Leeds African Studies Bulletin No. 76 (2014/15)
Our lead article this year is by Professor Ray Bush, who gave the annual LUCAS Lionel Cliffe lecture, analysing the history and causes of the rise and subsequent overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Other pieces include articles on LUCAS African Voices Week, the state of museums in Nigeria and the Ebola crisis, plus the usual news and book reviews.
Studying Africa
- Arab Spring to the Egyptian Winter?
- Evaluating the Efficacy of the African Voices Week at Three West Yorkshire Schools
- A Museum of Colonial History and National Identity: Lokoja and the Nigerian Situation Regarding Preserving the Past
Analysing Africa
- Ebola in Sierra Leone
- Resisting decomposition as evidence of bodily strength: funerary practice and psychological well-being in rural Guinea Bissau
Reading Africa
- Review of Are South Africans Free?
- Review of African Art and Agency in the Workshop
- Review of Anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa
- Review of African Literatures and Beyond
- Review of A History of Malawi, 1859-1966
- Review of Africa and France: Postcolonial Cultures, Migration, and Racism
- Review of Reading Nuruddin Farah
- Review of Economic and Political Reform in Africa: Anthropological Perspectives
- Review of Framing Africa / Trash: African Cinema from Below