Howard French

@hofrench

Soon: Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World. (Liveright, Oct. 2021)

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    28 Oct 2017

    "China’s World," an NYT books podcast conversation with about my book Everything Under the Heavens.

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  2. 3 hours ago

    This is pretty amazing. "Ancient Footprints Push Back Date of Human Arrival in the Americas"

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  3. 4 hours ago

    Nice image.

    France also has difficulties dealing with emerging powers — “like an old aristocrat who’s now forced to dine next to a peasant who’s become rich, and he finds that unbearable.”
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  4. 5 hours ago

    Want.

    Nice review of a book I look forward to reading once the paperback is out Urbanisation and State Formation in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond. M. Sterry & D.J. Mattingly (Trans-Saharan Archaeology 3). Cambridge University Press 2020. Reviewed by Gary Reger
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  5. 5 hours ago

    Incredible.

    The title of Zakaria’s column wins the Internet today. Everyone else you can stand down.
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  6. 5 hours ago

    And he paid for it.

    François Hollande's self-deprecation wasn't very french.
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  7. Retweeted
    10 hours ago

    The saddest corner of Twitter has to be plagiarized tweets. You all can be original for one line.

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  8. 8 hours ago

    Big. "New York Set to Pass Sweeping Laws to Improve Conditions for Delivery Workers"

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  9. 9 hours ago

    Why is France so obsessed with its power, and so blind to the reality? Something unhealthy here. "An Uncomfortable Question in France: Are We Still a Great Power?" I wrote on this in my column:

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  10. 10 hours ago

    For any author or lover of books, this is such a beautiful message.

    Today, for the first time ever, I pre-ordered more than a single copy of a book. Congratulations on this remarkable and groundbreaking endeavor.
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  11. 12 hours ago

    Most any online bookseller will do!

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    Where to order from?
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  12. 13 hours ago

    U.S. special envoy to Haiti resigns, says he will not be associated with ‘inhumane, counterproductive’ deportations of Haitians

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    16 hours ago

    BREAKING on : US Envoy to Haiti Resigns, Citing Political Intervention and “Inhumane” Deportation Policy.

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  14. 14 hours ago

    Some?

    Sugar has a sweet, sticky hold on us - so much so that it has shaped our world. Some of its history, though, is brutal
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  15. 14 hours ago

    As the Petito case grips the nation, families of color say their missing loved ones matter, too

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    14 hours ago

    : Historian Toby Green author of many works we love and often menton here is on Twitter as , follow him and check his latest four books below ⬇️

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  17. 14 hours ago

    Thanks, James

    Important piece by
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  18. 14 hours ago

    Amazon Faces Headquarters Controversy—This Time in Africa: Retail giant’s plans for regional base in Cape Town is part of project igniting protest from local groups who say site is sacred via

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  19. 15 hours ago

    Looming Over the AUKUS Deal Is the Shadow of a US-China War

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    17 hours ago

    They say don't judge a book by its cover, but the cover alone makes me want to buy this one! Let alone it's by .

    The moment when you unbox the first copies of your new, finished book. Born in Blackness has been long in the making but it won't be long now in the waiting. It's due out on October 12.
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    Sep 22

    The moment when you unbox the first copies of your new, finished book. Born in Blackness has been long in the making but it won't be long now in the waiting. It's due out on October 12.

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