ASA Review of Books, Volume 6 - 1980
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Teaching Materials
E. A. Boateng. A Political Geography of Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. 292 pp. Maps, appendices, bibliography, index. $22.50.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 183-185
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David Robinson and Douglas Smith. Sources of the African Past. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1979. xiv + 203 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, bibliographies, index. $17.50 hardcover; $11.50 paper.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 185-187
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Nancy J. Schmidt, ed. Children’s Literature and Audio-Visual Materials in Africa. Buffalo, N. Y.: Conch Magazine, Ltd., 1977. ii + 103 pp. Bibliography, indices. $15.00 paper.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 187-190
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Reuben K. Udo. A Comprehensive Geography of West Africa. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1978. 304 pp. Maps, tables, plates, bibliography, glossary, index. $19.75 hardcover; $10.00 paper.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 190-191
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The Comparative Study of Slavery
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James L. Watson, ed. Asian and African Systems of Slavery. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1980. 348 pp. Bibliography, index. $20.00. - Keith Hopkins. Conquerors and Slaves. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. 268 pp. Bibliography, index. No price given. - Theda Perdue. Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society 1540-1866. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1979. 207 pp. Bibliography, index. $12.50.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 192-199
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African Historical Dictionaries in Perspective
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Samuel Decalo. Historical Dictionary of Chad. Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1977. 437 pp. Maps, tables, bibliography. $16.00. - Laura S. Kurtz. Historical Dictionary of Tanzania. Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1978. 363 pp. Maps, tables, bibliography. $15.00. - Thomas E. O’Toole. Historical Dictionary of Guinea (Republic of Guinea/Conakry). Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1978. 183 pp. Maps, tables, bibliography. $7.50. - John Obert Voll. Historical Dictionary of the Sudan. Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1978. 193 pp. Maps, bibliography. $7.50.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 199-209
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Surveying Africa: A Growth Industry
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Africa South of the Sahara, 1977-1978. London: Europa Publications Ltd., 7th ed., 1977. xxiv + 1,183 pp. Maps, tables, figures, bibliography. $63.00. - Colin Legum, ed. Africa Contemporary Record. Annual Survey and Documents, 1976-77. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1977. lxvii + 1,241 pp. Map, notes, tables, indices. $55.00. - Alan C. G. Best and Harm J. de Blij. African Survey. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1977. xi + 626 pp. Maps, tables, bibliography, index. $18.95. - B. W. Hodder. Africa Today. A Short Introduction to African Affairs. ix + 166 pp. Map, table, appendix, bibliography, index. $11.50 hardcover; $6.50 paper.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 209-213
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Regression and Progress in the Study of Race and Ethnicity
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Michael Banton . The Idea of Race. London: Tavistock Publications Ltd., 1977; Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1979. vii + 190 pp. Figure, notes, bibliography, index. $15.50. - Brian du Toit, ed. Ethnicity in Modern Africa. West-view Special Studies on Africa. Boulder, Colo.: West-view Press, 1978. x + 319 pp. Tables, figures, notes, bibliography. $20.00. - A. L. Epstein. Ethos and Identity: Three Studies in Ethnicity. London: Tavistock Publications Ltd.; Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1978. xvi + 181 pp. Tables, figure, notes, bibliography, indices. $12.95.
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Review Articles and Reviews
E. A. Ayandele. Nigerian Historical Studies. London and Totowa, N. J.: Frank Cass and Company, 1979. xii + 314 pp. Index, notes. $25.00.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 223-225
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Victor Azarya. Aristocrats Facing Change. The Fulbe in Guinea, Nigeria, and Cameroon. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1978. xv + 293 pp. Maps, tables, notes, bibliography, index. $19.00.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 226-227
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P. T. W. Baxter and Uri Almagor, eds. Age, Generation, and Time. Some Features of East African Age Organisations. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1978. viii + 276 pp. Figures, tables, plates, notes, bibliography, index. $19.95.
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Paul Beckett and James O’Connell. Education and Power in Nigeria. A Study of University Students. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1978. 224 pp. Tables, notes, appendices. $23.00.
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Pierre Bourdieu. Outline of a Theory of Practice. Trans. by Richard Nice. Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1977. viii + 248 pp. Figures, notes, index. $18.95.
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Robin Cohen, Peter C. W. Gutkind, and Phyllis Brazier, eds. Peasants and Proletarians: The Struggles of Third World Workers. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1979. 505 pp. Notes, tables, bibliography. $16.00.
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Susan Denyer. African Traditional Architecture. An Historical and Geographical Perspective. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1978. xiv + 210 pp. Maps, figures, photos, notes, bibliography, index. $19.50 hardcover; $9.75 paper.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 237-239
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Cheikh Anta Diop. Black Africa. The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State. Trans. by Harold Salemson. Westport: Lawrence Hill & Company, 1978. xvi + 99 pp. Bibliography. $7.95 hardcover; $3.95 paper.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 239-243
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G. E. Gorman. The South African Novel in English Since 1950. Boston: G. K. Hall and Co., 1978. 238 pp. Bibliography, index. $30.00.
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Nelson Graburn, ed. Ethnic and Tourist Arts: Cultural Expressions from the Fourth World. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1979. 412 pp. 114 black and white illustrations, 8 color plates, maps, bibliography, index. $11.95 paper.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 246-248
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Gareth Griffiths. A Double Exile: African and West Indian Writing Between Two Cultures. London: Marion Boyars, 1978; Atlantic Highlands, N. J.: Humanities Press, 1979. 205 pp. Bibliography, index. $13.00.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 248-251
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Barbara E. Harrell-Bond, Allen M. Howard, and David E. Skinner. Community Leadership and the Transformation of Freetown (1801-1976). The Hague: Mouton, 1978. xxi + 416 pp. Photos, maps, tables, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Available in United States through Walter De Gruyter Publishers, 200 Sawmill River Road, Hawthorne, N. Y. $42.50.
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- 23 June 2016, pp. 251-253
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