New Books in African Studies

811 Episodes

1. John K. Thornton, “A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820” (Cambridge UP, 2012).

   Published: 9/12/2013
2. Peter Alegi and Chris Bolsmann (editors), “Africa’s World Cup: Critical Reflections on Play, Patriotism, Spectatorship, and Space” (University of Michigan Press, 2013)

   Published: 9/5/2013
3. Elizabeth Foster, “Faith in Empire: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Rule in French Senegal, 1880-1940” (Stanford University Press, 2013)

   Published: 6/26/2013
4. Lee Ann Fujii, “Killing Neighbors: Webs of Violence in Rwanda” (Cornell UP, 2009)

   Published: 12/21/2012
5. Catherine Higgs, “Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa” (Ohio University Press, 2012)

   Published: 11/14/2012
6. Martin Plaut and Paul Holden, “Who Rules South Africa?” (Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2012)

   Published: 11/7/2012
7. Jason Brownlee, “Democracy Prevention: The Politics of the U.S.-Egyptian Alliance” (Cambridge UP, 2012)

   Published: 10/28/2012
8. Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb, “Religion and AIDS in Africa” (Oxford UP, 2012)

   Published: 10/16/2012
9. Sandra Chait, “Seeking Salaam: Ethiopians, Eritreans and Somalis in the Pacific Northwest” (University of Washington Press, 2011)

   Published: 9/18/2012
10. Bruce Whitehouse, “Migrants and Strangers in an African City: Exile, Dignity, Belonging” (Indiana UP, 2012)

    Published: 8/17/2012
11. Steve Kemper, “Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa” (Norton, 2012)

    Published: 7/20/2012
12. Nwando Achebe, “The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe” (Indiana University Press, 2011)

    Published: 6/29/2012
13. Trevor Getz and Liz Clarke, “Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History” (Oxford UP, 2012)

    Published: 6/8/2012
14. Mary Harper, “Getting Somalia Wrong: Faith, War, and Hope in a Shattered State” (Zed Books, 2012)

    Published: 5/29/2012
15. Helen Tilley, “Africa as a Living Laboratory: Empire, Development, and the Problem of Scientific Knowledge, 1870-1950” (University of Chicago, 2011)

    Published: 5/1/2012
16. Raymond Jonas, “The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire” (Harvard UP, 2011)

    Published: 5/1/2012
17. Orla Ryan, “Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa” (Zed Books, 2011)

    Published: 4/27/2012
18. Richard Bourne, “Catastrophe: What Went Wrong in Zimbabwe?” (Zed Books, 2011)

    Published: 4/2/2012
19. Stacy Schiff, “Cleopatra: A Life” (Back Bay Books, 2011)

    Published: 12/7/2011
20. Andrew Curran, “The Anatomy of Blackness: Science and Slavery in an Age of Enlightenment” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2011)

    Published: 10/10/2011