Recent publications by members
Members are invited to send in details, including number of pages, ISBN numbers, price and publication date (where known), to Simon Heap at editor(AT)asauk.net
Archive: 2008 titles, 2007 titles, 2006 titles
Akanmu G. Adebayo and Olutayo C. Adesina (eds) (2009) Globalization and Transnational Migrations: Africa and Africans in the Contemporary Global System. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 380 pages, 978-1-4438-0535-3; £44.99; orders(AT)c-s-p.org
Richard Kareem Al-Qaq (2009) Managing World Order: United Nations Peace Operations and the Security Agenda. London: I.B. Tauris & Co Press), 272 pages, ISBN: 9781845115807, £47.50.
Duncan Brown (ed) (2009) Religion and Spirituality in South Africa – New Perspectives. University of Kwazulu-Natal Press. 320 pages, 978-1-86914-167-7; www.ukznpress.co.za
Mirjam de Bruijn, Francis Nyamnjoh and Inge Brinkman (eds) (2009) Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa. Bamenda: Langaa, and Leiden: African Studies Centre. 173 pages, ISBN 978-9956558537, 20 Euros; www.ascleiden.nl/Publications/
Patrick Chabal (2009) Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling. London: Zed Books. 208 pages; hardback, £65.00, 9781842779088; paperback, £16.99, 978-1842779095.
Lindiwe Dovey (2009) African Film and Literature: Adapting Violence to the Screen. New York: Columbia University Press. 360 pages, Cloth, 978-0-231-14754-5: £52.50; paper, 978-0-231-14755-2, £19.00; www. cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14754-5/african-film-and-literature
Catherine Eagleton, Harcourt Fuller and John Perkins (eds) (2009) Money in Africa. London: British Museum Research Publications, 74 pages, 978-086159-171-8, £20.00; www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_publications.aspx
Toyin Falola and Ann Genova (2009) Historical Dictionary of Nigeria. Historical Dictionaries of Africa series no. 111. Lanham, MD, USA: Scarecrow Press. 466 pages, 978-0-8108-5615-8, £75.00; custserv(AT)rowman.com
Ben Knighton (ed) (2009) Religion and Politics in Kenya: Essays in Honor of a Troublesome Priest. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 316 pages, 978-0-230-61487-1 hardback, £55.00; www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=347730
Andrew Nash (2009) The Dialectical Tradition in South Africa. New York: Routledge. 264 pages, 978-0-415-97530-8, £60.00.
Insa Nolte (2009) Obafemi Awolowo and the Making of Remo: The Local Politics of a Nigerian Nationalist. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press/International African Library series. 296 pages, 978-0-7486-3895-6, £60.00; www.euppublishing/series/ial
Roger Southall and Henning Melber (eds) (2009) A New Scramble for Africa?: Imperialism, Investment and Development. University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 544 pages, ISBN: 978-1-86914-171-4; www.ukznpress.co.za
Alex Thomson (2009) U.S. Foreign Policy towards Apartheid South Africa: Conflict of Interests. London: Palgrave-Macmillan. 260 pages, hardback: 9781403972279, £40.00; link.
