Episode 123:

Africa Past & Present » Afripod by Africa Past and Present

Feb 28, 20190:37:49History

Alex Thurston (Miami University) discusses his recent book, Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement. Taking local religious ideas and experiences seriously, Thurston sheds light on northeastern Nigeria an...

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Africa Past & Present » Afripod.

Episode 143:

Oct 17, 2025 - 0:46:03

Reginold Royston (University of Wisconsin Madison) on his new book, Pan-African Futurism: Ghana and the P...

Episode 142:

Oct 1, 2025 - 0:44:22

Paul Landau (History, University of Maryland) on his award-winning book, Spear: Mandela and the Revolutio...

Episode 141:

Sep 15, 2025 - 0:40:36

Bernard Moore (University of Basel) discusses his co-authored book, Space is the Ultimate Luxury: Capital...

Episode 140:

Sep 2, 2025 - 0:49:42

David William Cohen (Emeritus, History, University of Michigan) discusses his new book, The Weight of Luf...

Episode 139:

Apr 4, 2025 - 0:44:52

Dr. Claudia Gastrow (Anthropology, North Carolina State University) on her new book, The Aesthetics of Be...

Episode 138:

Feb 28, 2025 - 0:36:40

Dr. Benjamin Talton (Director, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University) on his eclectic inte...

Episode 137:

Nov 25, 2024 - 0:37:08

Afis Ayinde Oladosu (Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Ibadan) on being and becomin...

Episode 136:

Oct 2, 2024 - 0:39:27

Lauren Jarvis (History, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) on her new book, A Prophet of the Peopl...