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    Andreas Eckert, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
    Anne Mager, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Justin Willis, University of Durham, UK

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SLAVERY AND HUMAN SACRIFICE IN YORUBALAND: ONDO, c. 1870–94

OLATUNJI OJO

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 379-404
doi:10.1017/S0021853705000472 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

CONTESTING SPACE, SHAPING PLACES: MAKING ROOM FOR THE MURIDIYYA IN COLONIAL SENEGAL, 1912–45

CHEIKH ANTA BABOU

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 405-426
doi:10.1017/S0021853705001295 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

EARLY BLACK DOCTORS IN SOUTH AFRICA

ANNE DIGBY

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 427-454
doi:10.1017/S0021853705000836 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

THE ‘NATIVE’ UNDEFINED: COLONIAL CATEGORIES, ANGLO-AFRICAN STATUS AND THE POLITICS OF KINSHIP IN BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA, 1929–38

CHRISTOPHER JOON-HAI LEE

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 455-478
doi:10.1017/S0021853705000861 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

Review Articles

 
 

MUSLIM HISTORIES, AFRICAN SOCIETIES: THE VENTURE OF ISLAMIC STUDIES IN AFRICA Muslim Societies in African History. By DAVID ROBINSON. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. xx+220. £35/$55 (ISBN 0-521-82627-6); £14.99/$19, paperback (ISBN 0-521-53366-X). The History of Islam in Africa. Edited by NEHEMIA LEVTZION and RANDALL L. POUWELS. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 2000. Pp. xii+591. $75 (ISBN 0-8214-1296-5); $26.95, paperback (ISBN 0-8214-1297-3).

SEAN HANRETTA

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 479-491
doi:10.1017/S0021853705000824 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

BRITAIN'S GULAG Histories of the Hanged: Britain's Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire. By DAVID ANDERSON. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2005. Pp. viii+406 (ISBN 0-297-84719-8). Britain's Gulag: The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya. By CAROLINE ELKINS (London: Jonathan Cape, 2005). Pp. xiv+475. £20 (ISBN 0-224-07363-X).

BETHWELL A. OGOT

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 493-505
doi:10.1017/S0021853705000939 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

Book Reviews

 
 

AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTORY BUT CRITICAL SYNTHESIS African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction. Edited by ANN B. STAHL. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. Pp. xiv+490. £65 (ISBN 0-4051-0155-5); £19.99, paperback (ISBN 1-4051-0156-3).

ANNE HAOUR

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 507-508
doi:10.1017/S0021853705211337 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

SYNTHESIS OF BENIN HISTORY A Popular History of Benin. By PETER M. ROESE and DMITRI M. BONDARENKO. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2003. Pp. 391. £33/$55.95, paperback (ISBN 0-8204-6079-6).

JOHN K. THORNTON

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 508-510
doi:10.1017/S0021853705221333 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

HISTORICAL EXPLORATION OF ISLAMIC SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATION The Transmission of Learning in Islamic Africa. Edited by SCOTT S. REESE. Leiden: Brill, 2004. Pp. xiv+307. €95/$136 (ISBN 90-04-13779-3).

JAY SPAULDING

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 510-511
doi:10.1017/S002185370523133X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

AFRICAN RELIGIONS IN WESTERN SCHOLARSHIP European Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa. Edited by FRIEDER LUDWIG and AFE ADOGAME. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2004. Pp. ix+405. €78 (ISBN 3-447-05002-0).

OGBU U. KALU

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 511-513
doi:10.1017/S0021853705241336 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

ALCOHOL IN ANGOLA AND IN THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE Enslaving Spirits: The Portuguese–Brazilian Alcohol Trade at Luanda and its Hinterland, c. 1550–1830. By JOSÉ C. CURTO. Leiden: Brill, 2004. Pp. xiv+252. €74/$93 (ISBN 9004-13175-2).

CHARLES AMBLER

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 513-514
doi:10.1017/S0021853705251332 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

AFRICAN RESISTANCE TO THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE Fighting the Slave Trade: West African Strategies. Edited by SYLVIANE A. DIOUF. Athens OH: Ohio University Press; Oxford: James Currey, 2003. Pp. xxviii+242. £45 (ISBN 0-8255-448-6); £16.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-447-8).

PATRICK MANNING

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 514-515
doi:10.1017/S0021853705261339 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

YORUBA FROM THE DIASPORA Mapping Yorùbá Networks: Power and Agency in the Making of Transnational Communities. By KAMARI MAXINE CLARKE. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2004. Pp. xxxiv+345. £69 (ISBN 0-8223-3330-9); £17.50, paperback (ISBN 0-8223-3342-2).

