May 23, 2023
Volume 1 For some reason, historians have largely seen fit to avoid the subject of African human rights and not least the 1981 African Human and Peoples’ Rights Charter. The… READ MORE
May 17, 2023
Ideas for my monograph, African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Nigeria and Kenya – which has just been republished in paperback –… READ MORE
January 5, 2023
Today we celebrate, with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, his 85th birthday, as one of Africa’s most articulate social critics and creator of a wonderful world of literature. Ngũgĩ is a Kenyan… READ MORE
July 22, 2022
I set out to research and write this book because no one else had written a comprehensive account of The National Peace Accord, and because the seed was planted in… READ MORE
June 21, 2022
Finalist for the 2019 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for Best Book in Africana Religions, Faith, Power and Family by Charlotte Walker-Said is a ‘valuable contribution to the rich literature examining… READ MORE
May 25, 2022
Pokot Pastoralism: Environmental Change and Socio-Economic Transformation in North-West Kenya by Hauke-Peter Vehrs is the first book in Future Rural Africa, a new series from James Currey. Dr Vehrs shares… READ MORE
March 16, 2022
We are delighted to share a recent interview with Tom Lodge where he discusses his book Red Road to Freedom: A History of the South African Communist Party 1921 –… READ MORE
March 7, 2022
The question of the churches’ response to mass violence or mass oppression has been raised in many contexts. Think of the debate on Pope Pius XII’s silence on the Holocaust…. READ MORE
February 8, 2022
Decolonizing African Studies answers a variety of questions: How can African Studies be Decolonized? In what ways are current scholarships responding to ideas around decoloniality? How is the academy responding… READ MORE
Books to Look out for in June 2023