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The Colonizer and the Colonized (1957)
Published in 1957, this book is authored by a Tunisian living under French colonial rule. Albert Memmi’s wrote as European colonization was falling. It provides broader insight into oppressor-oppressed relationships: On the system: “Racism appears then, not as an incidental detail, but as a consubstantial part of colonialism. It is the highest expression of the colonial system […]
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Foreign Intervention in Africa – The Cold War
Elizabeth Schmidt is a professor of history at Loyola University. The following thought provoking quotes are taken from her 2013 book “Foreign Intervention in Africa: From the Cold War to the War on Terror.” The context: “For many outsiders, the word Africa conjures up images of a continent in crisis, riddled with war and corruption, […]
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Logan Cochrane
Logan is a Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last twenty years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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