61 min
31
Selina Nwulu, "Black Climates: Notes on Race, O...
45 min
32
Alice Wiemers, "Village Work: Development and R...
An interview with Alice Wiemers
52 min
33
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
34
Why Senegal’s Democracy Survived
40 min
35
Wendy Wolford, "The Plantation Ideal: Landscape...
63 min
36
Carl Death, "African Climate Futures" (Oxford U...
58 min
37
Nadine Gordimer: “Living in South Africa’s Inte...
65 min
38
Claire Nicolas, "Une si longue course: Sport, g...
53 min
39
Florian Wagner, "Colonial Internationalism and ...
An interview with Florian Wagner
54 min
40
Peer Schouten, "Roadblock Politics: The Origins...
An interview with Peer Schouten
50 min
41
Todd Cleveland, "Africa and the Olympics: Winni...
33 min
42
Leslie James, "The Moving Word: How the West Af...
51 min
43
Itohan I. Osayimwese, "Africa's Buildings: Arch...
75 min
44
Nathan Munier, "Zimbabwe's Diamond Trade: The S...
33 min
45
Iain Jackson et. al., "Architecture, Empire, an...
37 min
46
Brahim El Guabli, "Desert Imaginations: A Histo...
46 min
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Toby Green, "The Heretic of Cacheu: Crispina Pe...
41 min
48
Alaina M. Morgan, "Atlantic Crescent: Building ...
67 min
49
Noam Sienna, "Jewish Books in North Africa: Bet...
58 min
50
Jeffrey Ahlman, "Ghana: A Political and Social ...
An interview with Jeffrey Ahlman
38 min