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Volume 80 - February 2010

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African Memoirs

Yusufu Bala Usman (1945–2005)
M. M. Gwadabe
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19 May 2011, pp. 165-168
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Kimani Njogu and John Middleton (eds), Media and Identity in Africa. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (hb £50 – ISBN 978 0 748 63522 1). 2009, 352 pp.
Françoise Ugochukwu
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19 May 2011, pp. 507-509
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Insa Nolte, Obafemi Awolowo and the Making of Remo: the local politics of a Nigerian nationalist. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute. (hb £60 – 978 0 74863 895 6). 2009, 328 pp.
Olufemi Vaughan
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15 March 2011, pp. 669-671
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Lindiwe Dovey, African Films and Literature: adapting violence to the screen. New York NY: Columbia University Press (pb £22.50 – ISBN 978 0 23114 755 2). 2009, 334 pp.
Françoise Ugochukwu
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19 May 2011, pp. 336-338
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Kay Ruth M. Williamson (1935–2005)
Ozo-mekuri Ndimele, Robin Horton
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19 May 2011, pp. 168-176
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Andrew E. Barnes, Making Headway: the introduction of Western civilisation in colonial northern Nigeria. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press (hb £66 – 978 1 58046 299 0). 2009, 352 pp.
Usman Ladan
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15 March 2011, pp. 671-672
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Bernardo Bernardi, Africanistica: le culture orali dell'Africa. Milan: Franco Angeli (pb €23 – 978 8 84647 623 4). 2006, 478 pp.
Umberto Pellecchia
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19 May 2011, pp. 509-510
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Tuulikki Pietilä, Gossip, Markets and Gender: how dialogue constructs moral value in post-socialist Kilimanjaro. Madison WI: Wisconsin University Press (hb $45.00 – ISBN 978 0 29922 090 7). 2007, 280 pp.
Tom Fisher
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19 May 2011, pp. 338-339
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Ben Knighton (ed.), Religion and Politics in Kenya: essays in honor of a meddlesome priest. New York NY: Palgrave Macmillan (hb £55 – 978 0 23061 487 1). 2009, 320 pp.
Myles Osborne
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15 March 2011, pp. 672-674
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Andrew van der Vlies, South African Textual Cultures – white, black, read all over. Manchester: Manchester University Press (hb £66 – ISBN 978 0 71907 614 5). 2007, 256 pp.
Françoise Ugochukwu
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19 May 2011, pp. 339-340
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Osumaka Likaka, Naming Colonialism: history and collective memory in the Congo, 1870–1960. Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press (pb $26.95 – 978 0 299 23364 8). 2009, 224 pp.
Johannes Fabian
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19 May 2011, pp. 510-512
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Laurent Fourchard, Odile Goerg and Muriel Gomez-Perez (eds), Lieux de sociabilité urbaine en Afrique. Paris: L'Harmattan (pb €48.50 – 978 2 29608 971 6). 2009, 616 pp.
Patrick Chabal
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15 March 2011, pp. 674-675
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Thomas Turner, The Congo Wars: conflict, myth and reality. London and New York NY: Zed Books (pb £17.99 – ISBN 978 1 84277 689 4). 2007, pp. 254.
Jenna Sapiano
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19 May 2011, pp. 340-341
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Bill Freund, The African City: a history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pb £15.99 – 978 0 521 52792 7). 2007, 224 pp.
Laurent Fourchard
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19 May 2011, pp. 512-513
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Christian Lund, Local Politics and the Dynamics of Property in Africa. Cambridge and New York NY: Cambridge University Press (hb £47 – 978 0 521 88654 3) 2008, 224 pp.
Krijn Peters
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19 May 2011, pp. 513-515
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Ursula Baumgardt and Jean Derive (eds), Littératures orales africaines – perspectives théoriques et méthodologiques. Paris: Karthala (pb €29 – 978 2 81110 020 9). 2008, 448 pp.
Françoise Ugochukwu
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15 March 2011, pp. 675-676
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Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills and Mustafa Babiker (eds), African Anthropologies: history, critique and practice. Dakar: CODESRIA and London and New York NY: Zed Books (hb £65 – ISBN 978 1 84277 762 8; pb £18.99 – ISBN 978 1 84277 763 3). 2006, 274 pp.
Joost Fontein
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19 May 2011, pp. 342-344
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Charles Tshimanga, Didier Gondola and Peter J. Bloom (eds), Frenchness and the African Diaspora: identity and uprising in contemporary France. Bloomington and Indianapolis IN: Indiana University Press (hb $45 – 978 0 25335 375 7; pb $17.50 – 978 0 25322 131 5). 2009, 352 pp.
Abdoumaliq Simone
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15 March 2011, pp. 677-679
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Jean-Pierre Warnier, The Pot-King: the body and technologies of power. Leiden and Boston MA: Brill (pb €75 – 978 9 004 15217 5). 2007, 336 pp. - Jean-Pierre Warnier, Régner au Cameroun: le roi-pot. Paris: Karthala (pb £23.78 – 978 2 811 10176 3). 2009, 352 pp.
Nigel Barley
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19 May 2011, pp. 515-516
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Gwyn Campbell, Suzanne Miers and Joseph C. Miller (eds), Children in Slavery through the Ages. Athens OH: Ohio University Press (pb US$ 19.95 – 978 0 821 41877 2). 2009, 248 pp.
Benedetta Rossi
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19 May 2011, pp. 516-518
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African Memoirs

