Congratulations to African Studies Interim Chair, Christopher Tounsel!
The Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora has named Tounsel’s book Chosen Peoples: Christianity and Political Imagination in South Sudan (Duke University Press) as a Finalist for its 2022 Outstanding First Book Award.
Dr. Christopher Tounsel
ASWAD Outstanding First Book Prize
The Outstanding First Book Prize annually honors an outstanding single-authored book focused on Africa and/or the African diaspora submitted by or on behalf of a scholar, activist, and/or artist who has not previously published a single-authored monograph.