
Latest Publications
2022:
"The Du Bois Doctrine: Race and the American Empire." September/October 2022. Foreign Affairs.
"Africa Holds Up a Mirror to India: An Interview with Shobana Shankar." September 2022. Africa's a Country.
"Why is Sri Lanka in Turmoil?" July 2022. The Monkey Cage/ The Washington Post.
2021:
"Protests Are Taking Over the World. What’s Driving Them?" October 2021. The New York Times.
"Why Did the Western Left Ignore Occupy Nigeria?" September 2021. Dissent.
"The Promise of Africa’s “Youth Bulge.” July 2021. Foreign Affairs.
"Protesting democracy in Africa: Popular movements and political transformation." 2021. In The Power of Populism and People: Resistance and Protest in the Modern World. Edited by Nathan Stoltzfus and Christopher Osmar.
“A World of Protest.” March 2021. United Nations University-WIDER.
2020:
“A New Direction for U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa.” Dissent. October 2020. With Jason Stearns.
2019:
“After Bashir: How Sudan Can Heal From Decades of Dictatorship.” 2019. Foreign Affairs.
“Africa’s Road to Democracy.” 2019. Jacobin. With Adam Branch.
African Studies