A collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity, that advocates for linguistic decolonization.
Explores how the conception of Africa and its history has changed over time and narrates the story of this vast continent over the past 10,000 years.
Analyses the ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe, SWAPO in Namibia and the ANC in South Africa and to what extent their promises of democracy have been effected in government.
Finalist for the African Studies Association 2016 Melville J. Herskovits Award A detailed ethnographic and historical study of the... Læs mere
A counterbalance to the predominant study of Islam's role in social and political struggles, this book examines life in Ede, south-west Nigeria, offering important analyses of religious co-existence.
Investigates what literary strategies African writers adopt to convey the impact of climate transformation and environmental change.
The first full-length biography of Christopher Okigbo, the most anthologized modern African poet, giving an extended narrative and rounded account of his life and times.
A distinguished scholar's magnum opus and the first full account of Malawi's colonial history.
A compact and useable introduction to the understanding of contemporary Sudan, and a convenient reference work.
First full-length history of the Oromo 1300-1700; explains their key part in the medieval Christian kingdom and demonstrates their importance in shaping Ethiopian history.
A single coherent narrative of Aksumite civilisation revealing the roots of medieval Christian Ethiopia.
Highlighted in this volume is the detective play The Inspector and the Hero by Femi Osofisan, one of Africa's leading playwrights. The play has until now only been published in Nigeria.