My original source work on Edson Sithole, coupled with analysis and biographical narrative is apparently now out!

I've only read the original edition and while a fantastic account of her childhood and the horrors of the colonial state, I found the record of her political activity as an adult rather underwhelming.

Aha awards citation for Jamelle Bouie for “promoting public historical literacy.”

“He reads it. He cites it. And he makes it accessible to a national audience.” Very cool moment @historians.org #AHA26 recognizing @jamellebouie.net’s exceptional engagement w history and historians in his brilliant opinion writing.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Read for some insights on Sithole's political thought and his tensions with Joshua Nkomo.

Hopefully. It's a South African publisher who mostly focuses on distributing hard copies.

Looking forward to publication of this work next month!

Winston Field and the Decolonisation of ‘British Central Africa’: Crossing Racial Divides with Kamuzu Banda and Beyond, 1957-64 This article explores the dynamic terrain of African decolonisation via the interracial diplomacy of a right-wing Southern Rhodesian politician, Winston Field. Initially a parliamentarian in the Fe...

My piece on the interactions between a Rhodesian Prime Minister, Winston Field, and African nationalists, including ZANU, Kamuzu Banda, Kaunda, and Julius Nyerere: doi.org/10.1080/0002... #decolonization

Edson Sithole would have turned 90 today; Zimbabwe's second black advocate after Herbert Chitepo. My book project to recover more than two dozen of his writings & speeches and tell his biographical story will hopefully see publication this year.

I had a fantastic time. Was a delight to be a part of it.

Now I just have to muster the patience to wait for publication!

Arthur Kanodereka is one of many tragic cases who met an unknown fate in late 1970s Rhodesia.

Suppose it shouldn't be surprising to see this think tank advertising a blatant 'push poll' on social media, but still, it's not what I'd expect their money to be spent on.

Rejecting the New Normal

Rejecting the New Normal | @bmarmon.bsky.social | History Today

(On UDI, from 2020)

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A historian’s craft and the curious death of ZAPU’s Benjamin Madlela in Kitwe, 1965 | #Zimbabwe | @bmarmon.bsky.social

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