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Howard French
@hofrench.bsky.social
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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 · Jun 25
A special moment that never gets old, unboxing a new book after years of work on it. Please help me welcome The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide.
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 2h
This story is incredible, top to bottom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...
Venezuela’s Maduro Offered the U.S. His Nation’s Riches to Avoid Conflict
www.nytimes.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 2h
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding
MIT is one of nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 9h
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 9h
www.ft.com/content/2b8f...
World’s oldest leader readies for another shot at power
Cameroon’s Paul Biya, aiming to stay in office until nearly 100, has attended only one rally and spent part of the presidential campaign in Switzerland
www.ft.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 9h
Happy birthday, to the originals' original, Thelonious Monk, whose music and life I've been dwelling upon for a couple of years now.
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 1d
Parul Sehgal on Pynchon. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/m...
Thomas Pynchon Saw Where America Was Headed. What Does He See Now?
www.nytimes.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 1d
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’
www.nytimes.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 1d
Reading. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration
www.nytimes.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 1d
My latest, on the ongoing Trump push for undemocratic power. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/08/t...
‘Trump 2028’ Is No Joke
The U.S. president is drawing ever more from Chinese autocrats’ playbook.
foreignpolicy.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 1d
Down they go.
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 2d
Reading. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data
Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 2d
Reading. www.wsj.com/health/pharm...
Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit.
The family members of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to benefit from efforts to remake the pharmaceutical industry.
www.wsj.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 3d
This series launched last month and will go into wide release in a few days. I'm excited to listen to it and occupy a minor part as an attendee at Fela's nightclub, The Shrine, and as someone who interviewed him. deadline.com/2025/09/obam...
The Obamas’ Higher Ground Sets Fela Kuti Podcast At Audible
The 12-part series, which launches on September 18, explores the true story of Fela Kuti.
deadline.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 3d
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August
The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 3d
The usage by country data here is fascinating. ig.ft.com/ai-personal-...
How AI became our personal assistant
New data shows the ways millions have integrated the technology into their everyday lives
ig.ft.com
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d
This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 4d
Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 4d
The New Yorker reviews my new book, The Second Emancipation (about Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism), along with Mahmood Mamdani's Slow Poison (about Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni). www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Pan-African Dreams, Post-Colonial Realities
Two new books, on Kwame Nkrumah’s promise and Idi Amin’s tyranny, capture the soaring hopes and bitter aftermath of Africa’s age of independence.
www.newyorker.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 4d
Straight from the dictator's playbook. www.ft.com/content/68bf...
‘Enormous fear’: Trump’s threats against George Soros chill US non-profits
Civil society groups funded by billionaire’s charitable foundation feel vulnerable to administration’s attacks
www.ft.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 4d
Reading. www.ft.com/content/6cc8...
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
www.ft.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 5d
Reading. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans
Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 6d
A discussion about my new book, The Second Emancipation, on the PBS program The White House Chronicle, with Adam Clayton Powell III and Llewellyn King: whchronicle.com
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Diane Brown @dianeberrettbrown.bsky.social · 6d
We screened it at Yale this week, followed by a fantastic (and sobering) Q&A. Howard French, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Raoul Peck—it’s been a remarkable two weeks here!
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 6d
Maybe more than five minutes. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Nina Simone
www.nytimes.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 6d
Reading. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
This billionaire Trump ally and his son are building an unprecedented media empire
Larry and David Ellison’s holdings span movies, TV networks, CBS and soon a stake in TikTok, in a paradigm shifting portfolio with huge influence.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 6d
A discussion about my new book, The Second Emancipation, on the PBS program The White House Chronicle, with Adam Clayton Powell III and Llewellyn King: whchronicle.com
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