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Volume 56 - January 1986

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R. A. Obudho, Urbanisation in Kenya: a bottom-up approach to development planning. New York: University Press of America, 1983, 400 pp., $30.25 hardback, $16.50 paperback, 0 8191 3042 7 hardback, 0 8191 3043 5 paperback
Anthony O'Connor
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Gunter Best, Culture and Language of the Turkana of Northwestern Kenya. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universtitätsverlag, 1983, 177 pp., 3 032353 hardback, 3 533 032361 paperback.
Rachel M. Kanyoro
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Jeff Opland, Xhosa Oral Poetry: aspects of a black South African tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984, 303 pp., £25.00/$49.50.
Karin Barber
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Andreas Fuglesang, About Understanding: ideas and observations on cross-cultural communication, ed. D. Chandler. Uppsala: Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, 1982, 231 pp., 91 85214 09 4.
Michael Warren
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Ingrid Heermann, Subsistenzwirtschaft und Marktwirtschaft im Wandel: Wirtschaftsethnologische Forschungen bei den Bulsa in N. Ghana. Munchen: Kommissionsverlag Klaus Renner, 1981, 277 pp., 3 87673 071 6.
Thomas Bierschenk
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Hector Blackhurst (ed.), Africa Bibliography 1984. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984, 208 pp., 0 7190 1823 4.
Yvette Scheven
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J. C. B. Ojo Olatunde, D. K. Orwa and C. M. B. Utete, African International Relations. London: Longman, 1985, 186 pp., 0 582 64393 5 hardback, 0 582 64393 7 paperback.
Tom Young
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M. A. Smirnova, The Hausa Language: a descriptive grammar, trans. G. L. Campbell, Languages of Asia and Africa 5. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, 112 pp.
Graham Furniss
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Peter Fuchs, Das Brot der Wüste: Sozio-Ökonomie der Sahara-Kanuri von Fachi. Studien zur Kulturkunde 67. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1983, xiv + 240 pp., DM69.
Edouard Conte
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Norma Salem, Habib Bourguiba: Islam and the creation of Tunisia. London: Croom Helm, 1984, 270 pp., £16.95.
Robin Bidwell
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Kwame Arhin, Paul Hesp and Laurens van der Laan (eds.), Marketing Boards in Tropical Africa, Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984, 208 pp., 0 7103 0109 X.
Robert Bates
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E. G. H. Joffe and K. S. McLachlan (eds.), Social and Economic Development of Libya. Whitstable, Kent: Middle East and North African Studies Press Ltd, 1982, 368 pp., 0 906559 10 3.
Fred Halliday
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Gatatchew Haile, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. 7. Project Numbers 3001–3500. Minnesota: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St John's Abbey and University, Collegeville, 1985, 405 pp., 0 940250 55 1.
Richard Pankhurst
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Frank J. Parker, South Africa: lost opportunities. Toronto: Lexington Books, D. C. Heath, 1983, 291 pp., £24.00, 0 669 02750 2.
John Wiseman
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Gouda Abdel-Khalek and Robert Tignor (eds.), The Political Economy of Income Distribution in Egypt. London and New York: Holmes & Meier, 1982, 525 pp., 0 8419 0633 5.
Fred Halliday
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Anthony Youdeowei and M. W. Service, Pest and Vector Management in the Tropics. London: Longman, 1983, 399 pp., 0 582 46348 3.
W. E. Taylor
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Peter Schwab, Ethiopia: politics, economics and society. London: Frances Pinter, 1985, 134 pp., £17.50 hardback, £6.95 paperback, 0 86187 4110 2 hardback, 0 86187 4110 0 paperback.
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Sharif Harir, Old-Timers and New-Comers: politics and ethnicity in a Sudanese community. Bergen Occasional Papers in Social Anthropology 29. Bergen: University of Bergen, 1983, 134 pp., 0332 8147.
Charles Jedrej
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Eugene Niminde-Dundadengar, Agrarentwicklung und Ernährung in Scwarzafrika: Das Beispiel Tschad. Herodot 2. Göttingen: Afrikanisch-Asiatische Aspekte, 1982, 218 pp., 3 88694 001 X.
Thomas Bierschenk
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R. A. Obudho, Urbanisation in Kenya: a bottom-up approach to development planning. New York: University Press of America, 1983, 400 pp., $30.25 hardback, $16.50 paperback, 0 8191 3042 7 hardback, 0 8191 3043 5 paperback

