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Reading Du Bois On East Africa: Epistemological Implications Of Apartheid Constructions Of Knowledge, Jesse Benjamin Dec 2014

Reading Du Bois On East Africa: Epistemological Implications Of Apartheid Constructions Of Knowledge, Jesse Benjamin

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The Swahili, Jesse Benjamin Apr 2014

The Swahili, Jesse Benjamin

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Indigeneity And Modernity: From Conceptual Category To Strategic Juridical Identity In The Context Of Conflict, Jesse Benjamin, Brandon Lundy Apr 2014

Indigeneity And Modernity: From Conceptual Category To Strategic Juridical Identity In The Context Of Conflict, Jesse Benjamin, Brandon Lundy

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Katama Mkangi's Subaltern Sociology: Legacies Of Race And Colonialism At The Coast Of East Africa, Jesse Benjamin Apr 2014

Katama Mkangi's Subaltern Sociology: Legacies Of Race And Colonialism At The Coast Of East Africa, Jesse Benjamin

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Representation In Kenya, Its Diaspora, And Academia: Colonial Legacies In Constructions Of Knowledge About Kenya's Coast, Jesse Benjamin Apr 2014

Representation In Kenya, Its Diaspora, And Academia: Colonial Legacies In Constructions Of Knowledge About Kenya's Coast, Jesse Benjamin

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This paper explores the construction of knowledge in Kenya in the context and aftermath of colonialism and underdevelopment. Those communities that were politically and economically marginalized in Coast Province over the past century were also displaced in terms of academic opportunities, resulting in fewer social science scholars from Mijikenda and other non-Swahili communities in both Kenyan and diaspora universities. Underdevelopment studies in Africa and Kenya are briefly reviewed, and the colonial history of asymmetric social relations at coastal Kenya is traced. Finally, key debates over identity and history are examined within this context and shown to be exacerbated by diasporic …


Decolonizing Nationalism: Reading Nkrumah And Nyerere’S Pan-African Epistemology, Jesse Benjamin Apr 2014

Decolonizing Nationalism: Reading Nkrumah And Nyerere’S Pan-African Epistemology, Jesse Benjamin

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Using the perspective of intellectual history, this essay explores the lives and philosophies of Julius K. Nyerere and Kwame Nkrumah, heads of state in Tanzania and Ghana, respectively, as well as philosophers, activists, and Pan-African leaders throughout their lifetimes. The central focus is on their concepts and practices of nationalism, and their attempts to transcend the confines of colonial, Western epistemologies in formulating new African social practices. Their concepts of African socialism, pan-Africanism, and neo-colonialism are examined closely. Their lived experiences with injustice in Africa and the Black Atlantic shaped their perspectives. Their unfinished work bequeathed to us tools for …


Race, Tribe And Nation On East Africa's Coast: From Dubois To Mahmood Mamdani, Jesse Benjamin Oct 2013

Race, Tribe And Nation On East Africa's Coast: From Dubois To Mahmood Mamdani, Jesse Benjamin

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Dubois' World And East Africa: Pan-African Epistemology Beyond Colonial And World-Systems Sociology, Jesse Benjamin Feb 2013

Dubois' World And East Africa: Pan-African Epistemology Beyond Colonial And World-Systems Sociology, Jesse Benjamin

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Coloniality And The Kurds: Historical Contexts For The Absence Of The State, And Prospects At This Conjecture, Jesse Benjamin Jan 2013

Coloniality And The Kurds: Historical Contexts For The Absence Of The State, And Prospects At This Conjecture, Jesse Benjamin

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Walter Rodney In East Africa: The Dar School And The Kenya/Tanzania, Capitalism/Socialism Dichotomy, Jesse Benjamin Jan 2013

Walter Rodney In East Africa: The Dar School And The Kenya/Tanzania, Capitalism/Socialism Dichotomy, Jesse Benjamin

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Immigration Through The Lens Of Coloniality: Comparing Georgia Anti-Latino And Israeli Anti-African Discourses And Practices, Jesse Benjamin Sep 2012

Immigration Through The Lens Of Coloniality: Comparing Georgia Anti-Latino And Israeli Anti-African Discourses And Practices, Jesse Benjamin

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No abstract provided.


