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1 ADamforAfrica AkosomboStoriesfromGhana StephanF.Miescher May 2022 608pp 55b&willus.,7maps 9780253059956£36.00 / $45.00PB 9780253059970£72.00/$90.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress Sinceitsconstructioninthe early1960s,thehydroelectricAkosomboDam acrosstheVoltaRiverhasbecomeoneofthemost controversialsitesinGhana.Drawinguponawealth ofsources,thisbooktellsindetailforthefirsttime thestoryofthisdamthathassoprofoundlyhelped andhurtanationfor60years. AManamongOther Men TheCrisisofBlackMasculinityin RacialCapitalism JordannaMatlon May 2022 306pp 59b&whalftones,1 map 9781501762932£22.99 / $29.95PB 9781501762864£100.00/$125.00 HB CornellUniversityPress Engagingthehistories,representationalrepertoires, andperformativeidentitiesofmeninAbidjanand acrosstheBlackAtlantic,MatlonshowshowFrench coloniallegaciesandmediatropesofBlacknessact aspowerfulaxes,rootingmasculineidentityand valuewithinlabor,consumerism,and commodification. AfricanLeadersofthe TwentiethCentury, Volume2 Cabral,Machel,Mugabe,Sirleaf AllenF.Isaacman,BarbaraS. Isaacman,PeterKaribe Mendy,SueOnslow,Martin PlautandPamelaScully OhioShortHistoriesofAfrica July 2022 840pp 9780821424742£27.99 / $36.95PB OhioUniversityPress Bringstogetherconciseandup-to-datebiographies ofAmílcarCabral,SamoraMachel,RobertMugabe, andEllenJohnsonSirleaf.Thistitlecomplements coursesinhistoryandpoliticalscienceandservesas ausefulcollectionforgeneralreaders. AfricanaStudies TheoreticalFutures EditedbyGrantFarred June 2022 212pp 9781439923078£26.99 / $34.95PB 9781439923061£79.00/$99.50 HB TempleUniversityPress Recognizeshowthediscipline hasbeenshaped,changingover thedecadesasscholarshaveopenednewmodesof theoreticalengagementsuchasaddressingissues ofgenderandsexuality,politics,andcultural studies.Theessaysdebateand(re)considerblack anddiasporiclifetosustain,provoke,andcultivate AfricanaStudiesasasingularyetpolyvalentmode ofthinking. ExcludesAsiaPacific AnimalityandColonial SubjecthoodinAfrica TheHumanandNonhuman CreaturesofNigeria SaheedAderinto NewAfricanHistories April 2022 324pp 9780821424766£27.99 / $36.95PB 9780821424698£64.00/$80.00 HB OhioUniversityPress Fromdebatesovertheaestheticsofbirdsinthe urbanlandscapetohowhorseracingenhanced imperialpowertothewaysinwhichwater navigationimpactedaquaticcreatures,Saheed Aderintoarguesthatitisimpossibletocomprehend thefullextentofimperialdominationwithout consideringthecolonialsubjecthoodofanimals. Architectureand Development IsraeliConstructioninSubSaharanAfricaandtheSettler ColonialImagination, 1958-1973 AyalaLevin March 2022 320pp 69illus.,incl.16page colorinsert 9781478017882£20.99 / $27.95PB 9781478015260£84.00/$104.95 HB DukeUniversityPress Focusingonthe“goldenage”ofIsrael’sdiplomatic relationsinandthroughoutthecontinentfrom 1958to1973,thisbookchartsthesettlercolonial imaginationandpracticesthatundergirdedIsraeli architecturaldevelopmentaidinAfrica.
