Brian J. Peterson
@brianjapeterson.bsky.social
Historian of Africa, Prof at Union College (NY). Interested in Sahel and francophone Africa: French colonialism, revolutions, Cold War, environmental history
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Greetings from Ghana! Coming out one month from today. Description here, along with pre-order links.https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092452
The Second Emancipation
Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2025 by <em>Foreign Policy</em><br /><br /> “Howard French’s <em>The Second Emancipation </em>stands the second half of the last century on its ...
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July 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Greetings from Ghana! Coming out one month from today. Description here, along with pre-order links.https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092452
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31 ans après la 1e édition de mon premier recueil de nouvelles LE PAYS SANS OMBRE (Le Serpent à plumes, Paris, 1994), merci à @Editoratabla qui avait déjà sorti au Brésil POURQUOI TU DANSES QUAND TU MARCHES et la traductrice Fatíma Murad. Alegria
Publicado originalmente em francês em 1994, 'O país sem sombra', de @abdourahmanwaberi.bsky.social, reúne dezessete contos que exploram a história e a vida no Djibuti, pequeno país localizado no Chifre da África, tanto no período pré-colonial e colonial francês quanto no pós-independência. Obrigado
June 13, 2025 at 11:48 AM
31 ans après la 1e édition de mon premier recueil de nouvelles LE PAYS SANS OMBRE (Le Serpent à plumes, Paris, 1994), merci à @Editoratabla qui avait déjà sorti au Brésil POURQUOI TU DANSES QUAND TU MARCHES et la traductrice Fatíma Murad. Alegria
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In just the past few months, JNIM has overrun cities & military bases in Burkina Faso & Mali; waged the deadliest attack in the history of Benin’s military and expanded its hardline rule across the region.
Our @washingtonpost.com story, with @adrianblancoramos.bsky.social:
wapo.st/3FGnzMi
Our @washingtonpost.com story, with @adrianblancoramos.bsky.social:
wapo.st/3FGnzMi
A powerful, opaque al-Qaeda affiliate is rampaging across West Africa
With up to 6,000 fighters, JNIM is now the most well-armed militant force in the Sahel — and among the most powerful in the world, officials and experts say.
wapo.st
June 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In just the past few months, JNIM has overrun cities & military bases in Burkina Faso & Mali; waged the deadliest attack in the history of Benin’s military and expanded its hardline rule across the region.
Our @washingtonpost.com story, with @adrianblancoramos.bsky.social:
wapo.st/3FGnzMi
Our @washingtonpost.com story, with @adrianblancoramos.bsky.social:
wapo.st/3FGnzMi
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Interesting Le Monde article from @benjaminroger.bsky.social on Burkina Faso's coup risk. What I wonder about is the AES's solidity if there is a coup in Burkina. Would the other juntas recognize it, and thus undercut their mutual regime security committments? www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...
Au Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré sous pression après l’annonce d’une nouvelle tentative de putsch
Alors que plusieurs officiers soupçonnés de « complot » ont été arrêtés, le chef de la junte a demandé au Tchad de lui envoyer un contingent de plus de 200 hommes pour renforcer son dispositif de sécu...
www.lemonde.fr
May 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Interesting Le Monde article from @benjaminroger.bsky.social on Burkina Faso's coup risk. What I wonder about is the AES's solidity if there is a coup in Burkina. Would the other juntas recognize it, and thus undercut their mutual regime security committments? www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...
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This past weekend, @washingtonpost.com published our 16-page special section on the Sahel — a region of the world that over the past decade has been transformed by conflict.
A thread below of reporting highlights from 12+ trips to the region & each of the stories in 📰
A thread below of reporting highlights from 12+ trips to the region & each of the stories in 📰
February 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This past weekend, @washingtonpost.com published our 16-page special section on the Sahel — a region of the world that over the past decade has been transformed by conflict.
A thread below of reporting highlights from 12+ trips to the region & each of the stories in 📰
A thread below of reporting highlights from 12+ trips to the region & each of the stories in 📰
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The past year has seen dramatic drops in African irregular migration off-continent: A 54% decline in irregular migration to Yemen (the primary entry point to the Gulf) & 70% downturn in European interceptions of African migrants /1
African Migration Trends to Watch in 2025 – Africa Center
A preview of migration trends for 2025 including the need for more regional innovation to accommodate intracontinental population movements.
africacenter.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The past year has seen dramatic drops in African irregular migration off-continent: A 54% decline in irregular migration to Yemen (the primary entry point to the Gulf) & 70% downturn in European interceptions of African migrants /1
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Thank you so much, @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to discuss THE IDEOLOGICAL SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA! @cornellupress.bsky.social You can listen to it here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-ideologi...
