Books2021-05-30T07:42:00+03:00

The Infrastructural South Techno-Environments of the Third Wave of Urbanization

"Pushing readers to look at the wider worlds that suffuse urban systems, this theoretical and geographical perspective treats Africa’s rapidly transforming towns and cities as complex sites of disruption, emancipation, and contradiction. In doing so, it shows how the proliferating urbanisms and contested techno-environments arise from shifting priorities in infrastructure planning, politics, and financing gaps." - Book Author

Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum

"Decolonizing the English Literary Curriculum is a major collection that aims to address these issues from a global perspective. An international team of leading scholars illustrate the necessity and advantages of reform from specific decolonial perspectives, with evidence-based arguments from classroom contexts, as well as establishing new critical agendas." - Book Author

Architecture and Politics in Africa: Making, Living and Imagining Identities through Buildings

"This innovative book fills this gap, providing a new and compelling reading of the politics of identity in sub-Saharan Africa through an examination of some of its most significant buildings. Using case studies from nine countries across sub-Saharan Africa, this volume reveals how they are commissioned and built, how they enable elites to project power, and how they form a basis for popular conceptions of the state" - Book Publisher

Binary Bisecting: Anthology of African Writings on AI

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

A LANGUAGE FOR THE WORLD: The Standardization of Swahili

“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

Wamachinga na Haki-Jiji Nchini Tanzania

"Kitabu hiki kinatumia nadharia muhimu ya haki-jiji kuonyesha jinsi gani, kwa kupitia dola kandamizi, mfumo na matabaka unawezesha kundi dogo la walalaheri likishirikiana na kundi la walalahai kunufaika na uchumi wa jijini huku ukizuia 'ufikikaji' huo wa jijini kwa kundi kubwa la walalahoi... Ni andiko adhimu lipaswalo kusomwa hima na wito wake kuitikiwa pima na kila mpenda haki" - Mhakiki

The Center Cannot Hold: Decolonial Possibility in the Collapse of a Tanzanian NGO

“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

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