African Students in East Germany is a transnational project that follows African students from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Togo, Zambia, and Guinea to the Communist-ruled German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1949 to 1975. Although Cold War literature on African students in the Communist bloc has shed light on these students’ experiences, much of it is in journal articles. There are very few monographs on this subject, and Sara Pugach's book thus fills a gap. By focusing on the history of African students’ search for higher education after the Second World War, the book helps to shift Cold War discussions from the overstudied East-West tensions by centering African students as active participants who also shaped the Cold War conflict. Although the African–East German history Pugach recounts here consists of characters from different countries who had different agendas, she successfully ties the group together to create a moving story that gives agency to...
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December 31 2023
African Students in East Germany 1949–1975 by Sara Pugach
African Students in East Germany 1949–1975
Fungisai Musoni-Chikede
Fungisai Musoni-Chikede
Marist College
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Fungisai Musoni-Chikede
Marist College
Online ISSN: 1531-3298
Print ISSN: 1520-3972
© 2023 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Journal of Cold War Studies (2023) 25 (4): 253–255.
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Fungisai Musoni-Chikede; African Students in East Germany 1949–1975 by Sara Pugach. Journal of Cold War Studies 2023; 25 (4): 253–255. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_r_01179
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