African History

A book review of the recent novel by South African novelist Troy Blacklaws, Karoo Boy. Karoo Boy is a coming of age novel set in apartheid South Africa during one of its most volatile periods, 1976-1977.

This article explores the ways education is used to create "model" citizens, whether those model citizens are to be found in apartheid South Africa or post-apartheid South Africa.

Books and films appropriate for introducing high school and college students to the continent of Africa.

This is a review of the film "Sometimes in April," written and directed by Raoul Peck and exploring the story of Rwanda's genocide.

Bob Marley was not only a great musician but a prophet and freedom fighter. His songs demonstrate his connection to Africa--to unity and freedom for all peoples of the African Diaspora.

Prophets were important figures in African History. Women were able to access power as and through prophets; Africans gathered around prophetic figures in their attempts to resist colonial rule; and prophets were important sources of social, political, and personal identity in societies throughout East Africa.

The cattle killings of South Africa, inspired by a teenage prophetess in the 19th century, led to mass starvation of the Xhosa peoples. But do these cattle killings require a gendered explanation? And how does that change our interpretation?

Modern Nigeria and modern Nigerian politics seen through the eyes of a fictional "wicked woman"--a post-Independence Lagos woman who works variously as a "kept" woman and a streetwalker.

This article explores the concepts of "male daughters" and "female husbands" found in southeastern Nigeria among the Igbo ethnic group.

Liberation theology--and Feminist Theology--developed in Africa during the 1970s, a time when the continent was gripped with questions of economic and political liberation. This article delves into the question of whether using violence to achieve liberation results in unintended consequences, as well as looking at the question of liberation from a ...