Books in the Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora series

Malawi's political culture is examined as it emerged in the colonial and early post-colonial periods, particularly in light of anti-colonial protest.

A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe].

A provocative investigation into the root causes of the Ethiopian political upheavals in the second half of the twentieth century.

Examines through the use of Murid oral and written sources the creation of an "alternative modernity" as an understanding of historical change by Sufi notables and disciples.

A historical reconstruction of the campaign to end the slave trade in Southeastern Nigeria.

A look at the encounter between the French and the peoples of Southern Gabon in terms of their differing conceptions of boundaries.

Traces the consequences of agricultural development in western Kenya in the 1950s and 1960s

Explores the instrumentalization of various aspects of popular culture in Africa.