Among contemporary African musicologists, Agawu has been one of the most distinctive voices over the past half-century.
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Few Basotho remain who witnessed colonial life. Even fewer went on to build institutions that shaped independent governance and education.
From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.
Chabani Manganyi’s courage in challenging the status quo has inspired generations of psychologists, scholars and activists who continue to use his ideas in their work.
With over 200 publications to his name, his three most recent books give a sense of why he is so famous as a historian.
A powerful new book restores the writer and feminist politician to her rightful place in history.
Indigenous knowledge, African languages, queer rights and Afrofuturism are some of the issues discussed in the new book.
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Associate Professor of History, Director of the Center for African Studies, Stanford University
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Journalist and Communications scholar, Trinity University, Lagos
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of English and Chair of the English Department, Princeton University
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Associate Professor of African History, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Department of Music, University of Venda