Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, JBHE will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.

Here are the latest selections:


An African Feminist Philosophy of Language

by Olayinka Oyeleye
(Routledge)

Belonging:
An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England

by Gloria McCaheon Whiting
(University of Pennsylvania Press)
     

Elizabeth Heyrick:
The Making of an Anti-Slavery Campaigner

by Jocelyn Robson
(Pen and Sword History)

The New Testament in Color:
A Multiethnic Bible Commentary

edited by Esau McCaulley et al.
(IVP Academic)
     

Nordic Utopia?
African Americans in the Twentieth Century

edited by Leslie Anne Anderson et al.
(University of Washington Press)

Reworking Citizenship:
Race, Gender, and Kinship in South Africa

by Brady G’sell
(Stanford University Press)

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