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CFP: Call for Authors, African History/Culture, ABC-CLIO
2008-05-15 11:25:00 Dear Scholars: ABC-CLIO,  a leading publisher of academic reference works, is in the process of developing a comprehensive 21-volume Encyclopedia of World History. We are looking for interested scholars to prepare 500-1500 word articles with a global perspective in the area of  African History/ Culture. Compensation: contributors will have their names associated with the entries they contribute, and will receive access ...
Episode 6 of Africa Past and Present - the podcast about history, culture,
2008-04-01 14:06:00 Episode 6 of Africa Past and Present - the podcast about history, culture, and politics in Africa - is now available at: http://afripod.aodl.org/ In this episode, Patrick Bond (Director of the Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal) discusses his new book _Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil Society: Negative Returns on South African Investments_ (co-edited with ...
Book Review: I am not a slave - LaCorbiniere
2008-03-12 19:55:00 Source: Eugene LaCorbiniere I AM NOT A SLAVE Eugene LaCorbiniere Paperback (6×9) 9781434341068 $ 17.00 Available from: Author House.com BOOK REVIEW I AM NOT A SLAVE I AM NOT A SLAVE is a book that will transform the black community and human race. It is a historical thought provoking account of the black man?s journey and the impact that history, ...
Ethiopia: Current State of Paleoanthropology in Ethiopia
2008-03-05 14:10:00 Source: Anthropology.net Current State of Paleoanthropology in Ethiopia 3 days ago by Kambiz Kamrani. If you haven?t checked out John Hawks? overview of the synopsis Elizabeth Pennisi wrote on the current state of paleoanthropological research and infrastructure in Ethiopia, I do advise you to check it out. Actually, if you have access to Science, why don?t you ...
Mali: Scientific committee responds to French president?s speech
2008-02-17 19:31:00 Source: APA NEWS APA-Bamako (Mali) The Memoire-Afrique scientific committee has announced the publication of a book to answer to the detractors of the African continent during its first meeting Sunday in Bamako, APA learns here. Memoire-Afrique is a body created following a call by Adam Ba Konare, (a Malian historian married to the chairperson of the African Union ...
?Africa Past & Present? fortnightly podcasts launched
2008-02-07 16:28:00 Peter Limb and Peter Alegi, academics at Michigan State University in the US, have launched the “Africa Past & Present” podcast, an innovative show about history, culture, politics and African Studies in general. Through interviews with eminent scholars and persons, this podcast highlights cutting-edge knowledge and ideas in African Studies from a wide range of perspectives. ...
Africa map: Africa 1808
2008-01-08 12:56:00 Source: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Historical Maps of Africa Africa 1808 “Africa” from Brookes, R., The General Gazetteer; or Compendious Geographical Dictionary. Eighth Edition. Dublin, 1808.
African Book: Mathematics in African History and Cultures
2008-01-01 19:10:00 Source: Lulu.com Mathematics in African History and Cultures: An Annotated Bibliography by Paulus Gerdes, Ahmed Djebbar This volume constitutes an updated version of the bibliography published in 2004 by the African Mathematical Union. The African Studies Association attributed the original edition a ?special mention? in the 2006 Conover-Porter Award competition. The book contains over 1600 bibliographic entries. ...
Origins of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
2007-12-27 21:14:00 Source: http://africanhistory.about.com-/library/weekly/aa101101a.htm Origins of the trans-Atlantic slave trade Portuguese exploration and trade: 1450 - 1500 When the Portuguese first sailed down the Atlantic coast of Africa in the 1430’s, they were interested in one thing. Surprisingly, given modern perspectives, it was not slaves but gold. Ever since Mansa Musa, the king of Mali, made his pilgrimage to ...
African history: Black Africans into the 1960s
2007-12-18 12:06:00 For those interested in the recent history of African countries and their achievement of independence from colonial powers, you might like to look at: Black Africans into the 1960s This interesting article traces the fight for freedom.
African history to be repeated?
2007-10-03 14:42:00 The CAF Champions League finalists will be known after the conclusion of the weekend's semi-final second leg matches in Sousse and Cairo.
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CONF: 26-28 Sept. 2008 ?Empire, Slave Trade & Slavery: Rebuilding Civil So
2007-08-23 11:50:00 Seen on H-Net list for African History and Culture 26-28 September 2008. Empire, Slave Trade and Slavery: Rebuilding Civil Society in Sierra Leone / Past and Present An International Interdisciplinary Conference to be held at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull. This conference will mark the bicentenary of the establishment of Sierra ...
International Slavery Museum
2007-08-23 11:44:00 Seen on H-Net list for African History and Culture The International Slavery Museum, which builds on the success of the award-winning Transatlantic Slavery gallery at Merseyside Maritime Museum, will open to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain. Find out more about plans for the new museum on this website. http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org-.uk/ism/
Mathematics in African History and Cultures: An annotated Bibliography
2007-03-28 21:21:00 Paulus Gerdes & Ahmed Djebbar: Mathematics in African History and Cultures: An annotated Bibliography (430 pp., ISBN 978-1-4303-1537-7). This volume constitutes an updated and extended version of the bibliography published under the same name in 2004 by the African Mathematical Union. The African Studies Association attributed the original edition a Ospecial mention in the 2006 Conover-Porter ... |
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