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Unreasonable Histories

Nativism, Multiracial Lives, and the Genealogical Imagination in British Africa

by Christopher J. Lee ...

Series series Radical Perspectives
In Unreasonable Histories, Christopher J. Lee unsettles the parameters and content of African studies as currently understood. At the book's core are the experiences of multiracial Africans in British Central Africa—contemporary Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—from the 1910s to the 1960s. Drawing on a spectrum of evidence—including organizational documents, court records, personal letters, commission ... Read more

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In Unreasonable Histories, Christopher J. Lee unsettles the parameters and content of African studies as currently understood. At the book's core are the experiences of multiracial Africans in British Central Africa—contemporary Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—from the 1910s to the 1960s. Drawing on a spectrum of evidence—including organizational documents, court records, personal letters, commission
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The Barrel of a Gun

Political Power in Africa and the Coup d'État

by Ruth First ...

Series series Verso's Southern Questions
The classic study of coups d’état in post-colonial Africa, with incisive new forewordA committed communist and anti-apartheid activist, Ruth First dedicated her life to African liberation struggles until her assassination by South Africa’s Special Branch in 1982. The Barrel of a Gun establishes First’s position in the canon of post-colonial revolutionary thought. ... Read more

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The classic study of coups d’état in post-colonial Africa, with incisive new forewordA committed communist and anti-apartheid activist, Ruth First dedicated her life to African liberation struggles until her assassination by South Africa’s Special Branch in 1982. The Barrel of a Gun establishes First’s position in the canon of post-colonial revolutionary thought.
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Routledge Handbook on Antiracism in Global Historical Perspective

Edited by Alison Holland, Christopher J. Lee ...

This Handbook is the first multidisciplinary anthology of research on antiracism in global historical perspective. It demonstrates the importance of a historical lens for understanding the deep lineages of antiracism and reveals the myriad ways—transracial, transnational, and transhistorical—that antiracism has shaped world history.Drawing on case studies from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, ... Read more

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This Handbook is the first multidisciplinary anthology of research on antiracism in global historical perspective. It demonstrates the importance of a historical lens for understanding the deep lineages of antiracism and reveals the myriad ways—transracial, transnational, and transhistorical—that antiracism has shaped world history.Drawing on case studies from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe,
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South African Cultural Studies

A Safundi Reader on Media, Contexts, and Identities, 1999–2024

Edited by Christopher J. Lee, Andrew Offenburger ...

This book offers a holistic guide as to how South African identity and culture can be understood in the past, present, and future.Drawing from the rich archive of previously published articles from the journal Safundi, South African Cultural Studies documents the mutual histories of the country and the journal over the past quarter century. Divided into six sections, the first section addresses ... Read more

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This book offers a holistic guide as to how South African identity and culture can be understood in the past, present, and future.Drawing from the rich archive of previously published articles from the journal Safundi, South African Cultural Studies documents the mutual histories of the country and the journal over the past quarter century. Divided into six sections, the first section addresses
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South African Transitions

A Safundi Reader on Social, Political, and Intellectual Transformations, 1999-2024

Edited by Christopher J. Lee, Andrew Offenburger ...

This book addresses the multiple repercussions of South Africa’s democratic transition beginning in 1994 by examining a number of themes with local, national, regional, and global relevance: the politics of nation building, public memory, residential segregation, higher education, media, racism, trade unionism, women’s rights, and global climate change, to name only a few.Drawing from the rich ... Read more

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This book addresses the multiple repercussions of South Africa’s democratic transition beginning in 1994 by examining a number of themes with local, national, regional, and global relevance: the politics of nation building, public memory, residential segregation, higher education, media, racism, trade unionism, women’s rights, and global climate change, to name only a few.Drawing from the rich
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Rethinking South Africa’s Past

A Safundi Reader on Comparative, Regional, and Transnational Connections, 1999-2024

Edited by Christopher J. Lee, Andrew Offenburger ...

