E194 - Decolonization as Advocacy, Pt. 1 w/ Lydia Walker

American Prestige - A podcast by Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

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Danny and Derek speak with Lydia Walker, historian at Ohio State University, about her book States-in-Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization. The group discusses narratives of decolonization that Lydia wanted to challenge before exploring the “transnational advocacy network” and non-state actors she features in the book like Naga nationalist leader Angami Zapu Phizo, Indian politician Jayaprakash Narayan, anti-apartheid minister Michael Scott, the latter two’s World Peace Brigade and “anti-Algiers” initiative, and more.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices