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Ways of Death: Accounts of Terror from Angolan Refugees in Namibia Ways of Death: Accounts of Terror from Angolan Refugees in Namibia

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Inge Brinkman

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 1 - 24

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.1 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Murder and the Political Body in Early Colonial Ibadan Murder and the Political Body in Early Colonial Ibadan

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Ruth Watson

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 25 - 48

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.25 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Medicine Murder in Basutoland: Colonial Rule and Moral Crisis Medicine Murder in Basutoland: Colonial Rule and Moral Crisis

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Colin Murray and Peter Sanders

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 49 - 78

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.49 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Baatɔnu Personal Names from Birth to Death Baatɔnu Personal Names from Birth to Death

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Wendy Schottman

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 79 - 106

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.79 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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The Politics of Land Acquisition and Struggles Over Land in the ‘Communal’ Areas of Zimbabwe: The Gokwe Region in the 1980s and 1990s The Politics of Land Acquisition and Struggles Over Land in the ‘Communal’ Areas of Zimbabwe: The Gokwe Region in the 1980s and 1990s

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Pius Shungudzapera Nyambara

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 253 - 285

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.2.286 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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The Chi Concept in Igbo Gender Naming The Chi Concept in Igbo Gender Naming

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M. C. Ọnụkawa

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 107 - 117

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Ujamaa Revisited: Indigenous and European Influences in Nyerere's Social and Political Thought Ujamaa Revisited: Indigenous and European Influences in Nyerere's Social and Political Thought

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Viktoria Stöger-Eising

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 118 - 143

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Metissage or Curate's Egg? Metissage or Curate's Egg?

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Richard Fardon

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 144 - 151

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Robert Pool,Dialogue and the Interpretation of Illness: conversations in a Cameroon village. Explorations in Anthropology series, Oxford: Berg, 1994, 285 pp., £39.95, ISBN 0 85496 873 3 hard covers, £14.95, ISBN 085973 016 7 paperback. Robert Pool,Dialogue and the Interpretation of Illness: conversations in a Cameroon village. Explorations in Anthropology series, Oxford: Berg, 1994, 285 pp., £39.95, ISBN 0 85496 873 3 hard covers, £14.95, ISBN 085973 016 7 paperback.

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Peter Geschiere

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 152 - 153

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.152 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Frode F. Jacobsen, Theories of Sickness and Misfortune among the Hadandowa Beja of the Sudan: narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge. London: Kegan Paul International, 1998, 366 pp., £55.00, ISBN 0 7103 0591 5. Frode F. Jacobsen, Theories of Sickness and Misfortune among the Hadandowa Beja of the Sudan: narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge. London: Kegan Paul International, 1998, 366 pp., £55.00, ISBN 0 7103 0591 5.

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Akira Okazaki

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 153 - 155

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M. Pieter Van Dijk and Roberta Rabellotti (eds), Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries. London: Frank Cass, 1997, 304 pp., £22.50, ISBN 0 7146 4333 5. M. Pieter Van Dijk and Roberta Rabellotti (eds), Enterprise Clusters and Networks in Developing Countries. London: Frank Cass, 1997, 304 pp., £22.50, ISBN 0 7146 4333 5.

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Howard Stein

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 155 - 157

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Réal Lavergne (ed.), Regional Integration and Cooperation in West Africa: a multidimensional perspective. Trenton NJ, Asmara and Ottawa: Africa World Press and International Development Research Centre, 1997, 352 pp., £14.99, ISBN 0 86543 567 7. Réal Lavergne (ed.), Regional Integration and Cooperation in West Africa: a multidimensional perspective. Trenton NJ, Asmara and Ottawa: Africa World Press and International Development Research Centre, 1997, 352 pp., £14.99, ISBN 0 86543 567 7.

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Cyril I. Obi

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 157 - 158

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Ekema J. Manga, The African Economic Dilemma: the case of Cameroon. Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1998, 280 pp., $46.00, ISBN 0 7618 0991 0. Ekema J. Manga, The African Economic Dilemma: the case of Cameroon. Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1998, 280 pp., \$46.00, ISBN 0 7618 0991 0.

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Francis B. Nyamnjoh

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 159 - 161

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.159 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Ben Fine and Zavareh Rustomjee, The Political Economy of South Africa: from minerals—energy complex to industrialisation. London: Hurst, 1997, 278 pp., £35.00, ISBN 1 85065 258 9 hard covers, £14.95, ISBN 1 85065 257 0 paperback. Ben Fine and Zavareh Rustomjee, The Political Economy of South Africa: from minerals—energy complex to industrialisation. London: Hurst, 1997, 278 pp., £35.00, ISBN 1 85065 258 9 hard covers, £14.95, ISBN 1 85065 257 0 paperback.

