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Professor's book lauded for dealing with racial tensions head-on

By Amy Gage
September 20, 2005

Associate Professor of English Joseph Mbele has published a provocative, straightforward book on the tensions between Africans and Americans. Subtitled "Embracing Cultural Differences," Mbele's book "doesn't pull any punches," says a recent review in the Minneapolis-based Spokesman-Recorder. "It deals with these tensions head-on, sometimes to the dismay of the African American reader." Mbele, a native of Tanzania, has taught at St. Olaf since 1990.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.