THE PIVOT TO AFRICA 🌍 THREAD
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Fast Money & Foreign Objects
wonder if the state department and or his own enrichment will be enough to not f things up
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire and the German Reich ca. 1652-1918.
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in Europe.
www.africanhistoryextra.com
Mapping a Surge of Disinformation in Africa – Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Disinformation to manipulate African information systems has surged since 2022, triggering destabilizing and antidemocratic consequences.
africacenter.org
The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War
Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan. Yet the gold trade is booming, enriching generals and propelling the fight.
Strategy of Recruiting Cheap Militiamen Backfires in Africa
By arming civilians who are poorly trained and have little to no respect for human rights, the military in Burkina Faso has brought the West African nation to the brink of civil war.