Skip to main content
University of California Press

African Studies

From Our Blog

Visit Our Blog

Interview with Emrah Yildiz, author of "Zainab's Traffic"

Emrah Yıldız discusses the values—religious, political, economic, or social—behind the eight-hundred-mile journey across two international borders to the Sayyida Zainab shrine.
Read More

On publishing Open-Access, with author Adrienne Strong

What is it like to publish a book open-access with our Luminos program? Adrienne Strong, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida and author of Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania, discusses her award-winning book and her experience publis
Read More

Journeying through the Great Kingdoms of Africa

The legacy and impact of African kingdoms in the continent's history from the 20th century to today. © Edmond FortierEdited by John Parker, this groundbreaking book takes us through nine key regions, including ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the Zulu Kingdom. The book features detailed maps and ov
Read More

Open Access Titles

See All

Pandemic Genres: Imagining Politics in a Time of AIDS

by Neville Wallace Hoad (Author)
Feb 2025
Open Access
Open Access
Open Access

Higher Powers: Alcohol and After in Uganda’s Capital City

by China Scherz (Author), George Mpanga (Author), and 1 more
Feb 2024
Open Access

Sounding the Indian Ocean: Musical Circulations in the Afro-Asiatic Seascape

by Jim Sykes (Author), Julia Suzanne Byl (Author)
Aug 2023
Open Access
Open Access