Books by Mahmood Mamdani
“Neither Settler nor Native emerges from many years of research and reflection about one of the outstanding questions of our time. Mamdani starts by asking, ‘Why is it that after the coming of post-colonial governments, there’s been so much terrible murder and bloodshed in these new independent nation states? Why is it that many new post-colonial nations have no sooner established themselves than they start seeking outsiders within their borders and excluding them from authentic membership of their communities?” Read more...
The 2021 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding
Patrick Wright, Historian
Saviours and Survivors
by Mahmood Mamdani
"A bold analysis of the conflict in Sudan. Mamdani examines its history rather than portraying the conflict in simple and morally charged terms. He shows a more complicated picture – the different outlooks on the future of the state, the nature of the political order, and the relationship between the regions and various ethnicities and tribes."
Interviews where books by Mahmood Mamdani were recommended
The best books on Humanitarian Intervention, recommended by Philip Cunliffe
Lecturer in international conflict says the idea that it is right and legitimate for states to intervene in others’ affairs is a very dangerous trend, especially in the name of humanitarianism
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Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
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Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
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Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities
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Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire
by Sujit Sivasundaram
The 2021 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, recommended by Patrick Wright
The 2021 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, recommended by Patrick Wright
Through careful research and compelling argument, the books shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding cast light on globally significant problems, says Patrick Wright, chair of the 2021 jury and Emeritus Professor of Literature, History and Politics at King’s College London. Here he talks us through the books that made the 2021 shortlist, works of nonfiction that “speak directly to the urgent challenges of the times in which we live”.
