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Walter E A Van Beek

Cover for Ambreena Manji · The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2022)

The Struggle for Land and Justic... (2022)

Cover for Nicholas Westcott · Imperialism and Development: The East African Groundnut Scheme and its Legacy - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2022)

Imperialism and Development: The... (2022)

Nicholas Westcott

Cover for ALT 41: African Literature in African Languages - African Literature Today (Hardcover Book) (2023)

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Cover for Fuchs, Dr Lisa Elena (Female Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Centre for Forestry Research (CIFOR) – World Agroforestry (ICRAF)) · A Political Ecology of Kenya’s Mau Forest: The Land, the Trees, and the People - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2023)

A Political Ecology of Kenya’s M... (2023)

Fuchs, Dr Lisa Elena (Female Pos...

Cover for Melissa Thackway · Reel Resistance - The Cinema of Jean-Marie Teno (Paperback Book) (2023)

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Melissa Thackway

Cover for Juwayeyi, Yusuf M. (Customer) · Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi: Origins and Early History of the Chewa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Archaeology and Oral Tradition i... (2023)

Juwayeyi, Yusuf M. (Customer)

Cover for Adebanwi · Democracy and Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Governance, Political Economy, and Party Politics 1999–2023 - Western Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2023)

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Cover for Dr Mario Schmidt · Migrants and Masculinity in High-Rise Nairobi: The Pressure of being a Man in an African City - Making & Remaking the African City: Studies in Urban Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Migrants and Masculinity in High... (2024)

Dr Mario Schmidt

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Cover for Fuchs, Dr Lisa Elena (Female Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Centre for Forestry Research (CIFOR) – World Agroforestry (ICRAF)) · A Political Ecology of Kenya’s Mau Forest: The Land, the Trees, and the People - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2026)

A Political Ecology of Kenya’s M... (2026)

Fuchs, Dr Lisa Elena (Female Pos...

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Vos, Jelmer (Contributor)

Cover for Dr Salvatory S. Nyanto · Slave Emancipation, Christian Communities, and Dissent in Post-Abolition Tanzania, 1878-1978 - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

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Dr Salvatory S. Nyanto

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Luke Melchiorre

Release September 8, 2026

Cover for Tom Lodge · Red Road to Freedom: A History of the South African Communist Party 1921 – 2021 (Paperback Book) (2024)

Red Road to Freedom: A History o... (2024)

Cover for Dr Christian A Williams · Christian Faith and Namibian Liberation: An Ethnographic Biography of Salatiel Ailonga - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2025)

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Dr Christian A Williams

Cover for Emily Bridger · Young Women against Apartheid: Gender, Youth and South Africa's Liberation Struggle (Paperback Book) (2023)

Young Women against Apartheid: G... (2023)

Cover for Shola Adenekan · African Literature in the Digital Age: Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Nigeria and Kenya - African Articulations (Paperback Book) (2023)

African Literature in the Digita... (2023)

Cover for Professor Joost Fontein · The Politics of the Dead in Zimbabwe 2000-2020: Bones, Rumours & Spirits (Paperback Book) (2023)

The Politics of the Dead in Zimb... (2023)

Professor Joost Fontein

Cover for Earle, Jonathon L. (Royalty Account) · Contesting Catholics: Benedicto Kiwanuka and the Birth of Postcolonial Uganda - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

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Earle, Jonathon L. (Royalty Acco...

Cover for Rueedi, Franziska (Royalty Account) · The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

The Vaal Uprising of 1984 & the ... (2023)

Rueedi, Franziska (Royalty Account)

Cover for Van Klinken, Adriaan (Person) · Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Lives & the Bible - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2023)

Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LG... (2023)

Van Klinken, Adriaan (Person)

Cover for Revd Dr Liz Carmichael · Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in South Africa: The National Peace Accord, 1991-1994 (Paperback Book) (2023)

Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in... (2023)

Revd Dr Liz Carmichael

Cover for Kitunda, Professor Jeremiah M (Contributor) · Kamba Proverbs from Eastern Kenya: Sources, Origins & History - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2023)

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Kitunda, Professor Jeremiah M (C...

Cover for Naylor, Paul (Person) · From Rebels to Rulers: Writing Legitimacy in the Early Sokoto State - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) [New edition] (2024)

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Naylor, Paul (Person)

Cover for Dr Michelle Liebst · Labour & Christianity in the Mission: African Workers in Tanganyika and Zanzibar, 1864-1926 - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Labour & Christianity in the Mis... (2024)

Dr Michelle Liebst

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Namib: The archaeology of an Afr... (2024)

Dr John Kinahan

Cover for Julian Brown · Marikana: A People's History (Paperback Book) (2024)

Marikana: A People's History (2024)

Cover for Southall, Roger (Customer) · Whites and Democracy in South Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Whites and Democracy in South Af... (2024)

Southall, Roger (Customer)

Cover for Dr Katrin Bromber · Sports & Modernity in Late Imperial Ethiopia - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2024)

Sports & Modernity in Late Imper... (2024)

Dr Katrin Bromber

Cover for Vehrs, Hauke-Peter (Person) · Pokot Pastoralism: Environmental Change and Socio-Economic Transformation in North-West Kenya - Future Rural Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

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Vehrs, Hauke-Peter (Person)

Cover for Jean-Luc Enyegue SJ · Competing Catholicisms: The Jesuits, the Vatican & the Making of Postcolonial French Africa - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Competing Catholicisms: The Jesu... (2024)

Jean-Luc Enyegue SJ

Cover for Philippe Denis · The Genocide against the Tutsi, and the Rwandan Churches: Between Grief and Denial - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