DMITRI VAN DEN BERSSELAAR

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 516-517
doi:10.1017/S0021853705271335 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

HISTORIOGRAPHY AND VIOLENCE IN MOZAMBIQUE Slavery and Beyond: The Making of Men and Chikunda Ethnic Identities in the Unstable World of South-Central Africa, 1750–1920. By ALLEN E. ISAACMAN and BARBARA S. ISAACMAN. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 2004. Pp. xii+370. £56.99 (ISBN 0-325-00261-4); £16.99, paperback (ISBN 0-325-00261-6).

LANDEG WHITE

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 517-519
doi:10.1017/S0021853705281331 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

SLAVERY IN GHANA A History of Indigenous Slavery in Ghana: From the 15th to the 19th Century. By AKOSUA ADOMA PERBI. Accra: Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2004. Pp. xxiv+231. $49.95 (ISBN 9988-550-95-2).

TREVOR GETZ

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 519-520
doi:10.1017/S0021853705291338 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

LA TRAJECTOIRE POLITIQUE TUNISIENNE A History of Modern Tunisia. Edited by KENNETH J. PERKINS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. xvii+249. £40/$70 (ISBN 0-521-81124-4); £15.99/$24.99, paperback (ISBN 0-521-00972-3).

DALENDA LARGUÈCHE

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 520-522
doi:10.1017/S0021853705301332 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPLORERS IN WEST AFRICA African-American Exploration in West Africa: Four Nineteenth-Century Diaries. Edited by JAMES FAIRHEAD, TIM GEYSBEEK, SVEND E. HOLSOE and MELISSA LEACH. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003. Pp. xi+488. $59.95 (ISBN 0-253-34194-9).

ADELL PATTON

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 522-524
doi:10.1017/S0021853705311339 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

NEW APPROACHES TO GERMAN COLONIALISM Impossible Missions? German Economic, Military, and Humanitarian Efforts in Africa. By NINA BERMAN. Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. Pp. x+271. £37.95 (ISBN 0-8032-1334-4).

ANDREAS ECKERT

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 524-525
doi:10.1017/S0021853705321335 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE OVAMBO FLOODPLAINS Re-Creating Eden: Land Use, Environment, and Society in Southern Angola and Northern Namibia. By EMMANUEL KREIKE. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 2004. Pp. xii+294. $99.95 (ISBN 0-325-07077-6); £29.95, paperback (ISBN 0-325-07076-8).

DAG HENRICHSEN

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 526-527
doi:10.1017/S0021853705331331 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

FOLLOWING THE MIGRANT MINEWORKERS HOME Basotho and the Mines: A Social History of Labour Migrancy in Lesotho and South Africa, c. 1890–1940. By EDDY TSHIDISO MALOKA. Dakar: Codesria, 2004. Pp. xi+257. £28.95/$47.95, paperback (ISBN 2-85978-128-8).

TERESA A. BARNES

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 527-528
doi:10.1017/S0021853705341338 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

THE MANDATE SYSTEM MATTERED A Sacred Trust: The League of Nations and Africa, 1929–1946. By MICHAEL D. CALLAHAN. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2004. Pp. xii+308. £55 (ISBN 1-84519-016-5).

ANDREW PORTER

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 528-529
doi:10.1017/S0021853705351334 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

NEXT DOOR TO VICHY Soldiers, Airmen, Spies, and Whisperers: The Gold Coast in World War II. By NANCY ELLEN LAWLER. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 2002. Pp. xxiii+286. $49.95 (ISBN 0-8214-1430-5).

JOHN PARKER

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 529-531
doi:10.1017/S0021853705361330 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

THE RESURRECTION OF CHIEFTAINCY Le retour des rois: les autorités traditionelles et l'État en Afrique contemporaine. Edited by CLAUDE-HÉLÈNE PERROT and FRANÇOIS-XAVIER FAUVELLE-AYMAR. Paris: Editions Karthala, 2003. Pp. 568. €32 (ISBN 2-84586-343-8).

RICHARD RATHBONE

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 531-532
doi:10.1017/S0021853705371337 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

THE WHITE SIDE OF THE TRANSITION Rethinking the Rise and Fall of Apartheid: South Africa and World Politics. By ADRIAN GUELKE. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Pp. xvii+248. $75 (ISBN 0-333-9812-7); £18.99/$24.95, paperback (ISBN 033-98123-5).

BILL FREUND

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 532-533
doi:10.1017/S0021853705381333 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

THE UNITED STATES AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AFRICA U.S. Policy in Postcolonial Africa: Four Case Studies in Conflict Resolution. By F. UGBOAJA OHAEGBULAM. New York: Peter Lang, 2004. Pp. xvi+280. $32.95, paperback (ISBN 0-8204-7091-0).

