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Africa

The Author’s Corner with Paul D. Brinkman

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 10, 2024

Paul D. Brinkman is Head of the Environmental Humanities Research Lab and Curator of Special Collections at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor of History at North Carolina State University. This interview is based on […]

The Author’s Corner with Jeffrey E. Anderson

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 4, 2024

Jeffrey E. Anderson is Professor of History and Associate Director of the School of Humanities at the University of Louisiana Monroe. This interview is based on his new book, Voodoo: An African American Religion (LSU Press, 2024). JF: What led […]

How big is Africa?

John Fea   |  October 23, 2023

As this map shows, the continental United States, Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, most of Eastern Europe, Greece, India, Japan, and China can all fit inside the continent of Africa. HT: Sam Wineburg

The Author’s Corner with Sean M. Kelley

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 14, 2023

Sean M. Kelley is Professor of History at the University of Essex. This interview is based on his new book, American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865 (Yale University Press, 2023). JF: What led you to […]