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238 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 2,554 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • It relies on the extensive but understudied archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to provide new insights on local structures of enslavement as well as the patterns of slave trade across the Indian Ocean World.

    ‘As Many People with the Ships as can be Gotten’: Revisiting Enslavement and the Slave Trade on the Coromandel Coast · 2026 · DOI

  • The strategy it proposes is to focus on the connected and intertwined histories of subordinate others and to uncover historical narratives that are not limited to the West/non-West dichotomy.

    Global Coloniality: Bringing Past Imperial Differences Back to the Present · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research can build on the paper's findings to explore the impact of the Maliki school of law and the Arabic language on the cultural and intellectual exchange, - Further studies can also examine the role of other factors in shaping the exchange between the two regions

    Manifestations of Cultural and Scientific Exchange between Western Sudan and the Cities of Southern Algeria in the Modern Era · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the intellectual and cultural exchange between Western Sudan and Southern Algeria, - The study seeks to fill this gap by providing a deeper understanding of the exchange between the two regions

    Manifestations of Cultural and Scientific Exchange between Western Sudan and the Cities of Southern Algeria in the Modern Era · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of understanding of Islamic family culture in Africa and its implications for Christian mission advancement. The need for Christian mission strategies that are sensitive to the cultural and religious context of African communities.

    Exploring Islamic Family Culture as a Heritage of African Family Settings: Implications for Christian Mission Advancement · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the implications of the study's findings for interfaith dialogue and understanding. Further study could examine the ways in which African ancestral beliefs continue to influence Christian and Islamic practices in West Africa.

    Between Veneration and Condemnation: How Christianity and Islam Reconfigured African Ancestral Beliefs in West Africa. · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of the relationships between Christianity, Islam, and African ancestral beliefs. The paper highlights the need for a more nuanced approach to understanding these interactions.

    Between Veneration and Condemnation: How Christianity and Islam Reconfigured African Ancestral Beliefs in West Africa. · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of awareness among local communities regarding the return of ancestral human remains - The need for discussion on the repatriation of ancestral human remains

    Colonial Cultural Festivals and Restitution of Human Remains in Tanzania: The Case of Nduna Songea Mbano and Mangi Meli · 2026 · DOI

  • There exists a gap in the understanding of the role of proverbs in demarcating and consolidating society. The study aims to fill this gap by investigating the application of proverbs in erecting, collapsing and crossing borders in Petals of Blood.

    Employment of Proverbial Wisdom in Erecting, Crossing, and Collapsing Borders in Petals of Blood · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should aim to develop a more nuanced understanding of African traditional religion. Further studies should focus on the importance of proper knowledge of the Africans from the inside to understand their religion and culture.

    The Pitfalls of Foreign Investigators on African Traditional Religion · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of African traditional religion due to the misconceptions of foreign investigators. The gap is due to the lack of proper knowledge of the Africans from the inside.

    The Pitfalls of Foreign Investigators on African Traditional Religion · 2026 · DOI

  • Further research on the cultural and historical context of infanticide practices. The development of more effective interventions, based on cooperation with indigenous healers and understanding of local beliefs. The application of the multi-stage risk assessment framework to other contexts.

    Infanticide and the Curse They Carry: Global History and the Limits of Missionary Rescue in East Africa · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of understanding of the cultural and historical context of infanticide practices. The limitations of Christian missionary interventions in addressing infanticide. The need for a nuanced understanding of the cosmological and survival rationales underlying infanticide.

    Infanticide and the Curse They Carry: Global History and the Limits of Missionary Rescue in East Africa · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research can build on the analysis of cultural hierarchies in African contexts. The role of sociocultural mediators in other settings can be explored.

    Dynamiques culturelles et interculturelles en contextes africains · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in understanding the effects of recent programs on cultural hierarchies. It highlights the need to question traditional models of cultural assimilation.

    Dynamiques culturelles et interculturelles en contextes africains · 2026 · DOI

  • The study confronts a gap in knowledge and the consequences of an unaddressed gap in aspects of intercultural studies of West Africa and the Middle East. The absence of comparative archaeological studies between West Africa and the Middle East.

    Reassessing Biblical Archaeology through an Afrocentric Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the impact of digital platforms on the cultural practices of migrant workers. It could also examine the ways in which these platforms enable the creation of new forms of cultural production and challenge traditional understandings of performance.

    Invisible Exports · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the recognition of Kenyan migrant domestic workers as cultural producers. It highlights the need to reconsider the creative economy and the role of digital platforms in enabling cultural production.

    Invisible Exports · 2026 · DOI

  • It contributes to the relatively scarce literature on historical African entrepreneurship by investigating different forms of formal sector entrepreneurial activities and reveals how colonial institutional constraints on some activities and the encouragement of others guided the economic activities of entrepreneurs.

    Enterprising Africans: The expanding economy and institutional barriers in colonial Kenya · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the literature on decolonization, which often overlooks the complexities of the process. It highlights the need to consider the archives of decolonization. The paper identifies a gap in our understanding of the relationship between decolonization and the underground.

    Decolonization and the Underground in Africa · 2025 · DOI

  • The practical significance of the article lies in the fact that the introduction into scientific circulation of the study of data on Khwarazm and Transoxiana in the work “Taqwim al-Buldan” will allow better understanding the medieval Islamic scholars of the Central Asian region, and, in this regard, the article can be used for further research of this problem.

    “Taqwim al-Buldan” by Abu al-Fida as a Source on Medieval Geography of Khwarazm and Transoxiana · 2025 · DOI

  • Essentially, Frydman’s position suggests that much as Carpentier and others like him such as Jacques Roumain, Nicolás Guillén, and Luis Palés Matos unwittingly consolidate the stereotyping of African diaspora cultures as limited to the mere spectacle: music, dance, and spirituality which they personify as a rejection of European cultural imperialism.

    Sounding the Break African American and Caribbean Routes of World Literature by Jason Frydman · 2015 · DOI

  • Until then, Kenya had not benefited to the same extent as other African countries from Chinese investment in infrastructure, which had been limited to a tender to refurbish Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in 2006, a contract to the China Overseas Engineering Group to expand Kisumu airport in 2008, and the granting of exploration rights in some of northern Kenya's oil blocks.

    Towards a minor global architecture at Lamu, Kenya · 2013 · DOI

  • Not all the papers presented at the conference have made it into this volume, nor are the papers published here necessarily representative of the issues that the conference’s deliberations explored, but they are a distinct and important voice, emerging out of a region where cultural and intellectual traditions remain understudied.

    Introduction to Special Issue: Eastern African Literatures and Cultures · 2011 · DOI

  • This article focuses specifically on the kind of depth offered by considering other forms of understanding than conceptual forms and that, through cinematographic anthropology, open up an under-explored field that is very fruitful in analyzing various topics related to this discipline, such as the processes of constructing identity and memory.

    Meaning and Sense in Images and Texts · 2010 · DOI

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