Alice Degorce, Ludovic O. Kibora & Katrin Langewiesche (Eds)

Foreword by Benjamin Soares

Burkina Faso’s religious landscape, where traditional, Islamic and Christian religions intersect, is part of a social and historical context spread over several centuries marked by a diversity that has been studied by researchers for a…

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Release Date: April 2022

Leonardo A. Villalón & Mamadou Bodian (Eds)

Foreword by Benjamin Soares

Linking together new studies based on original research, Between Learning and Piety brings us up to date on the evolution of Islam and Christianity among university students in the countries of the Sahel. It reveals the cleavages…

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Release Date: March 2022

Tade Aina

“Rich-veined, sensual, and probing, this rewarding collection bears the imprint of a keen, world-wise poet. Tade Aina is a well-traveled man who weaves the lore, legends and histories of hearth and far-flung places with equal self-assurance.” – Okey Ndibe, author of Foreign Gods, Inc. (Soho Press 2014).

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Release Date: March 2022

« Un parcours personnel bien documenté, une excellente lecture qui servira de référence pour beaucoup » – Wally Badarou, musicien.

« Un recueil étonnant, une bible de musicologue » – Carlos Gébler, écrivain.

Notes d’Afrique relate l’essor de la musique populaire sur le continent. Le livre couvre les évènements et les styles musicaux qui…

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Release Date: January 2022

Stephen Adebanji Akintoye

A History of the Yoruba People is an audacious comprehensive exploration of the founding and growth of one of the most influential groups in Africa. With a population of nearly 40 million spread across Western Africa and diaspora communities in Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America and North America,…

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Release Date: September 2021

Ken Bugul

Dans la rue Félix-Faure se côtoient dans des éclats de rire des jeunes femmes aux dos nus, se mêlent des gens venus de tous les horizons, miséreux à la poursuite de leurs rêves. «La rue Félix-Faure est la rue de Dieu», résume le philosophe de la rue.

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Release Date: June 2021