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Volume 69 - Issue 3 - July 1999

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Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.), The Marabout and the Muse: new approaches to Islam in African literature. Studies in African Literature, Oxford: James Currey; Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 1996, 262 pp., £12.95, ISBN 0 85255 540 7 paperback (Currey), 0 453 08983 8 (Heinemann).
Paulo Fernando De Moraes Farias
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07 December 2011, pp. 469-470
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Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Black Paris: the African writers' landscape. Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press, 1998, 350 pp., US$34.95, ISBN 0 252 02066 9.
Aline Cook
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07 December 2011, pp. 470-472
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Miriam Ma'At-Ka-Re Monges, Kush, the Jewel of Nubia: reconnecting the root system of African civilization. London: Africa World Press, 1998, 212 pp., £14.99, ISBN 0 86543 529 4.
Timothy Kendall
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Patrick McAllister (ed.), Culture and the Commonplace: anthropological essays in honour of David Hammond-Tooke. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1997, 400 pp., ISBN 0 521 59370 0.
Adam Kuper
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07 December 2011, pp. 473-474
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Robert Chambers, Whose Reality Counts? Putting the first last. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1997, 317 pp., £3.95, ISBN 1 85339 386 X.
Julika Rollin
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07 December 2011, pp. 474-475
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The Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography III, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland. Algonac MI: Encyclopaedia Africana Project, Reference Publications, 1995, 304 pp.
Kevin Shillington
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07 December 2011, pp. 475-476
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Monique Bertrand, Les Villes secondaires d'Afrique noire, 1970-97: bibliographie analytique et commentée. Bordeaux: Centre d'études d'Afrique noire, 1997, 133 pp, ISBN 2 908065 42 8 paperback.
Anthony O'Connor
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07 December 2011, p. 477
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Carlos Lopes (ed.), Balancing Rocks: environment and development in Zimbabwe. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute; Harare: SAPES Trust, 1996, 208 pp., £12.95, ISBN 1 77905 044 5 (Zimbabwe), ISSB 91 7106 394 3 (Sweden).
Deborah Potts
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J. J. Grotpeter, B. V. Siegel and J. R. Pletcher (eds), Historical Dictionary of Zambia. African Historical Dictionaries 19, second edition, Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998, 605 pp., $95.00, ISBN 0 8018 3345 X.
Brian Garvey
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Iro Eweka, Dawn to Dusk: folk tales from Benin. London: Frank Cass, 1998, 208 pp., £35.00, ISBN 0 7146 4811 6 hard covers, £16.00, ISBN 0 7146 4362 9 paperback.
Charles Gore
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07 December 2011, pp. 478-479
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A. L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilise: the republican idea of empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 1997, 367 pp., £37.50, ISBN 0 8047 2999 9.
Tony Chafer
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07 December 2011, pp. 479-480
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Brian Titley, Dark Age: the political odyssey of Emperor Bokassa. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1998, 257 pp., £22.95, ISBN 0 85323 712 3.
Colin Fussell
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Heather Deegan, South Africa Reborn: building a new democracy. London: University College, University of London, 1999, 225 pp., ISBN 1 85728 709 6.
Anthony Butler
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07 December 2011, pp. 480-481
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Brian S. Macdonald, Military Spending in Developing Countries: how much is enough?Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1997, 220 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0 88629 314 6.
David Williams
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07 December 2011, p. 481
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Terra d'Africa1997 vol. 6, Edizione Unicopoli.
Lynne Chatterton
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07 December 2011, pp. 481-482
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A. Berger (ed.), Twice Humanity: implications for local and global resource use. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1998, 187 pp., £16.95, 91 7106 415 X.
Sara Randall
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07 December 2011, pp. 482-483
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Kenneth W. Harrow (ed.), The Marabout and the Muse: new approaches to Islam in African literature. Studies in African Literature, Oxford: James Currey; Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 1996, 262 pp., £12.95, ISBN 0 85255 540 7 paperback (Currey), 0 453 08983 8 (Heinemann).

Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Black Paris: the African writers' landscape. Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press, 1998, 350 pp., US$34.95, ISBN 0 252 02066 9.

Miriam Ma'At-Ka-Re Monges, Kush, the Jewel of Nubia: reconnecting the root system of African civilization. London: Africa World Press, 1998, 212 pp., £14.99, ISBN 0 86543 529 4.

Patrick McAllister (ed.), Culture and the Commonplace: anthropological essays in honour of David Hammond-Tooke. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1997, 400 pp., ISBN 0 521 59370 0.

Robert Chambers, Whose Reality Counts? Putting the first last. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1997, 317 pp., £3.95, ISBN 1 85339 386 X.

The Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography III, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland. Algonac MI: Encyclopaedia Africana Project, Reference Publications, 1995, 304 pp.

Shorter Notices

Monique Bertrand, Les Villes secondaires d'Afrique noire, 1970-97: bibliographie analytique et commentée. Bordeaux: Centre d'études d'Afrique noire, 1997, 133 pp, ISBN 2 908065 42 8 paperback.

Carlos Lopes (ed.), Balancing Rocks: environment and development in Zimbabwe. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute; Harare: SAPES Trust, 1996, 208 pp., £12.95, ISBN 1 77905 044 5 (Zimbabwe), ISSB 91 7106 394 3 (Sweden).

J. J. Grotpeter, B. V. Siegel and J. R. Pletcher (eds), Historical Dictionary of Zambia. African Historical Dictionaries 19, second edition, Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998, 605 pp., $95.00, ISBN 0 8018 3345 X.

Iro Eweka, Dawn to Dusk: folk tales from Benin. London: Frank Cass, 1998, 208 pp., £35.00, ISBN 0 7146 4811 6 hard covers, £16.00, ISBN 0 7146 4362 9 paperback.

A. L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilise: the republican idea of empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press, 1997, 367 pp., £37.50, ISBN 0 8047 2999 9.

Brian Titley, Dark Age: the political odyssey of Emperor Bokassa. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1998, 257 pp., £22.95, ISBN 0 85323 712 3.

Heather Deegan, South Africa Reborn: building a new democracy. London: University College, University of London, 1999, 225 pp., ISBN 1 85728 709 6.

Brian S. Macdonald, Military Spending in Developing Countries: how much is enough?Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1997, 220 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0 88629 314 6.

Terra d'Africa1997 vol. 6, Edizione Unicopoli.

A. Berger (ed.), Twice Humanity: implications for local and global resource use. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1998, 187 pp., £16.95, 91 7106 415 X.

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