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Affiliation Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana

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Mailing Address Department of History Xavier University of Louisiana 1 Drexel Drive New Orleans, Louisiana 70125 USA

Phone/Fax Number(s) phone: 504.520.5272 fax: 504.520.7938

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Countries of Specialization Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa

Education B.A. Univ. of Wisconsin Madison M.A. University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Research Interests Urban history, youth culture, popular culture, Atlantic World, Globalization.

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Publications * Globalization and the African Experience (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2012) African Urban Spaces in Historical Perspectives, Rochester: University of Rochester Press (2005/09). African Urban Cultures, Durham: Carolina Academic Press (forthcoming, fall 2004). Globalization and Urbanization in Africa, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (2004), pp. xii, 294. Nigerian Cities, Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press (2004), pp. xii, 396. "'Down on River Road': Popular Music, Identity, and the Lumpen Youth of Nairobi," in African Urban Cultures, Salm, Steven J. and Toyin Falola (eds.), Durham: Carolina Academic Press (forthcoming, fall 2004). Culture and Customs of Ghana, Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing (2002) (co-authored with Toyin Falola), pp. ix+234. “Africanizing the West: Changing Expressions of Popular Culture among Urban Youth,” in Globalization and the African Experience, Emmanuel M. Mbah and Steven J. Salm (eds.) (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2012), 213-235. “Globalization and West African Music,” History Compass. 8/12 (2010), 1328-1339. “‘Down on River Road’: Popular Music, Identity, and the Lumpen Youth of Nairobi,” in Urbanization and African Cultures, in Toyin Falola and Steven J. Salm (eds.) (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2005), 167-184. "'Rain or Shine We Gonna Rock': Dance Subcultures and Identity Construction in Accra, Ghana," in African Historical Research: Sources and Methods, Toyin Falola and Christian Jennings (eds.), Rochester, University of Rochester Press (2003), 361-375. "Popular/Urban Culture," in African History and Culture, Vol. 5: Since Independence, Toyin Falola (ed.), Durham: Carolina Academic Press (2003), 657-679. "Cities and Urban Life," in African History and Culture, Vol. 4, 1939-present, Toyin Falola (ed.), Durham: Carolina Academic Press (2002), 223-248. "Culture and Society," in African History and Culture, Vol. 3, 1880-1939, Toyin Falola (ed.), Durham: Carolina Academic Press (2002), 201-218. "The Circumference of Two Worlds: History and Identity in the West Indian Writer," Paisano, Vol. 2, spring (2000). "African Literatures," in Africa, Vol. 2: African Societies and Cultures Before 1885, Toyin Falola (ed.), Durham: Carolina Academic Press (2000), 285-302. "African Music," in Africa, Vol. 2: African Societies and Cultures Before 1885, Toyin Falola (ed.), Durham: Carolina Academic Press (2000), 265-284. "Islam," in Africa, Vol. 2: African Societies and Cultures Before 1885, Toyin Falola (ed.), Durham: Carolina Academic Press (2000), 107-128. "Swahili Women Since the Nineteenth Century: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations on Gender and Identity Construction," (with Rebecca Gower and Toyin Falola), Africa Today, 43, 3 (1996), 251-268. "Music in Postcolonial Africa," in Encyclopedia of African History, Kevin Shillington (ed.) (forthcoming, September 2004, New York: Routledge). "Alcohol: Popular Culture and Colonial Control," in Encyclopedia of African History, Kevin Shillington (ed.) (forthcoming, September 2004, New York: Routledge).

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