This article proposes that there is a gap in our current understanding of the globalising and
deglobalising dynamics of mid-twentieth-century East Africa, one that might be addressed by …

What are the conditions under which governments form more ethnically inclusive coalitions?
Previous contributions highlight strategic incentives as well as colonial and precolonial …

As wars of liberation in Africa and Asia shook the post-war world, a cohort of activists from
East and Central Africa, specifically the region encompassing present-day Malawi, Zambia …

The socialist experiences that were born in West Africa during the decolonisation of the
French empire (1958–1960) showed their most significant expressions in Guinea and Mali …

The Bandung Conference of 1955 is often described as the beginning of what Vijay Prashad
called the “Third World” project. While it is undeniable that intergovernmental gatherings had …

Little is known about Libyan trade unionism and its role in the Arab workers' movement.
Drawing on a variety of archival sources, this article contributes a general overview of trade …

After World War Two a new internationalism was fuelled by human rights discourses and
increasing anticolonial agitation in Africa and beyond. As part of this, the newly established …

This article examines the role of travel in the practice of Cold War politics, focusing
particularly on the experiences of Indonesian trade unionists who travelled between …

This contribution reflects on the theme of intellectual history and the present from the
perspective of recent intellectual histories of mid-twentieth-century Africa. I focus on two …

Harmonising the conditions of employment in South African higher education sector is
accentuated by the insourcing of their support service employees. Insourcing focuses on …