Tupac In The Classroom: From Cointelpro To Critical Consciousness, Jesse Benjamin Aug 2012

Tupac In The Classroom: From Cointelpro To Critical Consciousness, Jesse Benjamin

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Affective Economies: Indigenous Conflict Over Natural Resources In Contemporary India, Jesse Benjamin Mar 2012

Affective Economies: Indigenous Conflict Over Natural Resources In Contemporary India, Jesse Benjamin

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Pan-Africanism In A 'Post-Racial' World: Paradigms, Policies, Praxis, Jesse Benjamin, Seneca Vaught, Nuru Akinyemi, Zachery Taylor, Senai Abraha Feb 2012

Pan-Africanism In A 'Post-Racial' World: Paradigms, Policies, Praxis, Jesse Benjamin, Seneca Vaught, Nuru Akinyemi, Zachery Taylor, Senai Abraha

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Walter Rodney And The Pan-African Groundings, Jesse Benjamin Feb 2012

Walter Rodney And The Pan-African Groundings, Jesse Benjamin

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Plenary Conversation: Non-Violence And Resistance To Injustice Within A Global Context, Jesse Benjamin, Maia Hallward Nov 2011

Plenary Conversation: Non-Violence And Resistance To Injustice Within A Global Context, Jesse Benjamin, Maia Hallward

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No abstract provided.


Challenging Stereotypes: Understanding Islam, An Open Dialogue, Jesse Benjamin Dec 2010

Challenging Stereotypes: Understanding Islam, An Open Dialogue, Jesse Benjamin

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No abstract provided.


Jews Of Color: Sector Meeting, Jesse Benjamin, Sharana B., Shoshana Vogel May 2010

Jews Of Color: Sector Meeting, Jesse Benjamin, Sharana B., Shoshana Vogel

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No abstract provided.


Pan-African/Palestine Solidarity, Jesse Benjamin, Sharana B. May 2010

Pan-African/Palestine Solidarity, Jesse Benjamin, Sharana B.

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No abstract provided.


Trans-Atlantic Migrations Of The Jewish Soul, Jesse Benjamin May 2009

Trans-Atlantic Migrations Of The Jewish Soul, Jesse Benjamin

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No abstract provided.


Restoring The Culture Of Peace In Islamic East And Northeast Africa, Jesse Benjamin Dec 2008

Restoring The Culture Of Peace In Islamic East And Northeast Africa, Jesse Benjamin

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No abstract provided.


The Anfal Campaign Of Genocide Against Kurds In Iraq: Historical Context And Overview, Jesse Benjamin Apr 2008

The Anfal Campaign Of Genocide Against Kurds In Iraq: Historical Context And Overview, Jesse Benjamin

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Transatlantic Migrations Of The Jewish Soul: Whiteness And The Race/Class Contours Of Modernity, Jesse Benjamin Apr 2008

Transatlantic Migrations Of The Jewish Soul: Whiteness And The Race/Class Contours Of Modernity, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Kurdish Genocide Is Real, Jesse Benjamin Mar 2008

Kurdish Genocide Is Real, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Pan-African Writings On East Africa And The Marginalization In Western Scholarship, Jesse Benjamin Mar 2008

Pan-African Writings On East Africa And The Marginalization In Western Scholarship, Jesse Benjamin

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No abstract provided.


The Dar Es Salaam School Of 'Post'-Colonial Historiography, Jesse Benjamin Mar 2008

The Dar Es Salaam School Of 'Post'-Colonial Historiography, Jesse Benjamin

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No abstract provided.


Toward The Decolonization Of African Nationalism: African Socialism, Pan-Africanism, And Neo-Colonialism In The Thought Of Kwame Nkrumah And Julius K. Nyerere, Jesse Benjamin Dec 2007

Toward The Decolonization Of African Nationalism: African Socialism, Pan-Africanism, And Neo-Colonialism In The Thought Of Kwame Nkrumah And Julius K. Nyerere, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Resource Wars In Africa, Jesse Benjamin, Daniel Volman, Martin Murray Sep 2007

Resource Wars In Africa, Jesse Benjamin, Daniel Volman, Martin Murray

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No abstract provided.


Connections Between East Africa And India Over 8,000 Years, Jesse Benjamin May 2007

Connections Between East Africa And India Over 8,000 Years, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Issues Of Representation In The Academy And In The Kenyan Diaspora: Power & Colonial Legacies In Constructions Of Knowledge About Kenya, Jesse Benjamin Feb 2007

Issues Of Representation In The Academy And In The Kenyan Diaspora: Power & Colonial Legacies In Constructions Of Knowledge About Kenya, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.