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Cover for Dr Lea Lacan · Forest Politics in Kenya's Tugen Hills: Conservation Beyond Natural Resources in the Katimok Forest - Future Rural Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Forest Politics in Kenya's Tugen... (2024)

Cover for Newell, Stephanie (Royalty Account) · Newsprint Literature and Local Literary Creativity in West Africa, 1900s – 1960s - African Articulations (Hardcover Book) (2023)

Newsprint Literature and Local L... (2023)

Newell, Stephanie (Royalty Account)

Cover for Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings · Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Mystical Power and Politics on t... (2024)

Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings

Cover for Professor Matthew J. Christensen · Anglophone African Detective Fiction 1940-2020: The State, the Citizen, and the Sovereign Ideal - African Articulations (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Anglophone African Detective Fic... (2024)

Professor Matthew J. Christensen

Cover for Dr Gautam Bhatia · Transformative Constitutionalism and Kenya: Law-making, Political Process, and the State (2010 – 2025) - Law, Justice and Society in Africa (Hardcover Book) (2025)

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Dr Gautam Bhatia

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Dr Phil Benedikt Pontzen-Profess...

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Cover for Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa · Party Politics and Populism in Zambia: Michael Sata and Political Change, 1955–2014 (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Party Politics and Populism in Z... (2024)

Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa

Cover for Dr Jonathan M Jackson · Visions for an African Valley: Histories of Development in Kilombero, Tanzania since 1877 - Future Rural Africa (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Visions for an African Valley: H... (2025)

Dr Jonathan M Jackson

Cover for Professor Meghan E. Ference · Matatu Work: Gender, Labor, and Mobility in Nairobi - Making & Remaking the African City: Studies in Urban Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Matatu Work: Gender, Labor, and ... (2024)

Professor Meghan E. Ference

Cover for Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings · Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2026)

Mystical Power and Politics on t... (2026)

Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings

Release July 21, 2026

Cover for JoAnn McGregor · Crossing the Zambezi: The Politics of Landscape on a Central African Frontier (Hardcover Book) (2009)

Crossing the Zambezi: The Politi... (2009)

Cover for Joseph Kasule · Islam in Uganda: The Muslim Minority, Nationalism & Political Power - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2024)

Islam in Uganda: The Muslim Mino... (2024)

Cover for Schaefer, Professor Charles (Customer) · Peace Not War: Traditions of Restorative Justice in Imperial Ethiopia, 1769 - 1960 - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Peace Not War: Traditions of Res... (2025)

Schaefer, Professor Charles (Cus...

Cover for Professor Louis Brenner · Histories of Religious Thought and Practice in Africa: Thematic Perspectives - Religion in Transforming Africa (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Histories of Religious Thought a... (2024)

Professor Louis Brenner

Cover for Ernest Cole · The Literature of Contemporary Sierra Leone: Trauma, Resilience, and Creativity (Hardcover Book) (2025)

The Literature of Contemporary S... (2025)

Cover for African Futures in the Making - Future Rural Africa (Hardcover Book) (2026)

African Futures in the Making - ... (2026)

Cover for FGM/C in Africa and the Diaspora: Issues, Debates, and Challenges - African Issues (Hardcover Book) (2026)

FGM/C in Africa and the Diaspora... (2026)

Cover for Professor Rasheed Oyewole Olaniyi · Migration and Diaspora Identity in Northern Nigeria and Ghana, 1900–1970: Yoruba Citizenship and Belonging - Western Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2025)

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Professor Rasheed Oyewole Olaniyi

Cover for Isizwe esinembali: Xhosa histories and poetry (1873–1888) - Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Isizwe esinembali: Xhosa histori... (2025)

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Iimbali zamanyange: historical p... (2025)

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Iziganeko zesizwe: Occasional po... (2025)

Cover for Jeff Opland · Xhosa Poets and Poetry: Second edition, updated and revised - Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Xhosa Poets and Poetry: Second e... (2025)

Cover for Jeff Opland · Xhosa literature: Spoken and printed words - Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Xhosa literature: Spoken and pri... (2025)

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Lexicography: Notes on Xhosa lor... (2025)

Cover for Iimbali zamandulo: Stories of the past (1838–1910) - Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Iimbali zamandulo: Stories of th... (2025)

Cover for Hadi waseluhlangeni: Collected writings (1873–1916) - Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Hadi waseluhlangeni: Collected w... (2025)

Cover for Izibongo zoogxa: poems on contemporaries (1902–1944) - Publications of the Opland Collection of Xhosa Literature (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Izibongo zoogxa: poems on contem... (2025)

Cover for Phalafala, Dr Uhuru Portia, C (D) · Keorapetse Kgositsile & the Black Arts Movement: Poetics of Possibility - African Articulations (Paperback Book) (2026)

Keorapetse Kgositsile & the Blac... (2026)

Phalafala, Dr Uhuru Portia, C (D)

Cover for Banham · African Theatre 7: Companies - African Theatre (Paperback Book) (2008)

African Theatre 7: Companies - A... (2008)

Cover for Currey, James (Person) · Africa Writes Back: The African Writers Series and the Launch of African Literature (Paperback Book) (2008)

Africa Writes Back: The African ... (2008)

Currey, James (Person)

Cover for Brenda Cooper · A New Generation of African Writers: Migration, Material Culture and Language (Hardcover Book) (2008)

A New Generation of African Writ... (2008)

Cover for Elizabeth Daley · Women's Land Rights and Privatization in Eastern Africa - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2008)

Women's Land Rights and Privatiz... (2008)

Elizabeth Daley

Cover for Kjetil Tronvoll · War and the Politics of Identity in Ethiopia: The Making of Enemies and Allies in the Horn of Africa - Eastern Africa Series (Hardcover Book) (2009)

War and the Politics of Identity... (2009)

Kjetil Tronvoll