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After some technical delay, ASR 67.1 is now published! It includes a forum on Rural Radicalisms and other fascinating articles and reviews, which you can read here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Throughout his life, Paulin Hountondji was committed to scholarly inclusivity and viewed open debate as integral to the search for the philosophical universal. Find Katrin Flikschuh’s thoughtful in memoriam piece for Paulin Hountondji here. doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Paulin Hountondji “gives way neither to cynical pessimism nor blissful optimism cut off from reality. [He] takes strength from the love he feels for the land of his ancestors." Read Nathalie Etoke's in memoriam piece for Paulin Hountondji here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
In this in memoriam piece, Bado Ndoye draws attention to the late Paulin Hountondji’s focus on endogenous knowledge, arguing that Hountondji’s decolonial project is ongoing and critical. doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Franziska Dübgen’s in memoriam piece highlights Paulin Hountondji's perspective on the rich diversity of philosophies in Africa. Dübgen covers Hountondji’s work on culturalism, liberation, and universalism. Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Uchenna Okeja’s in memoriam piece for Paulin Hountondji highlights the eminent Beninese philosopher’s commitment to generative critique. As Okeja writes – “Hountondji demonstrated that knowledge must serve the purpose of freedom.” doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
The Acholi Lab, a collaboration of ten members of landholding families in Uganda, discuss customary land ownership and sustainable resource use in this autoethnography forum article. Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Hermann W. von Hesse's article examines the life of the Gold Coast merchant James Bannerman, underlining the role of development-minded Euro-African merchants (like Bannerman) as co-founders of British administration in Africa. Read more here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Mututa's semiotic analysis of Akuol de Mabior’s film, No Simple Way Home, draws upon the history of South Sudan and argues that the film's portrayal of Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior as a mother figure conveys a quest for a unified icon of nationhood. doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Babatunde and Ibnouf's article analyzes how the actions of state and local authorities complicate and sometimes exacerbate farmer-herder conflicts in Plateau State, Nigeria, and Central Darfur State, Sudan. View the article here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Onah's article discusses the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, focusing on how the mediatization and remediation of the Chibok girls' kidnapping across mediascapes transformed the occurrence into a global memory event. View the article here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Carolyn A. Brown's 2021 ASA Presidential Lecture combines sociopolitical history with personal reflections on Black Harlem during African decolonization. Read the full speech here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
In the Editors’ Introduction of the new ASR issue, @profiheka and @RobertNyenhuis encourage readers to “think through how their analysis is framed by which geographic locations dominate scholarly conversations within African studies.” doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
We are pleased to announce the publication of the next issue of ASR (67.2), with terrific articles, reviews, and in memoriam reflections in honor of the philosopher Paulin Hountoundji. Find the issue here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
In Indirect Subjects: Nollywood’s Local Address, author Matthew Brown presents readers with “what is, perhaps, the most sustained investigation of the links between state television and video films to date.” Read Connor Ryan’s review here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
My African Studies Keyword article, "Transformation," published open-access in the African Studies Review today: bit.ly/4eZ6Dx0 Thank you, @ASRJournal
In Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa, Franklin Obeng-Odoom frames global patterns of economic inequality “in relation to property and wealth distribution by institutions.” Read Barry L. Stiefel’s review: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Check out Shobana Shankar’s review of the interdisciplinary edited collection: India’s Development Diplomacy and Soft Power in Africa, edited by Kenneth King and Meera Venkatachalam. doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
In Explaining Successes in Africa: Things Don’t Always Fall Apart, Erin Accampo Hern [@hern_erin] “takes a position rarely seen in books about the continent and development: what has gone right.” Read Amber R. Reed’s [@DrAmberRose] review: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
In Critique of Political Decolonization, Bernard Forjwuor “challenges Eurocentric normativity and its concepts of self-determination and liberal democracy.” Check out Sinan Baran’s review here: doi.org/10.1017/asr.20…
Join us on 1&2 November for this wonderful event supported by @DukeAAAS , the @fhi_duke and @ASRJournal : sites.duke.edu/bail/events/af…
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