Siddharth Kara
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Siddharth Kara is a New York Times-bestselling author who has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is a former British Academy Global Professor and has held academic positions at Harvard University, University of California Berkeley, and the University of Nottingham. He is best known for his books Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (2023) and The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery (2025).
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Siddharth Kara is a New York Times-bestselling author who has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is a former British Academy Global Professor and has held academic positions at Harvard University, University of California Berkeley, and the University of Nottingham. He is best known for his books Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (2023) and The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery (2025).
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