Elizabeth E. Watson (2009) Living Terraces in Ethiopia Konso Landscape, Culture and Development. Oxford: James Currey, 256 pages, 978-1847010056, £45.00; www.boydell.co.uk
Selena Axelrod Winsnes (translator) (2009) Two Views from Christiansborg Castle Volume 1. A Brief and Truthful Description of a Journey to and from Guinea, by Johannes Rask. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers. 234 pages, 978-9988647896, £34.95; Volume 2. A Description of the Guinea Coast and Its Inhabitants by H. C. Monrad. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers. 296 pages, 978-9988647773, £29.95; www.africanbookscollective.com
Sudan’s Wars and Peace Agreements
The Sudan has suffered from chronic conflict since its independence in 1956, with only eleven years of relative peace between 1972 and 1983. Sudan is home to diverse communities whose traditions, beliefs and preferred modes of livelihood differ one from another. It enjoys one of the world’s oldest recorded histories, over the course of which the terms of peaceful co-existence among its constituent communities have repeatedly become strained to the breaking point. Although serious conflict is one of the major themes in Sudanese history, so is the countervailing theme of settlement through compromise and accommodation. The patterns of conflict and settlement deeply rooted in history have rarely been as conspicuous as they are today in Sudan‘s recent history of wars and peace agreements since 1983, and after the al-Bashir regime seized power in 1989. In addition to difficulties and opportunities generated through indigenous processes, the contemporary Sudan must also respond to economic, political and cultural influences that derive from its participation in an increasingly complex wider world, especially its unpopular allies, such as Iran and its vulnerable friends, such as Egypt.
The Sudan Studies Association (founded in 1981) dedicated its 2008 annual conference in Tallahassee to examination of the Sudan’s Wars and Peace Agreements from both historical and contemporary analytical perspectives. The papers read at the conference itself inspired a new round of studies offered in supportive elaboration and critical response. Given the timeliness and exceptional quality of the discussion these studies cumulatively bear, the Sudan Studies Association leadership has assembled an editorial team to organize them and offer them to the world of scholarship within a sensitive and appropriate interpretive setting. Chapter-length studies pertinent to the theme of the volume may be submitted to up to 30 January 2010 to Professor Stephanie Beswick, President, Sudan Studies Association: sfbeswick(AT)bsu.edu
The British Library’s Archival Sound Recordings 2 Project
As part of the Archival Sound Recordings 2 Project, the British Library has digitised approximately 970 recordings from our collection of the Decca West Africa yellow label series. Our aim with this collection is to provide free universal access to these recordings for the sole purposes of teaching, learning and research through audio streaming via our website. The collection includes music recorded in Benin, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Ghana between circa 1948-1961 and encompasses a wide range of genres including Konkomo, Highlife, Rhumba and Calypso. We are in the process of conducting rights research for these recordings, and would appreciate input or assistance from anyone who has been in contact with the musicians involved, or those who are familiar with the Decca West African yellow label series through their research. If you feel you can be of assistance, or for further information about the project, please contact Ellen Hebden: ellen.hebden(AT)bl.uk
North African Ethnomusicology
The editor is currently seeking previously unpublished essays for a new book on the musical cultures, modern/historical musical traditions, and instrumentation for the countries of North Africa (Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Niger, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Egypt). Open to students, ethnomusicologists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and Africanists with an expertise in Saharan ethnomusicology. The book will also include instrument glossary and notable recordings (CDs/LPs) by country. Essays on aspect of musical traditions of this region may be on a specific artist, musical genre, instrument, or include performance, aesthetics, modernity, diaspora, media, or folklore elements. They may be written from individual field research, a dissertation/thesis, college paper, journal-calibre articles, or written especially for this book. The papers should be unpublished and currently not being considered for publishing elsewhere. Submissions anytime during 2009 to the Editor, Matthew J. Forss: worldmusicman2002(AT)yahoo.com
Lagos Historical Review
Dr Funke Adeboye of the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos is the new editor of the Lagos Historical Review. The journal can be viewed here. All correspondence relating to the journal should now be directed to Dr Adeboye: funks29adeboye(AT)yahoo.co.uk.
Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (JOOP) special issue
JOOP announces a special issue focusing on African leadership and management, to be published in September 2011’s issue. The issue seeks to bring together a compendium of papers that begin to advance a science of leadership and management in the African context with the goal of examining what is unique, what generalizes, and what doesn’t generalize from the West and East to Africa, as well as within different regions of Africa itself.
The editors are calling for a broad and indeed innovative approach to studying leadership and management that includes a better understanding of leaders, followers, peers and the emergent influences of groups, teams and organizations.
