Listen to our interview with Siba Grovogui about race and racism in international relations, in French! In this week’s news wrap, Kim and Rachel talk about Zambia’s COVID response, a crisis in Ethiopia, and the passing of Jerry Rawlings.
We also announce our Ufahamu Africa essay competition. Submit a one-page essay reflecting on a topic of your choice within the broad scope of life and politics in African politics to win some podcast swag or a chance to read your essay on a future episode.
Books, Links, & Articles
Beyond Eurocentrism: Memories of International Order and Institutions by Siba Grovogui
Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: Rebellion and its Discontents by Michael Woldemariam
Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa by Jeffrey Paller
Francis Bacon: The New Organon
“Come to Africa: A Hermeneutics of Race in International Theory” by Siba N. Grovogui
“In Zambia, COVID-19 Has Claimed Democracy, Not Human Life” by Sishuwa Sishuwa
“As Africa Groans under Debt, It Casts Wary Eye at China” by Joe Parkinson, James Areddy, and Nicholas Bariyo
“COVID’s Next Economic Crisis: Developing-Nation Debt” by
Avantika Chilkoti and Gabriele Steinhauser
“Urgent Support Needed To Help Ethiopian Refugees Reaching Sudan” from UNHCR
“Ethiopia, Led by a Nobel Peace Winner, Is Looking Down the Barrel of Civil War” by Yohannes Woldemariam
“U.S.-China Competition May Be a Win-Win for Africa” by Naunihal Singh, Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny, and E. Gyimah-Boadi
“Ethiopia: East Africa’s Emerging Giant” by Claire Felter