Scholars in Egyptology have often debated the following question: was the ancient Egyptian society organized along patrilineal or matrilineal lines? In taking a fresh and…

This book uncovers the reality that new African immigrants now represent a significant force in the configuration of American polity and identity especially in the…

This book argues that a new cadre of African immigrants are finding themselves in the New World—mostly well educated, high-income earning professionals, and belonging to…

In an era of globalization, population growth, and displacements, migration is now a fact of life in a constantly shifting economic and political world order.…

Africa in the 21^st Century: Toward a New Future brings together some of the finest Pan African and Afrocentric intellectuals to discuss the possibilities of…

Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa aims to explore the ways Christianity and colonialism acted as hegemonic or counter hegemonic forces in the making…

This book, in contrast to those that rely primarily on either healers or patients, investigates the ways in which healers and indigenous archives of cultural…

The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism is the first significant local study of National Party and Afrikaner politics.

By focusing on Stellenbosch as a university and…

This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the…

Mobutu's political system, inaugurated in 1965 and lasting more than three decades, met all the characteristics of totalitarianism. This study shows that the failures and…