Papers that address the following topics are encouraged. The historical context in which African leadership/organizations are embedded, including the economic, social and political forces shaping leadership and management in Africa; leadership, ethics and corruption in Africa; cultural differences compared to Western and Eastern societies; within-African cultural differences impacting leadership and management; strategies, models, and methods for developing leaders in Africa; unique philosophical frameworks shaping African leadership (Ubuntu); globalization’s impact on African leadership values, norms, behaviours and expectations; generational differences in African leaders and followers; and NGOs and African leadership models. Manuscripts by 1 February 2010. Questions about possible papers to guest editors: Sam Aryee: s.aryee(AT)aston.ac.uk or Fred Walumbwa: Fred.Walumbwa(AT)asu.edu or Bruce Avolio: bavolio(AT)u.washington.edu
Ife Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (IJSA)
IJSA is a bi-annual publication of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The journal is set to provide an international forum for the dissemination of scholarly works on issues relating to the African environment, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Problems, Politics, Change and Development, Globalisation, Economics, Psychology, Public Policy, Management Studies, and other related disciplines concerned with the shaping of human behaviour; and the structure of institutions and customs in the African continent. IJSA welcomes scholarly contributions from both African scholars, and scholars elsewhere working on African issues and concerns. Manuscripts could be any of the following: original research, review articles, short reports, and book reviews. Manuscripts can be submitted any time in the year to the Editor, Professor M. A. O. Aluko: niyialuko(AT)oauife.edu.ng and ijsanig(AT)yahoo.com
The Nigerian Journal of Philosophy
Papers intended for publication should be in the areas of the history of philosophy and ideas, African philosophy and other branches of philosophy. Proposals to the Editor, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria: thenigerianjournalofphilosophy(AT)yahoo.com
The Africa Book Centre has moved
...to Preston Park Business Centre, 36 Robertson Road, Brighton BN1 5NL; telephone: +44 (0)1273 560 474; fax: +44 (0)1273 500 650; orders(AT)africabookcentre.com; link
Africa: the Journal of the International African Institute: Special Discount for ASAUK members
Edinburgh University Press and the International African Institute would like to offer members of the ASAUK and Royal African Society the opportunity to subscribe to Africa at a discounted rate from 2008 onwards. To subscribe at the discounted rate of £41.25 (regular subscription: £65), phone 0131-650-4218 or marketing(AT)eup.ed.ac.uk
Journal of African Cinemas
...explores the interactions of visual and verbal narratives in African film. It recognizes the shifting paradigms that have defined and continue to define African cinemas. Identity and perception are interrogated in relation to their positions within diverse African film languages. The editors seek papers that expound on the identity or identities of Africa and its peoples. Initial inquiries as soon as possible (full papers due by 30 June 2009) to Keyan Tomaselli: Tomasell(AT)ukzn.ac.za
African Development Affairs
African Development Affairs (ADA) is a new quarterly inter-disciplinary journal that aims to contribute to policy-making both inside and outside Africa, by exploring the development options for Africa from an Africa-centric perspective, through peer-reviewed articles of the highest academic standard, contributing to debate on solutions to the historic and complex social struggles confronting Africans. Proposals, articles and opinion pieces to the editor, Desmond Davies: ddavies(AT)africaweekmagazine.com
The Journal of Eastern African Studies
The Journal of Eastern African Studies is a new international publication of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, published three times per year in both print and online formats. It aims to promote fresh scholarly enquiry on the region from within the humanities and the social sciences, and to encourage work that communicates across disciplinary boundaries. It seeks to foster inter-disciplinary analysis, strong comparative perspectives, and research employing the most significant theoretical or methodological approaches for the region. The Editors welcome submissions from all academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies, development studies, economics, environmental studies, geography, history, international relations, literatures and languages, political economy, politics, social policy and sociology. Subscription is £280 (online)/£295 (online and print) institutional, £57 individual. For submissions, contact: jeas(AT)sant.ox.ac.uk
