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Review: An African History of Africa – by Zeinab Badawi
Zeinab Badawi’s book offers an Afrocentric perspective on African history, challenging colonial narratives and highlighting the contributions of African civilizations. It discusses figures like Mansa Musa and Shaka Zulu, emphasizing the region’s advanced cultures despite historical exploitation. The text encourages readers to explore a non-mainstream understanding of Africa’s rich heritage and contemporary issues. Continue reading
Africa, African, African natives, Afrocentric, APrtheid, Arab, Arabs, Badawi, BBC, black, black history, British, British Empire.South Africa, caribbean, coloniser, corruption, Dark Continent, dictators, East Africa, elites, European, Geography, Global South, Great Britain, Haij, history, history of Africa, Indian Ocean, international politics, International Relations, London, Mali, Mansa Musa, Mecca, natives, Nelson Mandela, Politics, post-colonial, post-colonoal, reparations, Shaka Zulu, slave trade, slavery, SOAS, south africa, Timbuktu, transatlantic slave trade, UCL, University College London, University of London, West Africa, Western European, White Man, Zeinab Badawi, Zulu -
Chatham House: How Effective Are The United States’ Sanctions? 19.06.2023
Chatham House is the Royal Institute of International Affairs. It is based in St. James’ Square, Mayfair, London, a short walk from Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. I have been a member of Chatham House for several months but with me being based in Wales all of my interactions thus far have been on Zoom. I had… Continue reading
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Review: Red Horizons – The True Story of Nicolae & Elena Ceausescus’ Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption – by Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa
I was just chatting away to Ionutz a security nurse in the local mental hospital and he’s Romanian. I passed through Bucharest a few years ago en route to Istanbul on a train journey traversing Eastern Europe. Romania seemed quite rural, poor and quite different to the Europe with which I am more acquainted. Curiosity… Continue reading
assassination, blackmail, Bucharest, Carlos the Jackal, cold war, Colonel Gadaffi, Communism, Communist, Communist dictator, corruption, crime, death, democracy, dictator, dictatorship, die, directorate, East Germany, Eastern Bloc, Eastern Europe, Elena Ceausescu, espionage, GDR, Human rights, industrial espionage, Iron Curtain, Kremlin, Lt Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, Marie Antoinette, middle east, NATO, Nicolae Ceausescu, Nicu Ceausescu, Oppression, PAcepa, Paranoia, Police State, Politics, pornography, President Jimmy Carter, proapaganda, Radio Free Europe, Romania, royal, Russia, secret police, Soviet Union, spy, Stasi, totalitarian, totalitarianism, tryranny, USA, USSR, Warsaw Pact, west, White House, Yasser Arafat -
Review: Red Notice – How I Became Putin’s No.1 Enemy – by Bill Browder
There is irony in this tale as Bill Browder was following in his grandfather’s footsteps in some ways but was also radically poles apart. Browder’s grandfather had stood for Presidential election in the USA on a Communist ticket. Bill Browder was drawn to business possibilities behind the Iron Curtain and in the post Cold War,… Continue reading
Barack Obama, Berlin Wall, Bill Browder, Capitalism, capitalist, City of London, cold war, Communism, Communist, corruption, crime, Eastern Europe, Europe, European, finance, Gangster, Hermitage, Hermitage Capital Management, Hermitage Fund, Human rights, international business, Iron Curtain, jail, Jew, Jewish, John Kerry, John McCain, justice, Kremlin, law, lawyer, London, Moscow, murder, oligarch, parliament, President, President Obama, prison, Putin, Red Notice, Roberrt Maxwell, Russia, Russian, sanctions, Sergei Magnitsky, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, Soviet Union, Stanford, U.K., United States, USA, visa restrictions, Vladimir Putin, Washington, xorruption -
Review: Putin’s People – How the KGB took back Russia and then took on The West – by Catherine Belton
The author of this, the best study of Vladimir Putin that I have read to date, is Catherine Belton, a Financial Times journalist that was based in Moscow. It is a comprehensive study of the rise of Putin and how he has cemented a Tsar-like power as head of the New Russia. We go from… Continue reading
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