Robtel Neajai Pailey is a writer, activist, and academic whose recent book engages with the topic of citizenship in Africa, especially in Liberia. She joins Rachel for a great conversation about her work, the scholar-activists who influence and inspire her, and how to make our work ethical, emancipatory, and accessible. We conducted this interview on the sidelines of the 52nd Annual Liberian Studies Association conference, hosted by Cornell University’s Institute of African Development.
In the news wrap, Kim and Rachel talk about academic freedom in Zambia, the corruption trial in South Africa against its former president, and legal challenges surrounding closings of Kenyan refugee camps, and Twitter’s move to Ghana.
Books, Links, & Articles
- Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia by Robtel Neajai Pailey
- Growth of the Liberian State: An Analysis of Its Historiography by Clarence E. Zamba Liberty
- Gbagba by Robtel Neajai Pailey
- Jaadeh! by Robtel Neajai Pailey
- “Surviving on Borrowed Power: Rethinking the Role of Civil Society in Zambia’s Third-Term Debate” by Sishuwa Sishuwa
- “Zambia may burn after the August elections. Here’s how to prevent this” by Sishuwa Sishuwa
- “Uphold freedom of expression online, Zambian govt told” by The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia
- “Irony and panic as Zambia’s authoritarianism turns to intellectuals” by Fumba Chama
- “All members of S.Africa’s ANC charged with corruption must step aside or face suspension -Ramaphosa” by Reuters
- “Malawi: Death penalty defeated as Supreme Court of Appeal rules it unconstitutional” by Amnesty International
- “Kenya orders closure of Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps” by Al Jazeera
- “Kenyan court ‘temporarily blocks’ closure of refugee camps” by Al Jazeera