Tag: African Studies Review

  • “Marrying Out” for Love: Women’s Narratives of Polygyny and Alternative Marriage Choices in Contemporary Senegal African Studies Review Volume 59, Number 1, April 2016 pages 155-174 Hélène Neveu Kringelbach, Lecturer in African Studies University College London This article examines the ways in which childhood and youth experiences of living in polygynous households shape the aspirations…

  • Anomaly dir. by Jessica Chen Drammeh (review) African Studies Review Volume 57, Number 3, December 2014 pages 274-275 Manouchka Kelly Labouba, USC Provost’s PhD Fellow Critical Studies School of Cinematic Arts University of Southern California Anomaly is a personal documentary featuring mixed-raced people who discuss the complexities and challenges of defining their identity across the different…

  • Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 by Dagmar Schultz (review) African Studies Review Volume 57, Number 1, April 2014 pages 237-238 DOI: 10.1353/arw.2014.0038 Patricia-Pia Célérier, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 is a 79-minute documentary in English and German,…