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Volume 62 - October 1992

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Reviews of Books

Ben Ohiomamhe Elugbe, Comparative Edoid: phonology and lexicon. Delta Series, No. 6, Port Harcourt: University of Port Harcourt Press, 1989, 270 pp., ISBN 978 2321 12 5 paperback.
John Kelly
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07 December 2011, pp. 133-135
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Herrmann Jungraithmayr and Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Einführung in die Ful-Sprache. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1989, 383 pp., no price indicated, ISBN 3 496 00903 9.
Hans Mukarovsky
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07 December 2011, pp. 284-286
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David S. G. Thomas and Paul A. Shaw, The Kalahari Environment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 298 pp., £55.00, ISBN 0 521 37080 9.
M. A. Summerfield
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07 December 2011, pp. 447-448
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Colin Newbury, The Diamond Ring: business, politics, and precious stones in South Africa, 1867-1947, Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1989, 378 pp., £42.50, ISBN 0 19 821775 7.
Shaun Milton
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07 December 2011, pp. 573-575
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P. Vennetier, Les Villes d'Afrique tropicale, deuxième edition. Paris: Masson, Collection Géographie, 244 pp.
F. Giraut
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07 December 2011, pp. 575-576
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Steadman Upham (ed.), The Evolution of Political Systems: sociopolitics in smallscale sedentary societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, 332 pp., £35.00, ISBN 0521 38252 1.
Robert Chapman
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07 December 2011, pp. 448-450
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Robert A. Myers, Ghana. World Bibliographical Series 124, Oxford: Clio, 1991, 464 pp., £65.95, ISBN 1 85109 135 1.
Jeff Haynes
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07 December 2011, pp. 286-287
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Kirsten Stoffregen-Pedersen, Les Ethiopiens. Fils d'Abraham series, Turnhout: Editions Brepols, 1990, 195 pp., no price stated, ISBN 2 503 5004 8 hardback.
Hector Blackhurst
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07 December 2011, pp. 135-136
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Donald B. Freeman, A City of Farmers: informal urban agriculture in the open spaces of Nairobi, Kenya. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991, 174 pp., £27.50, ISBN 0 7735 0822 8.
Carole Rakodi
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07 December 2011, pp. 576-577
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Roy Pateman, Eritrea: even the stones are burning. Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press, 1990, 239 pp., $35.00, ISBN 0 932415 61 X hardback; $12.95, ISBN 0 932415 62 8 paperback.
Christopher Clapham
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07 December 2011, pp. 136-138
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Richard Dillon, Ranking and Resistance: a precolonial Cameroonian polity in regional perspective. Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 1990, 323 pp., $39.50, ISBN 0 8047 1571 8.
Peter Probst
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07 December 2011, pp. 287-288
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William D. Graf The Nigerian State: political economy, state class and political system in the post-colonial era. London: James Currey, 1988, 297 pp., hard covers £25.00, ISBN 0 85255 313 7; paperback £11.95, ISBN 0 85255 314 5.
Tekena N. Tamuno
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07 December 2011, pp. 450-452
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Susan M. Kenyon, Five Women of Sennar: culture change in central Sudan. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991, 262 pp., £35.00. ISBN 0 19 8278322.
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
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07 December 2011, pp. 288-289
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Margaret Peil, Lagos: the city is the people. London: Belhaven Press, 1991, 225 pp., £32.00, ISBN 1 85293 103 5.
Anthony O'Connor
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07 December 2011, pp. 453-454
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K. Michael Barbour, H. J. Mackinder: the first ascent of Mount Kenya. London: C. Hurst & Co., 1991, 287 pp., £25.00, ISBN 1 85065 102 7 hardback.
W. T. S. Gould
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07 December 2011, pp. 138-139
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Bawuro M. Barkindo, Kano and Some of her Neighbours. Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University Press for the Department of History, Bayero University, Kano, 1989, 231 pp., price not indicated, ISBN 978 125 059 3 paperback.
Michael Mortimore
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07 December 2011, pp. 577-578
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James C. Faris, Southeast Nuba Social Relations. Aachen: Alano Verlag, 1989, 390 pp., US $35.00, ISBN 3 924007 93 4 paperback.
Ayyoubawaga B. Gafour
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07 December 2011, pp. 578-579
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Norma J. Kriger, Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War: peasant voices. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, 303pp., £35.00 ISBN 0 521 39254 3.
Mark F. Chingono
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07 December 2011, pp. 454-456
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R. Pankhurst, A Social History of Ethiopia: the northern and central highlands from early medieval times to the rise of Emperor Téwodros II. Kings Ripton: ELM Publications, and Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, 1990, 371 pp., £14.95 sterling, 30 Ethiopian birr, ISBN 1 85450 040 6.
J. Abbink
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07 December 2011, pp. 289-291
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Charles Harvey and Stephen R. LewisJr, Policy Choice and Development Performance in Botswana. Economic Choices before the Developing Countries series, London: Macmillan, for the OECD Development Centre, 1990, 341 pp., £45.00, ISBN 0 333 52532 9 hardback; £17.50, ISN 0 333 52533 7 paperback.
Donald Wilson
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07 December 2011, p. 140
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Ben Ohiomamhe Elugbe, Comparative Edoid: phonology and lexicon. Delta Series, No. 6, Port Harcourt: University of Port Harcourt Press, 1989, 270 pp., ISBN 978 2321 12 5 paperback.

