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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 6h

Read the new OA History Matters piece by Cresa Pugh on legacies of the #BeninBronzes and #Restitution within the #BlackAtlantic

bit.ly/48DRHnJ

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 6h

Read the new OA article by David Damtar on #Gender and #Mining in colonial #Ghana

bit.ly/48Uk5ln

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 7d

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:

bit.ly/46CCkZK

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · 21d

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

bit.ly/3JZVEc2

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Sep 1

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:

bit.ly/3JExPWV

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Sep 1

Read the new OA article by @nielsboender.bsky.social‬ on the African Independent Pentecostal Church, #decolonization, #land, and #reconciliation in #Kenya:

bit.ly/46hPEUo

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Aug 27

Read the new OA article by Rachel Petrocelli

#Senegal #workplace #colonialism #racism

LINK: bit.ly/45UsfHp

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Aug 27

Read the new OA article by @caitlinbarker.bsky.social on the #diplomacy carried out by #women from #Cameroon in #China during the era of #decolonization:

bit.ly/4mGMdg6

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Aug 21

Read Paul T. Clarke’s new OA article on #policing, #war, #mercantilism, and the #frontier in Dutch #SouthAfrica:

bit.ly/47D7tyj

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Sam Severson @sseverson.bsky.social · Jul 25

Check out the latest episode of the JAH podcast, featuring Ayo Adegbite in conversation with @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social about studying the history of fisheries management on #LakeMalawi. Find it on Apple, Spotify, and streaming here: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-vyr4h...

OA article link: bit.ly/4lmkjoT

David Wilson on fisheries management in Lake Malawi

In this episode, David Wilson (University of Strathclyde) joins guest host Ayodeji Adegbite (Brown University) to discuss the Open Access article, "Colonialism, Governance, and Fisheries: Perspectives...

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 22

Check out the special issue of the International Journal of #CulturalProperty on "The #AfricanRenaissance and International Cultural Heritage #Law":

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Latest issue | International Journal of Cultural Property | Cambridge Core

International Journal of Cultural Property

www.cambridge.org

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 18

Read the new review by Bright Alozie of “The #Architecture of the Bight of #Biafra: Spatial Entanglements” (@routledgehistory.bsky.social) by Joseph Godlewski:

bit.ly/44NluYN

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 18

Read the review by Stephen J. Rockel of “#Roadblock #Politics: The Origins of #Violence in #CentralAfrica” (@universitypress.cambridge.org) ‬ by Peer Schouten:

bit.ly/4nTVVwj

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 10

In our latest #OA #HistoryMatters piece, the team of Milo Gough, Bryson Nkhoma, Elias Chirwa, @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social‬, Charles Knapp, Tracy Morse, and Wapulumuka Mulwafu explore the history of present day #Fisheries management in #LakeMalawi:

bit.ly/4lmkjoT

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 10

Read the #OA article by @araujohistorian.bsky.social on #FreeTrade, #Violence, and #Sovereignty in #WestCentralAfrica during the era of the #Transatlantic #SlaveTrade: bit.ly/3GiTDGt

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 10

Read Peter Brooke’s latest article on #Radio, #Gender, and #Development in #Ghana and #Zambia:

bit.ly/4kzGLtf

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 10

Read the new #OA article by @giotonolo.bsky.social on the production and repression of palm alcohol in #Benin:

bit.ly/3TtjwWZ

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 10

In our latest #OA Featured Review, Khwezi Mkhize explores “Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala” (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social) by Joel Cabrita:

bit.ly/4eNh9Iq

#SouthAfrica #biography #arts #apartheid

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Jul 10

Interested in recent scholarship on #Mali? Check out this #OA piece by @thiamm.bsky.social, reviewing books by Richard Roberts and the late Moussa Sow: bit.ly/430cvRx

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Nov 19

The editors support @sevead.bsky.social, whose work is being unfairly instrumentalized for political ends: tinyurl.com/26dyp6sv

She is a historian not a state agent. Her pathbreaking scholarship underwent rigorous peer-review to be published in this very journal. #OA link:
bit.ly/4i9J86r

Au Sénégal, l'histoire de la Casamance sous la chape de la bataille électorale

À l’approche des élections législatives du 17 novembre, le livre d’une historienne française, Séverine Awenengo Dalberto, consacré à la Casamance, a enflammé le débat public. Avant même qu’il soit (…)

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Sep 20

Read the new article by Peter Vale (of Harvard WCFIA) on the advent of #neoliberalism in #DRCongo, now available #OpenAccess: bit.ly/3TpZYTE

Between Economic Nationalism and Liberalization: Ideas of Development and the Neoliberal Moment in Mobutu's Congo, 1965–74 | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core

Between Economic Nationalism and Liberalization: Ideas of Development and the Neoliberal Moment in Mobutu's Congo, 1965–74

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · May 2

In our July issue, Gregory Mann explores #democracy and #military government. #KhakiRule #WestAfrica #Sahel #coups #governance

Read it #OA today: bit.ly/3WkkRlz

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Apr 27

Happy #FreedomDay2024 #SouthAfrica!

Read reflections on the #history and #historiography of #SouthAfrica 30 years after the end of #apartheid. #FreedomDay #Democracy

OA link: bit.ly/4aQyRrq

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Anjuli Webster @anjuliwebster.bsky.social · Feb 29

I wrote a short piece on 'Water and History in Southern Africa,' recently published OA in @thejah.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1017/S002...

Part of a bigger project thinking about how water has shaped the past and present.

A small pool and waterfall flowing over rocks in a river.

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The Journal of African History @thejah.bsky.social · Mar 1

Read the new piece by @anjuliwebster.bsky.social in #HistoryMatters on #FirstView: bit.ly/3T1QTPQ #water #rivers #SouthernAfrica

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