Month: February 2011

Edward Murphy is co-editor of Anthrohistory: Unsettling Knowledge, Questioning Discipline, which was recently released by University of Michigan Press. From the cover: Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between anthropology and history has taken diverse expressions. Yet it has developed with more coherence since the… Continue Reading Edward Murphy’s co-edited volume reaches bookstores

Professor Achebe’s The Female King of Colonial Nigeria (Indiana University Press, 2011) has reached bookstores. From the cover: Nwando Achebe presents the fascinating history of an Igbo woman, Ahebi Ugbabe, who became king in colonial Nigeria. Ugbabe was exiled from Igboland, became a prostitute, traveled… Continue Reading Nwando Achebe’s latest book reaches bookstores