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Vagabond reflections on the ‘Year of Africa’
Revisiting the clash of the American-born UN diplomat Ralph Bunche and Patrice Lumumba in 1960 over the terms and timeliness of African colonies’ independence from their European masters.
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Cedric Tolliver’s research interests are concerned with the cultures of modernity in the African diaspora, which link the African Americas and Africa.
Revisiting the clash of the American-born UN diplomat Ralph Bunche and Patrice Lumumba in 1960 over the terms and timeliness of African colonies’ independence from their European masters.