Published: 2019-01-14
A Message from the Editor
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Articles
The Indigenous Neighborhoods of La Paz: Urbanization, Migrations, and Political Activism in La Paz, 1920–1947
213–241
AbstractContrapuntos Latino Africanos: Operation Antonio Maceo and the Mists of Benguela Bay
242–270
AbstractThis essay provides a phenomenological analysis of Operation General Antonio
Maceo, the Cuban military offensive that took place in...
Interrogating the Contradictions of Social Movements and Collective Action as Agents for Improving Governance and Equality in Africa: Lessons from the Kenyan Case, with Special Reference to the Luo Community
271–310
AbstractStatelessness, Nationality, and Citizenship in Sierra Leone
311–345
AbstractJack London's Koreans as "People of the Abyss"
346–358
AbstractJack London (1876–1916) was America’s leading novelist and short story writer at the dawn of the twentieth century. He was also a brilliant...
Patterns of Development Issues and Proportional Representation in UN-Affiliated NGOs Related to the Millennium Development Goals and the Monterrey Consensus
359–389
AbstractFamily, Empire, and Nation: Kurdish Bedirkhanis and the Politics of Origins in a Changing Era
390–423
AbstractThis article traces the evolving significance of a prominent princely Kurdish family’s claim of noble descent from the first half of the...
Book Reviews
Human Rights in Nigeria's External Relations: Building the Record of a Moral Superpower by Philip C. Aka
424–426
AbstractAka, Philip C. Human Rights in Nigeria’s External Relations: Building the Record of a Moral Superpower. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books,...
The Democratization of Africa: Dynamics and Trends edited by Alexius Amtaika
426–427
AbstractAmtaika, Alexius, ed. The Democratization of Africa: Dynamics and Trends. Austin, TX: Pan-African University Press, 2017.
Electricity in Africa: The Politics of Transformation in Uganda by Christopher D. Gore
428–429
AbstractGore, Christopher D. Electricity in Africa: The Politics of Transformation in Uganda. Suffolk, UK: James Currey Ltd., 2017.
Africa: Development Challenges and Possibilities by Amadu Jacky Kaba
429–431
AbstractKaba, Amadu Jacky. Africa: Development Challenges and Possibilities. Austin, TX: Pan-African University Press, 2016.
Getting Our Universities Back on Track: Reflections and Governance Paradigms from My Vice-Chancellorship by N. Oluwafemi Mimiko
432–433
AbstractMimiko, N. Oluwafemi. Getting Our Universities Back on Track: Reflections and Governance Paradigms from My Vice-Chancellorship. Austin,...
Illegible Will: Coercive Spectacles of Labor in South Africa and the Diaspora by Hershini Bhana Young
434–436
AbstractYoung, Hershini Bhana. Illegible Will: Coercive Spectacles of Labor in South Africa and the Diaspora. Durham, NC: Duke University...
The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng: A Millennium of Adaptation and Endurance edited by Anson H. Laytner and Jordan Paper
436–437
AbstractLaytner, Anson H., and Jordan Paper, eds. The Chinese Jews of Kaifeng: A Millennium of Adaptation and Endurance. Lanham, MD: Lexington...
Landscape, Memory, and Post-Violence in Cambodia by James A. Tyner
438–440
AbstractTyner, James A. Landscape, Memory, and Post-Violence in Cambodia. London, Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.
The Lima Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Carlos Aguirre and Charles F. Walker
440–442
AbstractAguirre, Carlos, and Charles F. Walker. The Lima Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017.
Cuba-US Relations: Obama and Beyond by Arnold August
442–444
AbstractAugust, Arnold. Cuba-US Relations: Obama and Beyond. Halifax, Canada: Fernwood Publishing, 2017.
Freedom and Resistance: A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas by Christopher Curry
444–446
AbstractCurry, Christopher. Freedom and Resistance: A Social History of Black Loyalists in the Bahamas. Gainesville: University Press of...
The Haitian Revolution and the Early United States edited by Elizabeth Maddock Dillon and Michael Drexler
446–448
AbstractDillon, Elizabeth Maddock, and Michael Drexler, eds. The Haitian Revolution and the Early United States. Philadelphia: University of...
The Labor of Literature: Democracy and Literary Culture in Modern Chile by Jane D. Griffin
448–450
AbstractGriffin, Jane D. The Labor of Literature: Democracy and Literary Culture in Modern Chile. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press,...
Who Owns Haiti?: People, Power, and Sovereignty edited by Robert Maguire and Scott Freeman
450–452
AbstractMaguire, Robert, and Scott Freeman, eds. Who Owns Haiti?: People, Power, and Sovereignty. Gainesville: University Press of Florida,...
Women's Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States and India by Sital Kalantry
452–454
AbstractKalantry, Sital. Women’s Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States and India. Philadelphia:...
Critique of Black Reason by Achille Mbembe
455–456
AbstractMbembe, Achille. Critique of Black Reason. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017.