Center for African Studies

Luise White researched and wrote about the social and political history of East and Central Africa in the 20^th century.  She retired from the Department of History at UF in 2018.  She is the author of five books, including The Comforts of Home:  Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi (Chicago, 1990), Speaking with Vampires:  Rumor and History in Colonial Africa (California, 2000), and most recently Fighting and Writing:  The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar (Duke, 2021) and two co-edited collections, including African Words, African Voices:  Critical Practices in Oral History (Indiana, 2001).  She has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Humanities Center, and the Simon Guggenheim Foundation.