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
Omar ibn Said (Mbaye Lo), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Musics of the Black Atlantic: Highlife, Rumba, and Afrobeat (Jonathan Reynolds), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Central Africa
Policy and Practice of Forced Labor in the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo (Julia Seibert), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Women in Central African Republic (Juan Fandos-Rius), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Colonial Conquest and Rule
History of Higher Education in Kenya (Michael Mwenda Kithinji), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Early States and State Formation in Africa
History of Higher Education in Kenya (Michael Mwenda Kithinji), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
East Africa and Indian Ocean
Grace Ogot (J. Roger Kurtz), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
History of Higher Education in Kenya (Michael Mwenda Kithinji), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army (Tim Allen), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Slave Trade in Indian Ocean Africa (Rafael Thiebaut), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women in Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar) (Marjorie Mbilinyi), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Economic History
Obafemi Awolowo (Insa Nolte), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Historiography and Methods
Obafemi Awolowo (Insa Nolte), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Intellectual History
History of Higher Education in Kenya (Michael Mwenda Kithinji), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Obafemi Awolowo (Insa Nolte), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Military History
Obafemi Awolowo (Insa Nolte), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
North Africa and the Gulf
Marxists of the Maghreb: Leftist Parties and Movements of North Africa (Matt Buehler, Matthew R. Jones), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Northeastern Africa
Precolonial History of South Sudan (Stephanie Beswick)
Women in Eritrea (Milena Belloni), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women’s Organizing and Activism in Sudan Between the Mid-20th and Early 21st Centuries (Nada Mustafa Ali), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Political History
History of Higher Education in Kenya (Michael Mwenda Kithinji), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Marxists of the Maghreb: Leftist Parties and Movements of North Africa (Matt Buehler, Matthew R. Jones), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Obafemi Awolowo (Insa Nolte), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Women in Central African Republic (Juan Fandos-Rius), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Religious History
Omar ibn Said (Mbaye Lo), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Slavery and Slave Trade
African Slaves and the Persian Gulf (Hideaki Suzuki), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Policy and Practice of Forced Labor in the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo (Julia Seibert), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Post-Slavery (Baz Lecocq, Lotte Pelckmans), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Hausa Diasporas and Slavery in Africa, the Atlantic, and the Muslim World (Camille Lefebvre), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Omar ibn Said (Mbaye Lo), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Aquatic Culture in Africa and the Diaspora (Kevin Dawson), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Slave Trade in Indian Ocean Africa (Rafael Thiebaut), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Slavery in European Colonial Courts (Richard Roberts), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Social History
History of Higher Education in Kenya (Michael Mwenda Kithinji), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
West Africa
History of Ghana (David Owusu-Ansah), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Obafemi Awolowo (Insa Nolte), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Omar ibn Said (Mbaye Lo), forthcoming Jan–Mar 2023
Women in Ghana (Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Deborah Atobrah), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women’s History
Swazi Women's Resilience Regarding Patriarchy, Marginalization, and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic (Betty Harris)
Head, Bessie (Dorothy Driver), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women in Beauty Cultures and Aesthetic Rituals (Oluwakemi Balogun), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women in Central African Republic (Juan Fandos-Rius), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women in Eritrea (Milena Belloni), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women in Ghana (Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Deborah Atobrah), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women in Tanzania (Tanganyika and Zanzibar) (Marjorie Mbilinyi), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
Women’s Organizing and Activism in Sudan Between the Mid-20th and Early 21st Centuries (Nada Mustafa Ali), forthcoming Jan-Mar 2023
