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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

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


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

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


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

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


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

Jesse Benjamin

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

Jesse Benjamin

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 …


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

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


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

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


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

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


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

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


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

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

Jesse Benjamin

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

Jesse Benjamin

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

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

Jesse Benjamin

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.


Slavery And Its Legacies In Africa And The Diaspora, Jesse Benjamin, Lindah Mhando Jan 2006

Slavery And Its Legacies In Africa And The Diaspora, Jesse Benjamin, Lindah Mhando

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Katama Mkangi's Epistemological And Political Legacy For Researchers Of East Africa's Coastal History: Implications Of Subaltern Speech, Jesse Benjamin Oct 2005

Katama Mkangi's Epistemological And Political Legacy For Researchers Of East Africa's Coastal History: Implications Of Subaltern Speech, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


The Swahili Coast, Jesse Benjamin May 2005

The Swahili Coast, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Post-Modern Pathologies And Pan-African Erasures: Problems Of Identity In Coastal East Africa, Jesse Benjamin Oct 2004

Post-Modern Pathologies And Pan-African Erasures: Problems Of Identity In Coastal East Africa, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Kurds At The Nexus Of Global Politics, Jesse Benjamin May 2003

Kurds At The Nexus Of Global Politics, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


The World And Africa: A Report On The Decolonization Of Historiography And Identity In East Africa, Jesse Benjamin May 2000

The World And Africa: A Report On The Decolonization Of Historiography And Identity In East Africa, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


The Questionable Coloniality Of Certain Anti-Colonial Nationalist Rhetoric: Swahili Identity And The Displacement Of Neo-Colonial Subjects At The Coast Of Kenya, Jesse Benjamin Mar 2000

The Questionable Coloniality Of Certain Anti-Colonial Nationalist Rhetoric: Swahili Identity And The Displacement Of Neo-Colonial Subjects At The Coast Of Kenya, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Walter Rodney's Historical Practice And The Politics Of Memory In East Africa, Jesse Benjamin Dec 1997

Walter Rodney's Historical Practice And The Politics Of Memory In East Africa, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Walter Rodney Roundtable, Jesse Benjamin, Ali Mazrui, Horace Campbell, Dennis Canterbury, Peter Carlo Dec 1997

Walter Rodney Roundtable, Jesse Benjamin, Ali Mazrui, Horace Campbell, Dennis Canterbury, Peter Carlo

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


Anthropology And The Violence Of Representation: Engaging Multiculturalism: Repatriation Or Neo-Colonialism?, Jesse Benjamin Feb 1995

Anthropology And The Violence Of Representation: Engaging Multiculturalism: Repatriation Or Neo-Colonialism?, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.