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Cover for Fuchs, Dr Lisa Elena (Female Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Centre for Forestry Research (CIFOR) – World Agroforestry (ICRAF)) · A Political Ecology of Kenya’s Mau Forest: The Land, the Trees, and the People - Eastern Africa Series (Paperback Book) (2026)

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Fuchs, Dr Lisa Elena (Female Pos...

Cover for Phalafala, Dr Uhuru Portia, C (D) · Keorapetse Kgositsile & the Black Arts Movement: Poetics of Possibility - African Articulations (Paperback Book) (2026)

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Phalafala, Dr Uhuru Portia, C (D)

Cover for FGM/C in Africa and the Diaspora: Issues, Debates, and Challenges - African Issues (Hardcover Book) (2026)

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Cover for Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings · Mystical Power and Politics on the Swahili Coast: Uchawi in Pemba - Religion in Transforming Africa (Paperback Book) (2026)

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Dr Nathalie Arnold Koenings

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Luke Melchiorre

Release September 8, 2026