Bøger udgivet af James Currey

International scholars explore one of the most important postcolonial novels of African literature.

In-depth account of the Marikana massacre, based on the voices of the miners and their families themselves

The first comparative historical analysis - local, national and transnational - of the cross-border Central African copperbelt; a key work in studies of labour, urbanisation and African studies.

Key study on South African writer and activist Kgositsile that presents a new approach to studying the radicalism of Africa and its diaspora through intellectual histories; a major contribution to the histories of Black lives, gender studies, politics and creativity.

An essential exploration of and guide to research ethics in the field.

Important and broadening study of the way Africans engaged with missions, not as beneficiaries of humanitarian philanthropy, but as workers.

Offers new insights into the struggle against Apartheid, and the poverty and inequality that instigated political resistance.

The first book-length study on the relationship between African literature and new media.

First scholarly treatment of Uganda's first elected ruler; offers new insights into the religious and political history of modern Uganda.

Cutting-edge research in the study of Islamic scholarship and its impact on the religious, political, economic and cultural history of Africa; bridges the "europhone"/"non-europhone" knowledge divides to significantly advance decolonial thinking, and extend the frontiers of social science research in Africa.

Provides a new perspective on the struggle against apartheid, and contributes to key debates in South African history, gender inequality, sexual violence, and the legacies of the liberation struggle.

A significant contribution to the history of humanitarianism, Christianity and the politics of aid in Africa.

Investigates what literary strategies African writers adopt to convey the impact of climate transformation and environmental change.

Compelling inside views of what characterises opera and music theatre in African and African diasporic contexts.

Finalist for the African Studies Association's 2021 Best Book Prize. Explores the limits of law in changing unequal land relations in Kenya.

Alongside the impact of his early novels and plays, and his more recent memoirs, these essays give new insights into Ngugi's and other writers' responses to colonialism - there is new material here for students of literature, politics and culture.

A deeply felt and engaging personal account of Zimbabwe's political awakening by one of its best-known historians.

Intended as a reference and textbook, it does not assume prior knowledge of the subject.

Examines the commodification of land rights and the effect of international licences for resource extraction on the pastoral communities of Sudan.

Examines the variety of mostly unorganized and informal ways in which Africans exercise agency and resist state power in the 21st century, through citizen action and popular culture, and how the relationship between ruler and ruled is being reframed.

An overview of the Swahili novel, its place in a globalized world and a reflection on the status and dynamism of Kafka's concept of 'minor literature'.

Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots.

Gives an ethnographic account of the complexities of the use of photography in Africa, both historically and in contemporary practice.

In the context of increasing privatization and land reform these case studies reveal how reforms impact on women's rights to land and how these rights are contested or upheld.

First comprehensive account of the origins and early history of the Chewa as revealed by oral tradition and archaeology that allows a more accurate picture of a pre-literate society

Examines the new challenges facing Africa's pastoral drylands from large-scale investments and how this might affect the economic and political landscape for the regions affected and their peoples.

A detailed examination of African war veterans that reveals the changes they wrought on postwar transition and society.