Our new African Studies catalogue collects together all our new, recent and forthcoming titles from University of Rochester Press and our James Currey imprint.
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Editorial Contacts

James Currey Commissioning Editor:
Jaqueline Mitchell, [email protected]

Prospective Authors

University of Rochester Press Editorial Director:
Sonia Kane, [email protected]

Prospective Authors

Development and Agriculture

Field Research in Africa

Field Research in Africa

Edited by An Ansoms

by Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka and Susan Thomson

Imperialism and Development

Imperialism and Development

by Nicholas Westcott

The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya

The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya

by Ambreena Manji

Cultivating Their Own

Cultivating Their Own

by Muey Saeteurn

Literature, Theatre & Performance

ALT 39

ALT 39

Series edited by Ernest N Emenyonu

Guest editor Louisa Uchum Egbunike and Chimalum Nwankwo

Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi

Sol Plaatje's Mhudi

Edited by Sabata-mpho Mokae and Brian Willan

African Literature in the Digital Age

African Literature in the Digital Age

by Shola Adenekan

African Theatre 19

African Theatre 19

Guest editor Christine Matzke, Lena van der Hoven, Christopher Odhiambo and Hilde Roos

ALT 38 Environmental Transformations

ALT 38 Environmental Transformations

Series edited by Ernest N Emenyonu

Guest editor Cajetan Iheka and Stephanie Newell

by Ernest N Emenyonu

Opposing Apartheid on Stage

Opposing Apartheid on Stage

by Tyler Fleming

West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals

West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals

by Raphael Chijioke Njoku

Politics, History & Social Issues

Kamba Proverbs from Eastern Kenya

Kamba Proverbs from Eastern Kenya

by Jeremiah M Kitunda

Political Legitimacy in Postcolonial Mali

Political Legitimacy in Postcolonial Mali

by Dorothea E. Schulz

Across the Copperbelt

Across the Copperbelt

Edited by Miles Larmer, Enid Guene and Benoît Henriet

Disability in Africa

Disability in Africa

Edited by Nic Hamel and Toyin Falola

The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa

The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa

by Franziska Rueedi

Young Women against Apartheid

Young Women against Apartheid

by Emily Bridger

African Women in the Atlantic World

African Women in the Atlantic World

Edited by Mariana P. Candido and Adam Jones

Religion

Sacred Queer Stories

Sacred Queer Stories

by Adriaan van Klinken, Johanna Stiebert, Brian Sebyala and Fredrick Hudson

From Rebels to Rulers

From Rebels to Rulers

by Paul Naylor

Islamic Scholarship in Africa

Islamic Scholarship in Africa

Edited by Ousmane Oumar Kane

Contesting Catholics

Contesting Catholics

by Jonathon L. Earle and J.J. Carney

Hawks and Doves in Sudan’s Armed Conflict

Hawks and Doves in Sudan's Armed Conflict

by Suad M.E. Musa

Protestant Missionaries & Humanitarianism in the DRC

Protestant Missionaries & Humanitarianism in the DRC

by Jeremy Rich

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