We’re beginning to consult archival sources, and face a central methodological challenge: how to recognise, interpret and analyse the affective qualities of diplomatic training within the mundane, partial, often bureaucratic detail?

As we progress in the research project, this blog series will offer brief updates and insights into our progress, elucidating more about the spaces and practices of diplomatic training in the process of decolonisation through stories like that of Adamou Ndam Njoya.