Ep. 108: A conversation with Adom Getachew on postcolonialism, worldmaking, and more

<p>In our last episode of Black History Month, Rachel interviews political theorist Adom Getachew on her new book, which reconstructs an account of self-determination offered in the political thought of Black Atlantic anticolonial nationalists during the height of decolonization in the 20th century.</p><p>We have lots of great recommendations for listeners this week, including books on race and feminism, a virtual event on African folktales, a virtual resource for those of us missing travel and fieldwork, podcast episodes you should listen to, and more!<br/><br/><b>Books, Links, &amp; Articles</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.press.umich.edu/9955202/gender_separatist_politics_and_embodied_nationalism_in_cameroon'><em>Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination</em></a> by<em> </em><a href='https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/adom-getachew'>Adom Getachew</a></li><li><a href='https://books.catapult.co/products/white-tears-brown-scars-how-white-feminism-betrays-women-of-color-by-ruby-hamad'><em>White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color</em></a> by Ruby Hamad</li><li><a href='https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745339474/to-exist-is-to-resist/'><em>To Exist Is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe</em></a> ed. by <a href='https://twitter.com/AkwugoEmejulu'>Akwugo Emejulu</a> &amp; Francesca Sobande</li><li><a href='https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-expansion-of-international-society-9780198716860?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;'><em>The Expansion of International Society</em></a> ed. by Hedley Bull &amp; Adam Watson</li><li><a href='https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674987326'><em>Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities</em></a> by <a href='https://twitter.com/mm1124'>Mahmood Mamdani</a></li><li>&quot;<a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/12/africans-want-elections-fewer-now-believe-that-they-work/'>Africans Want Elections, but Fewer Believe They Work</a>&quot;</li><li><a href='https://www.ny