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Society & Culture
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M’hamed Oualdi, "A Slave between Empires: A Tra...
Oualdi explores the life and afterlife of one figure, the manumitted slave and Tunisian dignitary Husayn Ibn ‘Abdallah...
38 min
77
Renay Richardson and Arisa Loomba, "Human Resou...
61 min
78
John Nott, "Between Feast Famine: Food, Health,...
99 min
79
Alpha Nkuranga, "Born to Walk: My Journey of Tr...
39 min
80
Judith Scheele, "Shifting Sands: A Human Histo...
An interview with Judith Scheele
62 min
81
Brent Z. Kaup and Kelly F. Austin, "The Pathoge...
47 min
82
Tochi Onyebuchi, "Harmattan Season: A Novel" (T...
28 min
83
Ioana Emy Matesan, "The Violence Pendulum: Tact...
37 min
84
Emmanuel Akyeampong, "Independent Africa: The F...
77 min
85
Candace Lukasik, "Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic ...
47 min
86
Ulf Laessing, "Understanding Libya Since Gaddaf...
61 min
87
Jenn Hobbs, "Bodily Fluids, Fluid Bodies and In...
56 min
88
Sarah Nagaty, "The Collective Dream: Egyptians ...
32 min
89
Andrew Smith, "First People: The Lost History o...
70 min
90
Jonas Elbousty and Roger Allen, "Reading Mohame...
60 min
91
Jody Benjamin, "The Texture of Change: Dress, S...
An interview with Jody Benjamin
69 min
92
William Jennings, "Dibia's World: Life on an Ea...
An interview with William Jennings
47 min
93
Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré, "Spain’s African Colonial...
An interview with Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré
53 min
94
Aaron Robertson, "The Black Utopians: Searching...
An interview with Aaron Robertson
49 min
95
Lorna Gibb, "Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories o...
An interview with Lorna Gibb
38 min
96
Eleanor Paynter, "Emergency in Transit: Witness...
An interview with Eleanor Paynter
48 min
97
Las G. Newman, "To Die in Africa’s Dust: West I...
An interview with Las G. Newman
83 min
98
Bianca Murillo, "Market Encounters: Consumer Cu...
An interview with Bianca Murillo
67 min
99
Chitra Nagarajan, "The World Was in Our Hands: ...
An interview with Chitra Nagarajan
69 min
100
Mingwei Huang, "Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism...
An interview with Mingwei Huang
57 min