Tag: Africa

• Cambria Press Publication Review: African Heritage and Memories of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic World

  Congratulations to Professor Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University) on the outstanding review of her book African Heritage and Memories of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic World by H-Net Reviews. The book review states: Examining systems of oppression, representation, and acculturation, this book offers alternative ways of understanding and privileging African legacies in Brazil.…

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  May 12, 2017

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  Africa, African heritage, Ana Lucia Araujo, book review, Brazil, Cambria Press, collective memory, H-Net, memory of slavery, slavery

• Publication Excerpts from “Security Forces in African States: Cases and Assessment”

  The following are publication excerpts from Security Forces in African States: Cases and Assessment, edited by Paul Shemella and Nicholas Tomb. Order this book on Amazon today. Excerpt from chapter 1, “The Larger Context” “Armed forces can be used to help governments improve human security along the difficult road to prosperity, literacy, political stability, and…

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  April 18, 2017

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, Africana Studies, Cambria Press, International relations, International Studies, New Scholarly Books, Political Science, Security Studies

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• Malcolm X and Africa – New Book Released for Black History Month

  In celebration of Black History Month, Cambria Press is pleased to announce the release of a seminal new book, Malcolm X and Africa, by Professor A. B. Assensoh, Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University, and Professor Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion at the University of Oregon. This book is in…

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  February 26, 2016

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, Africana Studies, American history, Cambria Press

  A. B. Assensoh, Africa, African diaspora, Black history, Malcolm X, Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh

• Cambria Author & Series Editor to Watch: Toyin Falola (University of Texas at Austin) is President of the African Studies Association

  At this year’s African Studies Association (ASA) annual conference, Cambria Press author and general editor of the Cambria African Studies Series, Toyin Falola (the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin) will deliver his lecture “Emerging Themes in Contemporary African Diaspora…

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  November 16, 2015

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• #ASALH100: Cambria Author & Slavery Series Editor Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University) at 2 Sessions

  Cambria Press Author & Slavery Series Editor Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University) will be at two sessions at the centennial meeting and conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Cambria Publications by Dr. Araujo (more reviews at http://www.cambriapress.com): Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South…

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  September 24, 2015

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• #ISA2015 Essential Titles

  NEW TITLE: International Relations and the Arctic Increased global interest in the Arctic poses challenges to contemporary international relations, and many questions surround exactly why and how Arctic countries are asserting their influence and claims over their northern reaches and why and how non-Arctic states are turning their attention to the region. This first systematic…

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  February 25, 2015

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• #Slavery: African Heritage and Memories of Slavery in Brazil and the South Atlantic World (Ana Lucia Araujo) now available!

  “Brazil imported the largest number of enslaved Africans during the Atlantic slave trade era […] Today, with the exception of Nigeria, the largest population of people of African descent is in Brazil […] Yet, Brazil has a complex relationship with its slave past; consequently, these complications spill over into the various dimensions of Brazil’s rich…

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  January 29, 2015

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• #Humanities Scholarship – Important and Growing

  An excellent article from Inside Higher Ed regarding scholarship in the humanities, in which William (Bro) Adams, the head of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), said on Thursday that he wants to push humanities scholarship to become more directly connected to helping address the nation’s contemporary problems. There are also encouraging numbers from…

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  January 20, 2015

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• Africa’s Digital Economy

  “Ten years ago any conversation about the digital-content sector in Africa would have been short, focusing on the false promises of the Internet, low levels of connectivity, and high charges. The fast-growing wireless sector on the continent has, however, changed the situation dramatically. This is beginning to change as Liquid Telecom has been building a…

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  November 24, 2014

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• Toyin Falola (UT Austin) launches the Cambria African Studies Series with Moses Ochonu (Vanderbilt University)

  Cambria Press is proud to announce that Toyin Falola, the the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and Moses Ochonu, associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University, have launched the Cambria African Studies Series, which will serve as a much-needed…

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  November 18, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, African Studies, Africana Studies, ASA: African Studies Association, History

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