Africa’s role in global nuclear non-proliferation

The post-WWII nuclear era coincided with the spread of African decolonisation. United by opposition to French nuclear tests in the Sahara, the unique combination of decolonisation and denuclearisation impacted the trajectory of nuclear non-proliferation globally. Dr Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh examines this often-overlooked history, and the continent’s attitude of ‘obedient rebellion’ to the global nuclear order.