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Rita Barnard, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela, discusses how Mandela's looks played an essential role in the African National Congress' reemergence into the national and global sphere.
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Adam Sitze, a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela, reflects on Mandela's unparalleled mastery of Western law.
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Daniel Roux, a contributor to The Cambridge Companion to Nelson Mandela (forthcoming February), reflects on the power and volatility of Mandela's life story.
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Following on last week's meditation on the emergence of African Studies as an academic field, the author of Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival reveals the curious effect that studying African history and culture has on the discipline itself. Catch up with Part One of Dr. Peterson's post here.
Read MoreIn this two-part post, the author of the award-winning Ethnic Patriotism and the East African Revival reflects on the emergence of the field of African studies and Cambridge University Press' role in advancing the discipline.
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Nelson Mandela committed himself to a compelling political cause, suffered a long prison sentence, and led his violent and divided country to a peaceful democratic transition. Cambridge honors his legacy in our newest Cambridge Companion. Take a sneak peek at the introduction below.
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July is an important month for the people of Sudan. It marks the country’s 1956 independence from the British, the 2005 start of a transitional government that ended Africa’s longest civil war, and the 2011 secession of South Sudan. Sudan was also recently ranked the third most “failed state” in the world.
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Huw Bennett, author of Fighting the Mau Mau, tells us about being inspired to write the book, as well as the practical and moral dilemmas in doing so...
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