Interviews with Scholars of Africa about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium memb
It’s now the norm for NBA and collegiate teams to have international players dotting their rosters.
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more tha
Commercial Banking in Kenya: A History from Colonisation to Digital Age (Routledge, 2024) investigat
Over the course of the 20th century, the South African state attempted to construct a “White Man’s C
A key part of the experience of migration is not being in full control of one’s circumstances and do
A compelling work that explores the lives and aspirations of young footballers with deep nuance and
Caree A. Banton's book More Auspicious Shores: Barbadian Migration to Liberia, Blackness, and the Ma
Spain's former African colonies-Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara-share similar histories. Both a
For decades, media and academic analysis of African politics has emphasised instability, political v
Professor David Zeitlyn’s book offers a major contribution to the study and analysis of divination,
Drawing on a rare cross-regional comparison, Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Ke
Marie-Eve Desrosiers (Univ. of Ottawa) has written a wonderful book. Trajectories of Authoritarianis
South Africa remains the only state that developed a nuclear weapons capability, but ultimately deci
Women, Agency, and the State in Guinea: Silent Politics (Routledge, 2020) examines how women in Guin
Well into the early nineteenth century, Luanda, the administrative capital of Portuguese Angola, was
Over the course of the Almoravid (1040–1147) and Almohad (1121–1269) dynasties, mediaeval Marrakesh
Perpetrators of mass atrocities have used displacement to transport victims to killing sites or exte
Inequality and Political Cleavage in Africa: Regionalism by Design (Cambridge University Press, 2024
In Automotive Empire: How Cars and Roads Fueled European Colonialism in Africa (Cornell University P
Jane-Marie Collins's book Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood: Bahia, Brazil, 1830-188
