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Frantz Fanon

French West Indian psychiatrist and philosopher (1925–1961)

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Nov 6, 2025
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Is Mahmood Mamdani a Marxist scholar or influenced by Marxist theory?

Mahmood Mamdani cannot be cleanly labeled a doctrinaire Marxist scholar; his work shows , yet he also synthesizes postcolonial, anthropological, and historical approaches in ways that resist a single ...

Nov 9, 2025
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Which political thinkers and traditions does Mahmood Mamdani align with or critique?

Mahmood Mamdani is best understood as a leading voice within who explicitly critiques colonial legacies, the bifurcated state, and Western constructs of identity; he draws on and is in conversation wi...

Jan 3, 2026

Which Bowdoin Africana Studies alumni have entered public office or activism, and how do they describe the program’s influence?

Bowdoin’s Africana Studies has produced alumni who moved into electoral politics and sustained activism — most prominently Zohran Mamdani, a 2014 Africana Studies graduate who credits the program with...

Jan 3, 2026

What coursework and professors shaped Bowdoin’s Africana Studies program during Mamdani’s time there?

Bowdoin’s Africana Studies curriculum in the years Zohran Mamdani attended (2009–2014) combined interdisciplinary course offerings—from history and literature to archaeology and art—with a faculty who...

Jan 1, 2026

How did Bowdoin College's Africana Studies program influence Zohran Mamdani's policy views?

Bowdoin College’s Africana Studies program provided Zohran Mamdani with an interdisciplinary vocabulary and a set of political frameworks—drawn from history, postcolonial theory, and activist practice...