In her book, Branding Humanity: Competing Narratives of Rights, Violence, and Global Citizenship, Amal Fadlalla writes about the Save Darfur movement and how it gained an international following. We bring her onto the show this week for a conversation about her work and her expertise in Sudan.

In the news wrap, Kim and Rachel talk about global climate change, more updates from the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the protests in Eswatini, and more. Plus, we recommend a new podcast for our listeners!

Books, Links, & Articles

• Branding Humanity: Competing Narratives of Rights, Violence, and Global Citizenship by Amal Hassan Fadlalla

• Embodying Honor: Fertility, Foreignness, and Regeneration in Eastern Sudan by Amal Hassan Fadlalla

• Gendered Insecurities, Health and Development in Africa edited By Howard Stein and Amal Hassan Fadlalla

• Batman Saves the Congo: How Celebrities Disrupt the Politics of Development by Alexandra Cosima Budabin and Lisa Ann Richey

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

• “Where 2020’s Record Heat Was Felt the Most” by Henry Fountain, Blacki Migliozzi and Nadja Popovich

• “Fierce protests in eSwatini grow from citizens’ desire for more democracy, Afrobarometer surveys find” by Sibusiso Nkomo and Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny

• “PICS | eSwatini student’s death sparks protests over alleged police brutality” by Lynsey Chutel

• “eSwatini youth stage rare rural protest against monarchy” by News24

• “King Maswati not fled Eswatini’s violent protests – PM” by BBC Africa

• “Eswatini: Anti-monarchy protests rock African kingdom” by DW

• “Acting Prime Minister Themba Masuku appeals for calm, says King Mswati is in the country and still in control.” by Zweli Martin Dlamini

• “King Mswati alleged to have fled Eswatini amid violent protests” by SABC News

• “Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray” by Cara Anna

• “Government’s war plan falls apart” by Africa Confidential

• “War casts shadow over Abiy’s election plan” by Africa Confidential

• “Famine Hits 350,000 in Ethiopia, Worst-Hit Country in a Decade” by Rick Gladstone

• Leading Ladies S03 E06 – Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo of the Ndebele by Women’s History Museum in Zambia

• Zambia Decides 2021: Resisting a Crisis of Democracy

• “Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, Last Leader of Africa’s Liberation Era, Dies at 97” by Patrick McGroarty

• Call for Papers: Remembering Kaunda: His Life and Legacies in Southern Africa and Beyond by Southern African Institute for Policy and Research

• How Not to Write an Obituary by Africa Is a Country TV

• On the problem with biographies written by White Westerners by Sabrina Mahtani

• Kenneth Kaunda, president and football enthusiast by Africa Is a Country TV

• CODESRIA Bulletin Online, No. 19, June 2021 – Reflecting on Kaunda’s Political legacies by Reginald Ntomba

• “What Western Appraisals of Kenneth Kaunda Left Out” by Howard W. French

• A six year old writing to Kenneth Kaunda about Muhammad Ali

• Introducing APRI—the African Think Tank in Berlin

• Thread by the founder of APRI, Olu Alimbola

• Machine translation service for African languages (Masakhane)

• “Why are Cameroonian separatists attacking local chiefs?” by R. Maxwell Bone & Akem Kelvin Nkwain

Previous Episodes We Mentioned

• Ep. 120: A conversation with Zachariah Mampilly on researching African politics

• Ep. 117: A conversation with Goitom Gebreleul about the genocide in Tigray, Ethiopia

• Ep. 37: A conversation with Dr. George Karekwaivanane on the struggle for power in Zimbabwe

• Ep. 63: A conversation with Muna Ndulo on international financial transparency, investment vs. insurgency, and more