Comparisons, Connections, Public Engagement: Situating Contemporary Algeria within a Global Perspective Professor Martin Evans, Professor of Modern European History Tuesday 8 December, 6.30pm Chowen Lecture Theatre, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK Algeria experienced one of the longest and bloodiest… Read More ›
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Event: History as Narrative, 19 November 2015, New York
History As Narrative New York 19 November 2015 The Mantle and Shakespeare & Co. invite you to an exclusive event with two of Africa’s hottest writers. Donald Molosi (Botswana) and Chinelo Okparanta (Nigeria) will read from their latest work and… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘The Battle of Algiers at 50: Legacies in Film and Literature’, deadline 15 Jan 2016
Date TBC May 2016 University of Sheffield, Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS) ‘The Battle of Algiers at 50: Legacies in Film and Literature’ is a one-day symposium organised by postgraduate students from the University of Leeds and Sheffield… Read More ›
Call For Papers: The Journal of History and Cultures
The Journalof History and Cultures (JHAC) is inviting postgraduates and early career academics to submit articles or book reviews for its next issue. JHAC is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to pioneering new research in history and cultures. Drawing on… Read More ›
Words on Teaching – “The Great War in Africa”
Africa in Words Guest Anne Samson: Ready packaged resources for those who want to explore the Great War in Africa are scarce. However, that shouldn’t put teachers and other educators off doing so as the amount of useful material on… Read More ›
Words on Teaching – “The Image of Africa in a Survey Course”
Africa in Words Guest: Bronwen Everill In my three years of teaching African history at a variety of levels (first, second, and third years; MA students), I have continually been pleasantly surprised by the quality of debate that African history… Read More ›
‘Dust’ by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor – review
AiW Guest jalida scheuerman-chianda The second time I met Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor she was sitting at a round wooden table in the garden of the Kwani? office in Nairobi, waiting to be interviewed on the launch of her debut novel… Read More ›
Words on Teaching – “Book Review: Teaching Africa”
As a relatively new teacher of African history at universities, I am keen to find publications that will help me reflect upon, and develop my work. Unlike in most American PhD programmes (I understand) teaching isn’t part of the core… Read More ›
African Classics: Kristin Mann’s Marrying Well
Sometimes apparently everyday topics of life can lead to rich rewards in terms of historical study. One example of this is (I hope she won’t mind me saying) is Kristin Mann’s study of men and women’s marrying patterns in Lagos… Read More ›
Perhaps you missed (Festive 2013 edition)
Following on from last week’s Mandela retrospective, here are some posts readers may wish to revisit – or discover for the first time from the AiW 2013 archive. If you’re a fan of the ‘best of’ lists that dominate publishing… Read More ›
An archive of solidarity: The City of London Anti-Apartheid Group papers
Africa in Words Guest: Gavin Brown. When I set out to research the history of the Non-Stop Picket of the South African Embassy in London, I knew I could trace enough former participants in that protest to make the project… Read More ›
‘I slowly came to the realisation that the secondary sources on Asante religion and chieftaincy were incomplete’: African Classics
I’m delighted to introduce this post from Africa in Words Guest author, Louise Müller for the ‘African classics’ series. As Nara discussed last week, this series aims to give a fresh or alternative insight, giving our readers a chance to… Read More ›
Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, ‘Yoruba Women, Work and Social Change’ (Indiana University Press, 2009)
Marjorie Keniston McIntosh’s new(ish) book, Yoruba Women, Work and Social Change’ has been on my shelf to read for longer than it should have been. McIntosh’s introduction promises a study ‘of adaptability and syncretism, not of simple continuity or abrupt… Read More ›
Achebe remembered: thanks for your wahala*
Wahala: OED ‘trouble, affliction, calamity’ (from the OUP Blog) The death of Achebe has seen a wide range of tributes: reprints of interviews, quotes, images but also reflections and memories from those who knew this great writer, and writers influenced… Read More ›
The country Africa that we imagine in Brazil
Read this post in Portuguese in África em Palavras Since I am spending some time in my beloved country (Brazil), I had decided to post about some Africa-related event in Brazil. As you know, Brazil was on the other side… Read More ›