As Mamdani Walks a Tightrope, His Father Pushes Boundaries
At once, Mahmood Mamdani's fame was eclipsed by his son's. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father's work.
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At once, Mahmood Mamdani's fame was eclipsed by his son's. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father's work.
www.nytimes.comThe Columbia scholar, and father of the mayor-elect, on politics, academe, and antisemitism.
www.chronicle.comProfessor Mahmood Mamdani said he does not seek to interfere with his son’s political rise and public life. “I’m more of an observer than a participant,” he said. Yet his views on the Middle East, Africa, and post-colonialism often stir contentious debate.
www.bostonglobe.comcc In response to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Mahmood Mamdani argues that those enforcing rights also need to be held accountable when justice is sought. Skilfully tracing the Darfur conflict's broader history, Mamdani argues that basing its understanding on spurious assumptions – seeing the duration of the conflict as mirroring that of the Sudanese president's time in office, and assuming a single set of perpetrators of...
pambazuka.orgNPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Professor Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, "Slow Poison." The book is a firsthand report on the tragic unraveling of Uganda's struggle for independence.
www.vpm.orgAfter being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son's mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.comMahmood Mamdani, father of Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, locked an LGBTQ activist and professor at a university in Uganda
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