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Volume 76 - February 2006

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Toyin Falola (ed.), Africa, Volume V: contemporary Africa. Durham: Carolina Academic Press (pb $50.00 – 0 89089 203 2). 2003, xxxiv+ 962 pp.
Stefano Bellucci
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03 March 2011, pp. 603-604
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Gloria Chuku, Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900–1960. New York: Routledge (hb US$; 80.00 – 0415972108). 2005, 245 pp.
Rebecca L. Golden
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03 March 2011, pp. 275-276
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Lowe Björnsen, A History under Siege: intensive agriculture in the Mbulu Highlands, Tanzania, 19th Century to the present. Stockholm: Department of Geography, Stockholm University (pb $82.50 – 9122020950). 2004, 187 pp.
Christopher A. Conte
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03 March 2011, pp. 604-606
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Pierluigi Valsecchi, I signori di Appolonia: poteri e formazione dello Stato in Africa occidentale fra xvi e xviii secolo. Rome: Carocci (pb €19.30 – 88 430 2146 X). 2002, 345 pp.
Michel R. Doortmont
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03 March 2011, pp. 276-277
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Emmanuel Kreike, Re-creating Eden: land use, environment and society in southern Angola and northern Namibia. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann (pb £17 – 0 325 07076 8; hb £57 – 0 325 07077 6). 2004, 304 pp.
Wolfgang Zeller
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03 March 2011, pp. 446-447
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Eddy Tshidiso Maloka, Basotho and the Mines: a social history of labour migrancy in Lesotho and South Africa, c. 1890–1940. Dakar: CODESRIA (pb £28.95, US$47.95 – 2 86978 128 8). 2004, 272 pp. (Distributed by African Books Collective, Oxford.)
T. Dunbar Moodie
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03 March 2011, pp. 447-448
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Andrew Burton, African Underclass: urbanization, crime and colonial order in Dar es Salaam 1919–61. Oxford: James Currey (pb £16.95 – 0 85255 975 7; hb £50.00 – 0 85255 975 5). 2005. 338 pp.
Paul Ocobock
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03 March 2011, pp. 606-607
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Roy M. Dilley, Islamic Knowledge and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaar'en in Senegal: between mosque and termite mound. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International Africa Institute, London (pb £19.95 – 0 7486 1990 9). 2004, 270 pp.
Roman Loimeier
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03 March 2011, pp. 277-278
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Elizabeth Schmidt, Mobilizing the Masses: gender, ethnicity, and class in the nationalist movement in Guinea, 1939–1958. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann (pb $27.95–0 325 07030 X). 2005, 308 pp.
Lisa A. Lindsay
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03 March 2011, pp. 607-609
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Tarik Dahou, Entre parenté et politique: développement et clientelisme dans le Delta du Sénégal. Paris: Karthala/Enda Graf Sahel (pb €26.00 – 2-84586-586-4). 2004, 334 pp.
Donal B. Cruise O'brien
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03 March 2011, pp. 278-279
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Tabitha Kanogo, African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900–50. Oxford: James Currey (pb £16.95 – 0 8214 1568 9); Athens, OH: Ohio University Press (pb $24.95 – 0 8214 1568 9); Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers (price not stated), 2005, 272 pp.
Daniel Branch
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03 March 2011, pp. 448-450
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Roger S. Gocking, The History of Ghana. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (hb $45.00, £25.99 – 0 313 31894-8). 2005, 331 pp.
Benjamin N. Lawrance
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03 March 2011, pp. 609-610
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Heidi J. Nast, Concubines and Power: five hundred years in a northern Nigerian palace. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press(pb US$22.95 – 0 8166 4154 4; hb US$68.95 – 0 8166 4153 6). 2005, 280 pp.
John Edward Philips
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03 March 2011, pp. 450-451
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Michel Izard, Moogo: l'émergence d'un espace étatique ouest-africain au XVIe siècle. Paris: Karthala, (pb €29.00 – 2 84586 449 3). 2003, 394 pp.
Mark Breusers
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03 March 2011, pp. 280-282
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Wim van Binsbergen, Intercultural Encounters: African and anthropological lessons towards a philosophy of interculturality. Münster: Lit Verlag (pb €40.90 – 3 8258 6783 8). 2003, 610 pp.
James L. Cox
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03 March 2011, pp. 282-284
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Cati Coe, Dilemma of Culture in African Schools: youth, nationalism and the transformation of knowledge. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press (pb $20.00 – 0 226 11131 8). 2005, 241pp.
George J. Sefa Dei
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03 March 2011, pp. 610-611
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James McDougall (ed.), Nation, Society and Culture in North Africa. London: Frank Cass (pb – 0 7146 8337 X). 2003, 192 pp.
Joan Haig
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03 March 2011, pp. 451-452
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Jonathan Sutherland and Diane Canwell, Zulu Kings and Their Armies. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military (hb £19.99 – 1 84415 060 7). 2004, 198 pp.
John Laband
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03 March 2011, pp. 611-612
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Graham Furniss, Orality: the power of the spoken word. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (hb £45.00 – 1 4039 3404 5). 2004, 188 pp.
Françoise Ugochukwu
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03 March 2011, pp. 284-285
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Rik Ceyssens, Le Roi Kanyok au milieu de quatre coins (Mwin Kànyòk, mákóók' mànàày). Fribourg: Éditions Universitaires(pb 0 226 30501 5). 2003, 576 pp.
John Yoder
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03 March 2011, pp. 452-454
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Reviews of Books