February 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Thank you so much, @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to discuss THE IDEOLOGICAL SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA! @cornellupress.bsky.social You can listen to it here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-ideologi...
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Live in Europe?
"Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected Source: The #nuclear tests of the Cold War continue to haunt the world."
It is all one ecosystem.
#NukeSky #EnvHist #HistSTM
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"Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected Source: The #nuclear tests of the Cold War continue to haunt the world."
It is all one ecosystem.
#NukeSky #EnvHist #HistSTM
www.iflscience.com/radioactive-...
Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected Source
The nuclear tests of the Cold War continue to haunt the world.
www.iflscience.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Live in Europe?
"Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected Source: The #nuclear tests of the Cold War continue to haunt the world."
It is all one ecosystem.
#NukeSky #EnvHist #HistSTM
www.iflscience.com/radioactive-...
"Radioactive Plutonium In Sahara Dust Came From An Unexpected Source: The #nuclear tests of the Cold War continue to haunt the world."
It is all one ecosystem.
#NukeSky #EnvHist #HistSTM
www.iflscience.com/radioactive-...
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Good summary of situation in DRC from veteran Africa correspondent Sonia Rolley, who makes the point that the M23's stated agenda is not confined to Goma and Bukavu, it has its eyes on Kinshasa. afrique.tv5monde.com/information/...
RD Congo : combats dans Goma, quelles conséquences ? | TV5MONDE Afrique
Quelles sont les réelles intentions du M23 et l'armée rwandaise en entrant dans Goma ? Réponse de Sonia Rolley, ancienne correspondante en RD Congo et journaliste à Reuteurs.
afrique.tv5monde.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Good summary of situation in DRC from veteran Africa correspondent Sonia Rolley, who makes the point that the M23's stated agenda is not confined to Goma and Bukavu, it has its eyes on Kinshasa. afrique.tv5monde.com/information/...
Kassie’s pow hound addiction means interminable potty routines and unyielding false alarms.
January 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Kassie’s pow hound addiction means interminable potty routines and unyielding false alarms.
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For Sahel/Russia in Africa watchers, some more details from our recent reporting in Burkina Faso on the role that former students in the USSR + Russia have played in Russia’s current outreach efforts in West Africa.
Gift link: wapo.st/3BRYe05
+ some fun tidbits not in the story threaded below:
Gift link: wapo.st/3BRYe05
+ some fun tidbits not in the story threaded below:
As Russia seeks influence in Africa, former students play central role
Going back to the days of the Cold War, many Africans studied in the Soviet Union and later Russia. They’re now among Russia’s biggest boosters.
wapo.st
January 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
For Sahel/Russia in Africa watchers, some more details from our recent reporting in Burkina Faso on the role that former students in the USSR + Russia have played in Russia’s current outreach efforts in West Africa.
Gift link: wapo.st/3BRYe05
+ some fun tidbits not in the story threaded below:
Gift link: wapo.st/3BRYe05
+ some fun tidbits not in the story threaded below:
On the dissection of the unclaimed bodies of the poor… Why do we not round up the bodies of the rich as well as those of the poor when they die without a will or next of kin? Why do only the wealthy need to sign consent forms for body donation?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | How human bodies end up on dissection tables without consent
Unclaimed remains of poor people in Texas were dissected for medical research without consent.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On the dissection of the unclaimed bodies of the poor… Why do we not round up the bodies of the rich as well as those of the poor when they die without a will or next of kin? Why do only the wealthy need to sign consent forms for body donation?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Freshly translated: our primer on the Thiaroye massacre 80 years ago and the fight of the victims' families for truth and reparations (all of which have been denied by France so far)
Thiaroye 1944. The Final Shadows of a Colonial Massacre
In December 1944, in Senegal, the French army opened fire on African soldiers who were simply demanding their pay. Eighty years later, the number of victims and their burial site remain unknown. (…)
afriquexxi.info
November 30, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Freshly translated: our primer on the Thiaroye massacre 80 years ago and the fight of the victims' families for truth and reparations (all of which have been denied by France so far)
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C'est en ligne et j'offre des tirés à parts sur demande ----
Plus socialiste que les voisins
Le journal guinéen Horoya et la révolution culturelle, en compétition internationale pour un leadership panafricain
shs.cairn.info/revue-parlem...
