SEEDS OF NEW HOPE:
Pan-African Peace Studies for the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Matt Meyer and Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo
Seeds of New Hope: Pan-African Peace Studies for the Twenty-first Century brings together leading academics and activists from four continents, presenting on issues relating to war and peace in Africa. With a focus on areas of positive change and concrete developments in justice-based initiatives, these essays refute the stereotyped view of Africa as a tragic, war-torn region. Thematic, continent-wide overviews are combined with country-specific references, making this volume accessible and insightful for

IFA
The Yoruba God of Divination in Nigeria and the United States

by Louis Djisovi Ikukomi Eason
With Reflections and Commentaries Edited by Toyin Falola
In this book, the late Dr. Louis Djisovi Ikukomi Eason offers a combination of personal, historical and solicitous accounts on Ifa, the Yoruba divination deity. Using sites in Nigeria and the United States, he reveals various aspects of the religious practices and festivals that are associated with this important deity. As he narrates his first-hand observations and insertions into the inner sanctuaries of divination, he offers remarkable insights on ancient elements of Ifá worship and practices in Ilé Ifè and their contemporary

CONTESTED TERRAIN
Essays on Oromo Studies, Ethiopianist Discourse, and Politically Engaged Scholarship

Edited by Ezekiel Gebissa
Since 1991, there has been renewed debate in Ethiopia concerning the implication of the country’s past for the present polity. The long-standing debate was given an added impetus by Eritrea’s independence from Ethiopia and the threat of disintegration posed by the continued struggle for self-determination by other ethnonational groups. Ethiopianist scholars, always committed to the indivisibility and

THE YAMBO OUOLOGUEM READER
The Duty of Violence, A Black Ghostwriter's Letter to France, and The Thousand and One Bibles of Sex

by Yambo Ouologuem
Translated and Edited by Christopher Wise
Yambo Ouologuem is perhaps Africa’s most controversial writer. His novel Le devoir de violence, which won the Prix Renaudot in 1968, was banned in France for more than three decades before its recent reappearance. In the U.S.A., France and Africa, Ouologuem’s work has been criticized, debated, analyzed, and interpreted by countless writers, critics, and professional academics, many of whom remain sharply divided about his historical legacy. The Yambo Ouologuem Reader offers a fresh translation of