Yusufu Bala Usman (1945–2005)

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Kimani Njogu and John Middleton (eds), Media and Identity in Africa. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (hb £50 – ISBN 978 0 748 63522 1). 2009, 352 pp.

Insa Nolte, Obafemi Awolowo and the Making of Remo: the local politics of a Nigerian nationalist. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute. (hb £60 – 978 0 74863 895 6). 2009, 328 pp.

Lindiwe Dovey, African Films and Literature: adapting violence to the screen. New York NY: Columbia University Press (pb £22.50 – ISBN 978 0 23114 755 2). 2009, 334 pp.

African Memoirs

Kay Ruth M. Williamson (1935–2005)

Reviews of Books

Andrew E. Barnes, Making Headway: the introduction of Western civilisation in colonial northern Nigeria. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press (hb £66 – 978 1 58046 299 0). 2009, 352 pp.

Bernardo Bernardi, Africanistica: le culture orali dell'Africa. Milan: Franco Angeli (pb €23 – 978 8 84647 623 4). 2006, 478 pp.

Tuulikki Pietilä, Gossip, Markets and Gender: how dialogue constructs moral value in post-socialist Kilimanjaro. Madison WI: Wisconsin University Press (hb $45.00 – ISBN 978 0 29922 090 7). 2007, 280 pp.

Ben Knighton (ed.), Religion and Politics in Kenya: essays in honor of a meddlesome priest. New York NY: Palgrave Macmillan (hb £55 – 978 0 23061 487 1). 2009, 320 pp.

Andrew van der Vlies, South African Textual Cultures – white, black, read all over. Manchester: Manchester University Press (hb £66 – ISBN 978 0 71907 614 5). 2007, 256 pp.

Osumaka Likaka, Naming Colonialism: history and collective memory in the Congo, 1870–1960. Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press (pb $26.95 – 978 0 299 23364 8). 2009, 224 pp.

Laurent Fourchard, Odile Goerg and Muriel Gomez-Perez (eds), Lieux de sociabilité urbaine en Afrique. Paris: L'Harmattan (pb €48.50 – 978 2 29608 971 6). 2009, 616 pp.

Thomas Turner, The Congo Wars: conflict, myth and reality. London and New York NY: Zed Books (pb £17.99 – ISBN 978 1 84277 689 4). 2007, pp. 254.

Bill Freund, The African City: a history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pb £15.99 – 978 0 521 52792 7). 2007, 224 pp.

Christian Lund, Local Politics and the Dynamics of Property in Africa. Cambridge and New York NY: Cambridge University Press (hb £47 – 978 0 521 88654 3) 2008, 224 pp.

Ursula Baumgardt and Jean Derive (eds), Littératures orales africaines – perspectives théoriques et méthodologiques. Paris: Karthala (pb €29 – 978 2 81110 020 9). 2008, 448 pp.

Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills and Mustafa Babiker (eds), African Anthropologies: history, critique and practice. Dakar: CODESRIA and London and New York NY: Zed Books (hb £65 – ISBN 978 1 84277 762 8; pb £18.99 – ISBN 978 1 84277 763 3). 2006, 274 pp.

Charles Tshimanga, Didier Gondola and Peter J. Bloom (eds), Frenchness and the African Diaspora: identity and uprising in contemporary France. Bloomington and Indianapolis IN: Indiana University Press (hb $45 – 978 0 25335 375 7; pb $17.50 – 978 0 25322 131 5). 2009, 352 pp.

Jean-Pierre Warnier, The Pot-King: the body and technologies of power. Leiden and Boston MA: Brill (pb €75 – 978 9 004 15217 5). 2007, 336 pp. - Jean-Pierre Warnier, Régner au Cameroun: le roi-pot. Paris: Karthala (pb £23.78 – 978 2 811 10176 3). 2009, 352 pp.

Gwyn Campbell, Suzanne Miers and Joseph C. Miller (eds), Children in Slavery through the Ages. Athens OH: Ohio University Press (pb US$ 19.95 – 978 0 821 41877 2). 2009, 248 pp.

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