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The Journal of African History
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The Journal of African History (JAH) publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past, from ancient times to the present.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by John Thornton, “The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in West #CentralAfrica” :

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November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Felicitas Becker and Salvatory Nyanto on women’s beer brewing and livelihood strategies in #Tabora #Tanzania after the end of #slavery:

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October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Read the new featured review by Mark W. Deets detailing both “L’idée de la #Casamance autonome: Possibles et dettes morales de la situation coloniale au #Senegal” (Editions Karthala) by @sevead.bsky.social and the political storm surrounding its publication:

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October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Read the new OA article by Abikal Borah on indentured labor in southeastern #SouthAfrica and relations between Indian and Zulu workers:

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October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Read the new OA article by Agata Błoch, Guillem Martos Oms, and Clodomir Santana on #archives, #DigitalBias, #AI, and the production of historical narratives:

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October 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Read the new OA #HistoryMatters piece by Leslye Obiora on #BeninBronzes and the #Law:

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#Nigeria #CulturalHeritage #antiquities #colonialism #restitution
October 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Read the new OA article by Oliver Coates on war correspondents from #Nigeria in #Burma in 1945:

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October 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Read the new OA History Matters piece by Cresa Pugh on legacies of the #BeninBronzes and #Restitution within the #BlackAtlantic

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October 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Read the new OA article by David Damtar on #Gender and #Mining in colonial #Ghana

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October 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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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:

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October 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Read the new review by Joshua Grace of Tasha Rijke-Epstein’s “Children of the Soil” (@dukepress.bsky.social). #Madagascar #Architecture #UrbanHistory

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September 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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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:

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September 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Read the new OA article by @nielsboender.bsky.social‬ on the African Independent Pentecostal Church, #decolonization, #land, and #reconciliation in #Kenya:

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September 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Read the new OA article by Rachel Petrocelli

#Senegal #workplace #colonialism #racism

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August 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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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:

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August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Read Paul T. Clarke’s new OA article on #policing, #war, #mercantilism, and the #frontier in Dutch #SouthAfrica:

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August 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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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...

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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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July 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Check out the special issue of the International Journal of #CulturalProperty on "The #AfricanRenaissance and International Cultural Heritage #Law":

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Latest issue | International Journal of Cultural Property | Cambridge Core
International Journal of Cultural Property
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July 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Read the new review by Bright Alozie of “The #Architecture of the Bight of #Biafra: Spatial Entanglements” (@routledgehistory.bsky.social) by Joseph Godlewski:

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July 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Read the review by Stephen J. Rockel of “#Roadblock #Politics: The Origins of #Violence in #CentralAfrica” (@universitypress.cambridge.org) ‬ by Peer Schouten:

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July 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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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:

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July 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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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
July 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Read Peter Brooke’s latest article on #Radio, #Gender, and #Development in #Ghana and #Zambia:

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July 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Read the new #OA article by @giotonolo.bsky.social on the production and repression of palm alcohol in #Benin:

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July 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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In our latest #OA Featured Review, Khwezi Mkhize explores “Written Out: The Silencing of Regina Gelana Twala” (@ohiounivpress.bsky.social) by Joel Cabrita:

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#SouthAfrica #biography #arts #apartheid
July 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM