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Wanjirũ G. Mbure’s Out for Glamour in Africa Rewrites the Story of Black Womanhood Through Drum Magazine’s Archive

Published this month by University of Michigan Press, Out for Glamour in Africa: A History of Black Urban Femininities in Drum Magazine by Wanjirũ G. Mbure is a richly researched excavation of how Black women shaped, and were shaped by, one of Africa's most influential publications during the era of independence.

Wanjirũ G. Mbure’s Out for Glamour in Africa Rewrites the Story of Black Womanhood Through Drum Magazine’s Archive

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Published this month by University of Michigan Press, Out for Glamour in Africa: A History of Black Urban Femininities in Drum Magazine by Wanjirũ G.

Mbure is a richly researched excavation of how Black women shaped, and were shaped by, one of Africa's most influential publications during the era of independence.

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Published this month by University of Michigan Press, Out for Glamour in Africa: A History of Black Urban Femininities in Drum Magazine by Wanjirũ G. Mbure is a richly researched excavation of how Black women shaped, and were shaped by, one of Africa's most influential publications during the era of independence.

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