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Koni Benson

Koni Benson is a historian, organiser, and educator based in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She is a co-convener of the Revolutionary Papers project and the author of Crossroads: I Live Where I Like (illustrated by the Trantraal Brothers and Ashley Marais, foreword by Robin DG Kelley, PM Press, 2021).

Articles by Koni Benson

‘Periodicals Were the Beating Hearts of Global Movements’: An Interview with Revolutionary Papers
In this exclusive extract from Wasafiri 118: Abolitions - Writing Against Abandonment, Marral Shamshiri interviews Dr Mahvish Ahmad, Dr Koni Benson, and Dr Hana Morgenstern of the Revolutionary Papers, who discuss the importance of mobilising communities and connecting historical and contemporary radical archives to ongoing liberation struggles, all whilst looking at them through an anti-colonical lens.
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