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Changes Brewing

We are in the midst of a whole host of changes at the FPA’s blogging network. Much of our work will involve consolidating our many wonderful blogs into various categories. The Africa Blog will be part of a network of blogs in the “Africa and the Middle East” category, for which I will serve as the Senior Blogger and Editor. I will provide more updates in the weeks to come, but you can see a bit more about this ongoing transformation in an announcement at the Iran Blog, which will be part of my group.

 

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Derek Catsam

Derek Catsam is a Professor of history and Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He is also Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s and on the 1981 South African Springbok rugby team's tour to the US. He is the author of three books, dozens of scholarly articles and reviews, and has published widely on current affairs in African, American, and European publications. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

Areas of Focus:
Africa; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Apartheid

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