This book presents key historical scholarship published in Safundi from 1999 to 2024, tracing South Africa’s past through approaches of comparative history, transnational history, and visual history, in addition to addressing the importance of topics like gender, labor and class dynamics, as well as regional historiographies.The first section of the book focuses on comparative history as a ... Read more

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This book presents key historical scholarship published in Safundi from 1999 to 2024, tracing South Africa’s past through approaches of comparative history, transnational history, and visual history, in addition to addressing the importance of topics like gender, labor and class dynamics, as well as regional historiographies.The first section of the book focuses on comparative history as a
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South African Literary Studies

A Safundi Reader on Genre, Method, and Ideas, 1999-2024

Edited by Christopher J. Lee, Andrew Offenburger ...

The collection delves into crucial themes and debates in South African literature, addressing the innovative aesthetics of Black poetry, the political complexities of "white writing," non-fiction's significance, and the role of geography in South Africa’s regional fiction. It particularly examines how literary works have engaged with the country's evolving post-apartheid identity and its place in ... Read more

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The collection delves into crucial themes and debates in South African literature, addressing the innovative aesthetics of Black poetry, the political complexities of "white writing," non-fiction's significance, and the role of geography in South Africa’s regional fiction. It particularly examines how literary works have engaged with the country's evolving post-apartheid identity and its place in
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Kwame Anthony Appiah

by Christopher J. Lee ...

Series series Routledge Critical Thinkers
This clear and engaging introduction is the first book to assess the ideas of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian-British philosopher who is a leading public intellectual today. The book focuses on the theme of ‘identity’ and is structured around five main topics, corresponding to the subjects of his major works: race, culture, liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and moral revolutions.This helpful book:• ... Read more

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This clear and engaging introduction is the first book to assess the ideas of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Ghanaian-British philosopher who is a leading public intellectual today. The book focuses on the theme of ‘identity’ and is structured around five main topics, corresponding to the subjects of his major works: race, culture, liberalism, cosmopolitanism, and moral revolutions.This helpful book:•
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Frantz Fanon

Toward a Revolutionary Humanism

by Christopher J. Lee ...

Series series Ohio Short Histories of Africa
Psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon is one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. He presented powerful critiques of racism, colonialism, and nationalism in his classic books, Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961). This biography reintroduces Fanon for a new generation of readers, revisiting these enduring themes while ... Read more

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Psychiatrist, philosopher, and revolutionary, Frantz Fanon is one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. He presented powerful critiques of racism, colonialism, and nationalism in his classic books, Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961). This biography reintroduces Fanon for a new generation of readers, revisiting these enduring themes while
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Jet Lag

by Dr. Christopher J. Lee ...

Series series Object Lessons
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Jet lag is a momentary condition resulting from the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation. But more than that, it is a situation that explains time, technology, and the human body. Jet lag epitomizes the accelerated world we live in. ... Read more

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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Jet lag is a momentary condition resulting from the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation. But more than that, it is a situation that explains time, technology, and the human body. Jet lag epitomizes the accelerated world we live in.
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A Soviet Journey

A Critical Annotated Edition

by Alex La Guma, Blanche La Guma ...

Series series Critical Africana Studies
In 1978, the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925–1985) published A Soviet Journey, a memoir of his travels in the Soviet Union. Today it stands as one of the longest and most substantive first-hand accounts of the USSR by an African writer. La Guma’s book is consequently a rare and important document of the anti-apartheid struggle and the Cold War period, depicting the Soviet ... Read more

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In 1978, the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (1925–1985) published A Soviet Journey, a memoir of his travels in the Soviet Union. Today it stands as one of the longest and most substantive first-hand accounts of the USSR by an African writer. La Guma’s book is consequently a rare and important document of the anti-apartheid struggle and the Cold War period, depicting the Soviet
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Making a World after Empire

The Bandung Moment and Its Political Afterlives

by Christopher J. Lee ...

Series Book 11 - Research in International Studies, Global and Comparative Studies
In April 1955, twenty-nine countries from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East came together for a diplomatic conference in Bandung, Indonesia, intending to define the direction of the postcolonial world. Ostensibly representing two-thirds of the world’s population, the Bandung conference occurred during a key moment of transition in the mid-twentieth century—amid the global wave of decolonization ... Read more

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