2 Burnished ZuluCeramicsbetweenRural andUrbanSouthAfrica ElizabethPerrill June 2022 304pp 90colorillus.,2b&w tables 9780253061874£22.99 / $30.00PB 9780253061867£64.00/$80.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress ShowcasesthelivesandworkofindividualBlack SouthAfricanartists,mostlywomen,whose contributionsandaccomplishmentshavenotbeen wellrecognized.ApproachesZulupotterymaking nottodefineanormativestylebuttotreatceramic productionasanimportantmodeofself-definition forZuluwomen. CarceralAfterlives Prisons,Detention,and PunishmentinPostcolonial Uganda KatherineBruce-Lockhart NewAfricanHistories May 2022 272pp 9780821424780£27.99 / $36.95PB 9780821424773£64.00/$80.00 HB OhioUniversityPress Thissocialandpoliticalhistoryanalyzeshow incarceration,apracticeandpolicywithcolonial origins,wascentraltoboththeexertionofand challengestostatepowerinpostcolonialUganda. Thebookalsoillustratesthepersistentimbrication ofprisons,punishment,politics,andstrugglesfor decolonizationandfreedomacrosstheglobe. CasablancaStory InKoliJeanBofane, TranslatedbyBillJohnston GlobalAfricanVoices May 2022 166pp 9780253058799£18.99 / $25.00PB IndianaUniversityPress Theauthortrainshisrazor-sharp observationsofabitterreality andhismordanthumoroncorruptionamongthe powerful,shadypropertydeals,andthevulnerable situationofmigrantsandmalesexualdesire,andhe succeedsintransformingadesperatecontemporary realityintoengrossingandentertainingfiction. CreatingAfrican FashionHistories Politics,Museums,andSartorial Practices EditedbyJoAnnMcGregor, HeatherM.AkouandNicola Stylianou April 2022 360pp 81colorillus.,7b&w illus. 9780253060129£22.99 / $30.00PB 9780253060112£60.00/$75.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress FromMoroccanfashionbloggerstoupmarketLagos designers,thevoicesinthisground-breaking collectionrevealfascinatinghistoriesand geographiesofcirculationwithinandbeyondthe continentanditsdiasporiccommunities. CulturalNetizenship SocialMedia,PopularCulture, andPerformanceinNigeria JamesYékú May 2022 278pp 50b&willus. 9780253060495£32.00 / $40.00PB 9780253060488£72.00/$90.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress Proposestheconceptof "culturalnetizenship"—internetcitizenshipandits aesthetico-culturaldimensions—asawayofbeing onthesocialwebandarticulatingcounterhegemonicself-presentationsthroughviralpopular images.Afascinatinglookattheintersectionof socialmediaandpopularcultureperformance,this bookrevealsthelogicofremediationthatiscentral toboththeinternet'sremixcultureandthe generativematerialismofAfricanpopulararts. DeliberativeAgency AStudyinModernAfrican PoliticalPhilosophy UchennaOkeja WorldPhilosophies March 2022 234pp 9780253059918£22.99 / $30.00PB 9780253059925£64.00/$80.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress Throughameasured,comparativeanalysis,this bookarguesthatthebestwaytoreimagineand harnesstheideaofpublicdeliberation,basedon currentexperiencesinAfrica,istoseeitas performanceofagency.Buildinganewpolitical centeraroundthepracticeplacesagencyatthe coreofanewpoliticallifeinAfrica.
3 EmirsinLondon SubalternTravelandNigeria's Modernity MosesE.Ochonu April 2022 390pp 21b&willus.,9maps 9780253059154£29.99 / $38.00PB 9780253059161£68.00/$85.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress Exploreshow,throughtheirexperiencesvisitingthe heartoftheBritishEmpire,NorthernNigerian aristocratswereenabledtodefinethemselves withintheframeworkoftheempire.Indoingso, thebookrevealsauniquecolonialsensibilitythat complementsratherthancontradictsthetraditional perspectivesoflessprivileged Africanstowardcolonialism. EverydayStateand DemocracyinAfrica EthnographicEncounters EditedbyWaleAdebanwi CambridgeCentreofAfricanStudies Series June 2022 460pp 9780821424902£32.00 / $39.95PB 9780821424872£64.00/$80.00 HB OhioUniversityPress ThroughethnographiccasestudiesofAfricans’ quotidianencounterswithstatebureaucracy, infrastructure,discipline,citizenship,democracy, politicaleconomy,education,andhealth,thisbook demonstrateshowthestatenotonlyenablesbut alsoconstrainsandcomplicatesordinaryAfricans’ dailystrugglestoliveandlivewell. GlobalTradeand Cultural Authentication TheKalabarioftheNigerDelta EditedbyJoanneB.Eicher August 2022 272pp 80colorillus.,1b&w table 9780253062604£22.99 / $30.00PB 9780253062598£60.00/$75.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress Showcasesthecomplexityandenduringaesthetic andeconomicpowerofKalabaricrafts.Usingdress andtextilesasalens,thisbookexploresthe Kalabaripeople'sroleintheglobaltradearena. Theireconomicinterconnectednessdemonstrates thatAfricawascriticallyinvolvedinaglobaltrade builtaroundKalabariingenuityandcreativity. ImaginingFutures MemoryandBelonginginan AfricanFamily CarolaLentzandIsidore Lobnibe May 2022 290pp 26b&willus.,1map 9780253060204£32.00 / $40.00PB 9780253060211£72.00/$90.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress Exploresthechangingpracticesofrememberingin anAfricanfamilyandoffersauniquecontribution tothegrowingfieldofmemorystudies,beyondthe usualfocusofEuropeandAmerica.Thisbook explorehow,inanincreasinglyglobalized, postcolonialworld,memoriesthemselvesarenot staticaccountsofpasteventsbutareactually malleableandshapedbybothcurrentconcernsand imaginedfutures. InPraiseofthe Ancestors Names,Identity,andMemoryin AfricaandtheAmericas SusanElizabethRamirez BorderlandsandTransculturalStudies June 2022 244pp 9781496231475£22.99 / $30.00PB 9781496230256£79.00/$99.00 HB UniversityofNebraskaPress In PraiseoftheAncestors isarevisionist interpretationofearlycolonialaccountsand sourcesthatrevealincongruitiesinaccepted knowledgeamongtheIndigenouspeoplesofsubSaharanAfrica,theNorthAmericanGreatLakes regions,andtheAndes. IntheSkinoftheCity SpatialTransformationinLuanda AntónioTomás TheoryinForms July 2022 288pp 25illus. 9781478018155£20.99 / $26.95PB 9781478015529£80.00/$99.95 HB DukeUniversityPress Tracesthehistoryand transformationofLuanda,Angola,byshowinghow itemergesoutofthecontinualredefinitionand negotiationofitsphysicalandsocialboundaries. Tomásshowshowthecity’sphysicalandsocial boundaries—itsskin—constituteporousand shiftinginterfacesbetweencenterandmargins, settlerandnative,slaveownerandslave,formal andinformal,andthepowerfulandpowerless.
