Yaw's Brief: Guns, Trade, Cobalt & Africa Beyond Colonialism

Yaw's Brief: Guns, Trade, Cobalt & Africa Beyond Colonialism

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Three Worlds, One Region: The Igbo, Yoruba, and Edo of Medieval Southern Nigeria
Empires, Priest-Kings, and Cavalry: The Rise and Struggles of Southern Nigeria (1100–1560)
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The Future of Immigration Policy in Europe & Africa
The New Reality of Labor Migration
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The Remastered History of Nigeria Part III: The Rise, Rule & Resistance of the Sokoto Caliphate
How a small group of religious devotees created an empire and got colonized
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June 2025

The Remastered History of Nigeria Part II: Medieval Northern Nigeria, Islam & Trans-Saharan Trade
Islamic trade, Rising Literacy, Slave raids, & Imperial Rivalries
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The 5K Subscriber Special Q&A: US Politics: Brunch, Balkanization, & Bullet Trains
The Trump Bump Among Black Men, America vs. Europe, the Digital Civil War, and How Party ID Became a Religion
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India’s Comeback Story: Gold, Crisis, & the IMF Deal
No, the IMF Didn’t Steal India’s Gold — Here’s What Really Happened
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May 2025

April 2025

The Economic & Geopolitical History of Tunisia Part 5 - The Arab Spring’s Only “Success” Comes Full Circle
How Tunisia’s Arab Spring briefly bloomed, withered under economic strain, and gave way to a new strongman
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Ask Me Anything: First Video AMA
First AMA
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Book Review & Insights #5: The Problem of Democracy: America, the Middle East and the Rise & Fall of An Idea by Shadi Hamid
The Tension between Liberalism and Democracy
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March 2025

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