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...
Africa
African evangelicals like Trump
Check out Dickens Olewe’s piece at BBC news about evangelical Christians in Africa. A taste: President Trump has been a polarising figure the world over but he is popular in African countries like Nigeria and Kenya, according to a Pew Research […]
W: “Bono is the real deal”
U2 singer Bono stopped by Crawford, Texas to see George W. Bush. ABC News reports: Lead U2 singer Bono made a pit stop Friday at former President George W. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, a few hours before his band’s...
The Author’s Corner with Benjamin N. Lawrance
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Wallis: Obama Needs to Follow Bush on HIV/AIDS
Over at the CNN Religion Blog, Jim Wallis calls upon Barack Obama to follow the example of George W. Bush and do something about the growing problem of HIV/AIDS in Africa. He writes: It was not that long ago faith...
Does Africa Need God?
I was struck today by a piece in the London Times by columnist and self-professed atheist Matthew Parris. Parris believes that God may be the answer to the host of problems facing Africa. “Missionaries, not aid money,” Parris writes, “are...