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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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Table of Contents - Volume 49 - Issue 01  

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Research Articles

 
 

UNTANGLING THE MANY ROOTS OF WEST AFRICAN MANGROVE RICE FARMING: RICE TECHNOLOGY IN THE RIO NUNEZ REGION, EARLIEST TIMES TO c. 1800

EDDA L. FIELDS-BLACK

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 1-21
doi:10.1017/S0021853707003374 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

CONSTRUCTING AVATIME: QUESTIONS OF HISTORY AND IDENTITY IN A WEST AFRICAN POLITY, c. 1690s TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

LYNNE BRYDON

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 23-42
doi:10.1017/S0021853707003386 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE CONSTANT DEMAND OF THE FRENCH: THE MASCARENE SLAVE TRADE AND THE WORLDS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN AND ATLANTIC DURING THE EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES

RICHARD B. ALLEN

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 43-72
doi:10.1017/S0021853707003295 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE INTELLECTUAL LIVES OF MAU MAU DETAINEES

DEREK R. PETERSON

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 73-91
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003411 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE STATE OF THE SUBJECT: A GUINEAN EDUCATOR'S ODYSSEY IN THE POSTCOLONIAL FOREST, 1960–2001

JAY STRAKER

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 93-109
doi:10.1017/S002185370800340X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

OIL, BRITISH INTERESTS AND THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR

CHIBUIKE UCHE

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 111-135
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003393 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

Book Reviews

 
 

AN AMBITIOUS HISTORY OF AFRICAN CITIES The African City: A History. By Bill Freund. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. x+214. $55 (isbn 978-0-521-82109-4); $19, paperback (isbn 978-0-521-52792-7).

ODILE GOERG

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 137-138
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003423 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

VARIOUS APPROACHES TO AFRICA'S URBAN PAST Villes d'Afrique: Explorations en histoire urbaine. Edited by Jean-Luc Vellut. (Cahiers Africains, 73). Paris: L'Harmattan, 2007. Pp. 237. €22.50, paperback (isbn 978-2-296-03685-7).

LAURENT FOURCHARD

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 138-140
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003435 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF OIL IN AFRICA Poisoned Wells: The Dirty Politics of African Oil. By Nicholas Shaxson. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007. Pp. viii+280. No price given (isbn 978-1-4039-7194-4).

CHIBUIKE UCHE

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 140-141
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003447 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

HEINRICH BARTH'S TRAVELOGUE AS A SOURCE FOR AFRICAN HISTORY Heinrich Barth et l'Afrique. Edited by Mamadou Diawara, Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias and Gerd Spittler. Cologne: Ruediger Koeppe, 2006. Pp. 286. €39.80, paperback (isbn 978-3-89645-220-7).

SABINE VOSSKAMP

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 141-143
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003459 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

SOCIAL HISTORY AND EVERYDAY LITERACY Africa's Hidden Histories: Everyday Literacy And Making the Self. Edited by Karin Barber. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. Pp. xii+452. $75 (isbn 978-0-253-34729-9); $29, paperback (isbn 978-0-253-21843-8).

RALPH A. AUSTEN

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 143-144
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003460 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE SLOW SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria, 1885–1950. By A. E. Afigbo. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2006. Pp. xv+208. $75/£45 (isbn 1-58046-242-1).

ROBIN LAW

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 144-146
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003472 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

TRANSFORMATIONS IN SLAVERY IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION Slavery in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa. Edited by Henri Médard and Shane Doyle. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press; Nairobi: EAEP; Kampala: Fountain Publishers, 2007. Pp. xiv+273. £55 (isbn 978-184701-602-7); £17.95, paperback (isbn 978-1847 01-603-4).

MARTIN A. KLEIN

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 146-147
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003484 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE From Cameroon to Paris: Mousgoum Architecture in and out of Africa. By Steven Nelson. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xiv+247. $50 (isbn 978-0-226-57183-6).

