Shows how harmful mercantilist capitalism can be in the long term, especially under a colonial structure .

Makes you think about why European countries would send refugees back to dangerous places or why countries like Rwanda would want to take in refugees.

Especially with the recent American Fox News stuff going on I am thinking more about the absolute terror that misguiding media can inflict as apparent here...

How did the conscious spread of HIV effect into this sentencing or was it not considered?

National security threats will always result in a more militant and densely powered federal government. This seemed to be the case in the 1750s in Rwanda and never seemed to really disperse.

I am unsure of whether to consider this a religious underpinning or not...

Super cool description of an environment where knowledge and loyalty to the physical city is something that was extremely important in supporting the rebels during the military's conflict.

I am interested in the language of "Indian" and "Native" when writing about the different ethnic and racial dynamics at play in Algeria. How does race and religion come into play here?

God's Bits of Wood would be especially pertinent in a cross examination with this dynamic of SA anti-union legal efforts.

Interesting to recognize suppression as a form of legitimacy.

Migrant workers often are forced into modern slavery as seen in the historical precedent here.

Piracy and martime law are interesting to think about when concerned with something as transnational as the trans Atlantic slave trade.

I am curious as to how much the French Revolution had to play into this. I am reminded of the Rights of Man and Citizen here in language.

Especially pertinent because the art market is almost entirely comprised of the highest level of global aristocrats.

1. This reminds me of our conversation surrounding the Abina graphic novel - what makes up history and how are certain voices silenced. It would be interesting to pair that reading with this one.

You can see why Ansar Dine might be opposed to the material in these manuscripts, but why burn the rest of them?

We have not talked a ton about the formation of terror groups in Africa. I would be interested to hear how colonialism helped to create these groups.

This require remarkable empathy and forgiveness. Truly the sign of a fantastic leader

I am interested with the focus on peace within this speech especially concerning the violence perpetrated by the government to its own people.

This is something that I had not thought about. How are populations effected socially by the absence of a certain gendered group?

Were there any regulations to predatory practices like this? It seems a lot closer to enslavement than to a legal "free-market" at-will employment to me.

I am interested in hearing more about how the CCB operated as a secret police similar to in authoritarian regimes of the 20th century. Who was in charge of them? How were they funded and armed?

I wonder how much of this foreign investment was a product of Regan/Thatcher neo-liberalism as opposed to a dynamic that would have come into play. How did the economic advantages of having he South African repression as a means of cheap labor dull the movements against the apartheid government from exterior forces.

Shows the power of art and symbolism. Reminds me of the Civil War Confederacy statue debates happening in our country.

Stuff like this is why I am reminded of the "Eric Andre Shot Hannibal Buress Meme" where countries like the US murder leaders (good ones or not) and prop up poorly based governments and then turn around and condem nations for instability and human rights violations.

I really do think that the similarities between the intervention happening in Central America at the same time is worth talking about.

frustration with both the mercantalist system and the specific economic phenomenon of inflation (?)

frustration with both the mercantalist system and the specific economic phenomenon of inflation (?)

I am reminded of what we talked about last week in the different sides of "development... how does the dam effect the people who live where it will be built? How is the environment hurt or helped with this dam?

I would be really interested to hear if there were any strategy meetings between the US and UK as this whole dynamic seems identical to what was happening in Latin America at the time.

It is interesting that there is obviously not only a "model minority" myth here that is apparent but also a gendered struggle apparent. This is an example of unnamed acknowledgement of intersectionality by the author.

Interesting to use the word "native" here in quotations. I think that it is a reference to the fact that Arabic people were not "native" to northern Africa.

If I am not mistaken, Somalia was also enjoying a golden era as well. Why were these countries having more success?

Super interesting that there seems to be a labor movement happening at the same as in Central America. How does indigeneity come into play here?

Woah. Super intriguing parallel here. How does race vs/ ethnicity come into play here? What about religious autonomy? Or is this just a matter of political differences?

This is a pretty interesting way to celebrate the persistence and longstanding achievements of a nation over the course of centuries with just one word.

This is an example of the readings and conversation that we had last week that revolved around the Western education of African people becoming a catalyst for resistance movements such as Nnamdi Azikiwe.

This is tragic yet seemingly a universal experience for Black people all over the world after West after the World Wars. I know that this was one of the main catalysts of the Civil Rights Movement in America and I wonder how that played into movements in Africa.

This is similar "black male sexual violence against white woman" rhetoric that is seen in the American South at the time, especially in films like Birth of a Nation.

