February 8, 2021
Welcome to the African Articulations series from James Currey! Forget disciplinary policing! The African Articulations monograph series fosters fresh and provocative debate on Africa’s cultural locations, networks and histories, from… READ MORE
February 5, 2021
The idea for this book initially emerged when I was conducting research on a woman who, although only mentioned in a few pages of Young Women against Apartheid, is nevertheless… READ MORE
November 26, 2020
Sometimes you just get lucky. That was certainly the case for me when I chanced upon a microfilm container clearly labeled “Agricultural Development in Kenya” at the Friends Collection and… READ MORE
November 26, 2020
My conceptual journey to the book began in the 1970s. My family in Nigeria was a dynamic preparatory source of storytelling, masquerade narratology, dances, and dramatic performances. In her routine… READ MORE
October 6, 2020
The Groundnut Scheme is nearly forgotten now. But in its time, it was a notorious scandal that dominated British politics as well as the economy of colonial Tanganyika, and which… READ MORE
June 3, 2020
Now celebrating its 25th anniversary the Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora series remains at the forefront of the field by bringing Africa-based voices to the mainstream academy…. READ MORE
May 22, 2020
We thank Emma Wild-Wood for contributing this blog piece. Dr Wild-Wood explores the first time she was introduced to Apolo Kivebulaya and how her new publication examines wider social processes… READ MORE
April 20, 2020
David Ehrhardt shares what he hopes readers will take away from his book Creed and Grievance. This publication is part of a trilogy on religious conflict in northern Nigeria, alongside… READ MORE
March 20, 2020
“When I began to make my own films, I could not help but make a cinema that was political in its form and content, … I wanted to use cinema,… READ MORE
February 19, 2020
Suad M. E. Musa shares the story behind writing the 2019 Aidoo-Snyder Award winning book, Hawks and Doves in Sudan’s Armed Conflict, Al-Hakkamat Baggara Women of Darfur, published by James… READ MORE
Learned Lives in England, 1900-1950