Howard French
@hofrench.bsky.social
Author of the newly released, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, and previously of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World. See: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com
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🙂 The Second Emancipation listed as one of the 20 best non-fiction books of 2025 by Publishers Weekly. best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
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The African Union’s feebleness means that the continent is almost voiceless on the international stage, writes columnist @hofrench.bsky.social.
Africa Needs a Continental Body With Teeth
The African Union has become a back-scratching club of heads of state.
foreignpolicy.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The African Union’s feebleness means that the continent is almost voiceless on the international stage, writes columnist @hofrench.bsky.social.
Sometimes the bad interviewer's issues help illuminate the stakes.
He's great. I *hate* this interviewer.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sometimes the bad interviewer's issues help illuminate the stakes.
A solid read. www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
Mahmood Mamdani Doesn’t Want to Talk About Zohran
The Columbia scholar, and father of the mayor-elect, on politics, academe, and antisemitism.
www.chronicle.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A solid read. www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
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Sharing this again because this is just so spot on. I had hoped that even regional orgs might be taking things seriously with ECOWAS intervention into the Gambia, but with South Africa being slow off the mark in Cabo Delgado and no one saying a word about Sudan it seems we are back at no coordiation
Trump threatening to attack Nigeria. Only accepting white "refugees" from South Africa. Warfare and insurgency in Sudan and the Sahel. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/a...
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Very sharp argument by the economist, Dani Rodrik: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | This Is What a Good Job Looks Like
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Very sharp argument by the economist, Dani Rodrik: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Sharing this again because this is just so spot on. I had hoped that even regional orgs might be taking things seriously with ECOWAS intervention into the Gambia, but with South Africa being slow off the mark in Cabo Delgado and no one saying a word about Sudan it seems we are back at no coordiation
Trump threatening to attack Nigeria. Only accepting white "refugees" from South Africa. Warfare and insurgency in Sudan and the Sahel. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/a...
Africa Needs a Continental Body With Teeth
The African Union has become a back-scratching club of heads of state.
foreignpolicy.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sharing this again because this is just so spot on. I had hoped that even regional orgs might be taking things seriously with ECOWAS intervention into the Gambia, but with South Africa being slow off the mark in Cabo Delgado and no one saying a word about Sudan it seems we are back at no coordiation
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Trump threatening to attack Nigeria. Only accepting white "refugees" from South Africa. Warfare and insurgency in Sudan and the Sahel. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/a...
Africa Needs a Continental Body With Teeth
The African Union has become a back-scratching club of heads of state.
foreignpolicy.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Trump threatening to attack Nigeria. Only accepting white "refugees" from South Africa. Warfare and insurgency in Sudan and the Sahel. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/a...
Reading. www.wsj.com/world/africa...
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Reading. www.wsj.com/world/africa...
Reading. www.wsj.com/world/africa...
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reading. www.wsj.com/world/africa...
If you saw this skeet, this piece about the journalistic malpractice of Jeremy Peters will interest you. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you saw this skeet, this piece about the journalistic malpractice of Jeremy Peters will interest you. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Trump threatening to attack Nigeria. Only accepting white "refugees" from South Africa. Warfare and insurgency in Sudan and the Sahel. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/a...
Africa Needs a Continental Body With Teeth
The African Union has become a back-scratching club of heads of state.
foreignpolicy.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Trump threatening to attack Nigeria. Only accepting white "refugees" from South Africa. Warfare and insurgency in Sudan and the Sahel. foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/a...
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I was reading Emancipation closely, learning and appreciating the positivity. I haven’t picked it up since the the killings started in Tanzania. We live in a different world now. But I will pick it up again.
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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This is not a joke. In fact it's a warning. Yet another one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is not a joke. In fact it's a warning. Yet another one. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Very smart piece. An argument whose factual background has long been evident, and yet seldom stated so cogently. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | Reagan, Not Trump, Is the Real G.O.P. Aberration
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Very smart piece. An argument whose factual background has long been evident, and yet seldom stated so cogently. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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“Instead of defending African interests on the world stage, the OAU and, later, the AU instead became a back-scratching club of heads of state.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Instead of defending African interests on the world stage, the OAU and, later, the AU instead became a back-scratching club of heads of state.”
Meanwhile. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Meanwhile. www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Excellent gathering. Thank you.
I’m sorry I missed this! I hope you had a good time.
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Excellent gathering. Thank you.
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Just think. If you were paid $1 million a day, it would take roughly 2,738 years for your (or Elon Musk's) total compensation to reach a trillion dollars.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Just think. If you were paid $1 million a day, it would take roughly 2,738 years for your (or Elon Musk's) total compensation to reach a trillion dollars.