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 This Library Highlight showcases three new acquisitions with a compelling background story: Algériennes surexposées: Marc Garanger dans la guerre d’Algérie by Zalia Sékaï, British colonisation of Northern Nigeria, 1897-1914: a reinterpretation of colonial sources by Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, and the FESPACO catalogues 2021 Pro, 2023, and 2023 Pro.

Globally, it has become clear that mineral extraction, once heralded as the epitome of progress, is central to the Climate Crisis in the Anthropocene. In the latest volume of the African Dynamics Series, the contributors write histories and ethnographies of mining in southern Africa in which the human is decentred. 

 From 21 December to 18 January, the 35th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament, known in short as the 2025 AFCON or CAN 2025, was hosted by Morocco. Senegal won the tournament, beating Morocco.