The Hosts

Peter Limb

I am the African Studies Bibliographer and an Adjunct Associate Professor in History at MSU. My many Africa-related projects include developing the extensive African Activist Archive, & African e-Journals Project; writing widely on Southern African labor and political history; serving as Coordinating Review and Online Editor of the popular H-SAfrica list and on the African Studies Association’s Africana Librarians’ Council. In 2007 I visited Nigeria to help develop MSU’s strategic partnerships in Africa.

E-mail: limb@msu.edu
Web: http://history.msu.edu/people/faculty/peter-limb/

Peter Alegi

Born and raised in Rome, Italy, I am an Associate Professor of History at MSU. My work focuses on South African history, African leisure and popular culture, and the global history of sport. I am the author of African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World’s Game (Ohio University Press, 2010) and Laduma! Soccer, Politics, and Society in South Africa (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2004, 2nd Edition 2010). I am currently a Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

E-mail: alegi@msu.edu
Web: http://history.msu.edu/people/faculty/peter-alegi/