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  • Editor(s):
  • Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Harvard University, USA
    Andreas Eckert, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
    Anne Mager, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Justin Willis, University of Durham, UK

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DENKYIRA IN THE MAKING OF ASANTE C. 1660–1720

T. C. McCASKIE

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 1-25
doi:10.1017/S0021853706002507 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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REBELLION, MARRONAGE AND JIHAD: STRATEGIES OF RESISTANCE TO SLAVERY ON THE SIERRA LEONE COAST, C. 1783–1796

BRUCE MOUSER

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 27-44
doi:10.1017/S0021853706002490 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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MEDICAL MISSIONARIES AND MODERNIZING EMIRS IN COLONIAL HAUSALAND: LEPROSY CONTROL AND NATIVE AUTHORITY IN THE 1930S

SHOBANA SHANKAR

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 45-68
doi:10.1017/S0021853706002489 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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TANZANIA'S OPERATION VIJIJI AND LOCAL ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: THE CASE OF EASTERN IRAQWLAND, 1974–1976

YUSUFU QWARAY LAWI

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 69-93
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002526 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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COLD WAR IN GUINEA: THE RASSEMBLEMENT DÉMOCRATIQUE AFRICAIN AND THE STRUGGLE OVER COMMUNISM, 1950–1958

ELIZABETH SCHMIDT

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 95-121
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002551 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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READING, WRITING AND RALLIES: THE POLITICS OF ‘FREEDOM’ IN SOUTHERN BRITISH TOGOLAND, 1953–1956

KATE SKINNER

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 123-147
doi:10.1017/S0021853706002519 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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BROAD PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE In Human Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World. By DAVID BRION DAVIS. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xviii+440. $30 (ISBN 0-19-514073-7).

RALPH A. AUSTEN

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 149-150
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002563 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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HOW MAIZE BECAME THE DOMINANT FOOD CROP IN AFRICA Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop 1500–2000. By JAMES C. MCCANN. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. Pp. xiii+289. $27.95 (ISBN 0-674-01718-8).

JAMIE MONSON

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 150-152
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002575 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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ASSERTION RATHER THAN EVIDENCE Decolonization and the Decolonized. By ALBERT MEMMI. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. Pp. 148. No price given (ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-4734-7).

RICHARD RATHBONE

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 152-153
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002587 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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AFRICAN POLITICS MATTERS African Politics in Comparative Perspective. By GORAN HYDEN. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. viii+306. $70 (0-521-85616-7); $24.99, paperback (ISBN 0-521-67194-9). Africa: The Politics of Independence and Unity. By IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, repr. 2005. Pp. xvi+280. No price given (ISBN 0-521-68588-0630).

MICHAEL JENNINGS

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 153-154
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002599 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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CADBURY'S TIES WITH SLAVE-GROWN COCOA Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business. By LOWELL J. SATRE. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. Pp. 352. £36.50 (ISBN 0-8214-1625-1).

AYOWA AFRIFA TAYLOR

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 154-155
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002605 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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THE COLONIAL SOCIETY IN FRENCH WEST AFRICA IN TRANSITION French Colonialism Unmasked: The Vichy Years in French West Africa. By RUTH GINIO. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Pp. xviii+243. £40 (ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-2212-2).

CATHERINE COQUERY-VIDROVITCH

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 155-157
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002617 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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DEFYING DICHOTOMIES OF TRADITION VERSUS MODERNITY Tongnaab: The History of a West African God. By JEAN ALLMAN and JOHN PARKER. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2005. Pp. xi+301. $65 (ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34665-0); $24.95, paperback (ISBN-13: 978-0-253-21806-3).

CAROLA LENTZ

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 157-159
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002629 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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CHANGING CONSTRUCTIONS OF MASCULINITY IN GHANA Making Men in Ghana. By STEPHAN F. MIESCHER. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. Pp. xxxii+323. $65 (ISBN 0-253-34636-3); $24.95, paperback (ISBN 0-253-21786-5).

VEIT ARLT

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 159-161
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002630 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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PORTRAIT OF A NAMIBIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER Kaxumba kaNdola: Man and Myth. The Biography of a Barefoot Soldier. By ELLEN NDESHI NAMHILA. Basel: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2005. Pp. xi+157. No price given (ISBN 3-905141-86-8).

HENNING MELBER

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 161-162
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002642 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AND SLAVES IN EASTERN AFRICA The Evangelization of Slaves and Catholic Origins in Eastern Africa. By PAUL V. KOLLMAN. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2005. Pp. xxviii+356. $25 (ISBN 1-57075-626-0).

HENRI MEDARD

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 162-164
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002654 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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LOCAL HISTORIES IN TANZANIA Practicing History in Central Tanzania: Writing, Memory, and Performance. By GREGORY H. MADDOX with ERNEST M. KONGOLA. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 2006. Pp. vii+181. No price given (ISBN 0-325-07056-3).

LEANDER SCHNEIDER

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 164-165
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002666 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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THE MURDER OF A KENYAN MINISTER The Risks of Knowledge: Investigations into the Death of the Hon. Minister John Robert Ouko in Kenya, 1990. By DAVID WILLIAM COHEN and E. S. ATIENO ODHIAMBO. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. Pp. xv+344. $59.95 (ISBN 0-8214-1597-2); $26.95, paperback (ISBN 0-8214-1598-0).

DAVID M. ANDERSON

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 165-167
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002678 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS IN WESTERN UGANDA Crisis and Decline in Bunyoro: Population and Environment in Western Uganda 1860–1955. By SHANE DOYLE. Oxford: The British Institute in Eastern Africa, in association with James Currey, 2006. Pp. xii+276. £45 (ISBN 0-85255-432-6); £16.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-431-9).

HOLLY HANSON

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 167-168
doi:10.1017/S002185370700268X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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FRESH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Journal of African Archaeology (2003–2005, volumes 1–3). Edited by PETER BREUNIG and SONJA MAGNAVITA, Frankfurt am Main: Africa Magna Verlag. Annual subscription (individual rate, two issues) €60 (ISSN 1612-1651).

KEVIN C. MACDONALD

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 168-169
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002691 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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Shorter Notices

 
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Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia. New Edition. By DAVID H. SHINN and THOMAS P. OFCANSKY. Lanham, Toronto and Oxford: Scarecrow Press, 2004. Pp. lx+633. No price given (ISBN 0-8108-4910-0).

BAHRU ZEWDE

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 169-170
doi:10.1017/S0021853707002708 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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Germany's Colonial Pasts. Edited by ERIC AMES, MARCIA KLOTZ and LORA WILDENTHAL. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. Pp. xxi+255. $45 (ISBN 0-8032-4819-9).

REINHART KÖSSLER

The Journal of African History, Volume 48, Issue 01, March 2007, pp 170-171
doi:10.1017/S002185370700271X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 10 Apr 2007
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