Back matter

AFR volume 56 issue 1 Back matter

Reviews of Books

Gunter Best, Culture and Language of the Turkana of Northwestern Kenya. Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universtitätsverlag, 1983, 177 pp., 3 032353 hardback, 3 533 032361 paperback.

Jeff Opland, Xhosa Oral Poetry: aspects of a black South African tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984, 303 pp., £25.00/$49.50.

Shorter Notices

Andreas Fuglesang, About Understanding: ideas and observations on cross-cultural communication, ed. D. Chandler. Uppsala: Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, 1982, 231 pp., 91 85214 09 4.

Ingrid Heermann, Subsistenzwirtschaft und Marktwirtschaft im Wandel: Wirtschaftsethnologische Forschungen bei den Bulsa in N. Ghana. Munchen: Kommissionsverlag Klaus Renner, 1981, 277 pp., 3 87673 071 6.

Hector Blackhurst (ed.), Africa Bibliography 1984. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1984, 208 pp., 0 7190 1823 4.

J. C. B. Ojo Olatunde, D. K. Orwa and C. M. B. Utete, African International Relations. London: Longman, 1985, 186 pp., 0 582 64393 5 hardback, 0 582 64393 7 paperback.

M. A. Smirnova, The Hausa Language: a descriptive grammar, trans. G. L. Campbell, Languages of Asia and Africa 5. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, 112 pp.

Peter Fuchs, Das Brot der Wüste: Sozio-Ökonomie der Sahara-Kanuri von Fachi. Studien zur Kulturkunde 67. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner, 1983, xiv + 240 pp., DM69.

Norma Salem, Habib Bourguiba: Islam and the creation of Tunisia. London: Croom Helm, 1984, 270 pp., £16.95.

Kwame Arhin, Paul Hesp and Laurens van der Laan (eds.), Marketing Boards in Tropical Africa, Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984, 208 pp., 0 7103 0109 X.

E. G. H. Joffe and K. S. McLachlan (eds.), Social and Economic Development of Libya. Whitstable, Kent: Middle East and North African Studies Press Ltd, 1982, 368 pp., 0 906559 10 3.

Frank J. Parker, South Africa: lost opportunities. Toronto: Lexington Books, D. C. Heath, 1983, 291 pp., £24.00, 0 669 02750 2.

Gouda Abdel-Khalek and Robert Tignor (eds.), The Political Economy of Income Distribution in Egypt. London and New York: Holmes & Meier, 1982, 525 pp., 0 8419 0633 5.

Anthony Youdeowei and M. W. Service, Pest and Vector Management in the Tropics. London: Longman, 1983, 399 pp., 0 582 46348 3.

Peter Schwab, Ethiopia: politics, economics and society. London: Frances Pinter, 1985, 134 pp., £17.50 hardback, £6.95 paperback, 0 86187 4110 2 hardback, 0 86187 4110 0 paperback.

Sharif Harir, Old-Timers and New-Comers: politics and ethnicity in a Sudanese community. Bergen Occasional Papers in Social Anthropology 29. Bergen: University of Bergen, 1983, 134 pp., 0332 8147.

Eugene Niminde-Dundadengar, Agrarentwicklung und Ernährung in Scwarzafrika: Das Beispiel Tschad. Herodot 2. Göttingen: Afrikanisch-Asiatische Aspekte, 1982, 218 pp., 3 88694 001 X.

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