4 InventingtheBerbers HistoryandIdeologyinthe Maghrib RamziRouighi TheMiddleAgesSeries March 2022 312pp 4illus. 9780812225242£22.99 / $29.95NIP UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress ExaminestheemergenceoftheBerbersasa distinctcategoryinearlyArabictextsandprobes thewaysinwhichlaterArabicsources,shapedby contemporaryevents,imaginedtheBerbersasa peopleandtheMaghribastheirhome. Nkrumahandthe GhanaRevolution C.L.R.James,Editedby LeslieJames TheC.L.R.JamesArchives May 2022 272pp 9781478006220£20.99 / $26.95PB 9781478005452£80.00/$99.95 HB DukeUniversityPress Tellsthehistoryofthesocialistrevolutionledby KwameNkrumah,showinghowGhana’s independencemovementbroughtanewphaseof revolutionaryhistory.JamesshowsthatGhana’s independencemovementwasanexceptional momentinglobalrevolutionaryhistory:itmoved revolutionaryactivitytotheAfricancontinentand employednewtacticsnotseeninprevious revolutions. QueerAfricanCinemas LindseyB.Green-Simms aCameraObscurabook April 2022 272pp 49illus. 9781478018018£20.99 / $26.95PB 9781478015406£80.00/$99.95 HB DukeUniversityPress Examinesfilmsproducedbyand aboutqueerAfricansinthefirst twodecadesofthetwenty-firstcentury,showing howthesefilmsrecordthefear,anxiety,and vulnerabilitymanyqueerAfricansexperiencewhile atthesametimeimaginingnewhopesand possibilities.Green-Simmsemphasizesthatinthese filmsqueerresistanceisoftenpracticedfroma positionofvulnerability. RecordingHistory Jews,Muslims,andMusicacross Twentieth-CenturyNorthAfrica ChristopherSilver June 2022 304pp 9781503631687£19.99 / $26.00PB 9781503630567£68.00/$85.00 HB StanfordUniversityPress Withthisbook,Christopher Silverprovidesthefirsthistoryofthemusicscene andrecordingindustryacrossMorocco,Algeria,and Tunisia,andoffersstrikinginsightsintoJewishMuslimrelationsthroughtherhythmsthat animatedthem.Hetracesthepathofhit-makers andtheirhitrecords,illuminatingregionaland transnationalconnections. Spear MandelaandtheRevolutionaries PaulS.Landau NewAfricanHistories April 2022 372pp 9780821424797£27.99 / $36.95PB 9780821424704£64.00/$80.00 HB OhioUniversityPress Spanningtheyearsjustbefore (andjustafter)NelsonMandela’s1962arrest,this entirelyfreshhistoryofUmkhontoweSizwe(MK), orSpearoftheNation,anditsrevolutionarymilieu bringstolifetheperiodinwhichMandelaandhis comradesfoughtSouthAfrica’sapartheidregime notonlywithwordsandprotests,butalsowith bombsandfire. SpiritService VodúnandVodouintheAfrican AtlanticWorld EditedbyEricJames Montgomery,TimothyR. LandryandChristianN. Vannier June 2022 368pp 27b&willus. 9780253061911£32.00 / $40.00PB 9780253061904£72.00/$90.00 HB IndianaUniversityPress Offersthefirstcomprehensiveethnographicstudy ofWestAfricanspiritserviceonabroadscale. Offeringmuch-neededperspectiveonthis historicallydisparagedreligion,thisbookreminds usallthatthegodsaregrowing,assimilating,and demandingrecognitionandrespect.
