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Professor Harold D. Weaver Jr. (Wellesley, MA, Friends Meeting), will discuss his new book, Race, Decolonization, and the Cold War, in which he challenges US and Western media and scholarly myths about USSR education and training programs for Africa. Click here to register for attendance over Zoom. RSVP here to participate in person.
At the height of Africa's decolonization, as new nations and their young leaders emerged with a passion for models of independence and self-determination, the Soviet Union became a key destination for study. What was life at the university and in Moscow actually like? In this unique examination of African-Soviet relations, Professor Harold D. Weaver, Jr., serves as both researcher and personal witness, guiding the reader through the nuanced terrain of students seeking models of effective, radical change. Offering valuable insights to the history and current processes of development and peace, Race, Decolonization, and the Cold War: African Student Elites In Moscow, reveals a piece of the past that spotlights significant lessons for the future.