African & Caribbean People in Britain - A History w/ Hakim Adi
Release Date: 02/23/2024
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The Chinese Revolution & Civil War w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 2)
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The Taiping & Boxer Rebellions w/ Ken Hammond (Modern Chinese History Pt. 1)
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In this episode of Guerrilla History, we launch our 4 part miniseries on modern Chinese history featuring Ken Hammond (and guest host Breht O'Shea of Revolutionary Left Radio) with this terrific discussion on the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions! Be sure to go back and listen to the , which serves as a bit of an introductory work for this miniseries. The other three installments will drop every other week (with other episodes in between), and will cover the Chinese Revolution/Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, and the Reform period, so be sure to subscribe to not miss...
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History of Palestinian Communism w/ Patrick Higgins
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African & Caribbean People in Britain - A History w/ Hakim Adi
Guerrilla History
In this fantastic episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our esteemed friend and guest, Prof. Hakim Adi, to discuss his eminently important new book , which has just been shortlisted for the prestigious Wolfson History Prize! In this conversation, we trace this history back thousands of years and come up to the present, but you MUST get this book in order to truly appreciate the work that Prof. Adi has done here. We also get an update on the . For more updates on the legal challenges and ways to get involved, . Hakim Adi is a Professor of the History of Africa and the...
info_outlineIn this fantastic episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back our esteemed friend and guest, Prof. Hakim Adi, to discuss his eminently important new book African and Caribbean People in Britain: A History, which has just been shortlisted for the prestigious Wolfson History Prize! In this conversation, we trace this history back thousands of years and come up to the present, but you MUST get this book in order to truly appreciate the work that Prof. Adi has done here. We also get an update on the previous conversation we had with Hakim about the eminent closure of the MRes in the History of Africa and the African Diaspora program. For more updates on the legal challenges and ways to get involved, follow this link.
Hakim Adi is a Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora, and the founder of History Matters and its affiliated journal. He has authored numerous books, and has written many articles which can be found on his website hakimadi.org. You can follow him on twitter @hakimadi1
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