Interviews with Scholars of Africa about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium memb
Freshly out from under French colonial rule in 1960, the West African nation of Dahomey (now Benin)
African Literature and US Empire Postcolonial Optimism in Nigerian and South African Writing (Edinbu
North Korea was an important player in the decolonisation of Africa. Freedom fighters across the con
Forged in Genocide traces the early history of colonial capitalism in Namibia with a central focus o
This biography of “African explorer” Richard Dorsey Mohun, written by one of his descendants, reveal
The Contemporary African Kitchen: Home Cooking Recipes from the Leading Chefs of Africa (Phaidon Pre
In Strong Commanders, Weak States: How Rebel Governance Shapes Military Integration after Civil War
Today I talked to Kara Cooney about Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theba
In Poverty and Wealth in East Africa: A Conceptual History (Duke UP, 2022), Rhiannon Stephens offers
In 1716 two princes from Mpfumo—what is today Maputo, the capital of Mozambique—boarded a ship licen
Since Kenya's invasion of Somalia in 2011, the Kenyan state has been engaged in direct combat with t
The road to Queen Elizabeth II’s implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the firs
In The Ideological Scramble for Africa, Frank Gerits examines how African leaders in the 1950s and 1
In Capitalism in the Colonies: African Merchants in Lagos, 1851–1931 (Princeton UP, 2024), A. G. Hop
In An Archive of Possibilities: Healing and Repair in Democratic Republic of Congo (Duke UP, 2024),
Environments associated with migration are often seen as provisional, lacking both history and archi
Can older racists change their tune, or will they haunt us further once they're gone? Rich in myster
Why some cities are more effective than others at reducing inequalities in the built environment.For
Utilizing Strategic Theory as a framework for warfare and incorporating the testimonies and experien
Thinking together the histories of European integration and African decolonization, Emily Marker's B
