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New Books in African Studies

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Aidan Forth, “Barbed-Wire Imperialism: Britain’s Empire of Camps, 1876-1903” (U California Press, 2017)
2018/4/24

In his new book, Barbed-Wire Imperialism: Britain’s Empire of Camps, 1876-1903 (University of Califo

Katelyn Knox, “Race on Display in Twentieth- and Twenty First-Century France” (Liverpool UP, 2016)
2018/4/17

Katelyn Knox’s book, Race on Display in Twentieth- and Twenty First–Century France (Liverpool Univer

Sharla Fett, “Recaptured Africans: Surviving Slave Ships, Detention, and Dislocation in the Final Years of the Slave Trade” (UNC Press, 2017)
2018/4/12

The Amistad Rebellion is usually remembered as the only instance in which a US court sent re-capture

Amy Bass, “One Goal: A Coach, A Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together” (Hachette Books, 2018)
2018/4/4

Today we are joined by Amy Bass, author of the book One Goal: A Coach, A Team, and the Game that Bro

Fahad Bishara, “A Sea of Debt: Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780-1950” (Cambridge UP, 2017)
2018/4/3

Today I talked to Fahad Bishara about his book A Sea of Debt: Law and Economic Life in the Western I

George Paul Meiu, “Ethno-erotic Economies: Sexuality, Money and Belonging in Kenya” (U Chicago Press, 2017)
2018/3/26

Professor George Paul Meiu‘s debut anthropological book, Ethno-erotic Economies: Sexuality, Money, a

Sandra E. Greene, “Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition” (Indiana UP, 2017)
2018/3/22

In today’s podcast we talked to Dr. Sandra Greene about her book Slave Owners of West Africa. Decisi

Nic Cheeseman, “Institutions and Democracy in Africa” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
2018/3/12

In Institutions and Democracy in Africa: How the Rules of the Game Shape Political Developments (Cam

Bonny Ibhawoh, “Human Rights in Africa” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
2018/3/2

In his new book, Human Rights in Africa (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Bonny Ibhawoh examines t

John Broich, “Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade” (Overlook Duckworth Press, 2017)
2018/3/1

Despite the British being early abolitionists, a significant slave trade remained in the western Ind

Jennifer Hart, “Ghana on the Go: African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation” (Indiana UP, 2016)
2018/2/23

Our guest today was Dr. Jennifer Hart who talked to us about her recently published book Ghana on th

Christopher J. Lee, “Soviet Journey: A Critical Annotated Edition” (Lexington Books, 2017)
2018/2/22

Kimberly speaks with Dr. Christopher J. Lee about his newest book A Soviet Journey: A Critical Annot

Seth Markle, “A Motorcycle on Hell Run: Tanzania, Black Power, and the Uncertain Future of Pan-Africanism 1964-1974” (Michigan State UP, 2017).
2018/2/16

Today we talked to Seth Markle about his book, A Motorcycle on Hell Run: Tanzania, Black Power, and

Kim Yi Dionne, “Doomed Interventions: The Failure of Global Responses to AIDS in Africa” (Cambridge UP, 2018)
2018/2/6

AIDS is one of the primary causes of death in Africa. Of the more than 24 million Africans infected

Alexander Thurston, “Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement” (Princeton UP, 2017)
2018/2/5

Boko Haram is one of the most well known global terrorist organizations. They have killed thousands

Claire Eldridge, “From Empire to Exile” (Manchester UP, 2016)
2018/1/26

The French-Algerian War that erupted in 1954 ended with the emergence of an independent Algeria in 1

Samuel Totten, “Sudan’s Nuba Mountains People Under Siege” (McFarland, 2017)
2018/1/24

This podcast is usually devoted to book written about the past. The authors may be historians, or po

Herman Salton, “Dangerous Diplomacy: Bureaucracy, Power Politics and the Role of the UN Secretariat in Rwanda” (Oxford UP, 2017)
2018/1/8

I was in graduate school during Bosnia and Rwanda. Like everyone else, I watched the video footage a

Randy M. Browne, “Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean” (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2017)
2018/1/8

Randy M. Browne in Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean (University of Pennsylvania Press, 201

Jessica Marglin, “Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco” (Yale UP, 2016)
2017/12/24

In Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco (Yale University Press, 2016), Jessica Mar