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New Books in African Studies

Booking Overview

This academic interview series focuses on African studies, history, politics, colonialism, and the African diaspora, typically featuring scholars discussing recently published books with experts in related fields. PR agencies could credibly pitch university researchers, historians, political scientists, regional specialists, and academic authors with new books; booking difficulty is likely low for candidates with relevant published research and a timely release.

Metrics

Episodes: 904

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

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Host

Miranda Melcher - An academic interviewer whose research focuses on post-conflict military integration, treaty negotiation, and treaty implementation in civil-war contexts.

Elisa Prosperetti - Assistant Professor of African and global history at NIE/NTU in Singapore and author of An Anticolonial Development: Race, Schooling, and Emancipation in Twentieth-Century West Africa.

Amisah Bakuri - Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam whose work explores religion, sexuality, gender, and migration within African diasporic communit...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
University scholars, historians, political scientists, area-studies specialists, journalists, and other subject-matter experts with a recently published book addressing African history, politics, culture, colonialism, or related diaspora studies.
Required Achievements:  
Recently published academic or trade books, University appointments or advanced research credentials, Peer-reviewed scholarship or field expertise, Recognized research, journalism, or professional awards

Recent Guest Discussions

Edward E. Andrews - The Life Of Newport Gardner, Slavery, Black Leadership, Emancipation, Religion, And The Free Black Community In Early America.

Hossam el-Hamalawy - Egypt's Military, Police, And Intelligence Institutions; Counterrevolution; Propaganda; Surveillance; Repression; And The Aftermath Of The 2011 Uprising.

Simukai Chigudu - Zimbabwe, Decolonization, Migration, Race, Identity, Citizenship, Family History, And The Continuing Effects Of Colonialism In Africa And Britain.

Paulina Banas - Nineteenth-century Images Of Egypt, European Travel Publishing, Islamic Architecture, Orientalist Book Production, Commercialization, And Cross-cultural Exchange.

Thomas Richardson - The Australian Army In The South African War, Colonial Military Forces, Counterinsurgency, Battlefield Technology, Leadership, And Military Identity.

Recent Topics

African Studies, Colonialism, History, Politics, Diaspora

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
New Books in African Studies
:

Emeka Umejei, "China in African Media: Between Influence Operations and Decolonization" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

September 12, 2026

At its core, China in African Media: Between Influence Operations and Decolonization (Bloomsbury, 2026) is a book about power, journalism, geopolitical influence, and knowledge production in China–Africa relations. It examines how the People’s Republic of China has moved beyond simply establishing Chinese media organizations such as Xinhua and CGTN in Africa toward a much more dispersed system of engagement. Conceptualizing these engagements collectively as a multimodal or mixed-media ecology...

Debarati Sanyal, "Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe’s Edges" (Fordham, 2025)

September 12, 2026

Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe’s Edges (Fordham, 2025) investigates the consequences of unfolding catastrophes across the world and the displacement they continue to produce. Through recent narratives and media representations of the refugee “crisis” at Europe’s edges, it tells a new story about those on the move, the technologies unleashed on them at borders, the racialized and colonial histories that inform these technologies, and the artistry with which migrants and allies b...

Janaka Jayawickrama and Jerome Wright, "Under the Gaze of Global Mental Health: A Critical Reflection" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

September 06, 2026

What went wrong with global mental health? Under the Gaze of Global Mental Health: A Critical Reflection (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) critically examines how the globalisation of mental health through the dominant medical model has created barriers to understanding and responding to distress with reference to cases from Malawi and Sri Lanka. Its authors argue that mental health must be understood within the overall health of an individual, and individual health is located within the ...

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