ISSN 2575-6990
Highlights: Keywords: Israel-Hamas Conflict; Gaza; Africa, UK, and Ireland Cultural Exchange; Black Atlantic Material Culture; Nubian Archeology.
EDITORIAL VOICE
What good is a song? A commentary on the human-made poly-crises and existential risks at our doorstep
Written by: Alinah K. Segobye, Extraordinary Professor, Northwest University, South Africa.
COMMENTARIES
The Israel-Hamas drama and the dilemmas of scholarly response
Reviewed by: Jon Abbink, African Studies Centre, Leiden University.
The Israeli-Gaza (mis)Adventure: African Response to the Day Before and After October 7
Written by: Amidu Olalekan Sanni, African & Middle Eastern Studies, Lagos State University, Nigeria.
Suffering and scholarly response To Amidu Sanni – how to discuss the Israel-Hamas violence
Written by: Jon Abbink, African Studies Centre, Leiden University.
Response to Jon Abbink: The Israel-Hamas drama and the dilemmas of scholarly response
Written by: Amidu Olalekan Sanni, African & Middle Eastern Studies, Lagos State University, Nigeria.
BOOK REVIEWS
Tendai Rinos Mwanaka (Ed.). 2022. Fixing Earth: Africa, UK and Ireland Writers Anthology
Reviewed by: Cecelia Lynch, University of California, Irvine.
Matthew Francis Rarey. 2023. Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic
Reviewed by: Avenel Rolfsen, Indiana University-Bloomington.
Matthew Francis Rarey. 2023. Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic
Reviewed by: Amidu Olalekan Sanni, African & Middle Eastern Studies, Lagos State University, Nigeria.
William Carruthers. 2022. Flooded Pasts –UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology
Reviewed by: Alinah K. Segobye, Extraordinary Professor, Northwest University, South Africa.
LITERATURE REVIEWS
Morocco’s Diplomatic Assets in Africa: An Overview
Written by: Youssef Zizi, Cultural Studies: Hassan II University, Morocco & Ilham EL MAJDOUBI, Professor, English: Hassan II University, Morocco.
ARABIC TEXTS
،«سعادة الطلاب في سيرة الشيخ الخديم = أحمد بمب امباكي»:
الشيخ امباك بص
تحقيق شيخنا بوسو مصطفى، وشريف حسن بوسو كد، وشيخنا بوسو سيد، وصالح جخت
2023،آس، وأبو البركة بوسو سيد (سُلَّم الوصول)، منشورات تمبكتو، دكار + القاهرة.
راجعه الدكتور محمد بمب درامي
القسم الأول: طبقة الرواد
،مراجعة كتاب: فتح الكبير المتعال في تراجم أعلام السنغال
المؤسسين: (1673-1807م)، محمد بمب درامي (تنسيق وتحرير)، هيئة إحياء التراث
،السنغالي (لجنة تأليف)، مركز تكرور للتراث والثقافة العربية الإسلامية في غرب إفريقيا
الرباط، 2023م، 344ص.
بقلم عثمان جو/ باحث مستقل، ومدير “منشورات تمبكتو”
REVIEW TEAM
Editor-In-Chief
Muhammed Haron, Former Professor of Religious Studies: University of Botswana & Associate Researcher: Stellenbosch University, South Africa. (haronm@mopipi.ub.bw) & (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).
Hassan Juma Ndzovu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Moi University, Kenya (hassan.ndzovu@gmail.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).
Ifeyinwa Okolo, Associate Professor, Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria, (sweeteve222@gmail.com).
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).
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