This book explores the complex and changing attitudes held toward blacks by the nation's leading sociologists from 1896 to the end of World War II, examining how and why sociology transformed itself f
This book presents the major theories of black and white racial identity. Moreover, theoretical perspectives that were originally developed to describe social fomentation have been updated and expande
This book presents the major theories of black and white racial identity. Moreover, theoretical perspectives that were originally developed to describe social fomentation have been updated and expande
Comprises 17 contributions on African and African-derived religions and how they display themselves in the contemporary world, particularly the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. The focus of many
This study of the Nkoya people in central western Zambia examines in detail the fascinating ways in which ethnicity both creates, and feeds upon, ethno-history. It also assesses the possibility of rec
First published in 1794, with a reprint in 1967, this book includes a succinct account of life along the River Sierra Leone. There is a description of the manners, diversions, arts, commerce, cultivat
Located in central Ethiopia, the Arssi region is one of the most productive in Ethiopia yet it has so far been neglected by scholars. This book scrutinizes the rural development of Arssi by focusing o
In Running Towards Us, 31 contemporary authors offer literary responses to the end of apartheid, demonstrating what the creative imagination in South Africa has to offer at the turn of the 21st centur
Reviews six texts by African authors that are written or translated into English, accessible in the US, and appropriate for use in a variety of units at the high school level. Provides English and Soc
