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The Malcolm Effect#137 Book Talk: Paul Hountondji and the science question in Africa - Professor Zeyad El-NabolsyListen in as we discuss Zeyad's book on the science question in Africa.
2025-11-2435 min
Millennials Are Killing CapitalismEast African Marxism-Leninism, Pan Africanism, Imperialism and the Dar es Salaam Debates with Zeyad El NabolsyIn this conversation we talk to Zeyad el Nabolsy about two of his recent pieces on Marxism-Leninism in the East African context. One piece is entitled, "Lenin in East Africa: Abdul Rahman Mohamed Babu and Dani Wadada Nabudere" from The Future of Lenin: Power, Politics, and Revolution in the Twenty-First Century and the other is "Questions from the Dar es Salaam Debates" which is in the book Revolutionary Movements in Africa: An Untold Story which was recently released from Pluto Press. Zeyad El Nabolsy is an Assistant Professor at York University, he has written extensively on African...
2024-03-111h 18
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism"Build From Existing Strengths" - Max Ajl on Theories of Political EcologyIn this episode is the conclusion of our 2 part conversation with Max Ajl. Max Ajl is an educator and a researcher and the author of A People's Green New Deal, which we highly recommend and had a previous discussion of back in 2021. He is also the associate editor of Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy. Here we continued our discussion of his piece "Theories of Political Ecology: Monopoly Capital Against People and the Planet." In this section of the conversation we talk about China's role in the world system and Max discusses the...
2023-10-121h 18
The ProgressiveZeyad el Nabolsy on Dependency Theory, Culture and the Philosopher Paulin J. Hountondji Podcast: A Correction Podcast (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: Zeyad el Nabolsy on Dependency Theory, Culture and the Philosopher Paulin J. HountondjiPub date: 2023-01-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationZeyad el Nabolsy is an Egyptian PhD student in Africana Studies at Cornell University, working on African philosophy of culture, African Marxism, and the philosophy of science and modern African intellectual history.
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2023-01-1828 min
A Correction PodcastZeyad el Nabolsy on Dependency Theory, Culture and the Philosopher Paulin J. HountondjiZeyad el Nabolsy is an Egyptian PhD student in Africana Studies at Cornell University, working on African philosophy of culture, African Marxism, and the philosophy of science and modern African intellectual history.
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2023-01-0900 min
The East is a Podcast(Preview) Bonus Episode 136 - FARC and the future of Colombia w/Ayesha Umaña DajudFriend of the podcast Zeyad el Nabolsy (@ZNabolsy) returns to guest host this episode with Ayesha Umaña Dajud (@AyeshaUmanaD) on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC) and the prospects for peace in Colombia. A preview of the latest bonus episode. Get access to it and hours and hours of bonus content by signing up at the $5 level. *You're gonna be noticing more paywalled content going forward. As much as I want more people to listen for free, recent changes in my life require me to start pushing the Patreon more. Unfortunately, this me...
2022-05-2921 min
Conversations in Atlantic TheoryZeyad el Nabolsy, Pierre-Philippe Fraiture, and Grant Farred on Africana Studies: Theoretical FuturesA conversation with Zeyad el Nabolsy, Pierre-Philippe Fraiture, and Grant Farred about the forthcoming collection Africana Studies: Theoretical Futures, forthcoming in spring 2022 with Temple University Press. The volume addresses the history and future of the field of Africana studies, with emphasis on theoretical innovations and possibilities in Africa and the black Atlantic.Zeyad el Nabolsy is a doctoral student in Africana Studies at Cornell University, where he works on African iterations of philosophy, culture, and Marxism in a continental and global intellectual context and has authored a piece on political economy and African philosophy for the volume...
2022-01-191h 15
African(a) and South Asian PhilosophiesEpisode 6: Tradition and modernity in African cultural philosophyScarlett Whelan and Kei Patrick interview Prof Ochieng’-Odhiambo and Zeyad el Nabolsy about attitudes to tradition, modernity and modernisation in the work of two African philosophers: Amilcar Cabral and Henry Odera Oruka. Scarlett Whelan (Mst African Studies) and Kei Patrick (BA Philosophy and French) interview Prof. Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo (University of the West Indies) and Zeyad el Nabolsy (Africana Studies, Cornell), on attitudes to tradition, modernity and modernisation in the work of two African philosophers: Amilcar Cabral and Henry Odera Oruka.
This episode aims to prepare listeners them for engagement with turn 2 of oxford public philosophy, by introducing some them...
2021-11-191h 53
The East is a PodcastThe scam of nonviolence w/ Justin Podur and Zeyad el NabolsyFriends of the podcast Justin Podur and Zeyad el Nabolsy return for a deep dive into the concept of nonviolence and its strange origin story in the work of Gene Sharp. We discuss these two articles by Marcie Smith in the episode. Please consider supporting the show
2021-08-101h 06
The AIAC PodcastDo Africans Need Karl Marx?On May 5, Karl Marx turns 203. As ever, the legacy of the political-economist, philosopher, and activist remains contentious. Social media routinely produces declarations that reading Marx is unnecessary, that Marxism constitutes a racist body of thought, or that in the public sphere, Marxists themselves are on the fast-track to terminal obsolescence, out of step with contemporary academic and literary trends. Ironically, it has become the conservative right’s favorite pastime to label any and all progressive efforts—especially on issues of identity-based oppression, like Black Lives Matter—as being examples of “cultural Marxism.” How they would rejoice if they knew that Marxi...
2021-05-041h 11
GroundingsThe Philosophy of Amílcar Cabral's ActionsWe explore the philosophy and theoretical work behind the actions of Amílcar Cabral, African revolutionary from Guinea-Bissau who helped lead a succesful anti-colonial movement against the Portugese in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde.Reasearcher, writer, and organizer Zeyad El Nabolsy discusses Cabral's approach to culture and cultural liberation, dispels some eurocentric and racist myth surrounding Cabral's legacy, and looks at Cabral's relationship to Marxism.You can find Zeyad's essays we reference here, as well as the essay by Blaut here which he mentions towards the end.Intro/outro audio: Angela Davis on Amilcar C...
2019-09-231h 10