ASA Best Book Prize

The ASA Best Book Prize, formerly known as the Herskovits Prize (Melville J. Herskovits Prize), is an annual prize given by the African Studies Association to the best scholarly work (including translations) on Africa published in English in the previous year and distributed in the United States. The prize was named after Melville Herskovits, one of the founders of the ASA. The title of the prize was changed in 2019 in response to efforts to decolonize African studies.^[1]

^ ASA President Jean Allman delivers the 2018 Presidential Lecture, #HerskovitsMustFall? A Meditation on Whiteness, African Studies, and the Unfinished Business of 1968, at the 61st Annual Meeting of the ASA, held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2018.

[1] ASA President Jean Allman delivers the 2018 Presidential Lecture, #HerskovitsMustFall? A Meditation on Whiteness, African Studies, and the Unfinished Business of 1968, at the 61st Annual Meeting of the ASA, held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2018.

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