New Books in African Studies

New Books in African Studies


Latest Episodes

NBN Classic: Hennie van Vuuren, "Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit" (Hurst, 2019)
October 01, 2022

This war machine, as van Vuuren describes it, remains a largely hidden aspect of South Africa’s past – until now...

Luke Messac, "No More to Spend: Neglect and the Construction of Scarcity in Malawi's History of Health Care" (Oxford UP, 2020)
September 23, 2022

Messac challenges the inevitability of inadequate social services in twentieth-century Africa, focusing on the political history of Malawi...

Light and Sound: Boubacar Boris Diop with Sarah Quesada
September 22, 2022

A Discussion with Boubacar Boris Diop and Sarah Quesada