African Studies News

Closer cooperation with African scholars can lead to more balanced research bit.ly/2rIAyWx #decolonising

ROAPE is convening three workshops in Africa, 2017-18, to explore structural transformation in Africa and the left roape.net/2017/06/26/str…

UKZN Press is proud to announce that "CROSSING THE DIVIDE: Precarious Work and the Future of Labour" edited by... fb.me/1xwyqnyCY

New books from the African Books Collective: ow.ly/TMJa30cdBAS #AfricanBooks

Read the five stories nominated for one of Africa's most high profile writing prizes - Caine Prize via @_TRUEAfrica bit.ly/2re3Kmy

This book looks at how the initial “economic miracle of the 1950s & 1960s turned into a mirage by the late 1970s” wp.me/p4jHtg-2CB

Journal of African Cultural Studies, Volume 29, Issue 3, is now available online ow.ly/Vaq630c3Y7d

The African Affairs Reader is now published! @OUPAcademic @royafrisoc Key Texts in Politics, Development & IR global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Read Stefan Ouma’s Briefing on the limits of critical political economy in African studies. Free access here: roape.net/briefings-and-…

New web dossier on the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970), aka Biafran War, that started 50 years ago (30 May 1967) ascleiden.nl/content/webdos…

It's a dangerous fiction that one exam will decolonise Oxford’s history degrees theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@krisberwouts Congo's Violent Peace new @africaarguments book- order from @ZedBooks zedbooks.net/shop/book/cong…

Talk: "How sharing our skills could develop research capacity in Africa" by Dr Glory Oluwagbenga Ogunfowokan 12:45, May 25 at NDMRB

James Currey has published a lot of #AfricanStudies books over the years. Browse through the complete list here: boybrew.co/2r1iHJr

Sects & Social Disorder edited by Raufu Mustapha is available as one of our African paperback editions #JamesCurrey boybrew.co/2o5By44

New @JEASjournal OA article - how did global & local forces affect the C19th Mang’anja cloth industry? ow.ly/cjBl30bNibY

African Leadership University moves to decolonise the social sciences: theconversation.com/what-a-new-uni…

CfP: The Renaissance in Africa, RSA 2018 New Orleans, 22–24 March 2018, deadline: 1 June 2017 bit.ly/2qmSfsm

2017 Caine Prize Shortlist Announced! via @CainePrize bit.ly/2qnlVFE