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Volume I

• Vol. I, no. 1 (Winter, 1993-94): Focus on Ethiopia and Somalia.
• Vol. I, no. 2 (Spring, 1994): On Women, Botswana, West Africa.
• Vol. I, no. 3 (Summer, 1994): Focus on Southern Africa
• Vol. I, no. 4 (Fall, 1994: Nigeria on the Edge?

Volume II

• Vol. II, no. 1 (Winter, 1994-95): Focus on the Horn of Africa
• Vol. II, no. 2 (Spring, 1995): Francophone West Africa
• Vol. II, no. 3 (Summer, 1995): Languages of Africa
• Vol. II, no. 4 (Fall, 1995): Focus on North East Africa

Volume III

• Vol. III, no. 1 (Winter, 1995-96): Nigeria Revisited
• Vol. III, no. 2 (Spring, 1996): Female Circumcision in Africa
• Vol. III, no. 3 (Summer, 1996): Democracy in Botswana
• Vol. III, no. 4 (Fall, 1996): Focus on Cameroon

Volume IV

• Vol IV, no. 1 (Winter 1996-97): Studying Africa.
• Vol. IV, no. 2 (Spring 1997). Pan-African Language Patterns.
• Vol. IV, no. 3 (Summer 1997). Pan-African Language Patterns Revisited.
• Vol. IV, no. 4 (Fall 1997). The Congo Region.

Volume V

• Vol. V, no. 1 (Winter 1997-98): African Studies.
• Vol. V, no. 2 (Spring 1998): Comparative Gender Relations
• Vol. V, no. 3 (Summer 1998): Africa and the United States
• Vol. V, no. 4 (Fall 1998): Black Studies

Volume VI

• Vol. VI, no. 1 (Winter 1998-99): African Writing Systems
• Vol. VI, no. 2 (Spring 1999):Southern Africa
• Vol. VI, no. 3 (Summer 1999): The Yoruba Religious System
• Vol. VI, no. 4 (Fall 1999): The African Diaspora

Volume VII

• Vol VII, no. 1 (Winter 2000): The Mazrui - Gates Debate
• Vol VII, no. 2 (Spring 2000): U.S. Foreign Policy and Africa
• Vol VII, no. 3 (Summer 2000): Nigerian Culture and Society
• Vol VII, no. 4 (Fall 2000): Germany and Africa

Volume VIII

• Vol VIII, no. 1 (Winter 2001): African Reparation
• Vol VIII, no. 2 (Spring 2001): South Africa
• Vol VIII, no. 3 (Summer 2001): Female Circumcision Revisited
• Vol VIII, no. 4 (Fall 2001): Conversations on AIDS

Volume IX

• Vol IX, no. 1 (Winter 2002): Conversations on AIDS (Part 2)
• Vol IX, no. 2 (Spring 2002): The AIDS Crisis in Africa
• Vol IX, no. 3 (Summer 2002): Politics and Culture in West  Africa
• Vol IX, no. 4 (Fall 2002): Human Rights, Apartheid and Reparations

Volume X

• Vol X, no. 1 (Winter 2003): Young Women in the African Diaspora
• Vol X, no. 2 (Spring 2003): Conversations on Nigerian Feminism
• Vol X, no. 3 (Summer 2003): Conflict in Côte d'Ivoire (Pt. 1)
• Vol X, no. 4 (Fall 2003): Conflict in Côte d'Ivoire (Pt. 2)

Volume XI

• Vol XI, no. 1 (Winter 2004): Amistad and Education in The African Diaspora
• Vol XI, no. 2 (Spring 2004): The Nigerian Film Industry
• Vol XI, no. 3 (Summer 2004):  South Africa
• Vol XI, no. 4 (Fall 2004):  Nigeria

Volume XII

• Vol XII, no. 1(Winter 2005): US Foreign Policy and Africa
• Vol XII, no. 2(Spring 2005):Nigeria's Economic and Technological Development
• Vol XII, no. 3(Summer 2005):African Textiles
• Vol XII, no. 4(Fall 2005):Democracy in Nigeria, Ghana, and Rwanda

Volume XIII

• Vol XIII, no. 1(Winter 2006): Reflections on South Africa
• Vol XIII, no. 2(Spring 2006): Africans in France
• Vol XIII, no. 3(Summer 2006): Ancient Sudan (Nubia), Nigeria and Ghana
• Vol XIV, no. 4(Fall 2006): Nation building in Nigeria and Ghana
   

Volume XIV

• Vol XIV, no. 1(Winter 2007): Nigerian Enclosures
• Vol XIV, no. 2(Spring 2007): The Amistad Legacy
• Vol XIV, no. 3(Summer 2007): Nigerian Politics and Society
• Vol XIV, no. 4(Fall 2007): Nigerian Politics and Society

Volume XV

• Vol XV, no. 1(Winter 2008): Nigeria's Indigenous Chemistry
• Vol XV, no. 2(Spring 2008): African Engineering - Terraces and Earthworks
• Vol XV, no. 3(Summer 2008): Nigeria - Education and Politics
• Vol XV, no. 4(Fall 2008): African Indigenous Technologies

