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The Pathogens of Finance: How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease (University of California Press
Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel Harmattan Season: A Novel (Tor Books, 2025) follows Boubacar, a veteran and
Research shows that repression can lead to both radicalization and deradicalization. When does it dr
Independent Africa: The First Generation of Nation Builders (Indiana UP, 2023)explores Africa's poli
Coptic Orthodox Christians comprise the largest Christian community in the Middle East and are among
Why has Libya fallen apart since 2011? The world has largely given up trying to understand how the r
In recent years, security actors have become increasingly concerned with health issues. Bodily Fluid
The Collective Dream: Egyptians Longing For A Better Life (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023) links two semin
First people communities are the early groups of hunter gatherers, herders, and the oldest human lin
Reading Mohamed Choukri’s Narratives: Hunger in Eden (Routledge, 2024) presents an intricate explor
The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning, and History in Western Africa, 1700 – 1850 (Ohio UP,
In the latest episode of Unlocking Academia, Tarin Ahmed, the host, is joined by guest, William Jenn
The African cities of Bata and Al-Hoceima were created during the Spanish colonial rule of Equatoria
How do the disillusioned, the forgotten, and the persecuted not merely hold on to life but expand it
An enthralling tour of the world’s rarest and most endangered languages Languages and cultures are b
Emergency in Transit: Witnessing Migration in the Colonial Present (University of California Press,
Christian mission in the modern era has generally been conceptualized as a Western endeavor: “from t
In Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth-Century Ghana (Ohio UP, 2017), Bianca Murillo e
The World Was in Our Hands: Voices from the Boko Haram Conflict (Cassava Republic Press, 2025) is a
In Reconfiguring Racial Capitalism: South Africa in the Chinese Century (Duke UP, 2024), Mingwei Hua
