Daily Archives: December 9, 2008

ASA Announces Winners of the 2008 Melville J. Herskovits Award

Posted on December 9, 2008 by mkelehan

The African Studies Association has announced the winners of the 2008 Melville J. Herskovits Award for the best books in African Studies published in 2007. The winners are Linda M. Heywood and John K. Thornton, Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and … Continue reading →

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allAfrica.com

Posted on December 9, 2008 by jgreen

Started in 1973 as the Africa News Service, AllAfrica Global Media continues today as the world’s largest provider of full-text electronic news and information on Africa. The allAfrica.com Web site, available in its current form since 1999, builds on a … Continue reading →

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Latino Media Celebrates 200 Years

Posted on December 9, 2008 by mkelehan

Check out this great audio interview with Juan Gonzales, Professor Felix Gutierrez, and Sandip Roy on the history of Latino journalism in the United States. Juan Gonzales points to El Misisipi as the first Latino newspaper, published in September 1808 … Continue reading →

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