Ama Biney
Ama Biney | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960s |
| Occupation | Historian, journalist, political scientist and academic |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London |
| Notable works | The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah (2011) |
Ama Biney (born 1960s)South African History Online[6] and Pambazuka News, for which she has served as Editor-in-Chief.[2][7] As an independent Pan-Africanist scholar and activist, she follows Steve Biko's tradition of "writing what she likes."[8][9]
Biography
Biney's first degree was from the
School of Oriental & African Studies in 1988, and subsequently obtained her PhD at the University of London, with her doctoral thesis entitled "Kwame Nkrumah: An Intellectual History."[4]
She is the author of The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah, published by
Pambazuka Press, 2010).[2] She is also a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby
.
Bibliography
- The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah, ISBN 978-0-230-11334-3
- (With Adebayo Olukoshi), Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African Postcards of Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, ISBN 978-1906387853.
Selected articles
- "Land Grabs: Another Scramble For Africa", Afrique-Europe-Interact, September 2009.
- "Resisting hegemony: 10 years of Pambazuka News", The Patriotic Vanguard, 15 October 2010.
- "Mugabe: Villain or Hero?", Pambazuka News, 20 December 2012.
- "What should reparations for slavery entail?", Pambazuka News, 15 December 2016.
- "What Should Reparations for Slavery Entail?", Truthout, 3 January 2017.
- "Letter to 'Man-Africanists' on International Women's Day", Pambazuka News, 9 March 2017.
- "Cry my beloved South Africa: The cancer of Afrophobia", Pambazuka News, 23 March 2017.
- "Creating the new man in Africa", Pambazuka News, 27 April 2017.
- "Decolonial Turns and Development Discourse in Africa: Reflections on Masculinity and Pan-Africanism", Africanus: Journal of Development Studies 43 (2), 2017, pp. 78–92.
- "Winnie Mandela: rock of Azania and Africa", Pambazuka News, 19 April 2018.
- "Modern-day Uncle Toms and Aunt Jemimas", Make It Plain, 3 April 2021.
- "Black History Month on White terms", Make It Plain, 22 October 2021.
References
- ^ "New Daughters of Africa | Contents" (PDF). Myriad Editions. p. x. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Pembroke College Oxford. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Dr Ama Biney". Department of History. University of Liverpool. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Capitaine Thomas Sankara + Q&A with Dr Ama Biney". Meeting of Minds. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Meet Visiting Faculty, Dr. Ama Biney". Webster University Ghana. Retrieved 15 May 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ Biney, Ama (3 April 2012). "Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women idden in his-tory". South African History Online. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Ama Biney". Pambazuka News. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (paperback ed.). 2020. p. 306.
- ^ "Conference: Walter Rodney's Legacy and Black Lives Matter today". ROAPE. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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