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New Books in African Studies

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Total: 780

Linda Heywood, “Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen” (Harvard University Press, 2017)
2017/5/19

In the capital of the African nation of Angola today stands a statue to Njinga, the 17th century que

Grace Davie, “Poverty Knowledge in South Africa: A Social History of Human Science, 1855-2005” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
2017/4/19

Apartheid in South Africa formally ended in 1994, but the issue of poverty and what to do about it r

Bert Ingelaere, “Inside Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts: Seeking Justice After Genocide” (U. Wisconsin Press, 2016)
2017/4/13

Rwanda’s homegrown gacaca law has been widely hailed as a successful indigenous solution to the unpr

Brandon Kendhammer, “Muslims Talking Politics: Framing Islam, Democracy and Law in Northern Nigeria” (U. Chicago Press, 2016)
2017/4/4

Brandon Kendhammer takes a fresh approach to the juxtaposition of Islam and democracy in his latest

Anuradha Chakravarty, “Investing in Authoritarian Rule: Punishment and Patronage in Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts for Genocide Crimes,” (Cambridge UP, 2016)
2017/3/28

In my time doing this podcast, I’ve covered a number of books about transitional justice. All have b

Daniel Magaziner, “The Art of Life in South Africa” (Ohio University Press, 2016)
2017/2/17

Daniel Magaziner’s latest book, The Art of Life in South Africa (Ohio University Press, 2016, and UK

Telesphore Ngarambe, “Practical Challenges in Customary Law Translation: The Case of Rwanda’s Gacaca Law” (OSSREA, 2015)
2017/2/6

The unprecedented crime of the 1994 Rwandan genocide demanded an unconventional legal response. Afte

Eve Rosenhaft and Robbie Aitken, “Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884-1960” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
2017/2/4

“There were black Germans?” My students are always surprised to learn that there were and are a comm

Nathan Hofer, “The Popularisation of Sufism in Ayyubid and Mamluk Egypt, 1173-1325” (Edinburgh UP, 2015)
2017/1/27

Medieval Egypt had a rapid influx of Sufis, which has previously been explained through reactionary

Toni Pressley-Sanon, “Zombifying a Nation: Race, Gender and the Haitian Loas on Screen” (McFarland, 2016)
2017/1/18

Zombifying a Nation: Race, Gender and the Haitian Loas on Screen (McFarland, 2016) dwells on the int

Sylvester Johnson, “African American Religions, 1500-2000: Colonialism, Democracy, and Freedom” (Cambridge UP, 2015)
2016/12/29

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

Noah Salomon, “For Love of the Prophet: An Ethnography of Sudan’s Islamic State (Princeton UP, 2016)
2016/12/17

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

Jean-Germain Gros, “Healthcare Policy in Africa” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016)
2016/12/2

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

Susan Verde, “The Water Princess” (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2016)
2016/11/29

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

Carina E. Ray, “Crossing the Color Line: Race, Sex, and the Contested Politics of Colonialism in Ghana” (Ohio UP, 2015)
2016/10/7

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

Ethan Katz, “The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France” (Harvard UP, 2015)
2016/6/28

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

Steve Kemper, “A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham” (W. W. Norton, 2016)
2016/6/13

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

Michael F. Robinson, “The Lost White Tribe: Explorers, Scientists, and the Theory that Changed a Continent” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/6/3

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

Laurent Dubois, “The Banjo: America’s African Instrument” (Harvard UP, 2016)
2016/6/2

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

Birgit Meyer, “Sensational Movies: Video, Vision, and Christianity in Ghana” (U of California Press, 2015)
2016/4/30

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