Africa – Martin Stringer Quartet

Learning from the Chaos of 1919-1923

I have been reading Robert Gerwarth’s The Vanquished on the recommendation of a friend. We had been talking about some of the reading I have done recently focused on the Caucuses and Eastern Turkey and how I had come to realise that my knowledge of what was happening in this part of the world followingContinue reading “Learning from the Chaos of 1919-1923”

Africa, A Cry from the Heart

I am always very reluctant to treat Africa as a single space. There are too many differences and subtleties across the continent, even in so-called sub-Saharan Africa, for any generalisation to make sense. I am also very reluctant to present Africa, or Africans, as victims, or as living hard or difficulty lives. I would notContinue reading “Africa, A Cry from the Heart”