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REREADING PTOLEMY'S MAP Africa in Antiquity: A Linguistic and Toponymic Analysis of Ptolemy's Map of Africa, together with a Discussion of Ophir, Punt and Hanno's Voyage. By W. F. G. Lacroix. (Nijmegen Studies in Development and Cultural Change, 28). Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik, 1998. Pp. xi+416. 20+1 loose map. DM 64 paperback (ISBN 3-88156-708-9).
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La répression de la traite des Noirs au XIXe siècle: L'action des croisières françaises sur les côtes occidentales de l'Afrique (1817–1850). Par SERGE DAGET. Paris: Éditions Karthala, 1997. Pp. 626. FF 190, paperback (ISBN 2-86537-771-7).
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PROBLEMATIZING ETHNICITY Die Konstruktion von Ethnizität: Eine politische Geschichte Nord-West Ghanas, 1870–1900 [The Construction of Ethnicity. A Political History of Northwestern Ghana, 1870–1990]. By Carola Lentz. (Studien zur Kulturkunde, 112). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 1998. Pp. 690. DM 128 (ISBN 3-89645-207-X).
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Slave Captain: The Career of James Irving in the Liverpool Slave Trade. Edited, with an introduction, by SUZANNE SCHWARZ. Wrexham, Clwyd: Bridge Books, 1995. Pp. 164. £8.95, paperback (ISBN 1-872424-42-2).
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MEROE Meroe City: An Ancient African Capital: John Garstang's Excavations in the Sudan. By László Török, with contributions by I. Hofmann and I. Nagy. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1997. 2 vols., Part I, pp. xxx+287; Part II, 153 figs, 243 plates. £90.00 (ISBN 0-85698-137-0).
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BORGU'S ‘PROBABLE PAST’ Wasangari und Wangara: Borgu und seine Nachbarn in historischer Perspektive. Bei RICHARD KUBA. Hamburg: Lit, 1996. Pp. 401. No price given (ISBN 3-8258-2802-6).
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WARFARE IN COLONIAL AFRICA Wars of Imperial Conquest in Africa, 1830–1914. By Bruce Vandervort (Warfare and History). London: UCL Press, 1998. Pp. xviii+274. £45 (ISBN 1-85728-486-0); £13.95, paperback (ISBN 1-85728-487-9).
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ETHIOPIAN CHURCH HISTORY The Missionary Factor in Ethiopia. Edited by Getatchew Haile, Aasulv Lande and Samuel Rubenson. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1998. Pp. 215. £24, paperback (ISBN 3-631-33259-9).
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Historical Dictionary of Tunisia. By KENNETH J. PERKINS. London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1997. 2nd edition. Pp. xxvii+311. £61.30 (ISBN 0-8108-3286-0).
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THE FRENCH COLONIAL EMPIRE Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion. By ROBERT ALDRICH. (European Studies Series) Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1996. Pp. xvi+369. £14.99, paperback (ISBN 0-333-56740-4).
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THE LITERARY OEUVRE OF A ‘REMARKABLE WOMAN’ Collected Works of Nana Asma'u, Daughter of Usman dan Fodio (1793–1864). By JEAN BOYD and BEVERLY B. MACK. (African Historical Sources Series, no. 9) East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1997. Pp. xxx+753. $49.95 (ISBN 0-87013-475-2).
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‘BIOGRAPHY’ OF AN AFRICAN DEITY Africa's Ogun: Old World and New. Edited by SANDRA T. BARNES. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1997. 2nd, expanded ed. Pp. xxi+389. £37.50 (ISBN 0-253-33251-6); £14.99, paperback (ISBN 0-253-21083-6).
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Malagasy, ‘un pas de plus’. L'unification de Madagascar. Tome III: 1895–1905. By MICHEL PROU. Paris et Montréal: L'Harmattan, 1997. Pp. 476. FF 260 (ISBN 2-7384-5074-1).
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COLONIAL NAMIBIA Namibia under South African Rule: Mobility and Containment, 1915–46. Edited by PATRICIA HAYES, JEREMY SILVESTER, MARION WALLACE and WOLFRAM HARTMANN. Oxford: James Currey, 1998. Pp. xx+330. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-748-5); £15.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-747-7).
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