Brooks Marmon

@AfricaInDC

Post-doc . Keeping my eye on the movements; formerly

Pretoria, South Africa
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Joined July 2013
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  1. Dec 1

    Easing into this fascinating feature on Liberian Pres Tubman with & . The lack of scholarly interest in Tubman outside of Liberia hinders efforts to understand African politics during the seminal decolonisation era.

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  2. Nov 27

    "The couple first met in 1990 when he impressed her by narrating her life story and writing her name on a piece of paper without her saying a word. They spent 45 minutes together on that first meeting, by the end of which he had asked for her hand in marriage."

    Services have resumed at one of Nigeria's biggest churches five months after the death of founder TB Joshua - and his widow is faced with the challenge of maintaining her late husband's legacy.
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  3. Nov 23

    Just received a link for feedback on an unsuccessful fellowship application where I can not only access my own evaluation report, but also the personalised feedback and rank/score that all 121 applicants received. Is such transparency a standard practice in mainland Europe?

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  4. Nov 22

    Certainly the very weak dust jacket blurb doesn't do it justice.

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  5. Nov 22

    It gets a bit rushed from 1975 on, but like Joshua Nkomo's memoir, I found Abel Muzorewa's autobiography an informative and accessible read, especially given that it was published in 1978, at the peak of his campaign efforts. Ashamed it took me so long to get around to it.

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  6. Nov 20

    A confluence.

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  7. Nov 20

    "The audience at Thursday’s hearing included Ameen Johnson, 57, and his brother Shahid Johnson, 55. Their father, Mr. Islam, spent more than 20 years in prison before being paroled in 1987 and died in 2009. They had not been notified of the hearing ahead of time..."

    “I do not need this court, these prosecutors or a piece of paper to tell me I am innocent,” Muhammad Aziz said, shortly before a judge tossed out his conviction for the murder of Malcolm X. Story with and
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  8. Nov 18

    I found this to be a bizarre little piece. Anyone else familiar with the claim here that "almost all of the freed slaves came from....South Carolina"? 'Tis new to me. Can't even think where they would have got that from.

    Is 🇱🇷 tearing down its to build new apartments for African-Americans migrating to 🇱🇷? 👇👇 (Courtesy of )
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  9. Nov 15

    Overheard on the SABC nightly news the South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation advocate self-determination for the people of Western Sahara. Distressing that there seems to be no pressure on Joe Biden to adopt a similar position.

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  10. Nov 15

    I'm always intrigued by the widespread, usually subtle expression of sentiments that greatness = importance and the associated impact on intellectual production & historiography. This piece offers one of the more forthright expressions of such views that I've encountered.

    De Klerk was merely a footnote in South African history | Opinions | Al Jazeera
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  11. Nov 14

    One of the few bulletins I've seen around town (Pretoria) on de Klerk's passing.

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  12. Nov 12

    A stimulating keynote and I was especially enthused to hear about late 19th century "Liberian fever" in the US. Will be looking forward to the fruits of the research.

    dropping back in to promote a zoom conference, "Reckoning with Empire," this Fri & Sat (11/12-13): keynote by Adom Getachew, participants & many illustrious others
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  13. Nov 11

    Broadcasters running a number of curated soundbites to the effect that he was bad but notably better than his predecessors, Pres. Ramaphosa among them. A smaller number of soundbites observing that he was simply bad.

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  14. Nov 11

    Interesting2watch South African TV coverage of de Klerk's death. Lead story, but not dominating the news cycle as a similar passing would in USA. Coverage aims to strike a 'balanced' tone, but is generally negative. Incidentally, never realised how uninspired SABC graphics are.

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  15. Nov 11

    Rhodesia declared its independence in 1965. Revisiting my piece from last year in on 'rejecting the new normal':

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  16. Nov 5

    Doris Lessing's African Laughter? The bequests of American missionary activity in Southern Rhodesia. #1961

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  17. Nov 4

    "Notwithstanding unfortunate remarks attributed to President Donald Trump..."

    Just published: my essay "Engaging with Africa Strategically" in American Ambassadors Review, the journal, on how the Trump administration made advances in policy approach on which can build on to achieve key 🇺🇲 priorities.
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  18. Nov 3

    Covers and first pages of PF-ZAPU and ZANU-PF election manifestos, 1980. Interestingly, ZAPU's is noted as being printed in Lusaka.

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  19. Nov 3

    Sally Mugabe (The Rise) and Joice Mujuru (Moto), both from early 1980

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  20. Nov 3

    I'm getting very interested in ZUPO, especially the party's publicity secretary, Gibson Magaramombe. Anyone know of any of these ZUPO parliamentary candidates? Eager for more info on the party.

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