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African Women Writers and the Politics of Gender

By: Sadia Zulfiqar

£52.99

Zulfiqar examines the work of a group of African women writers who have emerged over the last forty years. In so doing, she demonstrates how African women’s literature engages with political issues and revisits Fredric Jameson’s controversial assumptions on third-world texts.

African Zion

Studies in Black Judaism

Edited By: Edith Bruder

£44.99

Forged in slavery, exile, and subjugation, some black African and American societies have adopted a Judaic identity. This book explores the historical mosaic of black Judaism, reshaping the standard accounts of their collective religious experience.

African, Lusophone, and Afro-Hispanic Cultural Dialogue

Edited By: Yaw Agawu-Kakraba, Komla F. Aggor

£58.99

This compendium advances analytical perspectives regarding a highly transcultural and changing African continent enmeshed in the vestiges of slavery and the complex dynamics of post-colonialism, with particular emphasis on Africa and its Lusophone and Afro-Hispanic diaspora.

Africana Jewish Journeys

Studies in African Judaism

Edited By: Marla Brettschneider, Edith Bruder, Magdel Le Roux

£64.99

Millions of people worldwide are identifying as Jews or converting. In this volume, scholars and practitioners explore this new shaping of modern Jewish identities in Africa, the United States, and India.

Africana Methodology

A Social Study of Research, Triangulation and Meta-theory

By: James L. Conyer, Jr.

Edited By: James L. Conyer, Jr.

From £35.99

This volume critically examines the collection, interpretation, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from an Afrocentric perspective. It provides readers with a compilation of essays that evaluate the Africana experience from a methodological perspective.

Africana-Melanated Womanism

In It Together

Edited By: Clenora Hudson (Weems)

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Through the Africana Womanist lens, this book tackles contemporary societal ills, including generational wealth for Blacks. It speaks truth to Africana women and their families, offering solutions for combatting racial dominance by prioritizing race, class, and gender.

Afroasiatic Studies in Memory of Robert Hetzron

Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics (NACAL 35)

Edited By: Charles G. Häberl

£44.99

NACAL is an academic nexus where students rub shoulders with titans of the field. This volume contains sixteen contributions from these scholars, covering a broad cross-section of topics in Afroasiatic linguistics.

Afrocentric Approaches to Community Development in the 21st Century

Edited By: Ndwakhulu Tshishonga, Eve D. Mafema

£89.99

This book departs from western prescripts to shed light on tested Afrocentric methods for community development. It draws lessons from African models of communal unity to show how governments can enhance their development models to reduce poverty and unemployment.

Afroeurope@n Configurations

Readings and Projects

Edited By: Sabrina Brancato

£39.99

This volume explores the African presence across Europe, from Russia to the Canary Islands. These essays offer a wide spectrum of research on contemporary black literatures and identities, providing insights into previously little explored areas.

Afroeurope@ns

Cultures and Identities

Edited By: Marta Sofía López

£34.99

This pioneering collection of essays establishes a comparative agenda for the study of black literatures and identities in the European Union, analyzing diasporic communities and cultural productions across Europe with particular attention to women writers.

Afroeuropean Cartographies

Edited By: Dominic Thomas

£41.99

Writers with roots in Africa navigate new terrains and racialized identities in Europe. Through vibrant literature, they redefine identity and imagine the contours of a diverse, inclusive Europe, reckoning with its colonial history and its legacy.

AfroMecca in History

African Societies, Anti-Black Racism, and Teaching in al-Haram Mosque in Mecca

By: Chanfi Ahmed

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This book discusses anti-Black racism in the Arab world, centered on the term “ʿabd” (slave). It explores the ancient Black diaspora in Mecca and its contributions, as well as the religious and political role of the al-Haram Mosque's teaching system throughout history.

AfroSymbiocity as a Psychology of Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Africa

By: Ilongo Fritz Ngale

£61.99

This book introduces “AfroSymbiocity,” a paradigm for conflict resolution based on original African strategies. It provides the missing cultural pieces in the puzzle of conflict, using the historical example of King Moshoeshoe to demonstrate an approach with universal relevance.

After God, with Reason Alone – Saikat Guha Commemorative Volume (Volume 8

Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics)

Edited By: Gyula Klima

£29.99

Philosopher and physicist Saikat Guha was a metaphysician interested in applying rigorous logic to theology. These five papers reformulate Aquinas's arguments for God, ask if Ockham's razor requires atheism, and model the Trinity's logical consistency.

Philosopher and physicist Saikat Guha was a metaphysician interested in applying rigorous logic to theology. These five papers reformulate Aquinas’s arguments for God, ask if Ockham’s razor requires atheism, and model the Trinity’s logical consistency.

After Satan

Essays in Honour of Neil Forsyth

Edited By: Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Kirsten Stirling

£39.99

In tribute to Neil Forsyth, these essays trace the lineage of the Satan figure through literary history. They chart the demonised other from biblical history and Milton to the contemporary novel, showing how evil functions as a necessary other.

After the Flight

The Dynamics of Refugee Settlement and Integration

Edited By: Shiva Nourpanah, Morgan Poteet

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This title critically addresses a range of topics and employs a variety of qualitative approaches to gain a better understanding of the lived experience of integration for refugees, including the attendant challenges and opportunities encountered during the integration process.

After the Genocides

Immigration, Education, and the Prevention of Nuclear War, a Memoir

By: Henry David Abraham

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A sweeping memoir of the author’s Jewish and Armenian families, this account moves from genocide and the Cold War to his work with American and Russian leaders to prevent nuclear war, culminating in his organization winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

After the Postsecular and the Postmodern

New Essays in Continental Philosophy of Religion

Edited By: Anthony Paul Smith, Daniel Whistler

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A vanguard of scholars asks what comes after the postsecular and postmodern in Continental philosophy of religion. This volume argues philosophy must liberate itself from theological norms and mutate into a new speculative practice to confront the challenges of our time.

Aftermath of the Holocaust and Genocides

Edited By: Victoria Khiterer, Erin Magee

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What happens after genocide? Drawing on newly discovered archives, this groundbreaking collection explores the aftermath of the Holocaust and other atrocities through perpetrator trials, victim commemoration, Jewish renewal, and cultural memory in literature and film.

Against and Beyond

Subversion and Transgression in Mass Media, Popular Culture and Performance

Edited By: Magdalena Cieslak, Agnieszka Rasmus

£34.99

How do film, music, and media subvert the status quo? This essay collection applies critical theory to explore transgression in popular culture, offering essential reading for all who dare to go against and beyond.