Cambridge Centre of African Studies Series
About Cambridge Centre of African Studies Series
A series of edited collections that are both thematically coherent and methodologically exciting, highlighting fresh and cutting-edge research by African scholars as well as prominent British and American Africanists. Contributors to the collections have participated in a year-long Collaborative Research Programme at the Cambridge African Studies Center, one of the world’s leading centers of African Studies, on topics that have been chosen to draw readers’ interest and generate a depth of engagement. Each collection in the series includes an introductory essay that introduces undergraduate and graduate students to the scholarly field.
General Editors: Derek R. Peterson, Harri Englund, and Christopher Warnes
All Titles
Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa
Edited by Devon Curtis and Gwinyayi A. DzinesaPeacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.…
Christianity and Public Culture in Africa
Edited by Harri EnglundChristianity and Public Culture in Africa takes readers beyond familiar images of religious politicians and populations steeped in spirituality. It shows how critical reason and Christian convictions have combined in surprising ways as African Christians confront issues such as national constitutions, gender relations, and the continuing struggle with HIV/AIDS.…
Abolitionism and Imperialism in Britain, Africa, and the Atlantic
Edited by Derek R. PetersonThe abolition of the slave trade is normally understood to be the singular achievement of eighteenth-century British liberalism. Abolitionism and Imperialism in Britain, Africa, and the Atlantic expands both the temporal and the geographic framework in which the history of abolitionism is conceived.…
