Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was a divisive figure, as he represented very different things to different people. We begin the first episode of season two by discussing what motivated Gaddafi's Pan-Africanist ideas, as well as the impact of Arab colonisation in Northern Africa and the idea behind the term "sub-Saharan Africa". 

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Sources for further reading:

Articles:

Colonialism: Arab & European Compared by Chinweizu

Why do we still use the term “sub-Saharan Africa”?

The Green Book

Libyan aid and investment projects in Africa

Gaddafi’s Libya was Africa’s Most Prosperous Democracy

April Victims of The Gaddafi Regime

The truth about Gaddafi: He was no friend of Africans

Gaddafi’s Blood-Soaked Hands

'It Was As if We Weren’t Human.' Inside the Modern Slave Trade Trapping African Migrants

Africans remember Gaddafi as martyr, benefactor

Gaddafi wants EU cash to stop African migrants

How ‘African’ is Northern Africa?

Books:

Africanism - Patricia Bamurangirwa

African Immigrants in South Africa - Godfrey Mwakikagile

Documentary:

Mad Dog: Inside the Secret World of Muammar Gaddafi

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