Ali Ahmida publishes article in Libyan newspaper, appointed to board of African Journal of Governance and Development

The leading Libyan newspaper, Miadeen, on Aug. 20, 2012 published an article by Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Ph.D., professor and chair of the 91AV political science program. The article was titled "The Use and Abuse of Libyan Colonial History."

Ahmida was also recently appointed to the editorial board of the African Journal of Governance and Development.

Ahmida is the author of The Making of Modern Libya: State Formation, Colonialization and Resistance, and several other books on Libya and North Africa. 

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