Welcome to Research Africa Reviews
Welcome to Research Africa Reviews
Supported by the Duke Africa Initiative, this triannual journal and mailing list (research_africa@duke.edu) aims to foster a scholarly network focused on Africa and its issues. As a non-profit platform, it facilitates the exchange of information on African-related publications, events, and research opportunities while bridging knowledge production among African institutions. It seeks to connect scholars globally, promote academic collaboration, and enhance the dissemination of scholarship.
Current Issue
Volume 9, issue 1 - April, 2025
ISSN 2575-6990
Highlights: Suḥaym ʿAbd Banī Ḥassḥās; DukeEngage Senegal; Moroccan Cultural Diplomacy; post-colonial Education in Zimbabwe; South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle; British and American Travel Writing; Zanzibari Muslim; Cape Town history.
LITERATURE REVIEWS
Remembering Suḥaym: The Tragic Fate of Arabia's First African-Born Poet.
Written by: Mbaye Lo, Duke University.
“Another Way of Being Black in the World”: Identity Dialogues between Continental and Diasporic Africans.
Written by: Aman Nadhiri, Chair, Department of Arts and Humanities, Johnson C. Smith University.
Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power: The Cases of China and Morocco.
Written by: Youssef ZIZI, Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco.
BOOK REVIEWS
Ellen Vea Rosnes, Pierre Guidi, and Jean-Luc Martineau (editors). 2024. History Through Narratives of Education in Africa: Social Histories in Times of Colonialism and Post-Independence (1920s – 1970s).
Reviewed by: Itah Patience, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University.
Ellen Vea Rosnes, Pierre Guidi, and Jean-Luc Martineau (editors). 2024. History Through Narratives of Education in Africa: Social Histories in Times of Colonialism and Post-Independence (1920s – 1970s).
Reviewed by: Stanley Elias, Makerere Institute of Social Research, Makerere University, Uganda.
Nyambi Oliver. 2024. Contested Liberations, Transitions and the Crisis in Zimbabwe: Encounters with Post-Colonial (Counter)Cultures (2000-2020).
Reviewed by: Musenze Junior Brian, MISR, Makerere University, Uganda.
Faseeg Manie. 2025. Echoes of Freedom: The Story of Imam Gassan Solomon.
Reviewed by: Aslam Fataar, Research Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Sadik Rddad. 2025. Dis-Orienting the Maghreb: Morocco in British and American Travel Writing.
Reviewed by: Amany Abdelrazek-Alsiefy, Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin.
Anne K. Bang. 2025. Zanzibari Muslim Moderns: Islamic Paths to Progress in the Interwar Period.
Reviewed by: John Mwangi Githigaro, United States International University, Africa (USIU-A).
Nechama Brodie. 2023. The Cape Town Book: A Guide to the City's History, People, and Places.
Reviewed by: Muhammed Haron, Director of International Relations, International Peace College of South Africa.
REVIEW TEAM
Editor-In-Chief
Muhammed Haron, Former Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Botswana and currently a Professor and Director of International Relations at the International Peace College of South Africa. (haronm@hotmail.com).
Associate Editors
Wendy Wilson-Fall, Professor and Chair, Africana Studies Program Oeschle Center for International Education, Lafayette College (wilsonfw@lafayette.edu) & (haronm@hotmail.com).
Bamba Drame, PhD, Dar El Hadith El Hassaniya Institute, Rabat Morocco, (ndrame.online@gmail.com).
Alinah Segobye, Professor, Northwest University, South Africa & Botswana, (alinah.segobye@gmail.com).
Aman Nadhiri, Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Arts and Humanities, Johnson C. Smith University, USA, (anadhiri@jcsu.edu).
Hamdy Hassan, Professor of political science, Cairo University, Egypt & Zayd University, UAE (hamdy.hassan@zu.ac.ae).
Mbaye Lo, Associate Professor of the Practice, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies & International Comparative Studies, Duke University (mbayelo@duke.edu).
RESEARCH AFRICA
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