5FRAN MONKS/CATHERINE FRAWLEYTHE BRIEFING
6 Viewpoints: Rana Mitter on historic
trade rifts between China and the west ✪,
and Thomas Ellis on the legacy of the
1969 moon landing10 History Headlines: Discoveries and
developments in the world of history12 Inside Story: Robin Brant on why China
forgot the Tiananmen Square protests ✪CULTURE
72 The Conversation: Emma Dabiri
discusses attitudes towards Afro hair ✪80 Agenda: The latest exhibitions, films,
books, TV and radio programmesJOURNEYS
84 In the footsteps of... Simón Bolívar’s
expedition to Colombia by Daniel Rey ✪92 Global City: Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
by David Eimer94 Wonders of the World: Lalibela,
Ethiopia by Paul BloomfieldREGULARS
38 A Year in Pictures: 193 4
by Richard Overy54 Extraordinary People: Ahmad Zahir
by Monica Whitlock98 Museum of the World: The Cull hu
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Expert voices from the world of history
Emma Dabiri
“Because the power dynamic was so balanced
in favour of white European norms, the
idea developed that Afro-textured hair was
inadequate, inferior, and associated with a kind
of non-humanity,” comments Emma Dabiri,
who discusses her new book on the political and
social history of such hair on page 72.Chi-kwan Mark
“With the world’s second-largest economy and
a permanent seat in the UN Security Council,
China has the potential to replace the US as the
greatest superpower,” Chi-kwan Mark writes in
our Big Question feature on page 14. But has
China wielded such influence in the past? Our
experts discuss former eras of supremacy.Daniel Rey
British-Colombian historian and writer Rey
follows in the footsteps of Simón Bolívar’s 19th-
century campaign to free Colombia on page 84.
“Through the heat of the plains and blizzardy
cold of the Andes, Bolívar’s army undertook
an expedition that determined the course of
South American independence,” he writes.Monica Whitlock
The presenter of the new BBC World Service
documentary Remembering Afghanistan’s Elvis
tells the story of 20th-century pop sensation
Ahmad Zahir on page 54. As she writes in our
Extraordinary People slot, “in a brief but brilliant
public life he released more than 20 albums” –
amassing a passionate fanbase in the process.Lewis Dartnell
Professor at the University of Westminster,
Dartnell reveals on page 28 why geography
was a major factor in the ambitious expansion
of European empires. “The leap forward in
long-distance exploration was possible because
mariners came to understand patterns of reliable
winds and ocean currents,” he writes.Rana Mitter
On page 6, the professor of the history and
politics of modern China at the University of
Oxford discusses the US-China trade war.
“The reopening of diplomatic relations in 1979
heralded a more mutually beneficial trading
relationship,” he says. “But closer trade relations
don’t always mean closer diplomatic relations.”Free
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