Historian of law and militarism in the 20th century. Associate Professor of History, the University of Chicago. Cover image: Chéri Samba, Le pardon libéré, 2015
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Why did so many African countries become military dictatorships in the twentieth century? Militarism promised a utopia, and to some people it still does. Read Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire for free here: doi.org/10.1215/978147805982…
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In the new Strategy Bridge Podcast episode I talk with Samuel Fury Childs Daly about military dictatorships and the ideology of militarism in Nigeria and other former British colonies. Daly is the author of “Soldier’s Paradise.” Listen here: traffic.libsyn.com/secure/th…
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‘In Africa, the conservative realism of the military mind met the liberatory spirit of the decolonising mind’—Read an excerpt from Soldier’s Paradise by Samuel Fury Childs Daly johannesburgreviewofbooks.co… via @joburgreview
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Militarism is Rising Back to the Surface in #Africa. What Do We Know About Its Past in the Continent?
No military dictatorship succeeded in making the martial utopia that soldiers promised.
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Had a lot of fun talking to @sfcdaly about his new book, soldier’s paradise. Even got a garibaldi reference in!
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Contact me if you'd like to teach it, review it, or hear more. I'm available to speak to seminars, classes, and anybody who wants to take me to task.
Coming this October, free online to everybody through open access. You can also order a paper copy. dukeupress.edu/soldiers-para…
"Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire" by @sfcdaly tells the story of how Africa’s military dictators tried and failed to transform their societies into martial utopias. Read the introduction now on our website. ow.ly/m8oN50SJcEl #PostcolonialStudies
ALT Cover of Soldier's Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire by Samuel Fury Childs Daly. Cover features a photograph of four uniformed African soldiers. Two of the soldiers are standing on the hood of a car. One speaks into a microphone; the other holds a rifle. Below them, one man looks straight at the camera, a fierce expression on his face.
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Idi Amin writes to Queen Elizabeth, 2 June 1978, on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee.
Extremely fascinating thread! I didn't know that "420" had the same valence in India that "419" has in Nigeria.
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419 is still a huge part of Nigerian popular culture, even though its actual incidence has started to fade
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Thanks to @mjsharafi for this fantastic thread (and for bringing to light the amazing 2000s fashion of Charso Bees)
Oh wow, thank you so much to @ASAUK_News for this wonderful honor! I'm so grateful to the Fage & Oliver Prize committee - I know these are a huge amount of work. I'm sorry I couldn't be with you in Liverpool this year, but I was there in spirit!
Congratulations to Samuel Fury Childs Daly @sfcdaly for winning the ASAUK best academic monograph prize.
Briefly returning from a Twitter hiatus to share a new article on Ghana and Nigeria's mass expulsions from the 1960s to the 1980s, now out in Past & Present academic.oup.com/past/advanc…
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While I wish this work didn't have to be made, I am really excited for the screening of 'H is for Hostile Environment' at Rio Cinema on 11 May! Thanks to the amazing @edwinmingard and the many artistic collaborators who made this possible. Tickets at riocinema.org.uk
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Adewale Maja-Pearce, The Kingmaker newleftreview.org/sidecar/po… via @newleftreview
