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The Journal of African History (JAH) publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past, from ancient times to the present. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history

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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez on the #Ovambo #Genocide in #Angola. #colonialism #Portugal #violence #famine

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26.02.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the the new #OpenAccess article by Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta MougouΓ© on #faith, #emotion, political kinship, and #transnational connections as told through the fascinating story of Enoch Olinga. #Uganda #Baha'iFaith

Link: bit.ly/4tKNyGH

10.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Stephen Volz on #SolPlaatje, #KorantaEaBecoana, and the pursuit of Multiethnic Liberalism in #SouthAfrica:

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09.02.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Year in African Historical Scholarship Journal of African History Podcast: Volume 66 Retrospective What does a year of cutting-edge African history scholarship reveal about where the field is heading? In this special episode marking the cl...

Looking for some fascinating weekend listening? Abou Bamba, @michmo.bsky.social, Moses Ochonu, and Thula Simpson join @sseverson.bsky.social to talk breakthroughs, trends, and challenges in #AfricanHistory we saw in last year’s vol. On Apple, Spotify, and streaming:

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...

06.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Year in African Historical Scholarship Journal of African History Podcast: Volume 66 Retrospective What does a year of cutting-edge African history scholarship reveal about where the field is heading? In this special episode marking the cl...

So proud of this episode with @michmo.bsky.social, Abou Bamba, Moses Ochonu, and Thula Simpson, who each brought such thoughtfulness and honesty to our JAH Vol. 66 retrospective. Grateful to work with these brilliant editors!

πŸŽ™οΈ: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ywb9...

04.02.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Harambee Co-operative Savings and Credit Society: Wealth, Inequality, and Accumulation in 1970s Kenya | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core Harambee Co-operative Savings and Credit Society: Wealth, Inequality, and Accumulation in 1970s Kenya - Volume 67

New publication!

'Harambee Co-operative Savings and Credit Society: Wealth, Inequality, and Accumulation in 1970s Kenya' by Justin Willis, Radha Upadhyaya, and Eric Njuguna Kamau

@thejah.bsky.social

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06.02.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œThe Net That Catches the Most Fish”: Fishing, Innovation, and Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923 | The Journal of African History | Cambridge Core β€œThe Net That Catches the Most Fish”: Fishing, Innovation, and Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923 - Volume 67

"'The Net That Catches the Most Fish': Fishing, Innovation, & Law in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana), c. 1898–1923" now published @thejah.bsky.social.

This article was in the works for several years, very pleased to see it out. Thank you to the editors & reviewers.

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30.01.2026 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social on #fishing and #law in #Ghana:

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30.01.2026 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm pleased to announce that my article has been published in the flagshipΒ @thejah.bsky.social. #WestAfrica #Ghana #Senegal #UnitedStates #UnitedNations #Economics #Development #Decolonization #Imperialism #Brightgyamfi

12.12.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @gyamfiphd.bsky.social on #NeoColonialism, #Underdevelopment, #Economics, and IDEP:

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11.12.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by @ccm541.bsky.social on #women nanga players and #history telling in Western #Uganda:

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21.11.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mark Deets on alternative futures of the Casamance In this episode Mark Deets (AUC) joins editor Abou Bamba (Gettysburg) to discuss β€œAmbiguous Echoes of the Colonial Partition: Alternative Futures from the CasamanΓ§ais Past in Senegal.” This featured r...

In our latest podcast episode, Mark Deets joins editor Abou Bamba to discuss his featured review of β€œL’idΓ©e de la #Casamance autonome” by @sevead.bsky.social, and #AcademicFreedom, #HistoricalContingency, and #politics in #Senegal:

Streaming: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-axcej...

Review: bit.ly/4n8zHFe

19.11.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Chepchirchir Tirop on #sports, #stadiums, and Moi’s transnational populist #politics in #Kenya:

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13.11.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by John Thornton, β€œThe Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in West #CentralAfrica” :

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07.11.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new #OpenAccess article by Felicitas Becker and Salvatory Nyanto on women’s beer brewing and livelihood strategies in #Tabora #Tanzania after the end of #slavery:

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28.10.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new featured review by Mark W. Deets detailing both β€œL’idΓ©e de la #Casamance autonome: Possibles et dettes morales de la situation coloniale au #Senegal” (Editions Karthala) by @sevead.bsky.social and the political storm surrounding its publication:

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17.10.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Read the new OA article by Abikal Borah on indentured labor in southeastern #SouthAfrica and relations between Indian and Zulu workers:

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15.10.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new OA article by Agata BΕ‚och, Guillem Martos Oms, and Clodomir Santana on #archives, #DigitalBias, #AI, and the production of historical narratives:

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14.10.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new OA #HistoryMatters piece by Leslye Obiora on #BeninBronzes and the #Law:

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#Nigeria #CulturalHeritage #antiquities #colonialism #restitution

14.10.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new OA article by Oliver Coates on war correspondents from #Nigeria in #Burma in 1945:

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10.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new OA History Matters piece by Cresa Pugh on legacies of the #BeninBronzes and #Restitution within the #BlackAtlantic

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08.10.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new OA article by David Damtar on #Gender and #Mining in colonial #Ghana

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08.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new review by @garthandrew.bsky.social of β€œDividing Dar: Race, Space, and Colonial Construction in German Occupied Daressalam, 1850–1920” (@dgb-history.bsky.social) by Patrick Christopher Hege:

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01.10.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new review by Joshua Grace of Tasha Rijke-Epstein’s β€œChildren of the Soil” (@dukepress.bsky.social). #Madagascar #Architecture #UrbanHistory

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17.09.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the latest OA #HistoryMatters piece, JAH #WestAfrica editor Moses Ochonu writes about the rise and implications of what he terms the new instrumental turn in historical scholarship in #Nigeria:

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01.09.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new OA article by @nielsboender.bsky.social‬ on the African Independent Pentecostal Church, #decolonization, #land, and #reconciliation in #Kenya:

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01.09.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Read the new OA article by Rachel Petrocelli

#Senegal #workplace #colonialism #racism

LINK: bit.ly/45UsfHp

27.08.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read the new OA article by @caitlinbarker.bsky.social on the #diplomacy carried out by #women from #Cameroon in #China during the era of #decolonization:

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27.08.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Read Paul T. Clarke’s new OA article on #policing, #war, #mercantilism, and the #frontier in Dutch #SouthAfrica:

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21.08.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
David Wilson on fisheries management in Lake Malawi In this episode, David Wilson (University of Strathclyde) joins guest host Ayodeji Adegbite (Brown University) to discuss the Open Access article, "Colonialism, Governance, and Fisheries: Perspectives...

Check out the latest episode of the JAH podcast, featuring Ayo Adegbite in conversation with @davidwilsonhist.bsky.social about studying the history of fisheries management on #LakeMalawi. Find it on Apple, Spotify, and streaming here: www.podbean.com/eas/pb-vyr4h...

OA article link: bit.ly/4lmkjoT

25.07.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1