ARCHIVED ISSUE

 

Volume 9 • Number 9 • November 2016

 

On the cover: Roberta "Bobbi" Sykes (1943-2010), poet, author, activist for the rights of the original people of Australia, and the first Australian of African descent to graduate from a U.S. university (she earned a Ph.D. in Education from Harvard University in 1983). In 1994 her activism was recognized when she was awarded the Australian Human Rights Medal, the pinnacle of human rights recognition in Australia.

 

● Gloria Naylor: In Memoriam
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● Dr. Sebi: In Memoriam
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●Logical and Theoretical Foundations of African Environmental Ethics
by Francis, Diana-Abasi Ibanga
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● Black Britons and the Politics of Belonging: An Interview with Kennette Hammond Perry
by Reena N. Goldthree
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● Kidnapping for Rituals: Article of Faith and Insecurity in Nigeria
by Samuel Oyewole
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● Emotional Distress: The Resultant Effects of Street Hawking and Sexual Abuse of Female Children in Oyo State, Nigeria
by Afusat Olanike Busari
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● Silence Upon the Southwest: A Historiographical Interrogation of Literature and Discourse on the Gukurahundi Massacres (1982-1987)
by Shingi Mavima
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● African Philosophy for African Women�s Leadership: An Urgent Project for the African Renaissance
by Simphiwe Sesanti
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● African Traditional Religion: An Examination of Terminologies Used for Describing the Indigenous Faith of African People Using an Afrocentric Paradigm
by Nana Osei Bonsu
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● Perspectives on Social Inequality, Criminal Justice, and Race in the United States: A Critical Analysis
by Gerald K. Fosten
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● On the Fate of the Nation: Party Politics, Resources and Tanzania�s Democratic Experience
by Francis Semwaza
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● Peace and Spirituality: The Boondocks and Navigating Media Perceptions Associated with Black Masculinity
by Brian W. Collier, Jr.
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● Media Ownership and Independence: Implications for Democratic Governance in the Fourth Republic of Ghana
by Mohammed S. Shardow and Bossman E. Asare
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● Top African Artists Display Great Talent at London Art Exhibition
by Mathew Ogunsina
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● Expressionist Herbert Gentry: An Interview
by Liza Kirwin
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Book Review

● Critical Thought in Africology and Africana Studies: A Protracted Review
by Itibari M. Zulu
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Relevant Books

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Announcements

● The Route of the Enslaved: The UNESCO Slave Route Project
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● City of Cartagena de Indias Honors Its African Legacy
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● Timbuktu: Home of Sankor� University
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● The George Padmore Collection: 1933-1945
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● African Alumni Project
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● Nubian Message Archives Now Digital
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