Welcome to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History
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- Browse the growing collection of articles, overviews and key subject works.
- Discover forthcoming articles in the ORE of African History.
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Beer in Africa
"Beer is a powerful substance, in itself or in the way it is used. It can bring communion with the ancestors, lead to wealth or ruin, generate commensal feelings of well-being, and fuel the dark atrocities..." – By Anne Kelk Mager
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Slave-Ship Insurrections
"Explores the number and reasons for revolts on the slave ships that transported captured Africans via the Middle Passage from Atlantic Africa to the Americas between 1500 and 1867. Drawing on the extensive..." – By David Richardson, and Chandler B. Saint
What's New to the OREs
In April 2025, 57 new and 10 revised articles, spread across 19 subjects, have been published on the Oxford Research Encyclopedias platform.
ORE Food Studies is Now Available via Subscription and Perpetual Access
On October 23, after a successful free period during development, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Food Studies has been made available via subscription and perpetual access to libraries and institutions worldwide.
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