Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African American Scholars

books-pileThe Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE. Here are the latest selections.

Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.


Haiti and the Americas
edited by Carla Calarge et al.
(University Press of Mississippi)

Kings for Three Days:
The Play of Race and Gender in an Afro-Ecuadorian Festival

by Jean Muteba Rahier
(University of Illinois Press)

Structural Intimacies:
Sexual Stories in the Black AIDS Epidemic

by Sonja Mackenzie
(Rutgers University Press)

The Black Buddhist:
A Spiritual Journey

by Meikle Paschal
(Ibbetson Street Press)

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