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Read the new review by Ridwan Muhammed on “Birth Politics: #Colonial Power, #MedicalPluralism, and #Maternity in #Nigeria” (@hopkinspress.bsky.social) by @ogewilliams.bsky.social:

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Read the new review by Kenneth King of “#NormanLeys and #SettlerColonialism in #Kenya” (@merlinpress.bsky.social) by Colin Leys:

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3 weeks ago 6 5 0 0
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Read Alicia C. Decker on Derek R. Peterson’s “A Popular History of Idi Amin’s #Uganda” (@yalepress.bsky.social) in the new #OpenAccess #FeaturedReview “Everyday People and the Making of #Authoritarianism”:

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3 weeks ago 5 3 0 0
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Read the new 🔥🔥🔥 review by @aselmeyer.bsky.social and @saitabau.bsky.social of “Decolonizing Maasai History” (@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social) by Meitamei Olol Dapash and Mary Poole. #activism #historiography

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4 weeks ago 5 3 0 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Siyabonga Nxumalo on British #Imperialism in #SouthAfrica and the attack on parts of the #ZuluRoyalFamily:

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4 weeks ago 5 2 0 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez on the #Ovambo #Genocide in #Angola. #colonialism #Portugal #violence #famine

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Read the the new #OpenAccess article by Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué on #faith, #emotion, political kinship, and #transnational connections as told through the fascinating story of Enoch Olinga. #Uganda #Baha'iFaith

Link: bit.ly/4tKNyGH

2 months ago 6 2 0 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Stephen Volz on #SolPlaatje, #KorantaEaBecoana, and the pursuit of Multiethnic Liberalism in #SouthAfrica:

bit.ly/3Ow1Dat

2 months ago 3 1 0 0
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A Year in African Historical Scholarship Journal of African History Podcast: Volume 66 Retrospective What does a year of cutting-edge African history scholarship reveal about where the field is heading? In this special episode marking the cl...

Looking for some fascinating weekend listening? Abou Bamba, @michmo.bsky.social, Moses Ochonu, and Thula Simpson join @sseverson.bsky.social to talk breakthroughs, trends, and challenges in #AfricanHistory we saw in last year’s vol. On Apple, Spotify, and streaming:

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...

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A Year in African Historical Scholarship Journal of African History Podcast: Volume 66 Retrospective What does a year of cutting-edge African history scholarship reveal about where the field is heading? In this special episode marking the cl...

So proud of this episode with @michmo.bsky.social, Abou Bamba, Moses Ochonu, and Thula Simpson, who each brought such thoughtfulness and honesty to our JAH Vol. 66 retrospective. Grateful to work with these brilliant editors!

🎙️: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...

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Harambee Co-operative Savings and Credit Society: Wealth, Inequality, and Accumulation in 1970s Kenya | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core Harambee Co-operative Savings and Credit Society: Wealth, Inequality, and Accumulation in 1970s Kenya - Volume 67

New publication!

'Harambee Co-operative Savings and Credit Society: Wealth, Inequality, and Accumulation in 1970s Kenya' by Justin Willis, Radha Upadhyaya, and Eric Njuguna Kamau

@thejah.bsky.social

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“The Net That Catches the Most Fish”: Fishing, Innovation, and Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923 | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core “The Net That Catches the Most Fish”: Fishing, Innovation, and Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923 - Volume 67

"'The Net That Catches the Most Fish': Fishing, Innovation, & Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923" now published @thejah.bsky.social.

This article was in the works for several years, very pleased to see it out. Thank you to the editors & reviewers.

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2 months ago 9 4 3 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social on #fishing and #law in #Ghana:

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2 months ago 9 4 0 1

I'm pleased to announce that my article has been published in the flagship @thejah.bsky.social. #WestAfrica #Ghana #Senegal #UnitedStates #UnitedNations #Economics #Development #Decolonization #Imperialism #Brightgyamfi

4 months ago 12 7 0 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @gyamfiphd.bsky.social on #NeoColonialism, #Underdevelopment, #Economics, and IDEP:

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4 months ago 8 3 0 1
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @ccm541.bsky.social on #women nanga players and #history telling in Western #Uganda:

bit.ly/3K9jdPN

5 months ago 9 3 0 0
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Mark Deets on alternative futures of the Casamance In this episode Mark Deets (AUC) joins editor Abou Bamba (Gettysburg) to discuss “Ambiguous Echoes of the Colonial Partition: Alternative Futures from the Casamançais Past in Senegal.” This featured r...

In our latest podcast episode, Mark Deets joins editor Abou Bamba to discuss his featured review of “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome” by @sevead.bsky.social, and #AcademicFreedom, #HistoricalContingency, and #politics in #Senegal:

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Review: bit.ly/4n8zHFe

5 months ago 7 3 0 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Chepchirchir Tirop on #sports, #stadiums, and Moi’s transnational populist #politics in #Kenya:

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5 months ago 4 1 0 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by John Thornton, “The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in West #CentralAfrica” :

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5 months ago 5 1 0 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Felicitas Becker and Salvatory Nyanto on women’s beer brewing and livelihood strategies in #Tabora #Tanzania after the end of #slavery:

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5 months ago 8 3 0 0
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Read the new featured review by Mark W. Deets detailing both “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome: Possibles et dettes morales de la situation coloniale au #Senegal” (Editions Karthala) by @sevead.bsky.social and the political storm surrounding its publication:

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6 months ago 7 2 0 1
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Read the new OA article by Abikal Borah on indentured labor in southeastern #SouthAfrica and relations between Indian and Zulu workers:

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6 months ago 6 3 0 0
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Read the new OA article by Agata Błoch, Guillem Martos Oms, and Clodomir Santana on #archives, #DigitalBias, #AI, and the production of historical narratives:

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6 months ago 7 5 0 0
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Read the new OA #HistoryMatters piece by Leslye Obiora on #BeninBronzes and the #Law:

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#Nigeria #CulturalHeritage #antiquities #colonialism #restitution

6 months ago 3 3 0 0
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Read the new OA article by Oliver Coates on war correspondents from #Nigeria in #Burma in 1945:

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6 months ago 5 2 0 0
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Read the new OA History Matters piece by Cresa Pugh on legacies of the #BeninBronzes and #Restitution within the #BlackAtlantic

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6 months ago 6 1 0 0
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Read the new OA article by David Damtar on #Gender and #Mining in colonial #Ghana

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6 months ago 4 1 0 0
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Read the new review by @garthandrew.bsky.social of “Dividing Dar: Race, Space, and Colonial Construction in German Occupied Daressalam, 1850–1920” (@dgb-history.bsky.social) by Patrick Christopher Hege:

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6 months ago 12 3 1 0
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Read the new review by Joshua Grace of Tasha Rijke-Epstein’s “Children of the Soil” (@dukepress.bsky.social). #Madagascar #Architecture #UrbanHistory

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7 months ago 9 3 0 0
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In the latest OA #HistoryMatters piece, JAH #WestAfrica editor Moses Ochonu writes about the rise and implications of what he terms the new instrumental turn in historical scholarship in #Nigeria:

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7 months ago 4 1 0 0