A Book of Sources
edited by Molefi Kete Asante and Abu S. Abarry
This comprehensive volume brings together documents from the richly textured intellectual history of Africa and the diaspora
848 pages
| 7 x 10
David Baronov
How Western medicine has transformed—and been transformed by—African culture
264 pages
| 6 x 9
Theoretical Futures
Edited by Grant Farred
A provocative collection committed to keeping the dynamism of the Africana Studies discipline alive
192 pages
| 6 x 9
An Introduction to Their Historical, Cultural, and Sacred Traditions
Nathanial Samuel Murrell
A comprehensive introduction to the Caribbean’s African-based religions
440 pages
| 6 x 9
| 1 figure, 9 halftones, 4 maps
Revised and Expanded Edition
Molefi Kete Asante
Asante's spirited engagement with culture warriors, neocons, and postmodernists updates this classic
256 pages
| 5.5 x 8.2
An Autobiography
Babatunde Olatunji and Robert Atkinson
The story of how Drums of Passion introduced Americans to West African music
272 pages
| 6 x 9
| 28 halftones
Ritual Performance in the African Diaspora
edited by Paul Carter Harrison, Victor Leo Walker II and Gus Edwards
An insider's view of Black theatres of the world and how they reflect their culture, concerns, and history
432 pages
| 7 x 10
| 1 table
They Called Her "Hottentot"
Edited by Deborah Willis
Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the “Hottentot Venus”
288 pages
| 7 x 10
| 42 duotones
Gender, Performance, and Democratization in Malawi
Lisa Gilman
How gender and class intersect in Malawi through women's roles as political praise performers
268 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 maps 2 figures 10 halftones
The Akan Conceptual Scheme
Kwame Gyekye
African philosopher Gyekye defines the main principles of a distinct African philosophy
296 pages
| 5.5 x 8.25
| 2 figures
An Analysis of Wildlife Crime
Greg L. Warchol
A contemporary criminological analysis of the African and Asian illegal trade in wildlife
208 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 tables, 16 halftones, 2 maps
The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon
Michael E. Veal
A profile of the outspoken Nigerian musician who popularized Afropop
352 pages
| 7 x 10
| 33 halftones
Sociological Perspectives
Edited by Peter Conrad and Eugene B. Gallagher
Sociological perspectives are applied to medical issues
336 pages
| 6 x 9
| 20 tables, 3 figures
Alternative Visions and Practices
edited by Joshua Brown, Patrick Manning, Karin Shapiro and Jon Wiener
Articles from a special issue of the Radical History Review that map the development of interpretations of the South African past and depart radically from the official history
467 pages
Youth, Unemployment, and the Future in Urban Ethiopia
Daniel Mains
A detailed look at young men in urban Ethiopia that reveals the impact of economic development and globalization
208 pages
| 6 x 9
| 2 maps