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.
Resources
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.
Discussions
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.
Call for papers (edited book): “Human, Intellectual, and Cultural Mobilities between Africa and the Caribbean – From the Late 19th Century to the Present“
“Human, Intellectual, and Cultural Mobilities between Africa and the Caribbean – From the Late 19th Century to the Present“
Editors:
Birgit Englert, Immanuel R. Harisch, Sigrid Thomsen
(University of Vienna, Research Platform “Mobile Cultures and Societies”)
Angolan tradition
Dear all,
Fellowships at the Gilder Lehrman Center- Yale
The deadline for Gilder Lehrman Center fellowship applications is approaching!
Reviews
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.
Allina on Newitt, 'A Short History of Mozambique'
Malyn Newitt. A Short History of Mozambique. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. 224 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-19-084742-5.
Reviewed by Eric Allina (University of Ottawa) Published on H-Luso-Africa (August, 2018) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))
Martins on Schubert, 'Working the System: A Political Ethnography of the New Angola'
Jon Schubert. Working the System: A Political Ethnography of the New Angola. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2018. xvii + 247 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5017-1370-5; $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-1369-9.
Reviewed by Vasco Martins (Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES), University of Coimbra) Published on H-Luso-Africa (July, 2018) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))
Almeida on Fromont, 'The Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo'
Cécile Fromont. The Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Illustrations. 328 pp. $47.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4696-1871-5; $19.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4696-1872-2.
Reviewed by Carlos Almeida (Centro de História/Universidade de Lisboa) Published on H-Luso-Africa (October, 2017) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik
Hanlon on Alden and Chichava, 'China and Mozambique: From Comrades to Capitalists'
Chris Alden, Sérgio Chichava, eds. China and Mozambique: From Comrades to Capitalists. Johannesburg: Jacana, 2014. 256 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-920196-94-3.
Reviewed by Joseph Hanlon (The Open University (UK); London School of Economics (UK)) Published on H-Luso-Africa (August, 2017) Commissioned by Philip J. Havik