Indian Ocean World Podcast – An Encroaching Sea and Malaria on the Move

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The Indian Ocean World Podcast seeks to educate and inform its listeners on topics concerning the relationship between humans and the environment throughout the history of the Indian Ocean World. Today we are featuring two recent environmental-history themed episodes with Devika Shankar and Kundai Manamere.

Indian Ocean World Podcast

Devika Shankar, “An Encroaching Sea”

Prof. Devika Shankar (The University of Hong Kong) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her new book, An encroaching sea : nature, sovereignty and development at the edge of British India 1860-1950 (Cambridge University Press, 2025). 

Kundai Manamere, “Malaria on the Move: Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890-2015.”

Kundai Manamere (University of the Free State) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her newly published book Malaria on the Move: Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890-2015.

Feature Image: Woman sick with malaria sitting outside a small hospital in Zimbabwe. “Zimbabwe” by Ullisan is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

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