Forthcoming – Global Pandemics in the Media: An African Perspective
In Global Pandemics in the Media: An African Perspective, Nkosinothando Mpofu, Phillip Santos, Admire Mare and Hugh Ellis have expertly put together a tour de force collection of African perspectives on the varied ways in which journalists, communicators, citizens, government communicators and other stakeholders mediated the recent global pandemics. Using
Forthcoming – Beyond the Coloniality of Internationalism: Reworlding the World from the Global South
“That the post-1945 global multilateral system is in crisis is no longer in dispute. What is at issue is the question of how best to transcend its many discontents and build a qualitatively new order. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni argues vigorously, and with ample historical references, that what is called for
Forthcoming – Re-envisioning the African and American Academies by Paul T. Zeleza
This is an exceptionally comprehensive, rich and highly textured study of higher education in two regions that are rarely compared to each other, Africa and the United States written by a scholar with an unusually extensive experience with both systems. The book examines the development of higher education in the
Book Launch: UNIVERSIDADES PÙBLICAS EM ANGOLA, MOÇAMBIQUE E CABO VERDE: EXPERIÊNCIAS DE MUDANÇA E DESAFIOS DE LIDERANÇA (1975 – 2009)
Get ready for the book launch “UNIVERSIDADES PÙBLICAS EM ANGOLA, MOÇAMBIQUE E CABO VERDE: EXPERIÊNCIAS DE MUDANÇA E DESAFIOS DE LIDERANÇA (1975 – 2009) by Teresa Cruz e Silva Monday, April 15th, 2024, at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique! 🌍 Join us during our workshop on Academic Freedom for
Forthcoming – The Concept of Human Right in Africa (Second Edition)
The Concept of Human Rights in Africa attempts to reconceptualise human rights ideology from the standpoint of the working people of the continent. lt argues that the dominant human rights discourse in/and on Africa, however well-intentioned, is objectively part of the ideologies of domination. Both the critique of the dominant
Forthcoming Book: Justice during Transitions: Policies that reflect African Realities
Edited by Cori Wielenga & Christopher C. Nshimbi. Transitional justice interventions, particularly in Africa, have largely failed. In this context, there is a growing interest in tradition-based community led practices for resolving justice. Yet little is known or understood about these practices on their own terms, and what role they play
Forthcoming Book: Diversity and the essence of Pan-African Arts
The Arts, artistic, and literary production in Africa are echoes of Africa’s cultural heritage in its diversities, its essence, its values, its realities and its contradictions, being transmitted across generations. These resonances are translated in different ways from one period to another and from one culture to the other. They
Forthcoming Book: Economies de la prison en Afrique du Sud, au Nigeria et au Sénégal
This book offers an ethnography of the prison institution in three African countries and reports on its evolution/appropriation over time. By describing the actors and their interactions/transactions, the production of legitimacies and identity constructions, and the permeability of the boundaries between inside and outside, it lifts the veil on the
Forthcoming Book: Home and Exile: Forced Migrations and South Sudanese Refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp
The story of humankind is about the search for hospitable places to call home.Migration is historically a part of this story. People have left one place for the other, based on challenges in the place of origin, and perceived attractions in the desired destinations. In emergency migrations, the character of
