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 e 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
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We regularly post lists of recent publications on Lusophone Africa. Please send news of your own publications to H-Luso-Africa editor Kathleen Sheldon.
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Recent Discussions
Here is another collection of fascinating recent publications on Lusophone Africa for your enjoyment.
PLEASE: To share your own recent publication information with our network, please only send it in full citation format and if possible, with a link, to ksheldon@ucla.edu. Do check if your publication has already been posted. You can search for anything at our network with the search window.
Gerhard Seibert, The Wealth of History of the Small African Twin-Island State São Tomé and Príncipe (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024): The Wealth of History of the Small African
From H-Net Announcements, https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20023354/call-papers-sarah-maldorors-sambizanga-black-camera-journal :
Call for Papers on Sarah Maldoror's SAMBIZANGA, Black Camera (journal), deadline -- June 9, 2024
Gust Burns •02/15/2024 Announcement
Call for Close-Up Submissions
Sambizanga (1972): Aesthetics and politics in the film of Sarah Maldoror—Black, African, anti-colonialist, feminist
Black Camera invites submissions for a Close-Up focused on the 1972 film Sambizanga, by the French filmmaker of Caribbean descent, Sarah Maldoror (1929-2020).
Sambizanga centers the
Práticas da História No. 17 (2023)
https://praticasdahistoria.pt/issue/view/1742
Open access in English or Portuguese, varies by article
Special Issue: Identity and Otherness: Images and Representations in History Teaching Materials in Portuguese-speaking countries
Edited by Sérgio Neto and Clara Serrano
Editorial
Identity and Otherness: Images and Representations in History Teaching Materials in Portuguese-speaking countries
Sérgio Neto, Clara Isabel Serrano
Articles
The Image and Representation of Colonialism in the 1974 PAIGC History Textbook
Julião Soares Sousa
Representations of Portugal in Cape
LANÇAMENTO
«Atlas do Comércio Transatlântico de Escravos»
Ter, 05 mar, 18:30, Auditório 3, Entrada livre
Portugal e Espanha foram grandes dominadores do comércio transatlântico de escravos, mas não os únicos. Neste Atlas, editado pela Imprensa da Universidade de Lisboa, David Eltis e David Richardson explicam, através de 189 mapas, a magnitude desumana da escravatura e a dimensão de uma das maiores migrações forçadas da história.
A sessão de lançamento contará com a presença do autor David Eltis e de José da Silva Horta, professor da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa.
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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.
Adegar Fonseca, Helder; Dallywater, Lena; Saunders, Chris, eds.. Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and Africa: New Perspectives on the Era of Decolonization, 1950s to 1990s. Munchen: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2023. 372 pp. $93.99 (cloth), ISBN 9783110779264.
Reviewed by
Natalia Telepneva (Strathclyde University)
Published on
H-Luso-Africa (December, 2023)
Commissioned by
Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))
Cardina, Miguel; Rodrigues, Inês Nascimento. Remembering the Liberation Struggles in Cape Verde: A Mnemohistory. New York: Routledge, 2022. Illustrations. 178 pp. $160.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781032201924.Free (Open Access), ISBN 9781003265535.
Sónia Vaz Borges. Militant Education, Liberation Struggle, Consciousness: The PAIGC Education in Guinea Bissau 1963-1978. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Edition, 2019. 268 pp. $66.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-631-71942-8.
Reviewed by Ângela Benoliel Coutinho (Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais (IPRI))
Published on H-Luso-Africa (May, 2023)
Commissioned by Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))
Vasco Martins. Colonialism, Ethnicity and War in Angola. Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa Series. London: Routledge, 2021. 184 pp. $160.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-367-86086-8.
Reviewed by Ana Lucia Sá (ISCTE - Universidade de Lisboa)
Published on H-Luso-Africa (August, 2022)
Commissioned by Philip J. Havik (Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT))