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Volume 7 (2023), Issue 3 # 1-11

These reviews may be found on the Research Africa Reviews website.

RA Reviews’ Editorial Voice:

What good is a song? A commentary on the human-made poly-crises and existential risks at our doorstep.
Written by: Alinah K. Segobye, Extraordinary Professor, Northwest University, South Africa.

#1 Commentary: The Israel-Hamas drama and the dilemmas of scholarly response.
Written by: Jon Abbink, African Studies Centre, Leiden University.

#2 Commentary: The Israeli-Gaza (mis)Adventure: African Response to the Day Before and After October 7.
Written by: Amidu Olalekan Sanni, African & Middle Eastern Studies, Lagos State University, Nigeria.

#3 Commentary: Suffering and scholarly response To Amidu Sanni – how to discuss the Israel-Hamas violence.
Written by: Jon Abbink, African Studies Centre, Leiden University.

#4 Commentary: Response to Jon Abbink: The Israel-Hamas drama and the dilemmas of scholarly response.
Written by: Amidu Olalekan Sanni, African & Middle Eastern Studies, Lagos State University, Nigeria.

#5 Book: Fixing Earth: Africa, UK and Ireland Writers Anthology.
Author: Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, ed. Year: 2022.
Reviewed by: Cecelia Lynch, University of California, Irvine.

#6 Book: Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic.
Author: Matthew Francis Rarey. Year: 2023.
Reviewed by: Avenel Rolfsen, Indiana University- Bloomington.

#7 Book: Insignificant Things: Amulets and the Art of Survival in the Early Black Atlantic.
Author: Matthew Francis Rarey. Year: 2023.
Reviewed by: Amidu Olalekan Sanni, African & Middle Eastern Studies, Lagos State University, Nigeria.

#8 Book: Flooded Pasts –UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology.
Author: William Carruthers. Year: 2022.
Reviewed by: Alinah K. Segobye, Extraordinary Professor, Northwest University, South Africa.

#9 Literature Review: Morocco’s Diplomatic Assets in Africa: An Overview.
Written by: Youssef Zizi, Cultural Studies: Hassan II University, Morocco.
& Ilham EL MAJDOUBI, Professor, English: Hassan II University, Morocco.

Arabic Texts:
#10:
الشيخ امباك بص: «سعادة الطلاب في سيرة الشيخ الخديم = أحمد بمب امباكي»، تحقيق شيخنا بوسو مصطفى، وشريف حسن بوسو كد، وشيخنا بوسو سيد، وصالح جخت آس، وأبو البركة بوسو سيد (سُلَّم الوصول)، منشورات تمبكتو، دكار + القاهرة، 2023.
راجعه الدكتور محمد بمب درامي

#11:
مراجعة كتاب: فتح الكبير المتعال في تراجم أعلام السنغال، القسم الأول: طبقة الرواد المؤسسين: (1673-1807م)، محمد بمب درامي (تنسيق وتحرير)، هيئة إحياء التراث السنغالي (لجنة تأليف)، مركز تكرور للتراث والثقافة العربية الإسلامية في غرب إفريقيا، الرباط، 2023م، 344ص.

بقلم عثمان جو/ باحث مستقل، ومدير “منشورات تمبكتو”

Review Team
Editor-In-Chief & Associate Editors
• Muhammed Haron, Former Professor of Religious Studies: University of Botswana & Associate Researcher: Stellenbosch University, South Africa. (haronm@hotmail.com). (Editor-In-Chief);
• Wendy Wilson-Fall, Professor and Chair, Africana Studies Program Oeschle Center for International Education, Lafayette College (wilsonfw@lafayette.edu);
• Hassan Juma Ndzovu, PhD. Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Moi University, Kenya (hassan.ndzovu@gmail.com);
• Bamba Drame, PhD, Dar El Hadith El Hassaniya Institute, Rabat Morocco, (ndrame.online@gmail.com);
• Alinah Segobye, Professor, Northwest University, South Africa & Botswana, (alinah.segobye@gmail.com);
• Ifeyinwa Okolo, Associate Professor, Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria, (sweeteve222@gmail.com);
• Hamdy Hassan, Professor of political science, Cairo University, Egypt & Zayd University, UAE (hamdy.hassan@zu.ac.ae).
• Mbaye Lo, Associate Professor of the Practice, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, and International Comparative Studies, Duke University; (mbayelo@duke.edu).

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