Howard W. French
Howard W. French is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and a former New York Times bureau chief for Central America and the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, Japan and the Koreas, and China, based in Shanghai. The author of six books, including Born in Blackness, French lives in New York City.
Howard W. French
Howard W. French is a professor of journalism at Columbia University and a former New York Times bureau chief for Central America and the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, Japan and the Koreas, and China, based in Shanghai. The author of six books, including Born in Blackness, French lives in New York City.
Awards
Longlisted — Museum of African American History Stone Book Award, 2022
Shortlisted — Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, 2022
Books by Howard W. French
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Howard W. French
Hardback, 2021
Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history.Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Howard W. French
E Book, 2021
Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world historyBorn in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Howard W. French
Paperback, 2022
Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history