USA Africa Dialogue Series - Winner Of the 2012 Toyin Falola Africa Book Award

Winner of the 2012 Toyin Falola Africa Book Award

Raymond Jonas' The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire

 

Good Greetings:

 

It is with great excitement that I share with you the wonderful news that the book titled The Battle of Adwa:  African Victory in the Age of Empire  (2011) written by Dr. Raymond Jonas, Giovanni and Amne Costigen Professor of History at the University of Washington, and published by Harvard University Press was declared the winner of the 2012 Toyin Falola Africa Book Award during the banquet and award ceremony at the 30th Annual Conference of the Association of Third World Studies convened at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. More than 30 books were submitted for this year's award.

 

The following is a snippet from what one of the four judges of the committee, Colonel Mwalimu Dr. James Gire, Chair of the Department of Psychology at Virginia Military Institute, said about the book:  "Jonas provides much needed focus on one of the most important events in modern African history---the defeat of the Italian Army by Ethiopian forces. This victory transcended Ethiopia and challenges notions of white dominance as reflected in Jim Crowe-type laws over the years. It's perhaps the reason why this has not received the kind of prominence it deserves."

 

 

The following is the information on the award at the ATWS Web site:

 

CALL FOR BOOKS THE 2011-2012 TOYIN FALOLA ATWS AFRICA BOOK AWARD

The Toyin Falola Africa Book Award, in honor of Toyin Falola, one of Africa's outstanding historians and intellectuals, will be given for the best book on Africa published in 2011-2012. Book submissions must be published 2011 through June 30, 2012. The deadline for submission of entries is June 30, 2012. The award will not automatically be given each year, but only whenever the committee decides that a book of considerable merit has been submitted. ATWS members are encouraged to enter their publications into the competition. The recipient will receive a plaque, citation, and a $500 cash award.

Qualifications are:

1. Only monographs and studies will be considered. Please do not submit anthologies or edited works.
2. An individual who wishes to be considered must send a letter of application to the committee chair, Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, The African Institution, 7532 Eighth Street, Washington, D.C. 20012 E-mail: theafricaninstitution@verizon.net
3. Publishers are permitted to nominate an author's book as long as the above rules are observed.
4. An individual seeking the award is responsible for sending a copy of his/her book to each member of the committee.

Committee members are:

Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura, committee chair, The African Institution, 7532 Eighth Street, Washington, D.C. 20012. E-mail: theafricaninstitution@verizon.net

Dr. James T. Gire, Department of Psychology, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA 24450. E-mail: GireJT@vmi.edu

Dr. Jose Arimateia da Cruz, Department of Criminal Justice, Social and Political Science, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA 31419-1997. E-mail: dacruzjo@mail.armstrong.edu

Dr. Ishmael Munene, Center for Education Excellence, Northern Arizona University, Flagg Staff, AZ 86011-5774. E-mail: Munene@nau.edu

In Peace Always,

Abdul Karim Bangura

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