Tag: Middle East & African Studies
The Singing Prophet of the Dogon. A Nineteenth Century Voice on Dogon-Fulbe Relations and his Legacy
A nineteenth-century Dogon prophet's songs document ethnic relations and influence modern conflict.
Mapping Agricultural Change in Eastern Africa: A Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Approach to Early Imperial Sources, 1857–76
Nineteenth-century crop adoption patterns in inland East Africa mapped from explorer accounts
Toponymic Practices in the Historical Geography of Sudan
How external observers reshaped Sudan's place names and marginalized local nomenclature
Revisiting the Islamic Past of West Africa: A Reassessment of the Islamic Experience in Bruce S. Hall’s A History of Muslim West Africa
How Islamic thought shaped racial hierarchies in precolonial West Africa
Shaolin Without Borders: Assemblage, Adaptation and the Politics of Culture in China–Zambia Relations
How Shaolin practices adapt through collaboration in Zambia
Navigating continuity and change: a multi-scalar analysis of religion and spirituality among African youth in the UK
How African youth in the UK use religion to navigate identity and belonging across multiple scales
The gold rush: American architects in Iran in the 1970s
How American architects shaped Iran's urban boom during the Shah era
Worlding Mogadishu: ‘New cities’ and material modes of urban speculation
How telecom companies shape urban development and investment in post-conflict Mogadishu
Ruins and Memory of Lotuturu Hill in Lamwo District: Tracing Idi Amin’s Presence in Local Narratives and Landscapes in Northern Uganda
How a forgotten Ugandan hilltop reveals hidden histories of colonialism and dictatorship
