ISSN 2575-6990
Highlights: Non-Western political systems; Islam and race; Environmental and ecological violence; Africa’s Global Connections; Activism in Togo and Benin;; Stories of the Kramats at the Cape; Coptic Egypt.
BOOK REVIEWS
Charles R. Butcher and Ryan D. Griffiths, Before Colonization, Non-Western States and Systems in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Columbia University Press, 2025, pp xi + 331. ISBN: 978 023 219365.
Reviewed by: Amidu Olalekan SANNI, Distinguished Professor of African and M. Eastern Studies at the Lagos State University, Nigeria.
Zain Abdullah (editor), The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Race. London and New York: Routledge (Taylor & Francis), 2025). 746 pages. Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-367-17985-4.
Reviewed by: Mbaye Lo, Duke University.
Marisa Solomon, The Elsewhere Is Black: Ecological Violence & Improvised Life. Durham: Duke University Press, 2025, 272 pages. ISBN: 9781478061304.
Reviewed by: Musenze Junior Brian, Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Makerere University, Uganda.
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Mayke Kaag, Alena Thiel & István Tarrósy (Eds), Trust and Trust-Making in Africa’s Global Connections. Leiden: Brill, 2025. 148 pages. ISBN: 978-90-04-73476-0.
Reviewed by: John Mwangi Githigaro, National Intelligence and Research University (NIRU), Kenya.
Frédérick Madore, Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin: Christian and Muslim Students Navigating Authoritarianism and Laïcité, 1970–2023. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023. 308 pages. ISBN: 978-3-11-142790-4.
Reviewed by: Macodou Fall, Sahel Research Group, University of Florida.
Shafiq Morton, The Circle of the Saints - Stories of the Kramats at the Cape. Publisher, AWQAF SA. 368 Pages, ISBN: 9781037091223.
Reviewed by: Adli Yacubi. Independent South Africa–based writer and cultural critic.
Ayad, Mariam F., Coptic Culture and Community: Daily Lives, Changing Times. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2024. 346 pages. ISBN: 1649031823.
Reviewed by: Mohamed Bourouayah, Professor of Religions and Interfaith Dialogue, former Vice-Rector, Emir Abdelkader University, Constantine, Algeria.
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, Professor of the Practice, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies & International Comparative Studies, Duke University (mbayelo@duke.edu).
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