Volume XVI

• Vol XVI, no. 1(Winter 2009): Financial Meltdown and Africa.
• Vol XVI, no. 2(Spring 2009): From The Amistad to President Barack Obama.
• Vol XVI, no. 3(Summer 2009):Obama in Africa| Nigerian Actresses|Harlem Book Fair 09
• Vol XVI, no. 4(Fall 2009): South Africa and Somalia

Volume XVII

• Vol XVII, no. 1(Winter 2010): The Relevance of the Amistad
• Vol XVII, no. 2(Spring 2010):   Nigerian Politics and Film
• Vol XVII, no. 3(Summer 2010):   Fela! The Broadway Musical; Rap and Africa
• Vol XVII, no. 4(Fall 2010):  Cultural Heritage

Volume XVIII

• Vol XVIII no. 1(Winter 2011): Cote d'Ivoire; Reflections on Laurent Kabila
• Vol XVIII no. 2 (Spring 2011): Queen Mother Idia's Mask; African Fractals; Gbagbo
• Vol XVIII no. 3 (Summer 2011):  The 2011 Amistad Lecture
• Vol XVIII no. 4 (Fall 2011): Libya; Nigeria; Berimbrown

• Vol XIX no. 1 (Winter 2012):  Entrepreneurship in East Africa; Islamization of Dagbon; Letter to President Obama
• Vol XIX no. 2 (Spring 2012): The 2012 Amistad Lecture
• Vol XIX no. 3 (Summer 2012): "Wangari Maathai's Peace Paradigm"
• Vol XIX no 4 (Fall 2012): 'Adwa, Ethiopia as a World Heritage Site', 'The Top Ten African Films of 2011', 'U.S. Foreign Policy and Africa: The Obama Era'

Volume XX

• Vol XX  no. 1 (Winter 2013): Nigeria's Nollywood; Nigeria at 50
• Vol XX  no. 2 (Spring 2013) : Contemporary Africa and the Spirit of Amistad
• Vol XX  no. 3 (Summer 2013): Video-Films, Youth and vaccination in Nigeria
• Vol XX no. 4 (Fall 2013)

Volume XXI

• Vol XXI no. 1 (Winter 2014): Cameroon and Nigeria
• Vol. XXI no. 2 (Spring 2014): Rebellion of Youth; ROK and the Arrogance of German Archeology
• Vol XXI no. 3 (Summer 2014): Nigeria's Boko Haram; Ethiopian Coffee Cooperatives
• Vol. XXI no. 4 (Fall 2014): Nigerian Students; Leadership: Ebola

Volume XXII

• Vol XXII no. 1 (Winter 2015): Nigeria and Film; The Nigerian Banking Industry and Law Enforcement
• Vol XXII no. 2 (Spring 2015): Distingished Poet and Novelist, Professor Syl Coker Cheney
       The 2015 Amistad Lecture
• Vol XXII no. 3 (Summer 2015): African Historiography, A Critical Tribute to Leonard Thompson
• Vol XXIII no. 4 (Fall 2015): Gloabilizing Nigeria's Legal Education, Pan-African Colors

Volume XXIII

• Vol XXIII no. 1 (Winter 2016): Nigeria and South Africa
• Vol XXIII no. 2 (Spring 2016): Ivory Coast and the Ebola Virus Revisited
• Vol XXIII no. 3 (Summer 2016): The Amistad and Civil Rights in the African Diaspora
• Vol XXIII no. 4 (Fall 2016): Educating the Visually Impaired in Nigeria

Volume XXIV

• Volume XXIV Fall 2017 - Black Leadership in the U.S and Jamaica
• Volume XXIV Summer 2017 - Africa and Terrorism
• Volume XXIV Spring 2017 - The Fourteenth Annual Amistad Lecture
• Volume XXIV Winter 2017 - Race and Racism in Egyptology

Volume XXV

• Volume XXV Fall 2018 - Winnie Madikizela Mandela
• Volume XXV Summer 2018 - Globalization and Ghana; African Indigenous Cosmetics
• Volume XXV Spring 2018 - Gambian - Nigerian Relations (Godwin Odeh); Elections in Nigeria(Olusola Akintola) ; Elections in Sierra Leone (Yusuf Bangura) and Ethiopia ( Gloria Emeagwali)
• Volume XXV Winter 2018 - Cameroon and Christianity; and US Foreign Policy in Africa

Volume XXVI

• Volume XXVI Fall 2019 - Nigerian -Portuguese Relations; African Studies at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU)
• Volume XXVI Summer 2019 - How Europe Underdeveloped Africa: A Tribute to Walter Rodney
• Volume XXVI Spring 2019 - The 16th Amistad Keynote Address
• Volume XXVI Winter 2019 - Nigerian Trade Unions; FGM, Ousmane Sembene & Film

Volume XXVII

• Volume XXVII Fall 2020 - Governance in Ibibioland, Nigeria; Notes on Steve Biko
• Volume XXVII Summer 2020 - International Dimensions of the Nigerian Civil War (1967 -70)
• Volume XXVII Spring 2020 - The 17th Annual Lecture on the AMISTAD
• Volume XXVII Winter 2020 - Ancient Africa Revisited

Editors of AfricaUpdate

The Newsletter editors are assisted by African regional editors and student members of the African Studies Club.

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