Africa

  • Teaching South African Stories Online

    Jacob Ivey | Mar 2, 2021

    Well-managed digital archives provide students with a focused set of research materials that help build a foundational point of historical inquiry.
  • Grant of the Week: Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) Grants

    Karen Lou | Feb 1, 2021

    The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is now accepting applications for its Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) Grants.
  • Miriam E. Jiménez Román (1951–2020)

    Will Guzmán | Nov 30, 2020

    Miriam Esther Jiménez Román, professor, editor, archivist, curator, social theorist, author, and activist, died of cancer at age 69 on...
  • Research-Led Digitization

    Ellen Feingold and Leigh Gardner | Oct 6, 2020

    "Money and Exchange in West Africa" used a research-led digitization process to expand access to both museum objects and academic research.
  • The Pith Helmet

    Carina Ray | Sep 23, 2020

    Everything has a history, including the pith helmet.
  • Between Africa and America

    Nemata Blyden and Jeannette Eileen Jones | Aug 20, 2020

    Black Americans and African immigrants have influenced American policy toward the continent for centuries.
  • AHA Member Spotlight: Jeffrey Ahlman

    Matthew Keough | Feb 27, 2020

    Jeffrey Ahlman is an associate professor at Smith College. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, and has been a member since 2004.
  • AHA Member Spotlight: Roy Doron

    Matthew Keough | Oct 30, 2019

    Roy Doron is an associate professor at Winston-Salem State University. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and has been a member since 2010.
  • Water Shortages Have a History

    James Parker | Sep 26, 2019

    Irrigating the arid countryside sounded good to British authorities in Kenya. What went wrong?
  • Meet the 2019 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists

    Allison Miller | May 29, 2019

    Follow along as three graduate students write about their scholarship, activism, and much more!

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