Herrmann Jungraithmayr and Al-Amin Abu-Manga, Einführung in die Ful-Sprache. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1989, 383 pp., no price indicated, ISBN 3 496 00903 9.

David S. G. Thomas and Paul A. Shaw, The Kalahari Environment. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 298 pp., £55.00, ISBN 0 521 37080 9.

Colin Newbury, The Diamond Ring: business, politics, and precious stones in South Africa, 1867-1947, Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1989, 378 pp., £42.50, ISBN 0 19 821775 7.

P. Vennetier, Les Villes d'Afrique tropicale, deuxième edition. Paris: Masson, Collection Géographie, 244 pp.

Steadman Upham (ed.), The Evolution of Political Systems: sociopolitics in smallscale sedentary societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, 332 pp., £35.00, ISBN 0521 38252 1.

Robert A. Myers, Ghana. World Bibliographical Series 124, Oxford: Clio, 1991, 464 pp., £65.95, ISBN 1 85109 135 1.

Kirsten Stoffregen-Pedersen, Les Ethiopiens. Fils d'Abraham series, Turnhout: Editions Brepols, 1990, 195 pp., no price stated, ISBN 2 503 5004 8 hardback.

Donald B. Freeman, A City of Farmers: informal urban agriculture in the open spaces of Nairobi, Kenya. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991, 174 pp., £27.50, ISBN 0 7735 0822 8.

Roy Pateman, Eritrea: even the stones are burning. Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press, 1990, 239 pp., $35.00, ISBN 0 932415 61 X hardback; $12.95, ISBN 0 932415 62 8 paperback.

Richard Dillon, Ranking and Resistance: a precolonial Cameroonian polity in regional perspective. Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 1990, 323 pp., $39.50, ISBN 0 8047 1571 8.

William D. Graf The Nigerian State: political economy, state class and political system in the post-colonial era. London: James Currey, 1988, 297 pp., hard covers £25.00, ISBN 0 85255 313 7; paperback £11.95, ISBN 0 85255 314 5.

Susan M. Kenyon, Five Women of Sennar: culture change in central Sudan. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991, 262 pp., £35.00. ISBN 0 19 8278322.

Margaret Peil, Lagos: the city is the people. London: Belhaven Press, 1991, 225 pp., £32.00, ISBN 1 85293 103 5.

K. Michael Barbour, H. J. Mackinder: the first ascent of Mount Kenya. London: C. Hurst & Co., 1991, 287 pp., £25.00, ISBN 1 85065 102 7 hardback.

Bawuro M. Barkindo, Kano and Some of her Neighbours. Zaria: Ahmadu Bello University Press for the Department of History, Bayero University, Kano, 1989, 231 pp., price not indicated, ISBN 978 125 059 3 paperback.

James C. Faris, Southeast Nuba Social Relations. Aachen: Alano Verlag, 1989, 390 pp., US $35.00, ISBN 3 924007 93 4 paperback.

Norma J. Kriger, Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War: peasant voices. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, 303pp., £35.00 ISBN 0 521 39254 3.

R. Pankhurst, A Social History of Ethiopia: the northern and central highlands from early medieval times to the rise of Emperor Téwodros II. Kings Ripton: ELM Publications, and Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, 1990, 371 pp., £14.95 sterling, 30 Ethiopian birr, ISBN 1 85450 040 6.

Charles Harvey and Stephen R. LewisJr, Policy Choice and Development Performance in Botswana. Economic Choices before the Developing Countries series, London: Macmillan, for the OECD Development Centre, 1990, 341 pp., £45.00, ISBN 0 333 52532 9 hardback; £17.50, ISN 0 333 52533 7 paperback.

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