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Wage Labor, Precarious Employment, and Social Inclusion in the Making of South Africa's Postapartheid Transition
Franco Barchiesi
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18 October 2013, pp. 119-142
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During South Africa's first decade of democracy, policies of social inclusion and social citizenship have emphasized productive employment and the work ethic in a context of fiscal discipline and public spending thrift. The government's institutional discourse contrasts, however, with a social reality in which most black workers have confronted growing economic precariousness and the inability of waged occupations to provide stable livelihoods above poverty levels. The article discusses workers' responses to these conditions with case studies of private and public employment. It finds that official rhetoric about the centrality of productive employment does not reflect the diversity of practices and discourses with which workers address the crisis facing wage labor.

Histoire Urbaine Africaine: Un Bilan - Bill Freund. The African City: A History. New Approaches to African History series. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006 x + 214 pp. Photographs. Maps. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $75.00. Cloth. $19.99. Paper.
Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
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18 October 2013, pp. 126-130
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Inside The cia: Congo in the 1980s
Herbert F. Weiss
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18 October 2013, pp. 143-145
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Ethics and the Enterprise of Studying Africa
Horace Campbell
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18 October 2013, pp. 149-155
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Exploring State and Society in Tanzania
Kirk A. Hoppe
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18 October 2013, pp. 146-150
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Anthologizing the Atlantic Slave Trade Literature
Joseph C. Miller
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18 October 2013, pp. 156-158
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Revisiting Pastoralism and Marketing in East Africa - John G. McPeak and Peter D. Little, eds. Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa: Research and Policy Challenges. Bourton on Dunsmore, Rugby, Warwickshire, U.K.: Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., 2006. xxiv + 288 pp. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. References. Index. $34.95. Paper.
John Galaty
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18 October 2013, pp. 131-134
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Carola Lentz. Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. xi + 346 pp. Photographs. Maps. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $65.00. Cloth.
Gariba B. Abdul-Korah
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18 October 2013, pp. 135-136
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Zimbabwe through Multiple Personal Perspectives
Norma Kriger
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18 October 2013, pp. 159-164
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On the Cusp of Colonial Rule: Medicine Murder in Lesotho
Richard F. Weisfelder
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18 October 2013, pp. 151-154
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Gerrie ter Haar, ed. Imagining Evil: Witchcraft Beliefs and Accusations in Contemporary Africa. Trenton N.J.: Africa World Press, 2007. Religion in Contemporary Africa series, vi + 348 pp. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.
Jean La Fontaine
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18 October 2013, pp. 137-138
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Richard Fardon
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18 October 2013, pp. 165-168
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Simon Ottenberg and David A. Binkley, eds. Playful Performers: African Children's Masquerades. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2006. 268 pp. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $59.95. Cloth.
Ferdinand de Jong
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18 October 2013, pp. 155-156
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Stephanie Newell. The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2006. vii + 233 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $46.95. Cloth. $22.95. Paper.
Kristin Mann
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18 October 2013, pp. 157-158
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Paul E. Lovejoy. Slavery, Commerce and Production in the Sokoto Caliphate of West Africa. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2005. xiii + 425 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $34.95. Paper.
Adeyinka O. Banwo
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18 October 2013, pp. 139-140
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John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff, and Deborah James, eds. Picturing a Colonial Past: The African Photographs of Isaac Schapera. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007. xv + 224 pp. Photographs. Notes. References. Index. $60.00 Cloth. $25.00 Paper.
Patricia Hayes
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18 October 2013, pp. 169-170
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Ayodeji Olukoju. The Liverpool of West Africa: The Dynamics and Impact of Maritime Trade in Lagos 1900–1950. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2004. xiv + 265 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.
Stephanie Decker
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18 October 2013, pp. 140-141
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Tracy Luedke and Harry West, eds. Borders and Healers: Brokering Therapeutic Resources in Southeast Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. vi + 223 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $65.00. Cloth. $24.95. Paper.
Karen Flint
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18 October 2013, pp. 170-172
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Dmitri van den Bersselaar. The King of Drinks: Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition. African Social Studies Series, vol. 18. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007. xiv + 268 pp. Photographs. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Paper.
Charles Ambler
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18 October 2013, pp. 158-159
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Getahun Benti. Addis Ababa: Migration and the Making of a Multiethnic Metropolis, 1941–1974. Trenton, N.J., and Asmara: The Red Sea Press, 2007. xviii + 279 pp. Photographs. Maps. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.
Girma Kebbede
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18 October 2013, pp. 142-144
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Wage Labor, Precarious Employment, and Social Inclusion in the Making of South Africa's Postapartheid Transition

Review Essays

Histoire Urbaine Africaine: Un Bilan - Bill Freund. The African City: A History. New Approaches to African History series. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006 x + 214 pp. Photographs. Maps. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $75.00. Cloth. $19.99. Paper.

Inside The cia: Congo in the 1980s

Ethics and the Enterprise of Studying Africa

Exploring State and Society in Tanzania

Anthologizing the Atlantic Slave Trade Literature

Book Review

Carola Lentz. Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. xi + 346 pp. Photographs. Maps. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $65.00. Cloth.

Review Essays

Zimbabwe through Multiple Personal Perspectives

On the Cusp of Colonial Rule: Medicine Murder in Lesotho

Book Review

Gerrie ter Haar, ed. Imagining Evil: Witchcraft Beliefs and Accusations in Contemporary Africa. Trenton N.J.: Africa World Press, 2007. Religion in Contemporary Africa series, vi + 348 pp. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.

Review Essays

Review Essays

Book Review

Simon Ottenberg and David A. Binkley, eds. Playful Performers: African Children's Masquerades. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 2006. 268 pp. Photographs. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $59.95. Cloth.

Stephanie Newell. The Forger's Tale: The Search for Odeziaku. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2006. vii + 233 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $46.95. Cloth. $22.95. Paper.

Paul E. Lovejoy. Slavery, Commerce and Production in the Sokoto Caliphate of West Africa. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2005. xiii + 425 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $34.95. Paper.

John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff, and Deborah James, eds. Picturing a Colonial Past: The African Photographs of Isaac Schapera. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007. xv + 224 pp. Photographs. Notes. References. Index. $60.00 Cloth. $25.00 Paper.

Ayodeji Olukoju. The Liverpool of West Africa: The Dynamics and Impact of Maritime Trade in Lagos 1900–1950. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2004. xiv + 265 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.

Tracy Luedke and Harry West, eds. Borders and Healers: Brokering Therapeutic Resources in Southeast Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. vi + 223 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $65.00. Cloth. $24.95. Paper.

Dmitri van den Bersselaar. The King of Drinks: Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition. African Social Studies Series, vol. 18. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007. xiv + 268 pp. Photographs. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Paper.

Getahun Benti. Addis Ababa: Migration and the Making of a Multiethnic Metropolis, 1941–1974. Trenton, N.J., and Asmara: The Red Sea Press, 2007. xviii + 279 pp. Photographs. Maps. Tables. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.

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