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Connections between European pro-empire films and Nazi propaganda: A case study of Andr\u00e9 Cauvin\u2019s Bwana Kitoko<\/em> in comparison with Leni Riefenstahl\u2019s Triumph of the Will<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project examines how Belgian director Andr\u00e9 Cauvin drew inspiration from Leni Riefenstahl\u2019s infamous\u00a0Triumph of the Will<\/em>\u00a0(1935) for his 1955 colonialist propaganda film\u00a0Bwana Kitoko<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My article \u201cAfterlives of Nazi Propaganda: Andr\u00e9 Cauvin and\u00a0Bwana Kitoko<\/em> \u201d appeared in the Journal of Belgian History-RBHC-BTNG<\/a> in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n

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An Epic Island:  The Untold Story of Mallorca in World History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book recounts the captivating story of Mallorca while exploring major themes in European and world history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Mallorca?  This beautiful Mediterranean isle has been and continues to be a major yet largely little-known crossroads of exchange.  A small, isolated, and unpopulated landmass at the end of the Neolithic Age, the island fell under Carthage, Rome, Vandals, Moors, the Kingdom of Aragon, and finally Spain.  In recent years, it has come to personify globalization, its inhabitants\u2014including native Mallorcans, Spaniards from the Peninsula, and immigrants from across the EU, South America, China, and the Maghreb\u2014welcome millions of tourists each year.  The tourism industry has led to great prosperity accompanied by environmental degradation and overexploitation of natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While learning about European and world history, readers also find out about the peoples of Mallorca, its languages, politics, arts, and cuisine (sobrassada<\/em>, olives, coca de tramp\u00f3<\/em>, and porc negre<\/em>, or Black Majorcan Pig), and everyday life on this jewel of the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Belgian Colonial Empire<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am writing a comprehensive, one-volume history of Belgian overseas colonialism in central Africa that will appear in the Polity Press series \u201cThe Polity History of Empire.\u201d  https:\/\/www.politybooks.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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