Fuji music is a way of life for millions of Yoruba people. It’s the prism through which they understand their world.
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Aso ebi - colourful fabrics worn at social events in NIgeria - makes parties glamorous but the cost can also be burdensome.
A new Nigerian movie, Jagun Jagun, adds to the growing number of recent films of major cultural prestige eulogising heritage in war, bravery, and royalty.
We need deep-time African urban history and theories to make sense of contemporary urban life and anticipate its future possibilities in African terms.
Kidjo has a remarkable cultural vision that spans the globe but stays true to her roots.
Nigerian popular music - Afrobeats - is storming the world’s stages. But it’s just the latest stage in a vibrant century of recorded music in the country.
By providing insights from different disciplines, a new book uncovers new themes in the history of Yoruba people of West Africa
South Africa has tended to prioritise race relations over gender relations since formal apartheid ended.
Amos Tutuola has contributed significantly to the resilience of ways of life and worldviews that could easily have disappeared under the weight of colonialism, globalisation and the market economy.
Much of academic philosophy, even on the African continent, is openly and unashamedly in love with the idea of the West as destiny.
Several indigenous child-rearing practices have helped babies develop strong immune systems to ward off allergies. These should be actively promoted.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of History, Cardiss Collins Professor of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University
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PhD researcher, Cornell University
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Lecturer of Philosophy, University of the Western Cape
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral fellow, SARChi Chair in Gender politics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Lecturer in Music, University of Nigeria
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Professor of Drama, Theatre and Film Studies, University of Jos
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Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University
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Lecturer, Redeemer's University
