Liberian Legacy
Angie Brooks and African Agency at the United Nations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17831753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yusra Abdullahi (0009-0000-7548-1011, Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2634-3797 • E-ISSN: 2634-3797 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/isagsq/ksag065 |
| OpenAlex | W7160285888 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
To this day, Angie Brooks remains the only African woman to have been appointed President of the United Nations General Assembly. During her tenure at the United Nations (UN) between 1954 and 1977, she exercised agency on a multi-scalar level to advocate for the eradication of colonialism in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), the inclusion of African states in multilateralism, and the advancement of women’s rights. Pan-African norm entrepreneurship, including the principles of self-determination and unity, underlined her global activism, which prompted Brooks to collaborate with the African Group to champion continent-wide liberation. The article will also demonstrate both the constraints and opportunities that were present for the manoeuvring of African diplomats at the UN as a Western-founded body. In doing so, the oft-overlooked contributions of African women diplomats in shaping international relations via the UN system will be foregrounded
Champion · Colonialism · General assembly · International development · Neocolonialism · African history and culture studies · Gender Politics and Representation · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
Africa and International Organization
Feminisms and Acculturation around the Globe
Women and 'the Other Room'
A Revolution Nonetheless
Ghanaian Luminary
Whose Atlantic? – Historiographies of South Africa, Namibia, Opsaaal, and Central America
The Entrapment of Africa within the Global Colonial Matrices of Power
Peace and Black Liberation
The Advisory opinion on Namibia
Political Participation of Women in Africa South of the Sahara
The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies
Bringing Pan-Africanism Back in as an Analytical Category
Who Are the Norm Makers? The Asian-African Conference in Bandung and the Evolution of Norms
Mapping the Margins
Africa and International Relations
Norm Subsidiarity and Regional Orders
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
Exit from Nuremberg to the Hague
Introduction
Africa+1’ summit diplomacy and the ‘new scramble’ narrative
Africa and the G20
International Law and Self-Determination in Namibia
Conflicts of Interest
Exploring Africa's Agency in International Politics
Pan-Africanism and the Affective Charges of the African Union Building in Addis Ababa
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |