Mairi S Macdonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 186777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mairi S Macdonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mairi S |
| FAMILY NAME | Macdonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | a University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Who killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War and white supremacy in Africa
Guinea's Political Prisoners: Colonial Models, Postcolonial Innovation
Much postcolonial theory assumes a continuity of both behavior and representation between colonial rule and what has succeeded it across sub-Saharan Africa. The maltreatment of political prisoners in Guinea in the wake of its brief invasion by Portuguese troops in November 1970 provides a challenging but ultimately fruitful empirical record against which to test this theory. I use an analytical approach informed by history, law, anthropology, and…
A “Frontal Attack on Irrational Elements”: Sékou Touré and the Management of Elites in Guinea
As leader of the Parti Démocratique de la Guinée (PDG) from 1952 until his death in 1984, Ahmed Sékou Touré’s hold on power was more often than not the result of a balancing act. Sometimes the balance called for finesse; more frequently and notoriously, the PDG leadership opted for “frontal attacks” of varying degrees of physical or psychological brutality. Sékou Touré’s reign began when Guinea was still part of Afrique Occidentale française (AOF…
Guinea's Political Prisoners: Colonial Models, Postcolonial Innovation
Much postcolonial theory assumes a continuity of both behavior and representation between colonial rule and what has succeeded it across sub-Saharan Africa. The maltreatment of political prisoners in Guinea in the wake of its brief invasion by Portuguese troops in November 1970 provides a challenging but ultimately fruitful empirical record against which to test this theory. I use an analytical approach informed by history, law, anthropology, and…
A “Frontal Attack on Irrational Elements”: Sékou Touré and the Management of Elites in Guinea
As leader of the Parti Démocratique de la Guinée (PDG) from 1952 until his death in 1984, Ahmed Sékou Touré’s hold on power was more often than not the result of a balancing act. Sometimes the balance called for finesse; more frequently and notoriously, the PDG leadership opted for “frontal attacks” of varying degrees of physical or psychological brutality. Sékou Touré’s reign began when Guinea was still part of Afrique Occidentale française (AOF…
Guinea's Political Prisoners: Colonial Models, Postcolonial Innovation
Much postcolonial theory assumes a continuity of both behavior and representation between colonial rule and what has succeeded it across sub-Saharan Africa. The maltreatment of political prisoners in Guinea in the wake of its brief invasion by Portuguese troops in November 1970 provides a challenging but ultimately fruitful empirical record against which to test this theory. I use an analytical approach informed by history, law, anthropology, and…
Who killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War and white supremacy in Africa
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · History (2 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (1 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 works) · Cold war (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works)