Past Event

Please join us on Wednesday, March  6th,  2024 | 1:00-2:30 PM EST. Olukunle P. Owolabi  presents his book entitled :  ” Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects: The Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation in the Global South”

In summary,  Olukunle P. Owolabi“s book

• Distinguishes between forced settlement and colonial occupation as distinct modes of imperial domination in the Global South
• Uses statistical data methods and comparative-historical analysis to analyze the long-term developmental consequences of forced settlement and colonial occupation across multiple colonial empires
• Highlights significant variations in colonial state-building, long-term development, and postcolonial democratization across the Black Atlantic world
• Draws evidence from more than ninety developing countries that gained independence after World War II

About the speaker:

Olukunle P. Owolabi is an associate professor of political science at Villanova University in Pennsylvania , where he teaches courses on Comparative Politics, African Politics, comparative democratization, and the developmental legacies of colonialism. His research examines the developmental legacies of forced settlement and colonial occupation in the Global South and has been published in Comparative Politics.

Owolabi holds a PhD in political science from the University of Notre Dame and an MPhil in Latin American Studies with distinction from Oxford University.