Selected New Materials: August 2007
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Africa and the Academy: Challenging Hegemonic Discourses on Africa. Gloria T. Emeagwali. Africana Library: DT14.A3424 2006
The contributors to this study revisit the concepts and methodologies associated with Eurocentrism in particular and hegemonic discourse in general, and how these relate to African studies. This book revisits the concepts and methodologies, associated with Eurocentrism in particular and, hegemonic discourse in general and how these, relate to African studies. Racial bias intolerance, parochialism and male chauvinism have, manifested themselves in various ways and this; text aims to address the important issues, surrounding this phenomenon. Other major topics, addressed here are the historical writings on the, Atlantic slave trade, reformist feminist, evangelism, and the various forces involved in the, development of Africanist theories and models. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
African Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecostalism & the Rise of a Zimbabwean Transnational Religious Movement. David Maxwell. Africana Library: BX 8765.5 .A45 Z55 M39 2006
This book considers the rise of born-again Christianity in Africa through a study of one of the most dynamic Pentecostal movements. David Maxwell traces the transformation of the prophet Ezekiel Guti and his prayer band from small beginnings in the townships of the 1950s into the present-day transnational business enterprise, which is now the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God. Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa claims one and a half million members in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa and has branches in other African countries, Europe, and the United States. African Gifts of the Spirit illuminates Africarsquo; relations with American Christianities, black and white. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
African Women in Revolution. W. O. Maloba. Africana Library: HQ1236.5 .A35 M352007
African Women in Revolution is an examination of seven revolutionary movements and the ways in which women's involvement therein has defined both the revolutions and women's rights themselves. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
B. D. Amis, African American Radical: A Short Anthology of Writings and Speeches. Walter T. Howard. Africana Library: HX 84 .A45 A5 2007
African American Communist B.D. Amis was a major figure in the black freedom struggle during the two decades between the world wars. At that time, the American Communist Party (CPUSA) played a significant role in fighting for the rights of African Americans. Amis was part of the small circle of black radicals leading the struggle for workers' rights and racial justice. This anthology of his key writings and speeches reveals the deep commitment to the working class by his generation of African American Marxists. His classics, such as Lynch Justice at Work and They Shall Not Die! As well as his speech nominating William. Foster for president at the 1936 CPUSA Convention in Chicago, are included. This work also features important documents penned by Amis and found in the former Soviet archives and in the private holdings of the Amis Family. It also includes many of Amis' theoretical works found in international documents, such as the CPUSA's International Press Correspondence, and a selected bibliography on the research scholarship pertaining to African Americans and communism. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Beyond Fragmentation: Perspectives On Caribbean History. Juanita De Barros et’al. Africana Library: F2172.5 .B49 2006
In this book, leading scholars pull together some of the most recent research on the key themes of Caribbean history: slavery, the transition to freedom, colonialism, and decolonization. Although all parts of the Caribbean experienced these phases, the manner in which they did so differed significantly, in part because of their distinct imperial histories. Contemporary fragmentation and insularity have led to significant variations in the region's historiography. The contributors examine the divergent historiographical and methodological developments in the British. French, Spanish, and Dutch Caribbean, by addressing these four linguistic areas of the Caribbean, they aim to overcome the traditional differences imposed by language and in the process to explore hotly debated subjects and new directions in Caribbean scholarship. (http://markuswiener.com)
Black Faces, Black Interest: The Representation of African Americans in Congress Enlarged Edition. Carol M. Swain. Africana Library: JK 1321 .A37 S93 2006
Through analysis of both black and white members of Congress, Black Faces, Black Interests challenges the proposition that only African Americans can represent black interests effectively and argues for black and white representatives to form coalitions to better serve their constituents. Since its publication in 1993, this book has been cited three times by the U.S. Supreme Court and has spawned numerous studies of minority representation. This enlarged edition features a new chapter entitled Black Congressional Representation since 1992. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era. Peniel E. Joseph. Africana Library: E185.61 .B6 2006
Often misunderstood and ill-defined, the Black Power Movement remains one of the most controversial eras in post-war America. Penile Joseph provides a dynamic and fresh historical reinterpretation of this period that during the 1960s started a movement that redefined black identity. Presenting important examples of undocumented histories of black liberation, this volume contributes powerful and poignant examples of Black Power Studies scholarship.Peniel Joseph is one of the outstanding new interpreters of this era, and, with a team of impressive contributors, provides new essays that shed fresh light on one of the most controversial periods in post-war American history. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Economic Development of Southern Sudan. Benaiah Yongo-Bure. Africana Library: HC 835 .Y66 2007
