Ownership of Development, China in Africa, and AFRICOM (Part 2) w/ Takiyah Harper-Shipman

<p>In this episode of Guerrilla History, we bring back Africana studies scholar, Professor Takiyah Harper-Shipman, to continue our conversation!  This time, the discussion focused on the paradigm of ownership of development, China's role in Africa, and AFRICOM!  If you haven't already listened to part 1 of the conversation, you should do so first, it will be a good primer for this episode.  Part 3, on African feminisms, is forthcoming!</p> <p>Takiyah Harper-Shipman is an Assistant Professor in the Africana Studies Department at Davidson College.  Her courses include Africana political economy, gender and development in sub-Saharan Africa, African feminisms, international development: theory and praxis, and research methods in Africana Studies.  Her book <em>Rethinking Ownership of Development in Africa</em> is available from Routledge: <a href= "https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Ownership-of-Development-in-Africa/Harper-Shipman/p/book/9780367787813"> https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Ownership-of-Development-in-Africa/Harper-Shipman/p/book/9780367787813</a>.  We also highly recommend checking out her chapter La Santé Avant Tout: Health Before Everything in the excellent <em>A Certain Amount of Madness</em><br /> <em>The Life, Politics and Legacies of Thomas Sankara</em> <a href= "https://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/ruth-wodak(71b5650a-f48c-4c2e-8b71-6896e291dc2b).html"> https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337579/a-certain-amount-of-madness/</a>.  </p> <p>Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global proletarian history, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present.  If you have any questions or guest/topic suggestions, email them to us at guerrillahistorypod@gmail.com.</p> <p>Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.</p> <p> </p> <p>Follow us on social media!  Our podcast can be found on twitter @guerri