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Accumulation in an African Periphery
by Issa G. Shivji
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Africa and the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century
edited by Ebrima Sall
CODESRIA, Senegal

Africa and the Disruptions of the Twenty-first Century
by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
CODESRIA, Senegal

Africa at the Crossroads
by Artwell Nhemachena, Munyaradzi Mawere
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Africa in Contemporary Perspective
edited by Takyiwaa Manuh, Esi Sutherland-Addy
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

Africa in the Colonial Ages of Empire
by Tatah Mentan
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Africa: Beyond Recovery
by Thandika Mkandawire
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

The African Conundrum
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere, Tapuwa Raymond Mubaya, Jowere Mukusha
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

African Linguistics and the Development of African Communities
edited by Emmanuel N. Chia
CODESRIA, Senegal

African Literature and the Future
edited by Gbemisola Adeoti
CODESRIA, Senegal

African Politics of Survival
edited by Mitsugi Endo, Michael Neocosmos, Ato Kwamena Onoma
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

African Potentials
edited by Itaru Ohta, Motoji Matsuda, Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

African Studies in the Academy
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere, Tapuwa Raymond Mubaya
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

African Universities in the Twenty-First Century. Vol 1
edited by Adebayo O. Olukoshi, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
CODESRIA, Senegal

African Universities in the Twenty-First Century. Vol 2
edited by Adebayo O. Olukoshi, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
CODESRIA, Senegal

African Virtues in the Pursuit of Conviviality
edited by Itaru Ohta, Motoji Matsuda, Yntiso Gebre
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Africa’s Dependency Syndrome
by Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Beyond the Political Spider
by Kwesi Yankah
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Bouncing Back
edited by Tamara Enomoto, Marlon Swai, Kiyoshi Umeya, Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Castells in Africa
edited by Johan Muller, Nico Cloete, Francois van Schalkwyk
African Minds Publishers, South Africa

The Challenge of African Potentials
edited by Yaw Ofosu-Kusi, Motoji Matsuda
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Claude E. Ake: The making of an organic intellectual
by Jeremiah O. Arowosegbe
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Colonial Heritage, Memory and Sustainability in Africa
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere, Tapuwa Raymond Mubaya
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial Africa
by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatshenoi
CODESRIA, Senegal

Contemporary African Cultural Productions
edited by V.Y. Mudimbe
CODESRIA, Senegal

Contemporary Gender and Sexuality in Africa
edited by Christine Mbabazi Mpyangu, Wakana Shiino
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Covid Stories from East Africa and Beyond
edited by Mary Njeri Kinyanjui, Roopal Thaker, Kathryn Toure
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Covid-19 and the Dialectics of Global Pandemics in Africa
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere, Bernard Chazovachii, Francis Machingura
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

The Crises of Postcoloniality in Africa
edited by Kenneth Omeje
CODESRIA, Senegal

The Crisis of the State and Regionalism in West Africa
edited by Charles Ukeje, Alade W. Fawole
CODESRIA, Senegal

Critical Perspectives on Culture and Globalisation
edited by Kimani Njogu, Seifudein Adem
Twaweza Communications, Kenya

Dani Nabudere's Afrikology
by Sanya Osha
CODESRIA, Senegal

The Delusion of Knowledge Transfer
edited by Susanne Koch, Peter Weingart
African Minds Publishers, South Africa

Democratic Governance and Political Participation in Nigeria
edited by Femi Omotoso, Michael Kehinde
Spears Media Press, Cameroon

Development and Subsistence in Globalising Africa
edited by Motoki Takahashi, Shuichi Oyama, Herinjatovo Aimé Ramiarison
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Development Naivety and Emergent Insecurities in a Monopolised World
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Digitalization and the Field of African Studies
by Mirjam de Bruijn
Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Namibia

Displacement, Elimination and Replacement of Indigenous People
edited by Jairos Kangira, Artwell Nhemachena, Nelson Mlambo
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Drinking from the Cosmic Gourd
by Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Essays on Pan-Africanism
edited by Shiraz Durrani, Noosim Naimasiah
Vita Books, Kenya

Facets of Power
edited by Richard Saunders, Tinashe Nyamunda
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

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The Feasibility of Democracy in Africa
by Claude Ake
CODESRIA, Senegal

Fending for Ourselves
edited by Rory Pilossof
Weaver Press, Zimbabwe

Fight for Freedom
edited by Tony Talburt, Moussa Traoré
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

From #RhodesMustFall Movements to #HumansMustFall Movements
edited by Bornway Mwanyara Chiripanhura, Artwell Nhemachena, Jairos Kangira
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

From Handmaiden of Colonialism to Esteemed Discipline
by Paul Nchoji Nkwi
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

From National Liberation to Democratic Renaissance in Southern Africa
edited by Cheryl Hendricks, Lwazi Lushaba
CODESRIA, Senegal

Fundamental Theories of Ethnic Conflict
by Muli wa Kyendo
Syokimau Cultural Centre, Kenya

