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ASR Book Reviews

African Studies Review is looking for interested members of the scholarly community to review books for forthcoming issues of the journal. Please review the list below and fill out the form to express your interest. The editors will get back to you in the order your form was received.

Please note: A submission of your interest does not guarantee your selection.

ASR Book Reviewer Interest Form

Please use this form to express your interest in writing a book review for African Studies Review based on the available book list below. Each title is linked to the publication details for your convenience. If a book is not listed that you are interested in reviewing, please reach out to ASR’s managing editor at managingeditor@africanstudiesreview.org. Please note: A submission of your interest does not guarantee your selection.

  • If there is more than one book on the list you’re interested in reviewing please let us know. If your first choice is no longer available, we’d love to consider you for another review.

Available Titles for Review

A Man Among Other Men: The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism
African Constructions of China: Insights from Ghana and Kenya
AFRICAN MEDITATIONS
Afrosofian Knowledge and Cheikh Anta Diop: Geo-ethical and Political Implications
America and the Production of Islamic Truth in Uganda
Contested Borders: Queer Politics and Cultural Translation in Contemporary Francophone Writing from the Maghreb
Doing Business in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges
Haile Salassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
Integrating Strangers: Sherbro Identity and The Politics of Reciprocity along the Sierra Leonean Coast
Interrogating Xenophobia and Nativism in Twenty-First Century Africa
Leadership in Independent Africa, Six Decades On: The Blended Representation Principle as a Cause for Afro-Optimism
National Security Surveillance in Southern Africa: An Anti-Capitalist Perspective
Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in South Africa: The National Peace Accord, 1991-1994
Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India
Policy and Practice in Rural Tanzania. Grazing, Fishing and Farming at the Local-Global Interface
Political Party Financing and Electoral Politics in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
Queer Objects to the Rescue: Intimacy and Citizenship in Kenya
Religion and Politics in a Mediatized Society: Critical Analyses and Spheres of Interinfluence in Nigeria and Beyond
Remittances and Financial Inclusion: Contested Geographies of Marketisation in Senegal and Ghana
Richard Green in South African Film: Forging Creative New Directions
Riotous Deathscapes
South Africa’s Struggle for Independent Education: The African Methodist Episcopal Church and the History of the Wilberforce Institute
State-Business Relations and Economic Transformation in South Africa and Zimbabwe: Unfinished Transformation
The Center Cannot Hold: Decolonial Possibility in the Collapse of a Tanzanian NGO
The Foreign Policy and Intervention Behaviors of Africa’s Middle Powers: An Analystic Eclecticism Approach
The Handbook of African Intelligence Cultures 
The Scent of the Father: Essay on the Limits of Life and Science in Sub-Saharan Africa
The State and the Legacies of British Colonial Development in Malawi: Confronting Poverty, 1939-1983
Theorizing in Comparative Politics
Things of the House: Material Culture and Migration from Post-Colonial Mozambique to Portugal
Transformative Leadership in African Contexts: Strategies for Social Change
Transforming Vòdún: Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin’s Jazz and Brass Band Music
W. E. B. Du Bois’ Africa: Scrambling for a New Africa
Writing on the Soil: Land and Landscape in Literature from Eastern and Southern Africa