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27.06.2025 12:02 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Volume 124 Issue 858 | Current History | University of California Press

To further tide you over through the summer, our latest Global Trends issue is also all free access (for a limited time)!
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03.06.2025 20:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Volume 124 Issue 862 | Current History | University of California Press

A reminder to our readers: Current History does not publish June, July, or August issues. We will return to our regular monthly schedule with the September 2025 issue. Meanwhile, enjoy free access to all articles in our May issue—our annual Africa issue.

03.06.2025 20:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Volume 124 Issue 862 | Current History | University of California Press

Please enjoy free access to all essays in our annual Africa issue (for a limited time), courtesy of @ucpress.bsky.social‬! Contributors include Michael Woldemariam, Faeeza Ballim, Emmanuel Mogende, Bamba Ndiaye, Ursula Read, Lily Kpobi, and Daniel E. Agbiboa.

28.05.2025 17:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Return to the Prophet of Revolt A new biography of iconic anti-colonial thinker Frantz Fanon emphasizes how his psychiatric practice informed his radical politics, and vice versa.

In our latest issue, Joshua Lustig reviews Adam Shatz's biography of Frantz Fanon — its close readings of the works of this prophet of anti-colonial revolt make him appear as relevant as ever, in the centenary of his birth.

27.05.2025 20:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

May Nigeria Not Happen to You Systemic state failures have left Nigerians struggling to survive a cost of living crisis, inaccessible health care, climate-related disasters, and rising insecurity.

In our latest issue, Daniel E. Agbiboa surveys the manifold consequences of state neglect in Nigeria, where people are calling for accountability and reform rather than more praise for their resilience.

19.05.2025 22:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pluralistic Approaches to Mental Health Care in Ghana In many African countries, traditional and faith healers are popular options for treating mental health problems. But there are serious concerns about healers engaging in potential human rights abuses...

In our annual Africa issue, Ursula Read and Lily Kpobi explain how mental health care in Ghana relies on both both medical treatment and traditional and faith healers.

15.05.2025 23:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Tragedy of Transition in Ethiopia and Sudan The collapse of the 2018–19 political transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan was one of the great African tragedies of the past decade. Three main factors caused these promising democratic openings to devo...

Free access (for a limited time) to this essay in our annual Africa issue by Michael Woldemariam, on the similar conditions and interdependencies that resulted in political transitions in neighboring Ethiopia and Sudan devolving into brutal civil wars.

13.05.2025 19:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Youth Mobilization and Democracy in Senegal When President Macky Sall took an authoritarian turn, young people mobilized once again to preserve Senegalese democracy. Youth political engagement has been influential in Senegal since the 1960s thr...

In our annual Africa issue, Bamba Ndiaye details how youth activism for decades has challenged Senegal's political establishment and defended the country's democracy, most recently driving an opposition victory in the 2024 election.

12.05.2025 22:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Information Revolution and Power The rise of digital networks is diffusing power to new players. Fourth in a series on soft power.

In memoriam: Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a long-serving Current History contributing editor. Enjoy free access to this essay he contributed to the journal, now timelier than ever:

09.05.2025 16:23 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Conservation Politics in Botswana’s ‘Green State’ Nature conservation has been key to Botswana’s emergence as a democratic and economic model among African states. Under the stewardship of the Botswana Democratic Party, the country was internationall...

In our annual Africa issue, Emmanuel Mogende shows how Botswana’s widely praised conservation regime has infringed on the rights of communities living adjacent to nature reserves, favoring the interests of the influential tourism industry.

07.05.2025 22:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Politics of Electricity in South Africa Since 2007, South Africa has struggled with a worsening shortage of electricity. By the 2020s, it appeared that there was no end in sight to “load shedding,” or scheduled periods of electricity outage...

In our new issue, Faeeza Ballim traces the political entanglements of South Africa's state-owned electricity supplier Eskom, from apartheid technopolitics to the recent state capture scandal and the struggle to overcome chronic power outages.

05.05.2025 23:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Tragedy of Transition in Ethiopia and Sudan The collapse of the 2018–19 political transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan was one of the great African tragedies of the past decade. Three main factors caused these promising democratic openings to devo...

Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay in our new issue by Michael Woldemariam on the parallel factors that led promising political transitions in both Ethiopia and Sudan to derail into devastating civil wars.

