Publications

Throughout its history, ASC conducts groundbreaking research and is continuously searching for new avenues -- such as journals, books and this website -- to disseminate our work.

  • African Arts
    Published quarterly since 1967, the primary journal for Africanist art historians and others interested in the visual arts of the continent and its diaspora.
  • UFAHAMU: the Journal of African Activist Association
    Ufahamu is an internationally respected refereed journal of African Studies under the management of graduate students.
  • Marcus Garvey Papers
    The Marcus Garvey Papers is an internationally acclaimed project compiling volumes of letters, speeches, pamphlets, and other documents penned by the noted Pan Africanist, Marcus Garvey, throughout the history of his movement.
  • eScholarship
    ASC's Occasional Papers and the James Smoot Coleman Memorial Papers are available online through the California Digital Library.
  • Publications of UCLA's Fowler Museum of Cultural History

Publications by UCLA authors

Higher Ground: New Hope for Working Families and Their Children

Authors: Thomas S. Weisner (Professor in Residence, Anthropology, UCLA), Greg J. Duncan and Aletha C. Huston

A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal

Authors: Allen F. Roberts (Professor of World Arts and Cultures, UCLA) and Mary Nooter Roberts (Professor of Culture and Performance, World Arts and Culture, UCLA)

From Cameroon to Paris: Mousgoum Architecture In and Out of Africa

Author: Steven Nelson (Assistant Professor of African and African American Art History, UCLA)

Minor Transnationalism

Editors: Francoise Lionnet (Professor of French and Francophone Studies, UCLA) and Shu-mei Shih

Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa

Author: Dominic Thomas (Professor of French and Francophone Studies, UCLA)

On Trans-Saharan Trails: Islamic Law, Trade Networks, and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Nineteenth-Century Western Africa

Author: Ghislaine Lydon (Assistant Professor of History, UCLA)

South Africa: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid

Authors: William H. Worger (Professor of History, UCLA) and Nancy L. Clark

Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas

Author: Judith A. Carney (Professor of Geography, UCLA)

The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800

Author: Christopher Ehret (Professor of History, UCLA)

Africa-US Relations: Strategic Encounters

Editors: Edmond J. Keller (Professor and Chair of Political Science, UCLA) and Donald Rothchild

Beyond Words: Discourse and Critical Agency in Africa

Author: Andrew Apter (Professor of History and Anthropology, Director of the James S. Coleman African Studies Center, UCLA)

Cross Currents and Community Networks: The History of the Indian Ocean World

Editors: Edward A. Alpers (Professor and Chair of History, UCLA) and Himanshu Prabha Ray

Divine Revolution: The Art of Edouard Duval-Carri

Author: Donald J. Cosentino (Professor Culture and Performance, World Arts and Cultures, UCLA)

In Praise of Empires: Globalization and Order

Author: Deepak Lal (Professor of Economics, UCLA)