James S. Coleman African Studies Center

eScholarship stats: History by Item for July through October, 2026

Item	Title	Total requests	2026-10	2026-09	2026-08	2026-07
8kf4m24x	Kidnapping: An Underreported Aspect of African Agency During the Slave Trade Era (1440-1886)	1,649	509	651	389	100
7xf4w6v7	Coloniality of Knowledge and the Challenge of Creating African Futures	952	271	246	268	167
6331d10p	The Kushite Origins of Sumer and Elam	888	257	151	236	244
8cj8q196	Black Study, Black Struggle	872	215	193	310	154
17c6d1sb	The Vitality of Yoruba Culture in the Americas	712	164	183	228	137
72k2n7m2	The Social Character of Slavery in Asante and Dahomey	682	210	197	181	94
0nw283jj	Post-War Reintegration, Reconstruction and Reconciliation Among the Anioma People of Nigeria	635	148	152	176	159
450167x3	A Linguistic Outline of Early Somali History	622	130	133	245	114
6q14n95b	When the Zombie Becomes Critic: Misinterpreting Fela’s “Zombie” and the Need to Reexamine His Prevailing Motifs	620	155	164	198	103
5wr073nc	Decolonizing Knowledge in South Africa: Dismantling the ‘pedagogy of big lies’	614	145	127	184	158
8kt3g586	A King or A Priest in the City of 201 Gods: Interrogating the Place of the Oòni in the Religious system of Ilé-Ifè in Southwest Nigeria	559	145	232	134	48
7qs6h7fx	The Evolution and Fall of the South African Apartheid State: A Political Economy Perspective	525	131	140	141	113
22w2c729	The Works of Thomas Mofolo: Summaries and Critiques	511	122	159	180	50
8xh2g5wm	Inventions and Reinventions of Sharia in African History and the Recent Experiences of Nigeria, Somalia and Mali	511	127	133	190	61
28h0r4sr	Revisiting Nationalism and Ethnicity in Africa	509	107	143	210	49
7g4406gv	Pro-Nazi Subversion in South Africa	507	140	109	143	115
4v83483q	Alekwu Poetry as a Source of Historical Reconstruction: The Pursuit of Idoma-Otukpo Origin, Genealogy and Migration	483	117	103	128	135
65d6v69p	The Role of Indigenous Collaborators during the Anglo-Ekumeku War of 1898-1911	481	117	118	182	64
2th8b363	Play in Uganda: Omweso a Game People	475	113	162	142	58
0qt6q69k	The Use and Misuse of Language in the Study of African History	470	105	103	131	131
3284d08q	“The Black Man in the White Man’s Court”: Mandela at Wits University, South Africa, 1943-1949	469	147	97	138	87
82w1w85t	Nigerian Population and Urbanization, 1911-1974: A Bibliography	465	93	114	144	114
1548j3ck	Al Hajj Umar Tall: The Biography of a Controversial Leader	462	113	139	141	69
6372j70c	Compradore-in-Arms': The Fante Confederation Project (1868-1872)	460	193	106	93	68
9ss1t6vj	Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center	457	121	110	153	73
0k49j9nf	Outlining Southern African History: A Re-evaluation A.D. 100-1500	454	110	148	143	53
5n55b5vw	Drama as Popular Culture in Africa	447	58	42	75	272
05b3614s	Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Implications of Abusive Expressions in Hausa	446	114	142	138	52
8v7112b0	Film Censorship and Identity in Kenya	443	114	110	139	80
01k1c0vf	Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity	441	108	86	157	90
0jn89711	The Currency of Revolution in Southern Nigeria: 1880-1948	436	106	114	172	44
92h8j7td	The Largest Black Nation Outside Africa and its Racist Politics	436	122	80	143	91
7h11k656	The Emergence and Role of Political Parties in the Inter-River Region of Somalia from 1947-1960	435	122	120	117	76
1700p1w0	Aba Riots or the Igbo Women's War? - Ideology, Stratification and the Invisibility of Women	432	162	113	106	51
7w80g2xr	Balancing Male and Female Principles: Teaching About Gender in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart	426	122	109	127	68
8g13k8m1	Makerere and the Beginnings of Higher Education for East Africans	420	98	119	140	63
1654z7gv	The Khepresh Crown of Pharaoh	414	103	97	162	52
18d681jd	Protest in Ethiopia	410	113	75	136	86
06k79136	The South African Woman and the Immigrant Lover: Myths and Dynamics of Cross-Border Love Relationships in a Post-Apartheid South African Community	408	112	104	126	66
13m5c5vp	African Research and Scholarship: 20 Years of Lost Opportunities to Transform Higher Education in South Africa	401	140	70	118	73
5r64v5qg	Mandela, Luthuli, and Nonviolence in the South African Freedom Struggle	395	114	97	127	57
06x2x85t	Creating New Leaders: Youth Involvement in Community Activism in South Africa	391	290	39	32	30
49p344tg	Colonizing the Mahadra: Language, Identity, and Power in Mauritania Under French Control	388	96	96	112	84
6vz7z5cm	The Masmuda Berbers and Ibn Tumart: an Ethnographic Interpretation of the Rise of the Almohad Movement	386	82	131	130	43
6359f55g	I Write What I Like	373	72	67	139	95
0297m71t	Economic Imperialism and Oligopolization of Trade in the Gold Coast: 1886-1939	371	100	90	126	55
0f60t2b1	Retelling the Mau Mau Past from the Mbeere Perspective	369	87	93	131	58
1z29x45b	Cyprian Ekwensi's Burning Grass: A Critical Assessment	368	97	105	84	82
8072719q	Language Shift and National Identity in Tanzania	364	79	102	96	87
3jm5n6pw	Arabic Loan Words in Hausa	361	75	61	130	95

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