ARCHIVED ISSUE

 

Volume 7 • Number 3 • 2014

 

On the cover: Paul L. Robeson (1898-1976) Rutgers University valedictorian, singer, actor, NFL player, human rights activist, lawyer, Columbia Law School graduate, McCarthy era victim (1950-1956), Harlem Renaissance (1923�1927) participant, honored with a U.S. Postal Service stamp in 2004.

● Symbolism Without Substance: From Jena to Ferguson
by James E. Clingman
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● In Memoriam: Abdulalim A. Shabazz
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● Africology: A Theory of Forces
by Winston A. Van Horne
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● Lexical Indices of Authorial Gender Ideology in Sefi Atta’s Everything Good Will Come
by Amaka C. Ezeife
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● History of Terrorism, Youth Psychology and Unemployment in Nigeria
by A. A. Akanni
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● Corruption in Modern-Day Africa: A Possible Remedy
by Alfred Wong and Roxanne Gomes
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● Telling and Retelling of Each Story: From the Maghreb to Madagascar
by H.E. John Dramani Mahama (President of the Republic of Ghana)
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● Maghrebian Literature and The Politics of Exclusion and Inclusion
by Kayode Atilade
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● Moral Dilemma in Nollywood: Virtue Celebration or Vice Glorification?
by Chukwuma Anyanwu and Osakue Stevenson Omoera
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● Situated Negotiations of Gendered Sexualities: Evidence From Young People in Kabba, Nigeria
by Ekundayo B. Babatunde and Babatunde E. Durowaiye
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● Vanhu Vekwedu Vanotya Mwari (Our People are God-fearing): The Valorisation of Zimbabwe in Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave’s Wenyasha ndeWenyasha
by Kudzai Biri, Ezra Chitando and Pedzisai Mashiri
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● Malcolm X, the OAU Resolution of 1964, and Tanzania: Pan-African Connections in the Struggle Against Racial Discrimination
by Azaria Mbughuni
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● Civil Society Organizations and Political Party Electoral Engagements: Lessons from the 2008 and 2012 General Elections in Ghana
by Emmanuel Debrah
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● An Empirical Inquiry to Psychological Variables Constituting Stress: Middle Aged Widows in Rural Communities in Nigeria
by Afusat Olanike Busari and O.O Folaranmi
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● African American Performers on Early Sound Recordings, 1892-1916
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● An Iconic Artistic Life: Dale Davis and His Work
by Paul Von Blum
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● The African American Museum and Library at Oakland: An Interview with AAMLO Chief Curator and Director Rick Moss
by Itibari M. Zulu
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● Cultural Solidarity and the Free Space of the Black Fraternity
by Ali D. Chambers
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● Revolutionary African Women: A Review Essay of The Women’s War of 1929: A History of Anti-Colonial Resistance in Eastern Nigeria
by Biko Agozino
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● Books of Interest
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Book Reviews

 

● Paul Robeson for Beginners
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● South Sudan: From Revolution to Independence
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● There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
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● Theater of the French Caribbean; Traditions and Contemporary Stages
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Announcements

 

● National Council for Black Studies, Inc. 2015 Conference Call for Papers
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● Ngugi wa Thiong�o Named 2014 American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fellow
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