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Africa Update is the quarterly newsletter of the African Studies Program at Ƶ.

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Vol. XXXII, 2025 (Current Issues)

Vol. XXXII, Issue 2: Spring 2025 - Netflix & Its African Films; Archival Sources in Nigeria 

Vol. XXXII, Issue 1: Winter 2025 - Boko Haram; Nigerian Protest Movements; Ghana and the African Diaspora

Vol. XXXI, 2024

Vol. XXXI, Issue 4: Fall 2024 - Gender, Nollywood & Africa

Vol. XXXI, Issue 3: Summer 2024 - Drama, Performance and New Voices in Nigeria

Vol. XXXI, Issue 2: Spring 2024 - Foreign Gods, Environmentalism and “Linguistic potpourrism”

Vol. XXXI, Issue 1: Winter 2024 - Classical African Textiles; South Africa and the International Court of Justice; Asante Gold Artifacts

Vol. XXX, 2023

Vol. XXX. Issue 4: Fall 2023 - French - African Neo- Colonial Relations, and African Coups

Vol. XXX, Issue 3: Summer 2023 - The July 2023 Coup in Niger; Reparations

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