Martin A. Klein Prize Recipients  First awarded at the 2011
annual meeting, the Martin A. Klein Prize recognizes the most
distinguished work of scholarship on African history published
in English during the previous year. Focusing primarily on
continental Africa (including those islands usually treated as
countries of Africa), books on any period of African history and
from any disciplinary field that incorporates a historical
perspective are eligible. The prize committee pays particular
attention to methodological innovation, conceptual originality,
literary excellence, and reinterpretation of old themes or
development of new theoretical perspectives.