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A lot is happening in the news! Kim and Rachel highlight some of the things they're seeing in their news feed, including: ECOWAS and Mali, African responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Takondwa Semphere's recent review of Beyonce's "Black is King." Kim interviews Oumar Ba, whose new book about the International Criminal Court highlights his expertise in international justice.

Books, Links, & Articles

• States of Justice: The Politics of the International Criminal Court by Oumar Ba
• Cold War Assemblages: Decolonization to Digital by Bhakti Shringarpure
• Amílcar Cabral: A Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Revolutionary (Ohio Short Histories of Africa) by Peter Karibe Mendy
• Economic Community of of West African States (ECOWAS)
• The Sahel Crisis since 2012 by Clionadh Raleigh, Héni Nsaibia, and Caitriona Dowd
• Emmanuel Balogun
• Beyond African Royalty by Takondwa Semphere
• Ancestors by Dudley Randall
• "Book Review: Inequality, Socio-Cultural Differentiation, and Social Structures in Africa" by Antje Daniel (Africa Spectrum Journal)
• Chika Oduah on Twitter
• A Separatist Group is Seeking to Break Away from Ghana to Create a New West African Nation
• Book Review of Kate Skinner's The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland: Literacy, Politics, and Nationalism, 1914-2014
• International Criminal Court
• International Court of Justice
• Amílcar Cabral’s Life as a Pan-Africanist, Anti-Colonial Revolutionary Still Inspires
• Announcing the annual TMC African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular

Previous Episodes We Mentioned

• Ep. 87: A conversation with Marja Hinfelaar on Zambian politics, environment, and energy, and more

Find the books, links, and articles we mentioned in this episode on our website, ufahamuafrica.com.