If global history is, at its best, a collaborative project, the historical joining of Asia and Africa gives us a starting point, and a framework, to think about connections and comparisons across nations and regions still working through the legacies of colonialism.” (3/3)

“Part of Bandung’s appeal in the past decade and a half has been its symbolic ability to challenge the predominance of histories told from the point of view of nation-states. (2/3)