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TheRoadstoHillbrow whohavemadetheirwaytothisSouthAfrican communityfollowingwar,economicdislocation, andthesocialtraumaofapartheid.AuthorsRon NerioandJeanHalleyweavesociology,history, memoir,andqueerstudieswithstoriesdrawnfrom overonehundredinterviews. 2022 210pp 9b&whalftones,1 chart 9781501763533£20.99 / $27.95PB 9781501763526£100.00/$125.00 UnmakingMigrants engagescriticalquestions aboutpreventingtraffickingbypreventing
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MakingLifeinSouthAfrica's CommunityofMigrants RonNerioandJeanHalley Polis:FordhamSeriesinUrbanStudies June 2022 320pp 30b&willus. 9780823299409£26.99 / $35.00PB 9780823299393£100.00/$125.00 HB FordhamUniversityPress
UnmakingMigrants Nigeria'sCampaigntoEnd HumanTrafficking StaceyVanderhurst Police/Worlds:StudiesinSecurity, Crime,andGovernance June
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TheLifeofMadieHall Xuma BlackWomen'sGlobalActivism duringJimCrowandApartheid WandaA.Hendricks Women,Gender,andSexualityin AmericanHistory August 2022 344pp 9780252086649£18.99 / $24.95PB 9780252044564£100.00/$125.00 HB
StudentsoftheWorld Global1968andDecolonization intheCongo PedroMonaville TheoryinForms July 2022 336pp 24illus. 9781478018377£21.99 / $28.95PB 9781478015758£84.00/$104.95 HB
migrationthroughastudyofashelterfortrafficking victimsinLagos,Nigeria.AsStaceyVanderhurst argues,migrationcanbeafreelymadechoice. Vodun SecrecyandtheSearchforDivine Power TimothyR.Landry ContemporaryEthnography March 2022 216pp 12illus. 9780812225259£18.99 / $24.95NIP UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress Highlightingthewaysinwhich racialization,power,andthelegacyofcolonialism affecttheprocurementandtransmissionofsecret knowledgeinWestAfricaandbeyond,Landry demonstrateshow,paradoxically,secrecyiscritically importanttoVodún'sglobalexpansion.Landry writesasanthropologistandinitiate,having participatedinhundredsofVodúnceremonies, rituals,andfestivals.
TracesagenerationofCongolesestudentactivists whoseworkfollowingtheCongo’sindependence becamecentraltonationalpoliticsandbroader decolonizationmovementsduringtheglobal1960s. Byilluminatingthemanyworldsinhabitedby Congolesestudentsatthetimeofdecolonization, Monavillechartsnewwaysofwritinghistoriesof theglobal1960sfromAfrica.
UniversityofIllinoisPress MadieBeatriceHallXumaspentherextraordinary lifeimmersedinglobalwomen'sactivism. Hendricks'sbiographyfollowsHallXumafromher upbringingintheJimCrowSouthtoherleadership roleintheAfricanNationalCongress(ANC)and beyond. ExcludesSEAsia,Indiansc&ANZ
ThePoliticsoftheNear OntheEdgesofProtestinSouth Africa JérômeTournadre, TranslatedbyAndrewBrown ThinkingfromElsewhere May 2022 320pp 26b&willus. 9780823299959£26.99 / $35.00PB 9780823299966£100.00/$125.00 HB OffersanovelapproachtosocialunrestinpostapartheidSouthAfrica.Thisethnographyofapoor people’smovementtracesindividualcommitments andthemainspringsofmobilizationintheordinary socialandintimatelifeofactivists,theirrelatives, andothertownshipresidents.
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exploresthediverse experiencesofdomesticandtransnationalmigrants
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WhoAreMyPeople? Love,Violence,andChristianity
EmmanuelKatongole ContendingModernities May
ExamineswhatitmeanstobebothanAfricananda Christianinacontinentthatisoftenriddledwith violence.Thedrivingassumptionbehindthe investigationisthattherecurringformsofviolence inAfricareflectanongoingcrisisofbelonging.An engaging,interdisciplinarystudy,combining philosophicalanalysisandtheologicalexploration, alongwiththeoreticalargumentandpractical resources.
UniversityofNotreDamePress
Thisbookisthefirst-evercollectionofprimary documentsonNorthAfricanhistoryandthe Holocaust.Thesewritingsshedlightonhowwar, occupation,racelaws,internment,andVichy French,Italianfascist,andGermanNazirulewere experienceddaybydayacrossNorthAfrica. inSub-SaharanAfrica 2022 232pp 12b&willus.,4maps 9780268202569£36.00 / $45.00HB
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6 BooksstockedatMarstonBookServices Tel:+44(0)1235465500 enquiries@combinedacademic.co.uk www.combinedacademic.co.uk WartimeNorthAfrica ADocumentaryHistory, 1934–1950 EditedbyAomarBoumand SarahAbrevayaStein July 2022 336pp 9781503631991£22.99 / $30.00PB 9781503611511£72.00/$90.00
