Author profile: Cliff (Ubba) Kodero

Cliff (Ubba) Kodero holds a Ph.D. in International Relations with a focus on African affairs from Florida International University. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Political Economy at the College of Idaho. Ubba also runs a Pan-African YouTube Show The Ubba Kodero show, where he discusses African Affairs.

The Racial Wealth Gap: Why America Should Discuss Reparations

Cliff (Ubba) Kodero • Mar 20 2024 • Articles

A comprehensive approach to the legacy of slavery and discrimination includes reparations – but also policy changes and a shift toward fairness.

Review – Do Not Disturb

Cliff (Ubba) Kodero • Apr 21 2022 • Features

Wrong’s book explores Rwanda’s complex political scene and the murder of an adversary of the president that challenges the dominant image of Kagame’s Rwanda.

Review – First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace

Cliff (Ubba) Kodero • Jan 11 2021 • Features

A meticulously researched, revelatory, and engrossing account of how South Sudan’s pursuit of statehood became a struggle for survival.

Review – Authoritarian Africa: Repression, resistance, and the power of ideas

Cliff (Ubba) Kodero • Aug 30 2020 • Features

The book explores why authoritarian regimes have persisted in Africa and investigates the extent to which European colonialists can be blamed for Africa’s problems.

Review – Stamped from the Beginning

Cliff (Ubba) Kodero • Apr 3 2020 • Features

Ibram X. Kendi’s book is a thought-provoking account of America’s racial history and its impact on people of colour, providing a theorization of global anti-blackness.

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