As the United States faces the possibility of having its first woman President, Iris Berger discusses the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
Read MoreTimothy Parsons, an editor of Africa and World War II, discusses the legacy of the sub-Saharan Africans whose role in the Second World War is rarely acknowledged. View a clip from a forthcoming documentary about Kenyan veterans of World War II and download an excerpt from Judith Byfield's preface at the end of the post.
Read MoreIn this excerpt from Eric T. Jennings' Free French Africa in World War II, rediscover the story of French Equatorial Africa and Cameroon's roles in the Second World War.
Read MoreIn this adaptation of Ciraj Rassool's chapter "Human Remains, the Disciplines of the Dead, and the South African Memorial Complex" from The Politics of Heritage in Africa, go behind the scenes of anthropological work in Southern Africa.
Read MoreSarah Bush, the author of The Taming of Democracy Assistance, discusses the complexities of Tunisia's transition to democracy and what role democracy assistance can play.
Read MoreStephen Offutt, the author of New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa, explores how the Christian evangelical movement has influenced communities from Beijing to Cape Town to Mexico City.
Read MoreCharles Chernor Jalloh, the editor of The Sierra Leone Special Court and Its Legacy explains the unique features and successes of Sierra Leone's special court.
Read MoreMarloes Janson, the author of Islam, Youth, and Modernity in the Gambia, answers our questions about her unique study of the Islamic missionary movement Tablighi Jamaʻat in western Africa.
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