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Read for some insights on Sithole's political thought and his tensions with Joshua Nkomo.
The writings of Edson Sithole, Zimbabwe’s forgotten nationalist thinker, reveal both the promise and perils of pan-African politics in the independence era. africasacountry.com/2025/10/read...
Reading List: Brooks Marmon
The writings of Edson Sithole, Zimbabwe’s forgotten nationalist thinker, reveal both the promise and perils of pan-African politics in the independence era.
africasacountry.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Read for some insights on Sithole's political thought and his tensions with Joshua Nkomo.
Looking forward to publication of this work next month!
Edson Sithole broke barriers as southern Africa’s first black Doctor of Laws, shaping Zimbabwe’s legal and liberation history. 📚
theconversation.com/edson-sithol...
#Politics
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#Politics
Edson Sithole: new book uncovers the work of a thinker, lawyer and Zimbabwean freedom fighter who ‘disappeared’
Sithole was just one of tens of thousands of individuals who died during Zimbabwe’s independence struggle.
theconversation.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Looking forward to publication of this work next month!
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
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...
doi.org
August 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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.
June 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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.
Arthur Kanodereka is one of many tragic cases who met an unknown fate in late 1970s Rhodesia.
Interesting watch. H/t @bmarmon.bsky.social // Dawn in Zimbabwe | For a new world
Dawn in Zimbabwe | For a new world
'Dawn in Zimbabwe', a documentary of hope
www.foranewworld.org
January 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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.
December 30, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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.
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Rejecting the New Normal | @bmarmon.bsky.social | History Today
(On UDI, from 2020)
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(On UDI, from 2020)
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Rejecting the New Normal
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November 11, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Rejecting the New Normal | @bmarmon.bsky.social | History Today
(On UDI, from 2020)
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(On UDI, from 2020)
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
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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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A historian’s craft and the curious death of ZAPU’s Benjamin Madlela in Kitwe, 1965 – #Asakhe ...
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October 19, 2023 at 2:11 PM
A historian’s craft and the curious death of ZAPU’s Benjamin Madlela in Kitwe, 1965 | #Zimbabwe | @bmarmon.bsky.social
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