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Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we speak to researcher and writer Dr. Edna Bonhomme on medicine, epidemics, and empire in the Middle East and North Africa as well as the current COVID-19 crisis.
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Readings & Resources
Related Work by Edna Bonhomme:
“Über Lebenslust,” Missy Magazine, May 2020, https://missy-magazine.de/blog/2020/05/11/ueber-lebenslust/
“The Cartography of Climate Apartheid in Yemen,” UN Magazine, May 2020, http://unprojects.org.au/magazine/issues/issue-14-1/edna-bonhomme/
“What Afro Shops Mean for the African Diaspora in Berlin,” The Funambulist, May 2020, https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/states-of-emergency
“Ill Will,” The Baffler Magazine, April 2020, https://thebaffler.com/latest/ill-will-bonhomme
“Racism: the most dangerous ‘preexisting condition’,” Aljazeera English, April 2020, https://aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/racism-dangerous-pre-existing-condition-200414154246943.html
“The Racial Politics of ‘Return,’” The Nation, April 2020, https://thenation.com/article/world/slavery-tourism-ghana-africa/
“Covid-19 Denialism and Xenophobia,” Spectre Journal, April 2020, https://spectrejournal.com/covid-19-denialism-and-xenophobia/
“What coronavirus has taught us about inequality,” Aljazeera English, March 2020, https://aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/coronavirus-taught-inequality-200316204401117.html
“How They Treat Us,” The Baffler Magazine, November 2019, https://thebaffler.com/latest/how-they-treat-us-bonhomme
Decolonization in Action Podcast: https://decolonizationinaction.com/ | @decinaction
https://www.ednabonhomme.com/
Edna on Twitter: @jacobinoire
Additional Readings:
Harriet A. Washington - Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
https://www.amazon.com/Medical-Apartheid-Experimentation-Americans-Colonial-ebook/dp/B0010SEOYE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1590540355&sr=8-1
Dorothy Roberts - Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Black-Body-Reproduction-Meaning/dp/0679758690
Matthew M. Heaton -
Black Skin, White Coats: Nigerian Psychiatrists, Decolonization, and the Globalization of Psychiatry
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Skin-White-Coats-Decolonization/dp/0821420704/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=black+skin+white+coats&qid=1590540436&sr=8-1
“Cuba Link Sought in Spread of AIDS” (1988)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-01-31-8803260544-story.html
“Debate Grows on US Listing of Haitians in AIDS Category” (1983)
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/31/us/debate-grows-on-us-listing-of-haitians-in-aids-category.html
Mariel Boatlift
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_boatlift
“Coronavirus: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine, says WHO” (2020)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52192184
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Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone
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Readings & Resources
Related Work by Edna Bonhomme:
“Über Lebenslust,” Missy Magazine, May 2020, https://missy-magazine.de/blog/2020/05/11/ueber-lebenslust/
“The Cartography of Climate Apartheid in Yemen,” UN Magazine, May 2020, http://unprojects.org.au/magazine/issues/issue-14-1/edna-bonhomme/
“What Afro Shops Mean for the African Diaspora in Berlin,” The Funambulist, May 2020, https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/states-of-emergency
“Ill Will,” The Baffler Magazine, April 2020, https://thebaffler.com/latest/ill-will-bonhomme
“Racism: the most dangerous ‘preexisting condition’,” Aljazeera English, April 2020, https://aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/racism-dangerous-pre-existing-condition-200414154246943.html
“The Racial Politics of ‘Return,’” The Nation, April 2020, https://thenation.com/article/world/slavery-tourism-ghana-africa/
“Covid-19 Denialism and Xenophobia,” Spectre Journal, April 2020, https://spectrejournal.com/covid-19-denialism-and-xenophobia/
“What coronavirus has taught us about inequality,” Aljazeera English, March 2020, https://aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/coronavirus-taught-inequality-200316204401117.html
“How They Treat Us,” The Baffler Magazine, November 2019, https://thebaffler.com/latest/how-they-treat-us-bonhomme
Decolonization in Action Podcast: https://decolonizationinaction.com/ | @decinaction
https://www.ednabonhomme.com/
Edna on Twitter: @jacobinoire
Additional Readings:
Harriet A. Washington - Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
https://www.amazon.com/Medical-Apartheid-Experimentation-Americans-Colonial-ebook/dp/B0010SEOYE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1590540355&sr=8-1
Dorothy Roberts - Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty
https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Black-Body-Reproduction-Meaning/dp/0679758690
Matthew M. Heaton -
Black Skin, White Coats: Nigerian Psychiatrists, Decolonization, and the Globalization of Psychiatry
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Skin-White-Coats-Decolonization/dp/0821420704/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=black+skin+white+coats&qid=1590540436&sr=8-1
“Cuba Link Sought in Spread of AIDS” (1988)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-01-31-8803260544-story.html
“Debate Grows on US Listing of Haitians in AIDS Category” (1983)
https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/31/us/debate-grows-on-us-listing-of-haitians-in-aids-category.html
Mariel Boatlift
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_boatlift
“Coronavirus: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine, says WHO” (2020)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52192184
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Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone
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