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Marcus Power
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Professor of Human Geography @ Durham University. The geopolitics-development nexus | China-Africa relations | South-South flows | energy & infrastructural geographies

https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/marcus-power/
Great to attend an event yesterday in Kathmandu on the geopolitical dilemmas created for #Nepal around the Lipulekh pass and the territorial disputes with India. Insightful comments from speakers Sudheer Sharma & Rajib Neupane
August 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Good to be engaged in a thoughtful and enriching discussion today with Rupak Sapkota, former Foreign Affairs Adviser to the PM of Nepal. Our conversation focused on the dynamics around Nepal’s co-operation with foreign partners, delving into wider global and regional drivers and dynamics.
August 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As well as some loss of life the severe flooding in Rasuwa in #Nepal has caused damage to a number of key infrastructures of China-Nepal co-operation. Interesting to note the militarised discourse around talk of deploying rescue operations on a ‘war footing’:

kathmandupost.com/national/202...
July 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
River basins of Africa 🌍

A stunning aerial visual showing the continent’s waterways.

According to UNEP, there are 63 transboundary river basins in Africa, covering 64% of the continent’s land area.

#weekendvibes #water #africa #rivers #climatechange

Credit: Grasshopper Geography
July 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Ruth First seminar event at The Lindisfarne centre in Durham on June 25th, 5-7pm, can be watched online too:
June 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ngũgĩ’s work was incredible, so many insights, his razor sharp satire was so richly provocative, he was such an influence on so many. He will be sorely missed. I love this photo of him as a student at Leeds in the 1960s:
May 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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March 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
'Colonizability of Africa' — British map (1899) showing Africa shaded according to its suitability for European colonisation.
February 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Some fieldwork images from the NADA car show in Kathmandu last August. Lots of Chinese & Indian firms jockeying for EV market share. Chinese brand Riddara had a male model with fishing tackle & guitar on hand to sell the dream of the good life that comes with its pick up truck…
January 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Keeping the vibes positive 🕺
December 16, 2024 at 7:45 PM
European conference on South Asian Studies (October 2025), seeking contributions for a great looking session on 'mapping the geo-politics of risk geographies in the Himalayas': ecsas2025.com/panel/88-map...
November 29, 2024 at 1:44 PM