The Future of Africa
by John W. Forje
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Gender Activism and Studies in Africa
edited by Signe Arnfred, Babere Kerata Chacha
CODESRIA, Senegal

Genre et fondamentalismes
edited by Fatou Sow
CODESRIA, Senegal

Genuine Intellectuals
by Bernard Nsokika Fonlon
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Global Capital's 21st Century Repositioning
edited by Rewai Makamani, Artwell Nhemachena, Oliver Mtapuri
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

GMOs, Consumerism and the Global Politics of Biotechnology
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere, Artwell Nhemachena
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Grid-locked African Economic Sovereignty
edited by Howard Chitimira, Nkosinothando Mpofu, Tapiwa Victor Warikandwa, Artwell Nhemachena
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Indigenous Shona Philosophy
by Pascah Mungwini
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Inequality and Climate Change
by Gian Carlo Delgado-Ramos
CODESRIA, Senegal

The Ink of the Scholars
by Souleymane Bachir Diagne
CODESRIA, Senegal

Jostling Between "Mere Talk" and Blame Game?
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Kenya, Bridging Ethnic Divides
by Alice Wairimu Nderitu
Mdahalo Bridging Divides, Kenya

Kings, Priests, and Kinsmen
by E.A. Ammah edited by Marion Kilson
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

Knowledge, Education and Social Structure in Africa
edited by Shoko Yamada, Akira Takada, Shose Kessi
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Land in the Struggles for Citizenship in Africa
edited by Sam Moyo, Dzodzi Tsikata, Yakham Diop
CODESRIA, Senegal

Land, the State & the Unfinished Decolonisation Project in Africa
edited by Horman Chitonge, Yoichi Mine
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Languages of Instruction for African Emancipation
edited by Brigit Brock-Utne, Rodney Kofi Hopson
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Liberation and Technology
by Gussai H. Sheikheldin
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

L’idéal panafricain contemporain
by Lazare Ki-Zerbo, Jean-Jacques N. Sène
CODESRIA, Senegal

Award

Manufacturing African Studies and Crises
by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
CODESRIA, Senegal

The Mind of Africa
by W.E. Abraham
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

Nkrumah's Legacy and Africa's Triple Heritage between Globallization and Counter Terrorism
by Ali Mazrui
Ghana University Press, Ghana

North-South Knowledge Networks
edited by Tor Halvorsen, Jorun Nossum
African Minds Publishers, South Africa

Open Access

People, Predicaments and Potentials in Africa
edited by Takehiko Ochiai, Misa Hirano-Nomoto, Daniel E. Agbiboa
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

The Political and Social Thought in Africa
by Helmi Sharawy
CODESRIA, Senegal

Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities through African Perspectives. Volume I
edited by Helen Lauer, Kofi Anyidoho
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

Reclaiming the Human Sciences and Humanities through African Perspectives. Volume II
edited by Helen Lauer, Kofi Anyidoho
Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana

Reimagining Pan-Africanism
by Wole Soyinka, Samir Amin, Bereket Habte Selassie, Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, Thandika Mkandawire
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Relationality and Resilience in a Not So Relational World?
by Artwell Nhemachena
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Research on Gender and Sexualities in Africa
edited by Jane Bennett, Sylvia Tamale
CODESRIA, Senegal

Award

#RhodesMustFall
by Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Les sciences sociales au Sénégal
edited by Mamadou Diouf, Souleymane Bachir Diagne
CODESRIA, Senegal

Social Memory, Silenced Voices, and Political Struggle
edited by William Cunningham Bissell, Marie-Aude Fouéré
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania

Social Policy in the African Context
edited by Jimi O. Adesina
CODESRIA, Senegal

Social Science as Imperialism
by Claude Ake
Ibadan University Press, Nigeria

Some Unsung Black Revolutionary Voices and Visions from Pre-Colony to Post-Independence and Beyond
edited by Bill F. Ndi
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Stereotyping Africa
by Emmanuel Fru Doh
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

The Study of Africa Volume 1
edited by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
CODESRIA, Senegal

The Study of Africa Volume 2
edited by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
CODESRIA, Senegal

The Taming of Fate
by Elísio S. Macamo
CODESRIA, Senegal

Theory, Knowledge, Development and Politics
edited by Munyaradzi Mawere, Artwell Nhemachena
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Unmasking Social Science Imperialism
by Tatah Mentan
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

Unshared Identity
by Babajide Ololajulo
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

Violence, Peace & Everyday Modes of Justice and Healing in Post-Colonial Africa
edited by Ngonidzashe Marongwe, Fidelis Peter Thomas Duri, Munyaradzi Mawere
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

What Colonialism Ignored
edited by Sam Moyo, Yoichi Mine
Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon

White Ferocity
by Rosa Amelia Plumelle-Uribe
CODESRIA, Senegal

Women in Academia
edited by Ebrima Sall
CODESRIA, Senegal

Yabbing and Wording
by Izuu Nwankwọ
NISC (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

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