Papers in the African Humanities
Papers in the African Humanities (originally titled Discussion Papers in the African Humanities) were first published under the auspices of a three-year collaborative research project at the African Studies Center entitled “African Expressions of the Colonial Experience,” organized with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Humanities Papers series has continued since the project ended in 1990 and, as with almost all Center publications, these papers reflect work undertaken by scholars affiliated with the African Studies Center or presented at the Center. They are available in PDF format only.The papers are listed here in chronological order, beginning with the most recent. It is possible to search for all items by a particular author, on a particular country, or on a particular theme. The boldfaced AH 000 codes identify each paper for ordering purposes. All papers are $6.00 (available in PDF only).
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AH 036. Beads, Cowries, and Cultural Translations of the Atlantic Experience in Yorubaland, 1600–1850, by Akinwumi Ogundiran, AH 36 (2002)
AH 035. Fashioning a Modern Identity in Colonial Western Kenya: Struggles over Clothing in the Interwar Period, by Margaret Jean Hay, AH 35 (2002)
AH 034. Performing Identity Nations, Cultures, and African Experimental Novels, by Phyllis Clark, AH 34 (2000)
AH 033. African Initiated Churches in Southern Africa: Protest Movements or Mission Churches?, by Marthinus L. Daneel, AH 33 (2000)
AH 032. Coming of Age through Colonial Education: African Autobiography as Reluctant Buldungsroman. The Case of Camara Laye, by Ralph A. Austen, AH 32 (2000)
AH 031. Earthkeeping in Missiological Perspective: An African Challenge, by M. L. Daneel, AH 31 (2000)
AH 030. “Unwrapping” Nationalism: Dress, Gender, and Nationalist Discourse in Colonial Lagos, by Judith Byfield, AH 30 (2000)
AH 029. An Annotated Bibliography of Southern Bantu Praise Poetry, by David M. Westley, AH 29 (1999)
AH 028. African Traditional Religion and Earthkeeping in Zimbabwe, by M. L. Daneel, AH 28 (1999)
AH 027. The Art and Science of Writing in Africa: The Lost Script of the Bagam, by Konrad Tuchscherer, AH 27 (1998)
AH 026. Asante Women Dancers: Architects of Power Realignment in Corpus Christi, by Pashington Obeng, AH 26 (1995)
AH 025. Sittaat: Somali Women’s Songs for “The Mothers of the Believers”, by Lidwien Kapteijns, with Mariam Omar Ali, AH 25 (1995)
AH 024. Oyibo: Representations of the Colonialist Other in Yoruba Art, 1826–1960, by Babatunde Lawal, AH 24 (1993)
AH 023. Who Wears the Pants? Christian Missions, Migrant Labor, and Clothing in Colonial Western Kenya, by Margaret Jean Hay, AH 23 (1992)
AH 022. Change and Migration of a Game Called Mankala/Warri in Africa and the Americas During the Colonial Period, by Richard D. Ralston, AH 22 (1992)
AH 021. “Peripheral Markets” and The Purchase of Museum Collections in Early Colonial Equatorial Africa, by Jane I. Guyer, AH 21 (1992)
AH 020. Diola Land/European Country: Religious Representations of the French in Twentieth-Century Senegal, by Robert M. Baum, AH 20 (1992)
AH 019. Colonialism and the Individual: A Nigerian Life History, by Simon Ottenberg, AH 19 (1992)
AH 018. Towards a Purposeful African Development: An Early Twentieth Century View, by Kofi Baku, AH 18 (1991)
AH 017. Weaving and the British Presence in Southeastern Nigeria after 1900, by Lisa Aronson, AH 17 (1991)
AH 016. Colonial Politics and Historical Texts: The Case of the Umarian Narratives, by David Robinson, AH 16 (1991)
AH 015. The Ethiopian Intelligentsia and the Italo-Ethiopian War 1935–1941, by Bahru Zewde, AH 15 (1991)
AH 014. “Okukkera Ng’omuzungu”–To Talk Nonsense like a Whiteman: The Use of Proverbs in Luganda Historical Writing, by John A. Rowe, AH 14 (1991)
AH 013. Blatta Gäbrä Egzi’abeher’s Letter to Menilek in the Italian Colonial Context, by Irma Taddia, AH 13 (1991)
AH 012. Principles and Passion: Capturing the Legacy of João dos Santos Albasini, by Jeanne Penvenne, AH 12 (1991)
AH 011. Maybe Heaven, Maybe the Sky, but Definitely Up: Lingering Over Words in Translating Historical Texts, by David Henige, AH 11 (1991)
AH 010. Orality, State Literacy, and Political Culture in Ethiopia: Translating the Ras Kassa Registers, by James C. McCann, AH 10 (1991)
AH 009. Translation: Languages and Cultures in Contrast, by Bento Sitoe, AH 9 (1990)
AH 008. Africans Speak, Colonialism Writes: The Transcription and Translation of Oral Literature Before World War II, by Ralph Austen, AH 8 (1990)
AH 007. The Social History of Leisure and Sport in Colonial Brazzaville, by Phyllis Martin, AH 7 (1990)
AH 006. The Significance of the Swahili Literary Tradition and Interpretation of Early Twentieth Century Political Poetry, by Ann Biersteker, AH 6 (1990)
AH 005. Mangbetu Ivories: Innovations Between 1910 and 1914, by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis A. Keim, AH 5 (1990)
AH 004. Transformations in Ilorin: Actions and Artefacts Speak Louder Than Words, by Ann O’Hear, AH 4 (1989)
AH 003. African Art in Movement: Traders, Networks, and Objects in the West African Art Market, by Christopher B. Steiner, AH 3 (1989)
AH 002. Western Clothing and African Identity: Changing Consumption Patterns Among the Luo, by Margaret Jean Hay, AH 2 (1989)
AH 001. Patterns from Without, Meaning from Within: European-Style Military Dress and German Colonial Politics in the Bamum Kingdom (Cameroon), by Christraud Geary, AH 1 (1989)