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Eric Cédiey

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 161 - 162

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.161 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Peter Batchelor and Susan Willett, Disarmament and Defence: industrial adjustment in South Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Stockholm: International Peace Research Institute, 1998, 249 pp., £30.00, ISBN 0 19 829413 1. Peter Batchelor and Susan Willett, Disarmament and Defence: industrial adjustment in South Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Stockholm: International Peace Research Institute, 1998, 249 pp., £30.00, ISBN 0 19 829413 1.

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Anthony Butler

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 162 - 164

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.162 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Wolfgang Werner, ‘No one will become rich’: economy and society in the Hereto reserves in Namibia, 1915–46. Basel Namibia Studies 2, Basel: Schlettwein, 1998, 254 pp., CHF 48.00, ISBN 3 908193 01 X. Wolfgang Werner, ‘No one will become rich’: economy and society in the Hereto reserves in Namibia, 1915–46. Basel Namibia Studies 2, Basel: Schlettwein, 1998, 254 pp., CHF 48.00, ISBN 3 908193 01 X.

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Edwin N. Wilmsen

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 164 - 165

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M. A. Mohamed Salih and John Markakis(eds), Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1998, 208 pp., £18.95 (SEK 200, US $26.95), ISBN 91 7106 418 4. M. A. Mohamed Salih and John Markakis(eds), Ethnicity and the State in Eastern Africa. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1998, 208 pp., £18.95 (SEK 200, US \$26.95), ISBN 91 7106 418 4.

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Christopher Clapham

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 165 - 166

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John O. Udal, The Nile in Darkness: conquest and exploration, 1504–1862. Norwich: Michael Russell, 702 pp., £55.00, ISBN 0 85955 238 1. John O. Udal, The Nile in Darkness: conquest and exploration, 1504–1862. Norwich: Michael Russell, 702 pp., £55.00, ISBN 0 85955 238 1.

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H. R. J. Davies

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 166 - 167

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Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopian Borderlands: essays in regional history, from ancient times to the end of the eighteenth century. Lawrenceville NJ: Red Sea Press, 1997, 489 pp., £12.99, ISBN 0 932415 19 9. Richard Pankhurst, The Ethiopian Borderlands: essays in regional history, from ancient times to the end of the eighteenth century. Lawrenceville NJ: Red Sea Press, 1997, 489 pp., £12.99, ISBN 0 932415 19 9.

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I. M. Lewis

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 167 - 168

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Hussein M. Adam and Richard Ford (eds), Mending Rips in the Sky: options for Somali communities in the twenty-first century. Lawrenceville NJ: Red Sea Press, 1997, 673 pp., $29.95, ISBN 1 56902 074 4. Hussein M. Adam and Richard Ford (eds), Mending Rips in the Sky: options for Somali communities in the twenty-first century. Lawrenceville NJ: Red Sea Press, 1997, 673 pp., \$29.95, ISBN 1 56902 074 4.

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Alex de Waal

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 168 - 169

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2000.70.1.168 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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C. Ehret, An African Classical Age: eastern and southern Africa in world history, 1000 BC to AD 400. Oxford: James Currey, 1998, 341 pp, £35.00, ISBN 0 8139 1814 6. C. Ehret, An African Classical Age: eastern and southern Africa in world history, 1000 BC to AD 400. Oxford: James Currey, 1998, 341 pp, £35.00, ISBN 0 8139 1814 6.

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Peter Mitchell

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 170 - 172

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Catherine Higgs, The Ghost of Equality: the public lives of D. D. T. Jabavu of South Africa, 1885–1959. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 1997, 276 pp., ISBN 0 8214 1169 1 hard covers, ISBN 0 8214 1171 3. Catherine Higgs, The Ghost of Equality: the public lives of D. D. T. Jabavu of South Africa, 1885–1959. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 1997, 276 pp., ISBN 0 8214 1169 1 hard covers, ISBN 0 8214 1171 3.

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Tim White

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 172 - 173

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Stanley B. Alpern, Amazons of Black Sparta: the women warriors of Dahomey. London: Hurst; New York: New York University Press, 1998, 292 pp., £35.00, ISBN 1 85065 361 5 hard covers, £12.95, ISBN 1 85065 363 3 paperback. Stanley B. Alpern, Amazons of Black Sparta: the women warriors of Dahomey. London: Hurst; New York: New York University Press, 1998, 292 pp., £35.00, ISBN 1 85065 361 5 hard covers, £12.95, ISBN 1 85065 363 3 paperback.

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Robin Law

Africa / Volume 70 / Issue 01 / February 2000, pp 174 - 174

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