Africa | Perspectives on History

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!

Joseph C. Miller (1939–2019)

Kenda Mutongi and Martin Klein | May 20, 2019

Joseph Calder Miller, 79, professor emeritus at the University of Virginia and former president of the American Historical Association, died...

Jan Vansina (1929–2017)

Florence Bernault | Apr 15, 2019

Jan Vansina, one of the world’s foremost historians of Africa, died peacefully in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 8, 2017.

Joy Riders

Mustafah Dhada | Jan 9, 2019

A historian traces his passion for imaginative narratives and finely tuned sports cars to a “garage” in colonial Mozambique.

AHA Member Spotlight: Ofosuwa M. Abiola

Matthew Keough | Dec 4, 2018

Ofosuwa Abiola is an assistant professor at Howard University.

Grant of the Week: Faculty Development Seminar on West Africa

Zoë Jackson | Sep 26, 2018

Faculty at community colleges and minority-serving institutions can apply for a fully-funded faculty development seminar on West Africa.

Teaching Decolonization Resources

Annabel LaBrecque | Jun 21, 2018

The NHC's Teaching Decolonization Resource Collection provides materials for teachers to create a comprehensive unit on women and the Algerian War of Independence.