KERSTIN PINTHER

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 147-149
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003496 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

HERITAGE AND HISTORY DISCOURSE IN THE POSTCOLONY The Silence of Great Zimbabwe: Contested Landscapes and the Power of Heritage. By Joost Fontein. Oxford and New York: Berg Publishers, 2007. Pp. xiii+246. £50 (isbn 978-1-59874-220-6); £19.90, paperback (isbn 978-1-59874-221-3).

LINDSAY MOIRA WEISS

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 149-150
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003502 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

GENOCIDE AND MEMORY Genozid und Gedenken: Namibisch-deutsche Geschichte und Gegenwart. Edited by Henning Melber. Frankfurt am Main: Brandes & Apsel, 2005. Pp. 208. €16.90, paperback (isbn 3-86099-822-6).

MICHAEL BOLLIG

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 150-152
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003514 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

WIDOWHOOD IN KENYA'S COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL HISTORY Worries of the Heart: Widows, Family, and Community in Kenya. By Kenda Mutongi. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xv+256. £50 (isbn 0-226-55419-8); £12, paperback (isbn 0-226-555420-1).

DEREK R. PETERSON

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 152-154
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003526 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

A EUGENICS MOVEMENT IN KENYA IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD Race and Empire: Eugenics in Colonial Kenya. By Chloe Campbell. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007. Pp. x+214. £50 (isbn 978-0-7190-7160-7).

DANIEL BRANCH

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 154-156
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003538 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN COLONIAL UGANDA Cultivating Success in Uganda: Kigezi Farmers and Colonial Policies. By Grace Carswell. Nairobi: The British Institute in Eastern Africa; Oxford: James Currey; Kampala: Fountain Publishers; Athens: Ohio University Press, 2007. Pp. xii+258. £50 (isbn 978-1-84701-600-3); £16.95, paperback (isbn 978-1-84701-601-0).

KATHRYN BARRETT-GAINES

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 156-157
doi:10.1017/S002185370800354X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE 1947 ANTI-COLONIAL INSURRECTION IN MADAGASCAR The Many Faces of an Anti-Colonial Revolt: Madagascar's Long Journey into 1947. By Raymond K. Kent. Albany, CA: Foundation for Malagasy Studies, 2007. Pp. xvi+326. $20, paperback (isbn no. pending).

STEPHEN ELLIS

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 158-159
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003551 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE MAKING OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS' RESCUE POLICY Black Jews, Jews, and Other Heroes: How Grassroots Activism Led to the Rescue of the Ethiopian Jews. By Howard M. Lenhoff. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 2007. Pp. iii+324. No price given (isbn 978-9-65229-365-7).

EDWARD KISSI

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 159-161
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003563 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

THE HISTORY OF DARFUR The Darfur Sultanate: A History. By R. S. O'Fahey. London: Hurst, 2008. Pp. xx+336. £35 (isbn 978-1-85065-853-5). Darfur's Sorrow: A History of Destruction and Genocide. By Martin W. Daly. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xix+368. £45 (isbn 978-0-52187-618-6); £14.95, paperback (isbn 978-0-521-69962-4).

ALEX DE WAAL

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 161-163
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003575 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

Shorter Notices

 
 

SHORTER NOTICES Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Kathleen E. Sheldon. Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford: Scarecrow Press, 2005. Pp. xli+403. $82 (isbn 0-8108-5331-0).

EDNA G. BAY

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 163-163
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003587 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

SHORTER NOTICES Democracy and Elections in Africa. By Stefan I. Lindberg. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii+227. £36.50 (isbn 0-8018-8332-6); £16.50, paperback (isbn 0-8018-8333-4).

Gero Erdmann

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 164-166
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003605 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
 

SHORTER NOTICES Black France: Colonialism, Immigration and Transnationalism. By Dominic Thomas. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007. Pp. xv+305. $75 (isbn 0-253-34821-8); $27.95, paperback (isbn 0-253-21881-0).

GREGORY MANN

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 01, March 2008, pp 164-164
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003599 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 23 Apr 2008
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