Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire

Samuel Fury Childs Daly

1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706, 206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Africa at Noon

Speaker: Samuel Fury Childs Daly

Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST

Venue: 206 Ingraham Hall
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Hosted by Michael Martoccio
Sponsored by War in Society and Culture Program and Wisconsin Veterans Museum

Speaker’s Bio

Samuel Fury Childs Daly is a historian of law and warfare. Daly is an Associate Professor of History and the College at the University of Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and master’s degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of Cambridge. He previously taught at Duke University. He is the author of Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa After Empire (Duke University Press, 2024) and A History of the Republic of Biafra: Law, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He is currently writing two books: a global history of military desertion and a history of military imposters.