This book provides an overview of the Southern Sudanese economy, and the main causes for the lack of development in the territory. The book suggests strategies and policies for greatly reducing poverty and initiating sustainable development in the territory. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Endangered Bodies: Women, Children and Health in Africa. Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton. Africana Library: RA564.86 .E535 2006
Brings together perspectives on issues related to child and maternal health from a variety of different angles. While diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and others continue to threaten the lives of women and children in sub-Saharan Africa, there is more to combating these epidemics than eradicating the vectors responsible for them. Social factors also play a major role in bringing awareness, legislation and funding to bear on issues that affect the health of women and children. Endangered Bodies discusses social and legal issues such as women's abortion rights and practices in Africa; the rights of HIV-infected children and AIDS orphans; and the prevalence of violence against women with its associated health risks. Overall, it portrays the precarious circumstances under which women and children must battle for equal access and treatment in inhospitable environs. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Equality or Discrimination? African American in the U. S. Military During the Vietnam War. Natalie Kimbrough. Africana Library: DS 559.8 .B55 K56 2007
Equality or Discrimination? Strives to close the gap in existing literature and address the often-neglected field of research on the discrimination of African Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Despite the awakened interest of academics, authors, artists, and experts from a multitude of fields and the vast selection of literature on the Vietnam War and its veterans, African Americans have received little attention until now. Based on initial findings, Dr. Kimbrough analyzes key issues including whether or not African Americans experienced racial discrimination while serving. The study also focuses on whether the Vietnam War was indeed the first fully integrated conflict which the United States attempted to engage in militarily without racial division. The findings contradict the traditional image of equality in the U.S. Armed Forces and provide the basis for the dissertation. Proving that soldiers in the Vietnam War were not treated equally, Dr. Kimbrough argues that African Americans experienced various forms of discrimination during a tumultuous time in U.S. history in which the opposite treatment of its soldiers was required. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Haiti, Rising Flames from Burning Ashes. Hyppolite Pierre. Africana Library:
F1921.P558 2006
Haiti, Rising Flames from Burning Ashes is a brutally honest and precise historical analysis of Haiti and a discussion of how the political system can be reformed to promote democracy, a vibrant economy, and cultural integration. In contrast to traditional theory, Haiti, Rising Flames from Burning Ashes explores the distribution of powers rather than the separation of powers as a solution to Haiti's political and cultural chaos. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Rites of August First: Emancipation Day in the Black Atlantic World. J.R. Kerr-Ritchie. Africana Library: HT 1031 .K47 2007
Thirty years before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the antislavery movement won its first victory in the British Parliament. On August 1, 1834, the Abolition of Slavery Bill took effect, ending colonial slavery throughout the British Empire. Over the next three decades, August First Day, also known as West India Day and Emancipation Day: became the most important annual celebration of emancipation among people of African descent in the northern United States, the British Caribbean, Canada West, and the United Kingdom and played a critical role in popular mobilization against American slavery. In Rites of August First, J. R. Kerr-Ritchie provides the first detailed analysis of the origins, nature, and consequences of this important commemoration that helped to shape the age of Anglo-American emancipation. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire. John Pilger. Africana Library: JC 571 .P564 2007
In Freedom Next Time, John Pilger looks at five countries where a long struggle for freedom has taken place, and in which the people - having shed blood and dreams - are still waiting. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Spear Masters: An Introduction to African Religion. Molefi Kete Asante and Emeka Nwadiora. Africana Library: BL2400 .A72 2007
Spear Masters contends that in Africa there exists only one religion with a vast array of denominations. African religion is expressed in a different way by each of the denominations, which creates confusion for those who believe that there is more than one African religion. Spear Masters presents information about some of the larger and most significant expressions of the sole African religion, so that the reader will understand the relationship between God the creator and the notions of the relationship with the family and community. The term spear master relates to the integrity and ethics that had to accompany the maker and user of the spear in ancient African societies. The essence of religion presented in Spear Masters is the deification of one's society and nation, and making sacred the traditions and rituals of the ordinary lives of the people. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
The Tonga-Speaking Peoples of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Chet Lancaster and Kenneth P. Vickery. Africana Library: DT3058.T65 T66 2007
