Concept: Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
Executive dominance and weak institutions hinder Madagascar’s republic
Political virtue and power dynamics in Madagascar's governance crisis
Dogon songs preserve accounts of Fulbe relations and prophecy
A nineteenth-century Dogon prophet's songs document ethnic relations and influence modern conflict.
GIS maps crop change in nineteenth-century eastern Africa
Nineteenth-century crop adoption patterns in inland East Africa mapped from explorer accounts
Reserve survey finds unusual plant diversity at risk
Biodiversity survey reveals new plant species and conservation crisis in Tanzanian forest reserve
Review finds Hall rethinks race in Muslim West African history
How Islamic thought shaped racial hierarchies in precolonial West Africa
Islam and identity in Leila Aboulela’s Elsewhere, Home
How Aboulela's fiction portrays Islam and identity as fluid processes of constant revision
Seasonal and gendered patterns shaped subsistence marine harvesting
How gender and seasons shape fishing and gathering practices in a Zanzibari village
Kiswahili dominates religious signboards in Dar es Salaam
How language choice on religious signs shapes information access in Tanzania
Bead from Sumhuram appears to be north-western Indian in origin
Bleached carnelian bead from Oman reveals Indian Ocean trade and personal mobility
