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Volume 55 - November 2014

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THE MAKING OF RESPECTABILITY IN A CIVIL SOCIETY - The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa. By Hilary Jones. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2013. Pp. xi + 276. $80, hardback (ISBN 978-0-253-00673-8); $28, paperback (ISBN 978-0-253-00674-5).

AN ENCYCLOPEDIC TREASURE - Le trésor des secrets et des idées fécondes, by Muhammad b. Sa'īd Al-Zammūrī Al-Sanhājī. Edited by Belkacem Daouadi. Lyon, France: Ens Éditions, 2012. Pp. 495. €20, paperback (isbn978-2-84788-380-0).

THE COLLECTOR'S PREDICAMENT - A Place That Matters Yet: John Gubbin's MuseumAfrica in the Postcolonial World. By Sara Byala. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Pp. xi + 329. $105, hardback (978-0-226-03027-2); $35, paperback (isbn978-0-226-03030-2).

BRINGING A COURT CASE TO LIFE - Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History. By Trevor R. Getz and Liz Clarke. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xix + 179. $15.95, paperback (isbn9780199844395).

CHILDREN IN MOTION - Child Fostering in West Africa: New Perspectives on Theory and Practices. Edited by Erdmute Alber, Jeannett Martin, and Catrien Notermans. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2013. Pp. xii + 250. $82/€59, paperback (ISBN 9789004250574).

POST-APARTHEID NEOLIBERALISM IN TANZANIA - Africa After Apartheid: South Africa, Race, and Nation in Tanzania. By Richard A. Schroeder. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2013. Pp. xviii + 227. $75, hardback (isbn978-0-253-00599-1); $25, paperback (isbn978-0-253-00600-4).

CONJURING AGENCY - Invisible Agents: Spirits in a Central African History. By David M Gordon. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2012. Pp. xii + 304. $32.95, paperback (isbn9780821420249).

JOURNALISTS CONFRONTING MILITARY RULE - The Role of the Press and Communication Technology in Democratization: The Nigerian Story. By Aje-Ori Agbese. New York: Routledge, 2013. Pp. x + 119. $136, hardback (isbn978-0-415-98149-1); $44.95, paperback (isbn978-0-415-65272-8).

OF SKIN WHITENERS AND HERITAGE TOURISM - The Predicament of Blackness: Postcolonial Ghana and the Politics of Race. By Jemima Pierre. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Pp. xix + 263. $90, hardback (ISBN 9780226923024); $30, paperback (ISBN 9780226923031).

NARRATING THE EMOTIONAL COMPLEXITY OF WAR - I Did It to Save My Life: Love and Survival in Sierra Leone. By Catherine E Bolten. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2012. Pp. xxii + 268. $70, hardcover (isbn9780520273788); $29.95, paperback (isbn9780520273795).

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CONTEMPORARY SEXUALITIES - Sexual Diversity in Africa: Politics, Theory, Citizenship. Edited by S. N. Nyeck and Marc Epprecht. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013. Pp. ix + 302. $100, hardback (ISBN 978-0-7735-4188-7); $29.95, paperback (ISBN 978-0-7735-4187-0).

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IMPERIAL ENGAGEMENT - The Government and Administration of Africa, 1880–1939, 5 vols. Edited by Casper Andersen and Andrew Cohen. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2013. Pp. cxvii + 1907. $795/£450, hardback (isbn978-1-84893-318-7).

LETTERS FROM THE ROAD - The Travel Chronicles of Mrs. J. Theodore Bent. Volume II: The African Journeys. Edited by Gerald Brisch. Oxford: 3rdguides, 2012. Pp. xxxii + 344. £27·50, paperback (isbn9781905739370).

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AN ASSEMBLAGE OF INSIGHTS - Teaching Africa: A Guide for the 21st-Century Classroom. Edited by Brandon D Lundy and Solomon Negash. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2013. Pp. viii + 299. $85, hardback (isbn978-0-253-00815-2); $30, paperback (isbn978-0-00821-3).

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