Forthcoming Articles
Explore ORE of African History articles in progress, organized by subfield (note that articles may appear under more than one category). Projected publication dates are provided for articles in production. When available, linked titles will take you to an advance summary of the article.
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African Diaspora
Freedom Suits in the Ibero-Atlantic World (Cristina Nogueira da Silva, Mariana Dias Paes), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Women in Zimbabwe (Ruramisai Charumbira), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Zubair Pasha (Scopas Poggo), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Combat Games in the Black Atlantic, 17-19th Centuries (Matthias Röhrig Assunção), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Archaeology
Second Intermediate Period (Danielle Candelora), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
The Archaeology of Nok Culture in Nigeria (second/first millennium BC) (Gabriele Franke), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Archaeology of Senegambia (Sirio Canós-Donnay), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Southern African Middle Stone Age (Sarah Wurz), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Archaeology of Caves Along the East African Coast (Ceri Shipton, Jim Crowther), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Archaeology of Madagascar (Sean Hixon), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Central Africa
Porterage in 19th Century Western Africa (Tristan Oestermann), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Combat Games in the Black Atlantic, 17-19th Centuries (Matthias Röhrig Assunção), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Documents on South-Central and Southeast Africa to 1890 (Matthew Hannaford), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Policy and Practice of Forced Labor in the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo (Julia Seibert), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Women in Central African Republic (Juan Fandos-Rius), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Colonial Conquest and Rule
Battle of Adwa (Getachew Metaferia), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Guinea-Bissau (Philip J. Havik), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Porterage in 19th Century Western Africa (Tristan Oestermann), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Freedom Suits in the Ibero-Atlantic World (Cristina Nogueira da Silva, Mariana Dias Paes), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
History of UNITA in Angola (Justin Pearce), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Lusotropicalismo (Cristiana Bastos, Cláudia Castelo), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Nampula (Daria Trentini), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Nationalism, Liberation, and Decolonization in Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau (Abel Djassi Amado), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Cultural History
Tsitsi Dangarembga (Anne Gulick), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Pan-Africanism (Harry Odamtten), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Women in Zimbabwe (Ruramisai Charumbira), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
The Archaeology of Nok Culture in Nigeria (second/first millennium BC) (Gabriele Franke), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Woman-to-Woman Marriage in West Africa (Bright Alozie), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
History of Tourism in Colonial Lusophone Africa (João Sarmento), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Southern African Middle Stone Age (Sarah Wurz), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Combat Games in the Black Atlantic, 17-19th Centuries (Matthias Röhrig Assunção), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
The Négritude Movement (Gemma Bird), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
East Africa and Indian Ocean
Eunuchs (Jane Hathaway), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
History of Pastoralist Strategies and Resilience in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia (Eric Mutisya-Kioko), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Combat Games in the Black Atlantic, 17-19th Centuries (Matthias Röhrig Assunção), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Archaeology of Caves Along the East African Coast (Ceri Shipton, Jim Crowther), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Archaeology of Madagascar (Sean Hixon), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Documents on South-Central and Southeast Africa to 1890 (Matthew Hannaford), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
History of the Standard Swahili Language (Morgan J. Robinson), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Islam in Kenya (Hassan Juma Ndzovu), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Nampula (Daria Trentini), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Slave Trade in Indian Ocean Africa (Rafael Thiebaut), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
The History of Nairobi (Caleb Owen), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
The Kenyan Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (Ronald C. Slye), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Economic History
Guinea-Bissau (Philip J. Havik), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Porterage in 19th Century Western Africa (Tristan Oestermann), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Image of Africa
Chinese Images of Africa (Tara Mock), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Pan-Africanism (Harry Odamtten), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
The Image of the Enslaved African in European Art (Paul H. D. Kaplan), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Intellectual History
Tsitsi Dangarembga (Anne Gulick), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Pan-Africanism (Harry Odamtten), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Documents on South-Central and Southeast Africa to 1890 (Matthew Hannaford), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Invention of Tradition
Woman-to-Woman Marriage in West Africa (Bright Alozie), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Language and History
Women in Zimbabwe (Ruramisai Charumbira), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Legal History
Freedom Suits in the Ibero-Atlantic World (Cristina Nogueira da Silva, Mariana Dias Paes), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
The Kenyan Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (Ronald C. Slye), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Military History
Nampula (Daria Trentini), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
North Africa and the Gulf
Muhammad ‘Ali of Egypt and Sudan (George Michael La Rue), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
The Almohad Empire (Amira Bennison), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Eunuchs (Jane Hathaway), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Northeastern Africa
Second Intermediate Period (Danielle Candelora), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Routes to Emancipation in Ethiopia (Alexander Meckelburg, Giulia Bonacci), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Precolonial History of South Sudan (Stephanie Beswick)
Women’s Organizing and Activism in Sudan Between the Mid-20th and Early 21st Centuries (Nada Mustafa Ali), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Oral Traditions
Karamoja Historical Perspective (Mustafa Mirzeler), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Woman-to-Woman Marriage in West Africa (Bright Alozie), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Nampula (Daria Trentini), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Political History
Muhammad ‘Ali of Egypt and Sudan (George Michael La Rue), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Guinea-Bissau (Philip J. Havik), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Joshua Nkomo (Eliakim Sibanda), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Pan-Africanism (Harry Odamtten), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Karamoja Historical Perspective (Mustafa Mirzeler), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Aminu Kano (Mohammed Bashir Salau, Oyedele Oluokun), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Samora Moisés Machel, 1933-1986 (Colin Darch), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
