Howard French
@hofrench.bsky.social
Author of the newly released, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, and previously of Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World. See: https://about.me/howardwfrench.com
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Howard French
@hofrench.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Best Books 2025: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly
Best Books 2025, Best Nonfiction Books, Philippe Sands, Greg Grandin, Andrea Long Chu, Lana Lin, Nicholas Boggs, Sarah Chihaya, Caleb Gayle, Michael Thomas, Peter Guralnick, Sim Kern, Jacob Silverman,...
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🙂 The Second Emancipation listed as one of the 20 best non-fiction books of 2025 by Publishers Weekly. best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-book...
F around and find out. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Judge tosses cases against Comey and James, rules prosecutor appointment unlawful
The decision disqualifying Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney sets back Trump’s efforts to use the Justice Department to target perceived rivals.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
F around and find out. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
I guess they didn't have an advance obit written. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Jimmy Cliff, Reggae Icon, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I guess they didn't have an advance obit written. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
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More from @hofrench.bsky.social's The Second Emancipation:
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
More from @hofrench.bsky.social's The Second Emancipation:
I'm afraid this term will be lost on a lot of people. It has rich history.
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'm afraid this term will be lost on a lot of people. It has rich history.
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Jimmy Cliff, crossing the river. RIP
Many rivers to cross - Jimmy Cliff
YouTube video by TheSunAnge
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November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Jimmy Cliff, crossing the river. RIP
This was quite the read.
Reading. (And ogling the pix, Columbia, etc.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This was quite the read.
Reading. (And ogling the pix, Columbia, etc.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Reading. (And ogling the pix, Columbia, etc.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
This happened on Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Haitians Rejoice Over Their First World Cup Berth in 50 Years
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This happened on Tuesday. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
Transcript and podcast. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Transcript and podcast. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
When you must insist... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When you must insist... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
"Mobutu expo lays bare DR Congo dictator's troubled legacy 30 years on" NPR had a very good segment on this yesterday that I've been unable to find online. Mobutu expo lays bare DR Congo dictator's troubled legacy 30 years on www.indopremier.com/ipotnews/new...
Mobutu expo lays bare DR Congo dictator's troubled legacy 30 years on
www.indopremier.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Mobutu expo lays bare DR Congo dictator's troubled legacy 30 years on" NPR had a very good segment on this yesterday that I've been unable to find online. Mobutu expo lays bare DR Congo dictator's troubled legacy 30 years on www.indopremier.com/ipotnews/new...
Quietly terrifying. www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
www.wsj.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Quietly terrifying. www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
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On my drive back to New York from giving a book talk at Bowdoin College, I stopped briefly at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,where I stumbled on this remarkable history. A sharp reminder that slavery permeated the American experience,even where least expected. www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On my drive back to New York from giving a book talk at Bowdoin College, I stopped briefly at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,where I stumbled on this remarkable history. A sharp reminder that slavery permeated the American experience,even where least expected. www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
If you'd like to know more. Try this. www.wsj.com/economy/slav...
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you'd like to know more. Try this. www.wsj.com/economy/slav...
For the amusement of its readers.
On my drive back to New York from giving a book talk at Bowdoin College, I stopped briefly at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,where I stumbled on this remarkable history. A sharp reminder that slavery permeated the American experience,even where least expected. www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For the amusement of its readers.
There's a book about this sort of thing, by the way. It's called Born in Blackness.
On my drive back to New York from giving a book talk at Bowdoin College, I stopped briefly at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,where I stumbled on this remarkable history. A sharp reminder that slavery permeated the American experience,even where least expected. www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There's a book about this sort of thing, by the way. It's called Born in Blackness.
On my drive back to New York from giving a book talk at Bowdoin College, I stopped briefly at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,where I stumbled on this remarkable history. A sharp reminder that slavery permeated the American experience,even where least expected. www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On my drive back to New York from giving a book talk at Bowdoin College, I stopped briefly at Portsmouth, New Hampshire,where I stumbled on this remarkable history. A sharp reminder that slavery permeated the American experience,even where least expected. www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/l...
Reposted by Howard French
A podcast conversation with Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social of the Times about my new book, The Second Emancipation, and about Africa's place in the world of today and tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A podcast conversation with Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social of the Times about my new book, The Second Emancipation, and about Africa's place in the world of today and tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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Four nonfiction books I really enjoyed reading this year:
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social's The Originalism Trap
@leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social's A Physical Education
@hofrench.bsky.social's Born in Blackness
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social's The Originalism Trap
@leahlitman.bsky.social's Lawless
@caseyjohnston.bsky.social's A Physical Education
@hofrench.bsky.social's Born in Blackness
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Reading!
I'm in the Chronicle Review today on intellectual pluralism and civic education, by (unlikely) way of my current book subject J.E. Casely Hayford. Neither pro nor con, but a secret third thing!
www.chronicle.com/article/view...
www.chronicle.com/article/view...
Opinion | Viewpoint Diversity Misses the Point
The academy’s latest obsession mistakes political representation for intellectual agility.
www.chronicle.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reading!
Because he can. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump HIV prevention plan shuts out South Africa — the nation most affected
Administration officials say South Africa has “significant means” to fund a promising new drug, lenacapavir, on its own. Critics call the move self-defeating.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Because he can. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I don't wish ill on anyone, but the heights of arrogance and sexism this guy has consistently displayed in life set him up squarely for this. Who can really sympathize? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I don't wish ill on anyone, but the heights of arrogance and sexism this guy has consistently displayed in life set him up squarely for this. Who can really sympathize? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...