Yusuf Serunkuma
Biographic Data
| ID | 119651 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yusuf Serunkuma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yusuf |
| FAMILY NAME | Serunkuma |
| SIGNATURE | SERUNKUMA Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0250-2509 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Expulsion as Decolonization
Despite more than a hundred years in Uganda, ethnic Indian Ugandans have struggled to integrate into a space historically renowned for naturalizing visitors. As the Mabira Forest Protests of 2007 demonstrated, Indian Ugandans have sustained the image of a "loathed exploitative settler" among their native compatriots. Despite this image having a specific colonial history, this article contends that the persistence of anti-Indian sentiments-and the…
Decolonial Dilemmas
There are multiple initiatives and efforts to grant African scholars 'global visibility' - as part of the decolonisation agenda. These efforts have included aiding and enabling African scholars to publish in journals of international renown, speaking or curating courses at Ivy League universities, and being experts on issues about Africa in international media. Other efforts include collaborations and citations in discourses about Africa. While t…
These Somalis are not Somalis
Through ethnography of a performatively Western-inspired coffeehouse in a "traditionally" identifying town of Hargeisa in Somaliland, Serunkuma uses Cup of Art Italian Coffeehouse to debate the political-conceptual dilemma-and potential dangers-of the renewed longing for cultural authenticity and "total revolution" in post-colonial Africa. While acknowledging the failure of the dreams that animated the anti-colonial struggle, manifest in the coll…
Secessionism in African politics
Studies of the breakaway nation states examined in this book have attracted a broad range of scholarship covering debates about governance, violence, civil war, and human rights, among other things. However, this book is distinct in its study of these cases through the lens of secessionism as an analytical and conceptual category. Indeed, there are a couple of great achievements in the book. First, the book highlights the fascinating manner in wh…
Decolonial Dilemmas
There are multiple initiatives and efforts to grant African scholars 'global visibility' - as part of the decolonisation agenda. These efforts have included aiding and enabling African scholars to publish in journals of international renown, speaking or curating courses at Ivy League universities, and being experts on issues about Africa in international media. Other efforts include collaborations and citations in discourses about Africa. While t…
Secessionism in African politics
Studies of the breakaway nation states examined in this book have attracted a broad range of scholarship covering debates about governance, violence, civil war, and human rights, among other things. However, this book is distinct in its study of these cases through the lens of secessionism as an analytical and conceptual category. Indeed, there are a couple of great achievements in the book. First, the book highlights the fascinating manner in wh…
Expulsion as Decolonization
Despite more than a hundred years in Uganda, ethnic Indian Ugandans have struggled to integrate into a space historically renowned for naturalizing visitors. As the Mabira Forest Protests of 2007 demonstrated, Indian Ugandans have sustained the image of a "loathed exploitative settler" among their native compatriots. Despite this image having a specific colonial history, this article contends that the persistence of anti-Indian sentiments-and the…
Decolonial Dilemmas
There are multiple initiatives and efforts to grant African scholars 'global visibility' - as part of the decolonisation agenda. These efforts have included aiding and enabling African scholars to publish in journals of international renown, speaking or curating courses at Ivy League universities, and being experts on issues about Africa in international media. Other efforts include collaborations and citations in discourses about Africa. While t…
These Somalis are not Somalis
Through ethnography of a performatively Western-inspired coffeehouse in a "traditionally" identifying town of Hargeisa in Somaliland, Serunkuma uses Cup of Art Italian Coffeehouse to debate the political-conceptual dilemma-and potential dangers-of the renewed longing for cultural authenticity and "total revolution" in post-colonial Africa. While acknowledging the failure of the dreams that animated the anti-colonial struggle, manifest in the coll…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Race, History, and American Society (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)