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Binary Bisecting is made up of 17 pieces from 16 talented writers from across the continent, including countries such as Botswana, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and South Africa. The collection is divided into three parts: Part I: Tentative Technology looks at the hesitancy surrounding interactions with AI. Part II: Digital Discourse presents arguments and explorations of the technology. Part III: Distrust the Rust focuses on the fears and anxieties of the digital evolution. -Book Editor

“Morgan Robinson’s A Language for the World is original, thoroughly researched, and accessible. Robinson complicates our understanding of the development of Swahili, using fascinating microhistories of diverse actors drawn from extensive archival research to challenge longstanding assumptions. This profoundly innovative book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history, languages, and cultures of East Africa.” - Book Reviewer

"Kwenye vipande hivi ishirini na sita vya keki tuna kipande chetu kimoja kinachotutosha kabisa lakini kwa sababu ya wasiwasi na uoga wa kushiwa tunataka kuchukua vipande vya ziada." - Mtunzi

“Jenna N. Hanchey is a brilliant storyteller, who leaves no theoretical or political stone unturned as she continually interrogates the relationships between selves and others in a complex contact zone. Her narratives of life at the Tanzanian NGO are well crafted, and her research site becomes a powerful location for her to examine her own positionality in relation to land, white masculinity, and the colonial context in which the myth of the white savior permeates every interaction.” - Book review

"Mr. Barongo presents an honest account of why various actions were made despite the fact that the outcome was unpredictable. The government trusted him and his strong team because of their faith, confidence, and belief, and they were left alone to make the vital decisions that led to Tanzania's oil and gas boom". - Editor

"This book examines the different types and models of contract farming in the global South. It reflects on the suitability of such private marketing arrangements for various crops, markets and farmers, on the basis of an analysis of the hegemonic relations between firms and farmers, better returns on crops and the extent of contract farming prevalent." - Editor

"The African bush around Kongwa might have inspired the old Africa hands’ acronym, ‘MMBA – miles and miles of bloody Africa’. There were small patches of grassland, called mbugas, where there had once been lake beds. But the rest was a uniform low scrub of densely packed thorn bushes with the occasional giant baobab rising like an island..." - Reviewer

“A wide-ranging, exciting tour through the grounded and conceptual alternatives to colonial, top-down, authoritarian conservation that has dominated for far too long. The essays in this volume show not only what is possible for human-wildlife co-existence, but what is indeed already being demonstrated.” - Book Review

"Ultimately, From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation is an essential read for anyone following the movement for Black Lives. The text chronicles a portion of history we rarely ever see, while also bringing together data and deep primary source research in a way that lucidly explains the origins of the current moment." - Book Review