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Submissions from 2015

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Foreword: Escaping the Prism ... Fade to Black, Walidah Imarisha

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Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements, Walidah Imarisha

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Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon? A Hidden History, Walidah Imarisha

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Think & Drink with Walidah Imarisha, Walidah Imarisha and Adam Davis

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Walidah Imarisha on Oregon's Legacy of Oppression and Resistance, Walidah Imarisha and Jason Tait

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When Enough is Enough: African American Women Reclaiming Themselves, Shirley A. Jackson

Submissions from 2014

The Nigerian Civil War: Implications on Nigeria’s Foreign Policy, Bright Alozie

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Interpreting Women’s History through Museum Relics: Lessons from the National Museum of Unity Enugu, Bright Alozie, Chimee Nkemjika Ihediwa, Vitalis Nwashindu, John Uchne Ngonadi, and John Kelechi Ugwuanyi

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Routledge International Handbook of Race, Class, and Gender, Shirley A. Jackson

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Afro-Ecuadorian Educational Movement: Racial Oppression, Its Origins and Oral Tradition, Ethan Johnson

Submissions from 2013

Transcending Oppression: Contributions of Maroon Heritage to Freedom in World History, E. Kofi Agorsah

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A Hidden History: The Stories and Struggles of Oregon's African American Communities, Walidah Imarisha

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Scars/Stars, Walidah Imarisha

Submissions from 2012

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Marry Me in Africa, E. Kofi Agorsah

Spiritual Vibrations of Historic Kormantse and the Search for African Diaspora Identity and Freedom, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Race, Sexuality, and the Media: The Demotion of Portland’s Black Chief of Police, Ethan Johnson and Roberta Hunte

Submissions from 2011

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Education in the Black Diaspora: Perspectives, Challenges, and Prospects, Kassie Freeman and Ethan Johnson

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Youth Movement: Building Assets of Community for School Reform, Ethan Johnson and Andraé Brown

Submissions from 2010

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Religion, Ritual and African Tradition, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Desegregation and Multiculturalism in the Portland Public Schools, Ethan Johnson and Felicia Williams

Submissions from 2007

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Good Sista/Bad Sista, Turiya Autry and Walidah Imarisha

Submissions from 2006

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Taíno Survival on Hispaniola, Focusing on the Dominican Republic, Lynne Guitar, Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate, and Jorge Estevez

Submissions from 2005

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Africa and the African Diaspora: Cultural Adaptation and Resistance, E. Kofi Agorsah and Tucker Childs

Submissions from 2003

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An Ethnoarchaeological Analysis of Human Functional Dynamics in the Volta Basin in Ghanaa: Before and After the Akosombo Dam, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Tracking Down The Marrons: Archaeo-Geography Of Marronage In The Caribbean, E. Kofi Agorsah

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York of the Corps of Discovery, Darrell Millner

Submissions from 2002

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Not Everyone Who Speaks Spanish is From Spain: Taino Survival in the 21st Century Dominican Republic, Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate

Submissions from 2001

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Freedom in Black History and Culture, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Another World Is Possible: Conversations in a Time of Terror, Walidah Imarisha

Submissions from 1999

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Ethnoarchaeological Consideration of Social Relationship and Settlement Patterning Among Africans in the Caribbean Diaspora, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1998

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Book Review of, Obed Dickinson's War against Sin in Salem, 1853-1867, Darrell Millner

Submissions from 1997

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Seaman's Valley and Maroon Material Culture in Jamaica, E. Kofi Agorsah

Washington, George (15 August 1817–26 August 1905), Darrell Millner

Submissions from 1996

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Africa Our Native Land, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1995

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Archaeology and the Maroon Heritage in Jamaica, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Redefining Maroon Heritage in the New World Studies, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Vibrations of Maroons and Marronage in Caribbean History and Archaelogy, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Cornerstones of Community: Buildings of Portland's African American History, Darrell Millner, Carl Abbott, and Cathy Galbraith

Submissions from 1994

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Before the Flood: The Golden Volta Basin, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Maroon Heritage: Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Historical Perspectives, E. Kofi Agorsah

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George Bush of Tumwater: Founder of the First American Colony on Puget Sound, Darrell Millner

Submissions from 1993

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Archaeological Considerations on Social Dynamics and Spatial Pattern Development of Traditional Settlements, E. Kofi Agorsah

Archaeology and Resistance History in the Caribbean, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Nanny Town Excavations: Rewriting Jamaica's History?, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Book Review of, The Invisible Empire in the West: Toward a New Historical Appraisal of the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s, Darrell Millner

Submissions from 1992

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Objectivity in the Interpretation of the Archaeology of Ghana, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1991

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Evidence and Interpretation in the Archaeology of Jamaica, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Women in African Traditional Politics, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1990

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Book Review of, As the Wind Rocks the Wagon, Darrell Millner

Submissions from 1988

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Current Trends in Method and Theory of Ethnoarchaeological Research in Africa, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1987

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Time in the African Tradition, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1986

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House Forms in Northern Volta Basin, Ghana: Evolution, Internal Spatial Organisation and the Social Relationships Depicted, E. Kofi Agorsah

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Material Characterisation of "Kintampo Cigars", E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1985

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Archeological Implications of Traditional House Construction Among the Nchumuru of Northern Ghana, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1983

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Patterns of Spatial Behavior Among the Nchumuru, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1982

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Spatial Expressions of Traditional Behavior: An Ethnoarchaeological Study, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1981

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Mystery Objects of the Ghanaian Stone Age, E. Kofi Agorsah

Submissions from 1977

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Restitution of Cultural Material to Africa, E. Kofi Agorsah