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About John Lonsdale

John Lonsdale is emeritus professor of modern African history and fellow of Trinity College Cambridge.

Articles by John Lonsdale

Thursday 17th January

Kenya: ethnicity, tribe, and state

John Lonsdale, 17 January 2008
The key to post-election crisis in Kenya lies in the role of the post-colonial state
Wednesday 31st August

How to study Africa: from victimhood to agency

John Lonsdale, 31 August 2005
Why do most westerners see “Africa” as feckless victim and “the west” as a rescue service, and how far are Africa specialists responsible for this misperception? The scholar John Lonsdale argues that a renewed focus on African agency is essential to a deeper understanding that can help redress local and global structures of inequality, injustice, and misrule.
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