This work sheds light on the Tonga’s Pre-colonial past; colonial transformations; religious and political life; gender relations; growing up and growing old; the consequences of resettlement; and much more. It is a major contribution to several strains of African studies. (Book Cover)
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President. Randall Robinson. Africana Library: F1928.23 .A75 R36 2007
Bestselling author and social commentator Randall Robinson explores the singularly curious and ultimately tragic history of Haiti. On February 29, 2004, the democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean- Bertrand Aristide, was forced to leave his country. The twice-elected President was kidnapped along with his Haitian-American wife by American soldiers and flown, against his will, to the isolated Central African Republic. Although the American government has denied ousting Aristide it was clear that the Haitian people's most recent attempt at self-determination was not crushed that day by Haitian paramilitaries as Washington claimed. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Unburnable. Marie-Elena John. Africana Library: PR9275 .A583 J64 2006
In this riveting narrative of family, betrayal, vengeance, and murder, Lillian Baptiste is willed back to her island home of Dominica to finally settle her past. Haunted by scandal and secrets, Lillian left Dominica when she was fourteen after discovering she was the daughter of Iris, the half-crazy woman whose life was told of in chanté mas songs sung during Carnival: Matilda Swinging and Bottle of Coke; songs about a village on a mountaintop and bones and bodies; songs about flying masquerades and a man who dropped dead. Lillian knew the songs well. And now she knows these songs -- and thus the history -- belong to her. After twenty years away, Lillian returns to face the demons of her past, and with the help of Teddy, the man she refused to love, she will find a way to heal. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
Women and Conflict in Nigerian Civil War. Egodi Uchendu. Africana Library: DT 515.836 .U24 2006
In analyzing the roles of Anioma women in wartime, the book draws on interviews with women who survived the war, who were both adults and children at the time. It includes men's recollections of women's activities, as well as archival materials from the federal, Anioma, and Biafran sides, both civilian and military. (Bowker’s Books in Print)
All About Darfur. San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel, 2005.
1 videodisc (82 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 313
Up until now the perilous events in Darfur has been explained by outsiders... Sudanese filmmaker Taghreed Elsanhouri talks with ordinary Sudanese in outdoor tea shops, markets, refugee camps and living rooms about how deeply rooted prejudices could suddenly burst into a wild fire of ethnic violence.
A Woman Called Moses. Santa Monica, CA: Xenon Pictures, 2001.
1 videodisc (200 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 312
This is the story of Harriet Ross Tubman, founder of the Underground Railroad, who led hundreds of slaves to freedom in the North before the Civil War. Participants: Cicely Tyson, Orson Wells, Will Geer, Robert Hooks, James Wainwright, Jason Bernard, Clifford David, Judyann Elder, John Getz, Mae Mercer, Harry Rhodes, James Sikking, Dick Anthony Williams, Jean Foster.
The Films of Spike Lee. New York: Fox Lorber Centre Stage: WinStar TV & Video, 2000. 1 videodisc (60 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 307
This video includes interviews filmmaker Spike Lee as well as actors who have worked with him to talk about his films and career.
Journeys in Black: Al Sharpton. United States: Urban Works Entertainment: Manufactured and distributed by Ventura Distribution, 2002. 1 videodisc (45 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 305
A glimpse inside the man who has worked his whole life to correct the injustices afflicted upon the poor and uninformed members of society.
Journeys in Black: Johnnie Cochran. United States: Urban Works Entertainment: Manufactured and distributed by Ventura Distribution, 2002. 1 videodisc
(45 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 306
Johnnie Cochran began his career in Los Angeles as a deputy attorney for the city’s criminal division. Now he is one of the most well-known lawyers in the country, defending celebrities like O.J. Simpson and Snoop Dogg.
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand. New York: WinStar Home Entertainment, 1999.
1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 308
Presents the life and achievements of Paul Robeson, an athlete, singer, scholar and champion of the rights of the poor, disenfranchised and people of color. Participants: Stephen Bourne, Ossie Davis, Uta Hagen Narrator, Ossie Davis.
Scandalize My Name: Stories From the Blacklist. Thousand Oaks, CA: Distributed by Urban Works Entertainment, 1999. 1 videodisc (60 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 310
An examination into how ’Red Scare’ politics were used to impede the civil rights movement. The story is told through the confrontations of African-American performers with blacklists, loyalty oaths and discrimination in casting. Hosted by Morgan Freeman; featuring interviews with Harry Belafonte, Ossie Davis, Dick Campbell, Adam Clayton Powell III, and Frederick O’Neal.
Sparkle. Burbank, CA: distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.
1 videodisc (98 min.). Africana Library: Videodisc 311
Set in Harlem in 1958; this musical tells the story of three sisters struggling to find stardom as a singing group. But they learn that wishing on a star is one thing, and that being the star can be a one-way ticket to self-destruction. Participant: Philip M. Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dawn Smith, Mary Alice, Dorian Harewood, Tony King.