The Kenyan Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (Ronald C. Slye), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Women in Central African Republic (Juan Fandos-Rius), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Religious History
Islam in Kenya (Hassan Juma Ndzovu), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Slavery and Slave Trade
Muhammad ‘Ali of Egypt and Sudan (George Michael La Rue), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Slavery and the African Diaspora in Spanish America (Sabrina Smith), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Slavery in the Cities of the Interior of West Africa (Penda Mbow, Martin Klein), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
The Origins of Slavery in Cabo Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe (Filipa Ribeiro da Silva), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
African Anti-Slavery Activism (Eric Komlavi Hahonou), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Demography of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Jorge Felipe-Gonzalez), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Porterage in 19th Century Western Africa (Tristan Oestermann), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Freedom Suits in the Ibero-Atlantic World (Cristina Nogueira da Silva, Mariana Dias Paes), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Routes to Emancipation in Ethiopia (Alexander Meckelburg, Giulia Bonacci), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Southern Sudanese Systems of Slavery (Scopas Poggo), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Gender and the Study of Slavery and the Slave Trades in Africa (Vanessa S. Oliveira), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
The Portuguese Slave Trade (Arlindo Caldeira), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Zubair Pasha (Scopas Poggo), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Combat Games in the Black Atlantic, 17-19th Centuries (Matthias Röhrig Assunção), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
The Image of the Enslaved African in European Art (Paul H. D. Kaplan), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Aquatic Culture in Africa and the Diaspora (Kevin Dawson), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Archaeology of Caves Along the East African Coast (Ceri Shipton, Jim Crowther), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Child Slavery in Africa (Christine Whyte), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Nampula (Daria Trentini), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Policy and Practice of Forced Labor in the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo (Julia Seibert), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Slave Trade in Indian Ocean Africa (Rafael Thiebaut), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Slavery in European Colonial Courts (Richard Roberts), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Archaeology of Caves Along the East African Coast (Ceri Shipton, Jim Crowther), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Nampula (Daria Trentini), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Social History
Guinea-Bissau (Philip J. Havik), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Second Intermediate Period (Danielle Candelora), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Women and Mining in Africa (Blair Rutherford, Doris Buss), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Karamoja Historical Perspective (Mustafa Mirzeler), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Woman-to-Woman Marriage in West Africa (Bright Alozie), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Gender and the Study of Slavery and the Slave Trades in Africa (Vanessa S. Oliveira), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
History of Tourism in Colonial Lusophone Africa (João Sarmento), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Southern Africa
Tsitsi Dangarembga (Anne Gulick), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Archaeology of the Past 2,000 Years in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Gavin Whitelaw, Aron D. Mazel), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Eduardo Mondlane (Livio Sansone), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Early Factionalism in Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle (Brooks Marmon), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Women in Zimbabwe (Ruramisai Charumbira), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Southern African Middle Stone Age (Sarah Wurz), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Veterinary History in Southern Africa (Wesley Mwatwara), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Documents on South-Central and Southeast Africa to 1890 (Matthew Hannaford), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Liberation Movement Camps in Southern Africa (Christian A. Williams), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Nampula (Daria Trentini), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Samora Moisés Machel, 1933-1986 (Colin Darch), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Documents on South-Central and Southeast Africa to 1890 (Matthew Hannaford), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
West Africa
Slavery in the Cities of the Interior of West Africa (Penda Mbow, Martin Klein), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Foreign and domestic interest in agricultural land in West Africa (Kerstin Nolte, Massa Coulibaly, Peter Narh), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
History of Nigeria (Matthew M. Heaton), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Eunuchs (Jane Hathaway), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Guinea-Bissau (Philip J. Havik), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
History of Cabo Verde (Márcia Rego), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Porterage in 19th Century Western Africa (Tristan Oestermann), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Guinea-Bissau (Philip J. Havik), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
The Archaeology of Nok Culture in Nigeria (second/first millennium BC) (Gabriele Franke), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
History of Archaeology in Ghana (Wazi Apoh, Samuel Amartey), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Woman-to-Woman Marriage in West Africa (Bright Alozie), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Aminu Kano (Mohammed Bashir Salau, Oyedele Oluokun), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Archaeology of Senegambia (Sirio Canós-Donnay), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Combat Games in the Black Atlantic, 17-19th Centuries (Matthias Röhrig Assunção), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Amadou Bamba (Fallou Ngom), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Migrations and Mobilities in Sahelian West Africa (David Rickter Rain), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (Ethan R. Sanders), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Women’s History
Tsitsi Dangarembga (Anne Gulick), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Porterage in 19th Century Western Africa (Tristan Oestermann), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Women in Global African Diasporas (Tiffany Patterson), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Women in Zimbabwe (Ruramisai Charumbira), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Women in Togo (Adovi Michel Goeh-Akue, Soalinane Tchintchan), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Women and Mining in Africa (Blair Rutherford, Doris Buss), forthcoming Oct–Dec 2023
Woman-to-Woman Marriage in West Africa (Bright Alozie), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Gender and the Study of Slavery and the Slave Trades in Africa (Vanessa S. Oliveira), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Women in Burkina Faso (Muriel Gomez-Perez, Bertin Yameogo), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2024
Swazi Women's Resilience Regarding Patriarchy, Marginalization, and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic (Betty Harris)
Head, Bessie (Dorothy Driver), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Women in Central African Republic (Juan Fandos-Rius), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Women in Morocco (Fatima Sadiqi), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Women’s Organizing and Activism in Sudan Between the Mid-20th and Early 21st Centuries (Nada Mustafa Ali), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
Head, Bessie (Dorothy Driver), forthcoming Oct-Dec 2023
