Zeinab Badawi
Presenter, Global Questions at BBC
Author of African History of Africa 18.04.24 Presenter, BBC Global Questions and HardTalk. Director, Kush Communications (@KushComUK)
Articles
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2 days ago |
foreignaffairs.com | Ken Opalo |Zeinab Badawi
It is a common practice to divide African history into three epochs: precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial. Yet as the philosopher Olufemi Taiwo has convincingly argued, this approach is wrong on two counts. First, it compresses and misrepresents millennia of African history in the “precolonial” period and by so doing casts Africa as a land where nothing changed for vast stretches of time.
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2 months ago |
barnesandnoble.com | Isabelle McConville |Imani Perry |Juan Williams |Zeinab Badawi
What to Read Next: Black History Month 2025February is the perfect time to take a beat and celebrate authors, old, new, and rediscovered, who exemplify the greatest of Black literature. From revered authors like Zora Neale Hurston and James Baldwin to powerhouse voices we love like Imani Perry and Zeinab Badawi, these picks are guaranteed to help you celebrate Black literature all year round. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
lithub.com | Zeinab Badawi
As the young museum attendant diligently unlocked the door I was full of excitement. I was about to meet a superstar—albeit one who had been dead for millions of years. With great reverence and awe I gently stroked her hand with the tip of a finger and felt as though I had made contact with a long-lost relative.
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Jul 16, 2024 |
quillette.com | Zeinab Badawi |Ralph Leonard |Claire Lehmann |Ari Blaff
A review of An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independenceby Zeinab Badawi, 532 pages, W.H. Allen (April 2024).
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Jul 1, 2024 |
newsngr.com.ng | Zeinab Badawi
Broadcaster and journalist Zeinab Badawi's long-awaited book An African History of Africa sets out to introduce an alternative to a common narrative - what Badawi describes as the "myopia of a post-imperial education" - that holds that Africa's history begins after Europeans arrived. It focuses on the neglected pre-colonial history of the continent rather than well covered modern events.
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I'm delighted to share that 'An African History of Africa' has been shortlisted for the #BritishBookAwards Book of the Year: Discover. I'm so pleased to help share the spectacular history of the oldest inhabited continent on the planet. #Nibbies #Nonfiction https://t.co/u7gY1ilPNO
Glad to have made the shortlist at the @nerobookawards yesterday for the non-fiction prize. Congratulations to all the winners! #AnAfricanHistoryofAfrica https://t.co/91TIGiFIS6
To my friends across the pond - I’m thrilled to share that 'An African History of Africa' is now available in the US wherever you buy your books. https://t.co/ZketivhLQR @marinerbooks https://t.co/Q8IRmyo54R