CHRIS ALDEN

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 534-535
doi:10.1017/S002185370539133X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

OVERVIEWS OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY What Went Wrong with Africa: A Contemporary History. By ROEL VAN DER VEEN. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, 2004. Pp. 398. €32.50/£19.99, paperback (ISBN 90-6832-548-5). History of Africa, IV: Contemporary Developments. By HARRY GAILEY. Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2002. Pp. xii+166. $17.50, paperback (ISBN 1-57524-163-3).

PAUL NUGENT

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 535-536
doi:10.1017/S0021853705401334 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ALGERIAN INDEPENDENCE The Battlefield: Algeria 1988–2002. By HUGH ROBERTS. London: Verso Books, 2003. Pp. 402. £17 (ISBN 1-85984-684-X). A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era. By MATTHEW CONNELLY. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. 400. No price given (ISBN 0-19-514513-5).

MARTIN EVANS

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 537-538
doi:10.1017/S0021853705411330 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

A CHALLENGE TO PESSIMISM ON NIGERIA Troubled Journey: Nigeria since the Civil War. Edited by LEVI A. NWACHUKU and G. N. UZOIGWE. Dallas: University Press of America, 2004. Pp. xxviii+338. No price given (ISBN 0-7618-2712-9).

MUHAMMAD S. UMAR

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 538-539
doi:10.1017/S0021853705421337 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

LIBERATION WITHOUT LIBERTY? The Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe, II: Nationalism, Democracy and Human Rights. Edited by TERENCE RANGER. Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003 (distributed outside Africa by African Books Collective, Oxford). Pp. 196. No price given (ISBN 1-7792-001-3).

TIM SCARNECCHIA

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 539-541
doi:10.1017/S0021853705431333 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

TRUE FICTIONS Voices of the Poor in Africa: Moral Economy and the Popular Imagination. By ELIZABETH ISICHEI. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press, 2002. Pp. ix+287. £50/$75 (ISBN 1-58046-107-7).

JAMES R. BRENNAN

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 541-543
doi:10.1017/S002185370544133X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

THE POLITICS OF DRESS Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress. Edited by JEAN ALLMAN. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. Pp. vi+248. $50 (ISBN 0-253-34415-8); $21.95, paperback (ISBN 0-253-21689-3).

JUSTIN WILLIS

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 543-544
doi:10.1017/S0021853705451336 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

AFRICAN ETHNOGRAPHY IN A BREMEN MUSEUM Zur Sammlungsgeschichte afrikanischer Ethnographica im Uebersee-Museum Bremen 1841–1945. By BETTINA VON BRISKORN. Pp. 335. Bremen: Uebersee-Museum, 2000. €10 (ISBN 3-929439-57-3).

PAUL JENKINS

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 544-545
doi:10.1017/S0021853705461332 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

Shorter Notices

 
 

Historical Dictionary of Egypt. By ARTHUR GOLDSCHMIDT and ROBERT JOHNSTON. Third edition. Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press, 2003. Pp. xxxviii+510. £65 (ISBN 0-8108-4856-2).

MOHAMED EL MANSOUR

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 546-546
doi:10.1017/S0021853705471339 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

Voyage to a Thousand Cares: Master's Mate Lawrence with the African Squadron, 1844–1846. Edited by C. HERBERT GILLILAND. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 2004. Pp. xiv+334. $27.95 (ISBN 1-59114-320-9).

SILKE STRICKRODT

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 546-547
doi:10.1017/S0021853705481335 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

The First World War in Africa. By HEW STRACHAN. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. x+224. £8.99 (ISBN 0-19-925728-0).

JEREMY BLACK

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 547-548
doi:10.1017/S0021853705491331 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

Colonialism and Economic Change in Swaziland, 1940–1960. By HAMILTON SIPHO SIMELANE. Kampala: JANyeko Publishing Centre, and Manzini: JAN Publishing Centre, 2003. Pp. x+231. £23.95/$39.95 (ISBN 9970-510-04-9). Distributed by African Book Collective, Oxford.

NEIL PARSONS

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 548-549
doi:10.1017/S0021853705501336 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

Land, Gender and the Periphery: Themes in the History of Eastern and Southern Africa. Edited by BAHRU ZEWDE. Addis Ababa: OSSREA, 2003. Pp. vi+178. £19.95, paperback (ISBN 0-954538420).

RICHARD WALLER

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 549-550
doi:10.1017/S0021853705511332 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
 

Origins of Rwandan Genocide. By JOSIAS SEMUJANGA. Amherst: Humanity Books, 2003. Pp. 265. $35 (ISBN 1-59102-053-0).

ALISON DES FORGES

The Journal of African History, Volume 46, Issue 03, November 2005, pp 550-551
doi:10.1017/S0021853705521339 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 09 Dec 2005
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