New Books in African Studies

Sylvester Johnson, “African American Religions, 1500-2000: Colonialism, Democracy, and Freedom” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

When and where do African American religions begin? Sylvester Johnson, Associate Professor of...

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Noah Salomon, “For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan’s Islamic State (Princeton UP, 2016)

In popular discourse today, few concepts are more sensationalized and maliciously caricatured...

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Jean-Germain Gros, “Healthcare Policy in Africa” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016)

In Healthcare Policy In Africa: Institutions and Politics from Colonialism to the Present (Rowman...

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Susan Verde, “The Water Princess” (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2016)

Supermodel Georgie Badiel grew up in a small village in Burkina Faso where the closest source of...

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Carina E. Ray, “Crossing the Color Line: Race, Sex, and the Contested Politics of Colonialism in Ghana” (Ohio UP,...

In Crossing the Color Line: Race, Sex, and the Contested Politics of Colonialism in Ghana (Ohio...

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Ethan Katz, “The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France” (Harvard UP, 2015)

In The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France (Harvard University...

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Steve Kemper, “A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham” (W. W. Norton, 2016)

In A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham (W. W. Norton, 2016),...

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Michael F. Robinson, “The Lost White Tribe: Explorers, Scientists, and the Theory that Changed a Continent” (Oxfo...

Michael F. Robinson‘s new book is such a pleasure to read, I cant even. It’s not just because you...

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Laurent Dubois, “The Banjo: America’s African Instrument” (Harvard UP, 2016)

Most scholars of popular music use songs, artists, and clubs as the key texts and sites in their...

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Birgit Meyer, "Sensational Movies: Video, Vision, and Christianity in Ghana" (U of California Press, 2015)

Anthropologist Birgit Meyer‘s most recent book, Sensational Movies: Video, Vision, and...

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Allison Drew, "We Are No Longer in France: Communists in Colonial Algeria" (Manchester UP, 2014)

Allison Drew’s We Are No Longer in France: Communists in Colonial Algeria (Manchester University...

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Krista A. Thompson, "Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice" (Duke UP, ...

Shine: The Visual Economy of Light in African Diasporic Aesthetic Practice (Duke University...

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Aisha Durham, "Home With Hip Hop Feminism: Performances in Communication and Culture"

Aisha DurhamView on AmazonIs hip hop defined by its artists or by its audience? In Home With Hip...

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Alice J. Kang, "Bargaining for Women’s Rights: Activism in an Aspiring Muslim Democracy"

Alice J. KangView on AmazonAlice J. Kang has written Bargaining for Women's Rights: Activism in...

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Sarah Abrevaya Stein, "Saharan Jews and the Fate of French Algeria"

Sarah Abrevaya SteinView on AmazonIn Saharan Jews and the Fate of French Algeria (University of...

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Marjorie Feld, "Nations Divided: American Jews and the Struggle over Apartheid"

Marjorie FeldView on AmazonIn Nations Divided: American Jews and the Struggle over Apartheid...

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Kelly M. Duke Bryant, "Education as Politics: Colonial Schooling and Political Debate in Senegal, 1850s-1914"

Kelly M. Duke BryantView on AmazonEducation as Politics: Colonial Schooling and Political Debate...

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Elizabeth M. Williams, "The Politics of Race in Britain and South Africa: Black British Solidarity and the Anti-...

View on AmazonIn 1951 a West-Indian seaman was killed in Cape Town by two white policemen. His...

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Chike Jeffers, "Listening to Ourselves: A Multilingual Anthology of African Philosophy"

Chike JeffersView on AmazonNgugi wa Thiong'o, who famously made the decision in the 1970s to...

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Gregory O’Malley, “Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807” (UNC Press for ...

Gregory E. O’Malley examines a crucial, but almost universally overlooked, aspect of the African...

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