01.05.2025 20:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Volume 124 Issue 862 | Current History | University of California Press

More in our May issue: Bamba Ndiaye on youth activism in Senegal, Ursula Read and Lily Kpobi on mental health care in Ghana, and Daniel E. Agbiboa on surviving state neglect in Nigeria, plus a review of a biography of Frantz Fanon.
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30.04.2025 16:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Volume 124 Issue 862 | Current History | University of California Press

Our annual Africa issue is out! With Michael Woldemariam on derailed transitions in Ethiopia and Sudan, Faeeza Ballim on South African electricity politics, Emmanuel Mogende on conservation debates and Botswana's green state…

30.04.2025 16:52 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The Politics of Extreme Heat in Urban South Asia Home to a quarter of the world’s population, South Asia is at the forefront of extreme heat. The politics of extreme heat in South Asia involves the social implications of its effects on poor and vuln...

Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay in our latest issue: Nausheen H. Anwar on the politics of intensifying extreme heat in Karachi and other South Asian cities:

23.04.2025 20:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Walking the Past in Pakistan A historian searches Lahore on foot for traces of a pluralistic past, obscured by monolithic official histories of the modern nation.

In our annual South Asia issue, Nile Green reviews a perambulating history of Lahore—and of the erasing of its pluralistic past—by Manan Ahmed Asif.

22.04.2025 21:50 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Sri Lanka’s Leftist ‘Renaissance’ Two years after protests ousted an authoritarian conservative ruler who had plunged the country into an economic collapse, voters turned to a party of former Marxist rebels in hopes of a new, more inc...

In our latest issue, Nira Wickramasinghe (@unileiden.bsky.social) explains how Sri Lanka’s left, once known for its radicalism and intolerance, broadened its appeal and positioned itself to win power in 2024 after catastrophic failures of right-wing rule.
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Where India Stands After Modi’s First Decade in Power In his first decade in power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was emboldened by large parliamentary majorities to pursue an aggressive domestic reform agenda on issues ranging from public sanitation to t...

In our April issue, Sumit Ganguly and Dinsha Mistree (@hooverinstitution.bsky.social) consider how much has changed in India's domestic and foreign policies after Narendra Modi’s tumultuous first two terms as prime minister.
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15.04.2025 22:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Complexities of Cricket in India Cricket, a colonial import, has swamped other sports in terms of popularity in India and across South Asia. Today, given the large number of people who live in the region, it is the world’s second mos...

In our annual South Asia issue, Ronojoy Sen examines how cricket became a nexus of money, politics, and diplomacy in a region devoted to the sport.

10.04.2025 20:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A Broadening Resistance Coalition Challenges Myanmar’s Junta The Myanmar military’s 2021 coup prompted the emergence of the Spring Revolution protest movement, which spurred widespread inter-ethnic solidarity and gave rise to armed resistance groups called Peop...

In our new issue, Paul Vrieze explains how protesters-turned-rebels formed a broad coalition with ethnic armed organizations over the past four years, putting Myanmar's military regime on the defensive.

08.04.2025 17:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

How Bangladeshi Students Toppled a Government In August 2024, a mass uprising in Bangladesh toppled the government of Sheikh Hasina after violent crackdown against a student movement demanding reform of quotas for public sector jobs sparked anti-...

Leading off our annual South Asia issue, Navine Murshid (@colgate.edu) describes how students in Bangladesh leveraged mass protests, memes, and graffiti to overthrow an autocratic government—and now face the challenge of governing themselves.

02.04.2025 22:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Politics of Extreme Heat in Urban South Asia Home to a quarter of the world’s population, South Asia is at the forefront of extreme heat. The politics of extreme heat in South Asia involves the social implications of its effects on poor and vuln...

Enjoy free access (for a limited time) to this essay in our new issue by Nausheen H. Anwar on the politics of intensifying extreme heat in Karachi and in urban environments across South Asia:

28.03.2025 21:13 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Volume 124 Issue 861 | Current History | University of California Press

More in our April issue: Šumit Ganguly and Dinsha Mistree (@hooverinstitution.bsky.social) on India after Modi’s first decade, Nira Wickramasinghe (@unileiden.bsky.social) on Sri Lanka’s left turn, and Nile Green on Lahore history on foot.

27.03.2025 16:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Volume 124 Issue 861 | Current History | University of California Press

Our annual South Asia issue is out! With Navine Murshid (@colgate.edu) on Bangladesh’s revolution, Paul Vrieze on the rebel coalition in Myanmar, Nausheen H. Anwar (@iied.bsky.social) on extreme heat in Karachi and other cities in the region, Ronojoy Sen on cricket politics…

27.03.2025 16:58 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

The Trap of Wish FulfillmentOrbán’s Gamble in the Trump Era How entrenched has Viktor Orbán’s rule become in Hungary after a decade and a half? How might domestic and international political shifts, especially Donald Trump’s second administration, impact the c...

Enjoy free access for a limited time (courtesy of @ucpress.bsky.social) to this essay in our annual Europe issue: @ferenclaczo.bsky.social on the domestic and foreign challenges facing Hungary's illiberal experiment after 15 years.

26.03.2025 20:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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