This section was a pleasant break from how dark and depressing the reading can be. I wonder if the Senegalese has similar experiences to Black Americans who faced harsh racism once they came back to the States after serving the war however.

Rhetoric like this is why the early readings in this course are so crucial to grasp. If we continue to use inaccurate and dehumanizing phrases and messaging to portray people (anywhere in the world for that matter) in Africa then more heinous and radical ideas like this can be supported.

This is an example of how tracking the use of specific language can help to better understand how certain ideas spread from person to person. The focus on terminology here is well executed and makes for robust source material to support the argument made in this piece.

To what degree has this vision been realized? A part of me thinks that the pro-labour movements cross racal lines like he is explaining but I am not sure it has come to fruition in the way he describes specifically

The tone of disbelief is evident even in this account. It reminds me of how we learned that different peoples histories are never written down but also different people's histories are never believed in the first place.

Interesting how public versus religious educational systems are set up, especially when concerned with the orthodox centrality of Ethiopia and the non-Orhtodox influence of the Catholic Italians and protestant Americans.

Italy supporting the entry into the League of Nations is noteworthy if not shocking to me.

It is interesting to think about how resentment toward capitalistic structures of colonial powers led many African countries to develop military alliances with communist countries in their fights for independence. Some examples of this would be North Korea's prevalence either in Uganda or Ethiopia.

This is another example of how people resisted (like we talked about in the other class) by not participating in the economy. By boycotting European goods or refusing to operate in the trading system they hamstring investment to the colonial power and make the colonization itself less lucrative.

Did a little wikipedia read of the history of Itlaian Somaliland and it is interesting how the nation became so developed so quickly. My hunch is that he Italians poured resources into the nation so that it could act as a base of operations in the longstanding conflicts with Ethiopia, but I would be curious to hear prof Anderson talk about it.

Just did some research on this. I am curious to understand why somebody like Victor Cavendish might want to institute a policy like this.

I wonder how many of these employees were paid

Racialized language regarding the morality of the people on each side here

Interesting to note the distinction between the differing view points on the global right and left wings of politics in what seemed, at first to me, to be a historical happening before these modern notions of political wings.

Such noteworthy resilience and power. Nothing really to say except to point out how incredible this kind of leadership is.

The efforts to abolish slavery lead to revolts of the people in Zanzibar? I understand that people had money and power also tied up in the slave trade, but this was still shocking to me.

I would be really interested to learn about how ideas of marxism spread throughout Africa, especially as anti European sentiments must have been very high at the same time that the USSR would have been formed.

It is eerie how similar these remarks are to right wing anti immigration remarks made around the world today, but particularly I am remind of, of course American GOP positions on immigration from the Southern border and the current right wing Spanish politicians who have similar remarks about people cmeing from North Africa.

Is the the abolitionist William Wilberforce?

Free market capitalism in effect, but there were alleged rules on where French oversight and power could be in charge legally. I feel like the capitalist ideal will over rule the initial law as separating the French and Arab centers in favor of whatever is more profitable.

I wonder to what extent did this feeling lead to the Arab Spring?

"having no common standard of measurement"

I really appreciate how this article applies what might be considered historical theory to a actionable and tangible outcome; That is to say that to ignore the multinational structure of colonialism carried out across the globe is to make it easier to dismiss the atrocities ad injustices as a one time unique act.

I am interested in the use of the word "myth" here and in the empty land meeting as well. What does the word 'myth' do here as opposed to words like 'lie' or something more within the framework of these fake histories having an intentionally false and deceptive quality.

This reminded me of our lesson centered around the stratigraphy that we went over earlier in the semester. This shows how if there were ore careful (or willing) historians who had been familiar with that kind of study, then perhaps a relationship between the Khoi and the Xhosa might be better understood.

This is another example of European colonial tactics that included using a history of local conflict (in this case over-selling a conflict) to their advantage in their annexing and violent takeover. European powers not only ignored the history of the people who lived on the Cape, but they went step further to bend the history to a narrative that supported their imperial actions of violence and oppression.

Criticism about generalization is the central theme of this satirical piece.

This highlights how often content written about stories or people in Africa is so often not at all considerate of the subject of the content's reaction to or criticism of the work.

This reminds me of other reading that explains how other terms (like group, village, etc.) is often more useful in accurately describing who you are writing about.

This publication is self defined as, "Granta magazine and Granta Books share a remit to discover and publish the best in new literary fiction, memoir, reportage and poetry from around the world." I am curious as to the readership of this publication and how the editors choose what to include and what not to.