"All books by Howard W. French"

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
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
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 history
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
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
The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide
Hardback, 2025
One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2025 by Foreign Policy. “Howard French’s The Second Emancipation stands the second half of the last century on its geopolitical head.” —David Levering Lewis,...
The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide
E Book
Howard French’s The Second Emancipation stands the second half of the last century on its geopolitical head.” — David Levering Lewis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide
Paperback, 2026
Howard French’s The Second Emancipation stands the second half of the last century on its geopolitical head.” — David Levering Lewis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

The Jungles: Thelonious Monk and the Lost Cradle of Modern Jazz
Hardback, 2027
A hidden history of twentieth-century American modernity that re-examines an area on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with Thelonious Monk as its guiding star

The Jungles: Thelonious Monk and the Lost Cradle of Modern Jazz
E Book
A hidden history of twentieth-century American modernity that re-examines an area on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with Thelonious Monk as its guiding star