Toyin Falola (ed.), Africa, Volume V: contemporary Africa. Durham: Carolina Academic Press (pb $50.00 – 0 89089 203 2). 2003, xxxiv+ 962 pp.

Gloria Chuku, Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900–1960. New York: Routledge (hb US$; 80.00 – 0415972108). 2005, 245 pp.

Lowe Björnsen, A History under Siege: intensive agriculture in the Mbulu Highlands, Tanzania, 19th Century to the present. Stockholm: Department of Geography, Stockholm University (pb $82.50 – 9122020950). 2004, 187 pp.

Pierluigi Valsecchi, I signori di Appolonia: poteri e formazione dello Stato in Africa occidentale fra xvi e xviii secolo. Rome: Carocci (pb €19.30 – 88 430 2146 X). 2002, 345 pp.

Emmanuel Kreike, Re-creating Eden: land use, environment and society in southern Angola and northern Namibia. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann (pb £17 – 0 325 07076 8; hb £57 – 0 325 07077 6). 2004, 304 pp.

Eddy Tshidiso Maloka, Basotho and the Mines: a social history of labour migrancy in Lesotho and South Africa, c. 1890–1940. Dakar: CODESRIA (pb £28.95, US$47.95 – 2 86978 128 8). 2004, 272 pp. (Distributed by African Books Collective, Oxford.)

Andrew Burton, African Underclass: urbanization, crime and colonial order in Dar es Salaam 1919–61. Oxford: James Currey (pb £16.95 – 0 85255 975 7; hb £50.00 – 0 85255 975 5). 2005. 338 pp.

Roy M. Dilley, Islamic Knowledge and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaar'en in Senegal: between mosque and termite mound. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International Africa Institute, London (pb £19.95 – 0 7486 1990 9). 2004, 270 pp.

Elizabeth Schmidt, Mobilizing the Masses: gender, ethnicity, and class in the nationalist movement in Guinea, 1939–1958. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann (pb $27.95–0 325 07030 X). 2005, 308 pp.

Tarik Dahou, Entre parenté et politique: développement et clientelisme dans le Delta du Sénégal. Paris: Karthala/Enda Graf Sahel (pb €26.00 – 2-84586-586-4). 2004, 334 pp.

Tabitha Kanogo, African Womanhood in Colonial Kenya, 1900–50. Oxford: James Currey (pb £16.95 – 0 8214 1568 9); Athens, OH: Ohio University Press (pb $24.95 – 0 8214 1568 9); Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers (price not stated), 2005, 272 pp.

Roger S. Gocking, The History of Ghana. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (hb $45.00, £25.99 – 0 313 31894-8). 2005, 331 pp.

Heidi J. Nast, Concubines and Power: five hundred years in a northern Nigerian palace. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press(pb US$22.95 – 0 8166 4154 4; hb US$68.95 – 0 8166 4153 6). 2005, 280 pp.

Michel Izard, Moogo: l'émergence d'un espace étatique ouest-africain au XVIe siècle. Paris: Karthala, (pb €29.00 – 2 84586 449 3). 2003, 394 pp.

Wim van Binsbergen, Intercultural Encounters: African and anthropological lessons towards a philosophy of interculturality. Münster: Lit Verlag (pb €40.90 – 3 8258 6783 8). 2003, 610 pp.

Cati Coe, Dilemma of Culture in African Schools: youth, nationalism and the transformation of knowledge. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press (pb $20.00 – 0 226 11131 8). 2005, 241pp.

James McDougall (ed.), Nation, Society and Culture in North Africa. London: Frank Cass (pb – 0 7146 8337 X). 2003, 192 pp.

Jonathan Sutherland and Diane Canwell, Zulu Kings and Their Armies. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military (hb £19.99 – 1 84415 060 7). 2004, 198 pp.

Graham Furniss, Orality: the power of the spoken word. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (hb £45.00 – 1 4039 3404 5). 2004, 188 pp.

Rik Ceyssens, Le Roi Kanyok au milieu de quatre coins (Mwin Kànyòk, mákóók' mànàày). Fribourg: Éditions Universitaires(pb 0 226 30501 5). 2003, 576 pp.

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