Plus socialiste que les voisins
Le journal guinéen Horoya et la révolution culturelle, en compétition internationale pour un leadership panafricain
shs.cairn.info/revue-parlem...
Plus socialiste que les voisins
Le journal guinéen Horoya et la révolution culturelle, en compétition internationale pour un leadership panafricain
shs.cairn.info
November 26, 2024 at 6:52 PM
C'est en ligne et j'offre des tirés à parts sur demande ----
Plus socialiste que les voisins
Le journal guinéen Horoya et la révolution culturelle, en compétition internationale pour un leadership panafricain
shs.cairn.info/revue-parlem...
Plus socialiste que les voisins
Le journal guinéen Horoya et la révolution culturelle, en compétition internationale pour un leadership panafricain
shs.cairn.info/revue-parlem...
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« D’où vient le #Sahel ? Enquête géohistorique sur une invention coloniale ». Et si le Sahel "rivage du Sahara" était une invention apocryphe ? Une enquête étymologique de Vincent Capdepuy #geohistoire
geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/informations...
geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/informations...
D’où vient le Sahel ? Enquête géohistorique sur une invention coloniale — Géoconfluences
Géoconfluences, une publication à caractère scientifique pour le partage du savoir et pour la formation en géographie. Elle est proposée par la Direction générale de l'enseignement scolaire (Dgesco) e...
geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr
November 20, 2024 at 2:47 PM
« D’où vient le #Sahel ? Enquête géohistorique sur une invention coloniale ». Et si le Sahel "rivage du Sahara" était une invention apocryphe ? Une enquête étymologique de Vincent Capdepuy #geohistoire
geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/informations...
geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/informations...
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”While the Europeans presently still may be in a ’wait and see’ mode towards the #Sahel, the security dynamics unfolding in the region may wait for no one”
#EU #Africa
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#EU #Africa
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November 25, 2024 at 6:23 PM
”While the Europeans presently still may be in a ’wait and see’ mode towards the #Sahel, the security dynamics unfolding in the region may wait for no one”
#EU #Africa
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#EU #Africa
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Read the new article by Peter Vale (of Harvard WCFIA) on the advent of #neoliberalism in #DRCongo, now available #OpenAccess: bit.ly/3TpZYTE
Between Economic Nationalism and Liberalization: Ideas of Development and the Neoliberal Moment in Mobutu's Congo, 1965–74 | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core
Between Economic Nationalism and Liberalization: Ideas of Development and the Neoliberal Moment in Mobutu's Congo, 1965–74
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September 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Read the new article by Peter Vale (of Harvard WCFIA) on the advent of #neoliberalism in #DRCongo, now available #OpenAccess: bit.ly/3TpZYTE
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Mamadou Diouf, Professeur d'Histoire à l'université de Columbia, célèbre les Subaltern Studies. Fondées en Inde, elles permettent de saisir l'expérience des populations colonisées et les difficultés ultérieures de la construction de l'état-nation afriquexxi.info/Repenser-l-h...
Repenser l'histoire du continent avec les Subaltern Studies
Dans un petit livre paru chez Rot·Bo·Krik, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak et Romila Thapar, deux figures de la pensée indienne contemporaine, dialoguent autour de leurs travaux (et de leurs (…)
afriquexxi.info
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Mamadou Diouf, Professeur d'Histoire à l'université de Columbia, célèbre les Subaltern Studies. Fondées en Inde, elles permettent de saisir l'expérience des populations colonisées et les difficultés ultérieures de la construction de l'état-nation afriquexxi.info/Repenser-l-h...
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Gabby Baratier, one of our students at Union College’s History Department, has created a wonderful LGBTQ+ map of the historic district of Stockade in Schenectady. For those of you who have watched HBO’s The Gilded Age, you’ll know this neighborhood! Check it out here:
storymaps.com/stories/28f0...
storymaps.com/stories/28f0...
Mapping the LGBTQ History of the Stockade Historic District
Schenectady County Historical Society
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November 14, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Gabby Baratier, one of our students at Union College’s History Department, has created a wonderful LGBTQ+ map of the historic district of Stockade in Schenectady. For those of you who have watched HBO’s The Gilded Age, you’ll know this neighborhood! Check it out here:
storymaps.com/stories/28f0...
storymaps.com/stories/28f0...
Given the cabinet picks Trump II is setting course to follow farce with tragedy. Where is this clown show heading?
November 13, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Given the cabinet picks Trump II is setting course to follow farce with tragedy. Where is this clown show heading?