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Islam, Identity, and Postcolonial Politics in Nigeria
Proselytization proclivities downplay the historical and cultural significance of Islam and its civilization in West Africa. This is a general introduction as well as an entry into the making of […]
Rosemary Graham-Naigba and the Feminization of Niger Delta Activism
More often than not, media representations and social portrayals of activism in the Niger Delta convey the characteristic Eurocentric chauvinism of geopolitical assumptions.Activism is not a new phenomenon in the […]
Mildred Bond Roxborough Oral History Video Interview conducted by Julian Bond in New York, New York, 2010-10-29
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American Heritage through the Lens and Mobilities of Confederate Icons
In this piece, David Olali examines the seeming innocuousness that heritage icons assume, with their predisposition towards narratives of nativization, where they take on new social and cultural life, with […]
David Olali’s Review of Divining the Woman of Endor: African Culture, Postcolonial Hermeneutics, and the Politics of Biblical Translation by Jeanne Kabamba Kiboko
Biblical scholar Jeanne Kabamba Kiboko offers a compelling case for a postcolonial reading of the biblical woman of Endor. In Diving the Woman, a subversive reading of Eurocentric “conquest exegesis” (230), […]
Why Comparative Heritage is Important
The reasons why “Comparative Heritage” is important are not immediately obvious, and for obvious reasons, too. First, nearly everyone feels comfortable talking about the positive and nice sides about their history. […]
A Preview of Biography of Darkness
As the center’s Research Fellow in Global Leadership (2012-13), I helped conceptualize ideas about African American heritage at the Interdenominational Theological Center; fortunately, I was the institutes’ defacto director. Due to institutional […]