CURRENT ISSUE

 

Volume 10 • Number 1 • March 2017

 

On the cover: �Jikala� (1994), a silkscreen (29x40 cm, photo by S. Williams) by artist Lionel Davis who was born in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa in 1936, and now lives in Muizenberg, Cape Town. Davis was a former political prisoner (he was incarcerated for seven years on Robben Island, whereupon he met Nelson Mandela) and long-time cultural activist. Davis works in visual modes that range from the realist to the abstract. His themes include everyday scenes as well as reflections on African identity. He earned a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) in 1994.

 

● Tracy Rawle Wilson (1943-2017): Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad & Tobago Leader
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● Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. (1937-2016): Columbia College Center for Black Music Research Founder
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●Concerning History, Heritage and Struggle: Reaffirming and Renewing Our Vanguard Role
guest editorial by Maulana N. Karenga
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● On the Unity of African People
guest editorial by B.F. Bankie
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● Marcus Garvey and President Obama's Missed Opportunity
by Geoffrey Philp
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● Interrogating the Credibility of Elections in Africa: Implications for Democracy, Good Governance and Peace?
by Samuel Olugbemiga Afolabi
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● Experiences of Shona Men in Polygamous Marriages in Ward Four of Chivi District, Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe
by Christinah Gwirayi
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● Using Indigenous Mathematical Knowledge and Innovations to Solve Community Challenges: A Case Study of the Shona in the Shurugwi County of Zimbabwe
by Silvanos Chirume
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● Becoming African Americans: African Immigrant Youth in the United States and Hybrid Assimilation
by Shelly Habecker
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● African American Women and the Obesity Epidemic: A Systematic Review
by Francoise Knox-Kazimierczuk and Meredith Shockly-Smith
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● Amma Darko�s Contribution in Beyond the Horizon to Contemporary Gender Portrayals
by Laure Cl�mence Cakpo-Chichi Zanou, C�lestin Gbaguidi and Koumagnon Alfred Djossou
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● Up You Mighty People
by Julius W. Garvey
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● Euphemism Use as a Mirror of the People�s Worldview: The Case of the Abagusii Dirges of Kenya
by Job Nyamamba Maoncha and Jacinta M. Ndambuki
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● Obeah to Rastafari: Jamaica as a Colony of Ridicule, Oppression and Violence, 1865-1939
by Kofi Boukman Barima
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● Political Parties and Social Media in Ghana
by Ransford Edward Van Gyampo
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● A Racial Divide: College Student Attitudes Concerning Police in South Louisiana
by Lisa M. Lewis, Scott E. Wilks, Jennifer R. Geiger, Juan J. Barthelemy, Michelle M. Livermore.
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● A Qualitative Analysis of Newspaper Response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
by Daudet Ilunga Tshiswaka, Guy-Lucien S. Whembolua and Donaldson F. Conserve
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● Illustrating and Shaping Public Political Memories through Cartoons: The 2013 Presidential Election Petition in Ghana
by David Kobla Fiankor, Noble Komla Dzegblor and Samuel Kwame
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● Key Dimensions in Abyssinia-Ottoman Relations in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: A Critical Review of Literatures
by Mukerrem Miftah
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● The Pan-African Institute for the Study of African Society: An Interview with Nahas Angula
by Itibari M. Zulu
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● Boxing on Paper: Ishmael Reed Interviewed
by Don Starnes
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● Reverberations of Rhodesian Propaganda in Narratives of Zimbabwe�s Liberation War
by Jephias Andrew Dzimbanhete
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● Unveiling the Taboo of Sexual Intercourse in the Beulah Yoruba/English Bilingual Parallel Bible
by Temitope Michael Ajayi
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● The Aesthetics and Cultural Relevance of the Ier Ritual Festival Among the Tiv of Central Nigeria
by Awuawuer Tijime Justin
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● John Carlos Oral History Interview: 2013
by David P. Cline
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Book Reviews

● African Pyramids of Knowledge: Kemet, Afrocentricity and Africology
reviewed by Aaron X. Smith
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● Using Racist Images to Combat Racism and Encourage Resistance
by Paul Von Blum
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● Fire from Heaven � African American Religious and Musical Trends and Traditions � A Book Review Essay
by Eric R. Jackson
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Relevant Books

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Announcements

● CFP: Life and Legacy: Prince Redefined
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● World African Diaspora Union
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● Umbra Search: African American History
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● The Equal Justice Initiative: Memorial and Museum
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● San Jos� State University Institute for the Study of Sport, Society and Social Change Launched
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● National �Black Love Beyond Borders� Convening to Unite the African World Community: African Americans and U.S. Black Immigrants
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● Archives of African American Music and Culture: Indiana University
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