African History

The end of apartheid brought South Africa into the global media environment. Outside companies invested in the nation's newspapers while South Afri...

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures is a study on the use of humor and comedy in African literary texts across the twentieth century. Despit...

Typologies of Humor in African Literatures is a study on the use of humor and comedy in African literary texts across the twentieth century. Despit...

This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It looks at how the Soviet Union...

This book draws on the latest scholarship and archival research to examine the story of the Soviet Union and race. It looks at how the Soviet Union...

The importance of youth's substantive participation for the realization of inclusive reconciliation practices has rarely been acknowledged. Agency ...

Part literary history, part cultural study, Grounds of Engagement examines the relationships and exchanges between black South African and African ...

Though many historians of colonial Africa are familiar with petitions preserved in archives, few have looked at what this genre of letter writing t...

The first major history of photography from coastal East AfricaThe ports of the Swahili coastZanzibar and Mombasa among themhave long been dynamic ...

Magical realism has deep roots across many African languages and regions. This book explores African magical realism from a transregional and inclu...

This book presents a re-engagement with oral histories as a way of documenting, understanding, and discussing experiences of work and economic life...

This volume examines past as well as contemporary Maghrebean texts, and explores new trajectories for Maghrebean literature and art. It sways betwe...

In this groundbreaking work, the essayist and critic Adewale Maja-Pearce delivers a mordant verdict on Nigeria's crisis of democracy. A mosaic of e...

'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest A thought-provok...

'A wry, rollicking, and provocative history' Michael Taylor, author of The Interest A thought-provok...