Welcome to H-Luso-Africa, a network initiated by the Lusophone African Studies Organization (LASO).
H-Luso-Africa aims to compile resources, host discussions and publish reviews that are relevant to scholars with interests in Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São-Tomé and Príncipe.
Visit the following pages to find professional, research and teaching resources for scholars of Lusophone Africa:
Professional Resources: Lusophone Studies Journals, Lusophone Studies Organisations, Lusophone Studies Research Centers
Research Resources: Archives & Research Libraries, Digital Archives & Databases, Dissertations/Theses in Progress, Online News Media
Teaching Resources: Syllabi collection
Please contact H-Luso-Africa web editor Rosa Williams with your suggestions of resources to include.
We welcome contributions in English or Portuguese. Please log in if you are not automatically logged in. You will then be able to create a new post by clicking on the “start a discussion” button or reply to existing posts. For more details, see the H-Net Commons Quick Start Guide.
We regularly post lists of recent publications on Lusophone Africa. Please send news of your own publications to H-Luso-Africa editor Kathleen Sheldon.
Recent discussion posts also include: calls for papers/panels, event announcements, job notices, news items, obituaries and research queries.
You can search archived H-Luso-Africa discussion logs (May 2002–January 2014) here.
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
9 May 2022 to 16 May 2022. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Luso-Africa. See the H-Net Job Guide website at
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide,
write to jobguide@mail.h-net.org, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.
A equipe editorial da revista AbeÁfrica: revista da Associação Brasileira de Estudos Africanos, convida à submissão de artigos científicos inéditos, notas de pesquisa, resenhas e traduções acerca dos mais diversos temas no âmbito das Estudos Africanos abrangendo os campos de Antropologia, Ciência Política, Educação, Geografia, História, Literatura e Crítica Literária, Relações Internacionais, Sociologia e outros.
Here is another list of varied publications about Lusophone Africa
To share your own recent publication information with our network, please only send in full citation format and if possible, with a link, to ksheldon@ucla.edu.
O Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE) anuncia a realização da sua VI Conferência Internacional, subordinada ao tema “Conflito, Violência e Desenvolvimento”. O evento a ter lugar em Maputo de 19 a 21 de Setembro de 2022, será em formato híbrido (presencial e virtual).
Reviews are commissioned by H-Luso-Africa reviews editor Philip Havik.
More information on becoming a reviewer or submitting a book for review on H-Net can be found here.
Christoph Kohl. A Creole Nation: National Integration in Guinea-Bissau. New York: Berghahn, 2018. Illustrations. 248 pp. $29.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-78533-425-2; $135.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78533-424-5.
Reviewed by Raúl Mendes Fernandes (Universidade Amílcar Cabral) Published on H-Luso-Africa (January, 2022) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))
Michelle C. Johnson. Remaking Islam in African Portugal: Lisbon - Mecca - Bissau. Framing the Global Series. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2020. Illustrations. 212 pp. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-04976-6; $24.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-253-04977-3.
Reviewed by Thiago Mota (Universidade Federal de Viçosa) Published on H-Luso-Africa (October, 2021) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))
Jess Auerbach. From Water to Wine: Becoming Middle Class in Angola. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2020. xxiv + 230 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4875-2433-3.
Reviewed by Claudia Gastrow (University of Johannesburg) Published on H-Luso-Africa (May, 2021) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))
Yann Karlen, Stefano Boroni. Capitão. Lausanne: Éditions Antipodes, 2019. 110 pp. EUR 22.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-2-88901-164-3.
Reviewed by Lorenzo G. Macagno (Universidade Federal do Paraná) Published on H-Luso-Africa (May, 2021) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))
Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=56519
