Mahmood Mamdani, Father of NYC Mayor, Is Writing a Book on Gaza

At once, Mahmood Mamdani’s fame was eclipsed by his son’s. At the same time, the election of Zohran Mamdani has attracted new interest in his father’s work.Since his days as a scholar in Tanzania in the 1970s, Mahmood Mamdani has wrestled with subjects including the nature of colonialism and its enduring consequences.