The Radical Cape Reading Room.

The second state.

On the regime of Iyad Ag-Ghali.

12 hrs ago • 

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On hegemonic gradualism.

Or, Regency reactions to the fruits of labor.

Nov 7 • 

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October 2025

"Not I," said the dog.

On the dream of a guiltless, technocratic solution to global poverty.

Oct 31 • 

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Come fly with me.

On what goes on around coups d’état.

Oct 24 • 

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Responsibility politics.

On books by Sam Selvon, Buchi Emecheta, and John Edgar Wideman.

Oct 17 • 

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Generational rebellion.

Context for and reflections on Malagasy protests.

Oct 10 • 

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The opposition quote about nothing.

The CJR on how to interview an African journalist.

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

From Segou to Salem.

Four joyously heartbreaking novels by Maryse Condé.

Sep 26 • 

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Talkin’ ’bout a revolution.

Childhood language acquisition in Africa and the diaspora.

Sep 19 • 

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The proto-state range.

Across the Sudanian Savannah hill country.

Sep 12 • 

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Every mother's daughter.

The writing of Ken Bugul.

Sep 5 • 

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August 2025

Against structure and agency.

What Achille Mbembe fights "In the Postcolony."

Aug 29 • 

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