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ARCHIVED ISSUE

 

Volume 7 • Number 8 • March 2015

 

On the cover: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African activist, member of the South Africa parliament, and African National Congress national executive committee member.

The Evolution of Naming in the Amistad Incident
by Iyun Osagie and Sylvia Owiny
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The Influence of Stereotype Threat on the Responses of Black Males at a Predominantly White College in the South
by Ray Von Robertson and Cassandra Chaney
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Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Et al. and Public Perceptions of Justice
by Victor Oguejiofor Okafor
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The Conception of �Sex� and �Gender� as Background to Inequities Faced by Women
by Ekundayo B. Babatunde and Babatunde E. Durowaiye
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Ghana�s Oil Find: An Unmitigated Solution to the Quagmire of Poverty?
by Patrick Y. Mahama and Bright K. Gakpe
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The Culture-Oriented Bias of African Philosophical Inquiry
by David A. Oyedola
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Visiting Humorous Proverbs in African Literary Fiction
by Youssoupha Man�
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Language, Creativity and Radio: Encoding Urban Youth Identity in Kenya
by Benson Oduor Ojwang
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Sex and the Female Body in Shona Society
by Godwin Makaudze
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Why Youth Service in Nigeria: The Contest and Agitations in 1972-1973
by Yemi Balogun
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Books of Interest
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Book Reviews

Comparative Perspectives on Afro-Latin America
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Thin Description: Ethnography and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem
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Selected Letters of Langston Hughes
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Womanist and Black Feminist Responses to Tyler Perry�s Productions
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Announcements

African Union and China Transportation MOU
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The Harare International Festival of the Arts
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Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature
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Concordia University Irvine to Offer New Master of Arts International Studies Africa Program
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Fifty Years of Struggle: Gus John at 70
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JPAS Scholar Activist Legacy of Excellence Award
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