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UBUNTU AND PERSONHOOD, Edited by James Ogude $34.95

This book examines the relationship between Ubuntu and the idea of personhood. Ubuntu in its broadest sense is rooted in the belief that the full development of personhood comes with shared identity and the idea that an individual’s humanity...

GARVEY, GARVEYISM AND THE ANTINOMIES IN BLACK REDEMPTION, by C. Boyd James $39.95

In this copiously researched book, C. Boyd James charts and analyzes significant features of the legend of Marcus Mosiah Garvey and attempts to situate Garvey and Garveyism within the perspectives of his age. Prof. James posits that from the...

ADAM CLAYTON POWELL: A Portrait of a Marching Black, by James S. Haskins $12.95

The name Adamn Clayton Powell, Jr. symbolized many things to many people. Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, America's largest black congregation. Congressman from Harlem for twenty-five years. Chairman of the powerful House Education and...

ADAM CLAYTON POWELL: A Portrait of a Marching Black, by James S. Haskins, HARDCOVER $35.00

The name Adamn Clayton Powell, Jr. symbolized many things to many people. Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, America's largest black congregation. Congressman from Harlem for twenty-five years. Chairman of the powerful House Education and...

ALWAYS MOVIN' ON: The Life of Langston Hughes, by James S. Haskins $12.95

Born in Missouri in 1902, Langston Hughes-- black poet, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer-- never seemed able to set down roots for himself. By nature a sensitive and shy child, the young Langston was shuffled from home to home, relative...

WALKING A TIGHTROPE: Towards a Social History of the Coloured People of Zimbabwe, by James Muzondidya $29.95

This book examines the history of the Coloured or “mixed race” community of Zimbabwe, a group that has not only been marginalized in most general political and academic discourses but whose history has also been subject to popular misconceptions...

NEVER KNEEL DOWN: Drought, Development and Liberation in Eritrea, by James Firebrace $12.95

The war in Eritrea is in its twenty fourth year. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or disabled or have fled their homes. Over a third of the Enitrean population face starvation as the continuing conflict fuels a major famine. The...

URBAN LEGENDS, COLONIAL MYTHS: Popular Culture and Literature in East Africa, Edited by James Ogude and Joyce Nyairo $29.95

This book is a significant addition to a growing body of scholarship on popular culture’s role in mediating contemporary life and power relations in Africa. The book is a demonstration that popular cultural productions are not fixed to an unchanging...