BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Granville Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Granville Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:afa2bb82-4659-4c45-958b-a445e6446ae0 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261011T063756Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T200000 SUMMARY:The Scramble in Africa: 60 Years of US-China Politics LOCATION:Granville Public Library\nGranville Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Granville Public Library;X -APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Granville Public Library:geo:40.0673154,-82.51803 41 GEO:40.0673154;-82.5180341 DESCRIPTION:Since the era of decolonization\, the United States and China have competed inconsistently for economic and political influence in the i ndependent states of Sub-Saharan Africa. World Insights Series..\nhttps:// granvillelibrary.libnet.info/event/16928514 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The talk will give an overview of key infr astructural and health projects pursued by these countries and their recep tion by African partners like Zambia.

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R. Joseph Parrott \;is a ssociate professor of U.S foreign relations and transnational history at t he Ohio State University. Interested in the intersection of the Cold War\, decolonization\, and popular politics\, he is the author of \;Dream t he Size of Freedom: How African Liberation Mobilized New Left Internationa lism \;(Penn\, 2025) and co-editor of \;The Tricontinental Revolut ion: Third World Radicalism and the Cold War \;(Cambridge\, 2022).&nbs p\;

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This talk is part of Granville Public Library's World Insight Series. \;

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Registration Required. For Adults and Grades 7-12.< /p>\n

This is part of the library's World Insight series. This series is open to all and also supports the Granville High School's Global Scholars Program.

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