In this episode, we speak to researcher and writer Dr. Edna Bonhomme on medicine, epidemics, and empire in the Middle East and North Africa as well as the current COVID-19 crisis. --- Readings & Resources Related Work by Edna Bonhomme: “Über Lebenslust,” Missy Magazine, May 2020, https://missy-magazine.de/blog/2020/05/11/ueber-lebenslust/ “The Cartography of Climate Apartheid in Yemen,” UN Magazine, May 2020, http://unprojects.org.au/magazine/issues/issue-14-1/edna-bonhomme/ “What Afro Shops Mean for the African Diaspora in Berlin,” The Funambulist, May 2020, https://thefunambulist.net/magazine/states-of-emergency “Ill Will,” The Baffler Magazine, April 2020, https://thebaffler.com/latest/ill-will-bonhomme “Racism: the most dangerous ‘preexisting condition’,” Aljazeera English, April 2020, https://aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/racism-dangerous-pre-existing-condition-200414154246943.html “The Racial Politics of ‘Return,’” The Nation, April 2020, https://thenation.com/article/world/slavery-tourism-ghana-africa/ “Covid-19 Denialism and Xenophobia,” Spectre Journal, April 2020, https://spectrejournal.com/covid-19-denialism-and-xenophobia/ “What coronavirus has taught us about inequality,” Aljazeera English, March 2020, https://aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/coronavirus-taught-inequality-200316204401117.html “How They Treat Us,” The Baffler Magazine, November 2019, https://thebaffler.com/latest/how-they-treat-us-bonhomme Decolonization in Action Podcast: https://decolonizationinaction.com/ | @decinaction https://www.ednabonhomme.com/ Edna on Twitter: @jacobinoire Additional Readings: Harriet A. Washington - Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present https://www.amazon.com/Medical-Apartheid-Experimentation-Americans-Colonial-ebook/dp/B0010SEOYE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1590540355&sr=8-1 Dorothy Roberts - Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Black-Body-Reproduction-Meaning/dp/0679758690 Matthew M. Heaton - Black Skin, White Coats: Nigerian Psychiatrists, Decolonization, and the Globalization of Psychiatry https://www.amazon.com/Black-Skin-White-Coats-Decolonization/dp/0821420704/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=black+skin+white+coats&qid=1590540436&sr=8-1 “Cuba Link Sought in Spread of AIDS” (1988) https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-01-31-8803260544-story.html “Debate Grows on US Listing of Haitians in AIDS Category” (1983) https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/31/us/debate-grows-on-us-listing-of-haitians-in-aids-category.html Mariel Boatlift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_boatlift “Coronavirus: Africa will not be testing ground for vaccine, says WHO” (2020) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52192184 --- Music: "My Life as a Video Game" by Michael Salamone --- Learn more about the Left POCket Project via: Twitter: twitter.com/LeftPOC Facebook: facebook.com/leftpoc Media Revolt: mediarevolt.org/leftpoc Reddit: reddit.com/user/leftpoc/ Subscribe: Soundcloud: soundcloud [dot] com/leftpoc Spreaker: spreaker.com/user/leftpoc Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/13trBKujjjBnmWHeDZcC5Z or search "LeftPOC" iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leftp…d1329313097?mt=2 or search "LeftPOC" in podcasts Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCT60v3qYO7Bj0R1XbUZct5Q Support: patreon.com/leftpoc