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As seen in: The Conversation, Scroll.in, The Wire (India), Aeon, WTKR-TV (Norfolk, VA), +972 Magazine, World Politics Review, Africa Is a Country, New Lines Magazine, Engelsberg Ideas and
Historian-in-public with a focus on African anti-colonialism and the global media. Editorial fellow @HistoryWO, freelance everywhere else!

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With Morocco normalization, Israel revives a dangerous Africa policy

With Morocco normalization, Israel revives a dangerous Africa policy

Unable to reconcile its public diplomacy with colonialism at home, Israel has returned to courting key Africa…

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A tale of two reviews

A tale of two reviews

In the 1960s, two African nationalist magazines shared a name-but declassified files reveal that they were on…

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Radio Cairo and Egypt's Battle for East Africa

Radio Cairo and Egypt's Battle for East Africa

The country's new broadcasts in Somali and Swahili draw on a rich revolutionary heritage - but also a subvers…

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Tanzania and China's Upgraded Relations Aren't as Solid as They Seem

Tanzania and China's Upgraded Relations Aren't as Solid as They Seem

Despite Hassan's recent overtures to Xi in Beijing, domestic politics will complicate Tanzania-China relation…

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Articles

Bandung and the birth of non-alignment

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By Alex White
| Engelsberg Ideas
In the highlands of Central Java, around 90 miles from the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, lies the sprawling city of Bandung. Surrounded by the lush Parahyangan Mountains, the city has long been popular as a hilltop resort. In the colonial period, its cool temperatures and picturesque views made it a favourite of Dutch officials hoping to escape the island’s relentless heat. In April 1955, however, the city transformed into a different kind of retreat.
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Al-I’tisaam, Al-Shabaab, and the grammar of Somali Islamism

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By Alex White, Adan Muse Jibril
| Geeska-چيسكا
To engage seriously with contemporary Somali Islamism and its ideological foundations — particularly as it shapes Somali discourse and, by extension, the broader global counterterrorism narrative — one must situate it within the wider context of Islamist movements. Any rigorous analysis of this phenomenon must therefore account for key actors such as Al-I’tisaam bil-Kitab Wa-Sunna (Al-I’tisaam) and “Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen,” both of which share genealogical roots in Jihadi Salafism.
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U.S. Secretary of State condemns RSF, urges end to external support in Sudan

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By Alex White, Ahmed Mohamed
| Geeska-چيسكا
The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has commented on the worsening situation in Sudan, where the conflict has intensified since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took control of El Fasher and pushed their offensive deeper into territories held by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
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