Janine Ubink

Professor, Legal Anthropology, Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law,  Governance, and Society, of Leiden University

Contact:

j.m.ubink@law.leidenuniv.nl

Bonus Podcast Episode: A Review of Milli Lake's Book on NGOs and Gender Justice in Congo and South Africa

Ufahamu Africa

Date: September 10, 2019

Summary:

The Ufahamu Podcast reviews Strong NGOs and Weak States: Pursuing Gender Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa.

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Bonus Podcast Episode: An Author Q&A with Elizabeth Foster on Her New Book, African Catholic

Ufahamu Africa

Date: August 12, 2019

Summary:

Review of African Catholic: Decolonization and the Transformation of the Church.

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^{Bonus Podcast Episode: Hear a Review of Two New Books on What Africa's Urbanization Means for Politics}

Ufahamu Africa

Date: June 20, 2020

Summary:

The Ufahamu Africa reviews two books with insights on how increasing urbanization in Africa changes (or doesn't change) politics and power: Noah L. Nathan's Electoral Politics and Africa's Urban Transition: Class and Ethnicity in Ghana and Jeffrey W. Paller's Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa.

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Bonus Podcast Episode: Laura Seay's Review of "From Pews to Politics"

Ufahamu Africa

Date: June 8, 2020

Summary:

This episode reviews From Pews to Politics: Religious Sermons and Political Participation in Africa.

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Bonus Podcast Episode: Hear Laura Seay's Review of "Born in Blackness"

Ufahamu Africa

Date: October 22, 2022

Summary:

This episode reviews Born in Blackness from The Monkey Cage's African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular. The book explores how wealthy African King shaped the modern world.

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Bonus Podcast Episode: Hear Laura Seay's Review of "Do Not Disturb"

Ufahamu Africa

Date: September 17, 2022

Summary:

Michela Wrong's book, Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad, explores the 2013 murder of an exiled Rwandan official.

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Bonus Podcast Episode: Travis B. Curtice's Review of "Policing and Politics in Nigeria"

Ufahamu Africa

Date: February 18, 2023

Summary:

Travis B. Curtice shares insight on Policing and Politics in Nigeria: A Comprehensive History,  a piece of work that explains #ENDSARS, militarization, and the lingering effects of colonial settler dynamics on the police.

Listen to the episode here.