James Currey
Biographic Data
| ID | 1267490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Currey |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Currey |
| SIGNATURE | CURREY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Currey Publisher, Oxford, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1913 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The South African Special Branch v The New African 1962-64
This is the story of a duel between a small magazine and the South African police Special Branch. The South African government maintained they had a free press. They therefore wanted to avoid outright censorship. They hoped that they could make The New African give up and shut up. The Ministry of Justice used the Special Branch to censor by harassment – police raids, confiscation of equipment, destruction of copies of the magazine, intimidation o…
Ngugi
The fires beneath
Who would have thought that a book which charts the emergence of anthropology, sociology, South African history and African studies in the imperial and postcolonial era could be as gripping as a novel? For this Séan Morrow acknowledges the absolute freedom which he was allowed by Monica Wilson’s family to examine the intimacies of their parents’ passionate relationship and the advance and retreat of Godfrey Wilson’s severe episodes of depression.…
Understanding Nuruddin Farah
Fiona Moolla’s book, Reading Nuruddin Farah is a must read for a variety of reasons. First of all, Nuruddin Farah, whose oeuvre spans over 45 years of mostly fiction writing on women’s emancipation, is on of the most inonic literary figures from Africa. He is reputedly a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he certainly deserves, in addition to the many other literary awards he has already won, including the prestigious Neus…
Obituary
The State of African Studies Publishing
Journal Article THE STATE OF AFRICAN STUDIES PUBLISHING Get access JAMES CURREY JAMES CURREY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 85, Issue 341, October 1986, Pages 609–612, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097823 Published: 01 October 1986
The Story of Old Fort Dearborn
The State of African Studies Publishing
Journal Article THE STATE OF AFRICAN STUDIES PUBLISHING Get access JAMES CURREY JAMES CURREY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 85, Issue 341, October 1986, Pages 609–612, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097823 Published: 01 October 1986
The South African Special Branch v The New African 1962-64
This is the story of a duel between a small magazine and the South African police Special Branch. The South African government maintained they had a free press. They therefore wanted to avoid outright censorship. They hoped that they could make The New African give up and shut up. The Ministry of Justice used the Special Branch to censor by harassment – police raids, confiscation of equipment, destruction of copies of the magazine, intimidation o…
Ngugi
The Story of Old Fort Dearborn
The State of African Studies Publishing
Journal Article THE STATE OF AFRICAN STUDIES PUBLISHING Get access JAMES CURREY JAMES CURREY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 85, Issue 341, October 1986, Pages 609–612, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a097823 Published: 01 October 1986
Obituary
Understanding Nuruddin Farah
Fiona Moolla’s book, Reading Nuruddin Farah is a must read for a variety of reasons. First of all, Nuruddin Farah, whose oeuvre spans over 45 years of mostly fiction writing on women’s emancipation, is on of the most inonic literary figures from Africa. He is reputedly a perennial nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he certainly deserves, in addition to the many other literary awards he has already won, including the prestigious Neus…
Ngugi
The fires beneath
Who would have thought that a book which charts the emergence of anthropology, sociology, South African history and African studies in the imperial and postcolonial era could be as gripping as a novel? For this Séan Morrow acknowledges the absolute freedom which he was allowed by Monica Wilson’s family to examine the intimacies of their parents’ passionate relationship and the advance and retreat of Godfrey Wilson’s severe episodes of depression.…
The South African Special Branch v The New African 1962-64
This is the story of a duel between a small magazine and the South African police Special Branch. The South African government maintained they had a free press. They therefore wanted to avoid outright censorship. They hoped that they could make The New African give up and shut up. The Ministry of Justice used the Special Branch to censor by harassment – police raids, confiscation of equipment, destruction of copies of the magazine, intimidation o…
History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · South African History and Culture (3 works) · African studies (2 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works)