This publication is a result of a dialogue on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples. It recommends best practices to the Human Rights Council and to the office o
For twenty years an acclaimed correspondent on PBS's The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and the winner of two Emmys and two Peabody Awards (for her coverage of Africa), Charlayne Hunter-Gault here offers a
In Africa, women leaders have a strong legacy. Female pharaohs ruled ancient Egypt, queens and queen mothers have reigned throughout contemporary Africa, and women across the continent have led moder
This book addresses the Lusophone Black Atlantic as a space of historical and cultural production between Portugal, Brazil, and Africa. The authors demonstrate how it has been shaped by diverse coloni
Editors Middleton (Yale U.) and Miller (U. of Virginia) present the successor to 1997's Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara, which now includes coverage of Northern Africa. The five-volume set
Thomas Sankara led the revolution that took place in the West African country Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. In this collection of speeches and interviews, Sankara explains how during those years the
The essayists whose work is collected here -- historians, anthropologists, and political scientists -- bring their diverse disciplinary perspectives to bear on various forms of violence that have plag
Misinterpretations and shortsighted accounts of French writer Franz Fanon's (1925-61) Wretched of the Earth called Jean-Marie (philosophy and religious studies, City U. of New York-Medgar Evers Colleg
Kolapo (history, U. of Guelph, Canada) and Akurang-Parry (African history and world history, Shippensburg U.) compile 11 essays that examine the European colonization of Africa, Africa's colonial expe
Sometime around 1500 A.D., an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. That act set in motion the remarkable saga of one of the world's most influential crops--one that would t
Shilaro (history, West Virginia U.) details the economic, political, socio-cultural, medical and environmental effects of the gold rush on the indigenous as well as the emerging British colonial ventu
Reports of the African Commission's Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa: Research and Information Visit to Burundi, 27 March-9 April 2005
Archaeological discoveries indicate that Africa was the birthplace of humankind. African History For Beginners provides striking visuals and fascinating text which bring to life this continent of ric
Africa after Modernism traces shifts in perspectives on African culture, arts, and philosophy from the conflict with European modernist interventions in the climate of colonialist aggression to presen
