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1 day ago · This paper examines the impact of bifurcated colonial institutions—i.e. the use of distinctive legal codes for “native” vs. “settler” populations—for long-term development in 67 former British, French, and Portuguese colonies. Building on theoretical arguments by Mahmood Mamdani (1996) and Matthew Lange’s empirical research on the distinctive developmental legacies of direct vs. indirect British rule, I develop a new measure of legal-administrative bifurcation in French and ...
5 days ago · Mahmood Mamdani sees nationalism not as the culmination of a unified colonized people embodying its self-determination, but rather as a culmination of strategies of divide and rule imposed by colonial powers: “the emergence in the postcolonial situation of a violent nationalism following from the creation of minorities under indirect rule.
1 day ago · 2024-06-28 - Sarah Smit. In 2008, in the wake of that year’s xenophobic violence, professors Sampie Terreblanche and Mahmood Mamdani renewed their call for another reconciliation commission. A decade prior, the two had argued the need for a commission to come to grips with the effects of centuries of racial capitalism.
4 days ago · In his most recent work, Neither Settler nor Native, Mahmood Mamdani contends that stopping the cycle of violence requires community effort. He sees hope in the unfinished business of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement.
6 days ago · Mahmood Mamdani: Type: SEMINAR: Method of Instruction: In-Person: Course Description: This seminar on pre-Atlantic Slavery in Africa and Asia will focus on the history of captivity and bondage in modern and the premodern Africa. Conceptually, what is the difference between a captive and a slave?
6 days ago · Settlers and Natives; 4 points; Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani; Thursday 12:10pm-2:00pm C01 80 Claremont Ave NOTE: Course information changes frequently, including Methods of Instruction. Please revisit these pages periodically for the most recent and up-to-date course information.
5 days ago · Mahmood Mamdani argues that the links between the Herero genocide and the Holocaust are beyond the execution of an annihilation policy and the establishment of concentration camps and there are also ideological similarities in the conduct of both genocides. Focusing on a written statement by General Trotha which is translated as:
