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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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POSSIBILITY AND CONSTRAINT: AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

FREDERICK COOPER

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 167-196
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003915 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

NETWORKS OF KNOWLEDGE: CLANSHIP AND COLLECTIVE WELL-BEING IN BUGANDA

NEIL KODESH

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 197-216
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003629 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

‘THESE LAWS SHOULD BE MADE BY US’: CUSTOMARY MARRIAGE LAW, CODIFICATION AND POLITICAL AUTHORITY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY COLONIAL GABON

RACHEL JEAN-BAPTISTE

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 217-240
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003617 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

CONSTRUCTING A DIASPORIC IDENTITY: TRACING THE ORIGINS OF THE GNAWA SPIRITUAL GROUP IN MOROCCO

CHOUKI EL HAMEL

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 241-260
doi:10.1017/S002185370800368X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

HISTORY, MEMORY AND THE LEGACY OF SAMORI IN SOUTHERN MALI, c. 1880–1898

BRIAN J. PETERSON

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 261-279
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003903 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

‘TO NEVER SHED BLOOD’: YACOUBA SYLLA, FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY AND ISLAMIC MODERNIZATION IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE

SEAN HANRETTA

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 281-304
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003666 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

Book Reviews

 
 

MAJOR THEMES IN THE MILITARY HISTORY OF AFRICA African Military History. Edited by John Lamphear. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2007. Pp. xli+505. £130 (isbn 978-0-7546-25216).

RICHARD RATHBONE

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 305-306
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003691 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

A GLOBAL HISTORY OF THE SLAVE TRADE Les traites négrières: essai d'histoire globale. By Olivier Pétré-Grenouilleau. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2004. Pp. 468. €32, paperback (isbn 2-07-073499-4).

JOSEPH C. MILLER

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 306-308
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003708 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

DUTCH SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DOCUMENTS ON THE GOLD COAST Expeditie naar de Goudkust. Het journaal van Jan Dirckz Lam over de Nederlandse aanval op Elmina, 1624–1626. Edited by Henk Den Heijer. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2006. Pp. 208. €25 (isbn 90-5730-445-7).

ADAM JONES

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 308-309
doi:10.1017/S002185370800371X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

ACADEMIC ANTHROPOLOGY AND COLONIAL RULE Ordering Africa. Anthropology, European Imperialism, and the Politics of Knowledge. Edited by Helen Tilley with Robert J. Gordon. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv+390. £60; $84.95 (isbn 978-0-7190-6239).

HENRIKA KUKLICK

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 309-311
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003721 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

SWISS MISSIONARIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AFRICA Butterflies & Barbarians: Swiss Missionaries & Systems of Knowledge in South-East Africa. By Patrick Harries. Oxford: James Currey, 2007. Pp. xviii+286. £55 (isbn 978-085255-984–0); £19.95, paperback (isbn 978-085255-983-3).

GIACOMO MACOLA

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 311-313
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003733 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

AFRICAN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA African Immigrant Religions in America. Edited by Jacob K. Olupona and Regina Gemignani. New York: New York University Press, 2007. Pp. vii+352. $23 (isbn 978-8147-6212-7).

KIRSTEN RÜTHER

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 313-314
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003745 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS? Muslim–Christian Encounters in Africa. Edited by Benjamin F. Soares. Leiden: Brill, 2006. Pp. x+310. €98 (isbn 10-90-04-15264-4).

BAZ LE COCQ

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 314-315
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003757 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

THE MURID COMMUNITY OF DAROU MOUSTY Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal: The Murid Order. By John Glover. Rochester: The University of Rochester Press, 2007. Pp. viii+236. No price given (isbn 978-1-58046-268-6).

DAVID ROBINSON

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 316-317
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003769 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

KWAME NKRUMAH AS AFRICA'S ‘BLACK STAR’ Black Star: A View of The Life & Times of Kwame Nkrumah. By Basil Davidson. Oxford: James Currey, 2007. Pp. 225. £14.90, paperback (isbn 978-1-84701-010-0).

A. B. ASSENSOH

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 317-318
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003770 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

BRINGING THE STUDY OF PAN-AFRICANISM BACK TO AFRICA American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era. By Kevin K. Gaines. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Pp. xiv+342. $34.95 (isbn 0-8078-3008-9).

MICHEL R. DOORTMONT

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 319-320
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003782 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

THE CULTURAL BIOGRAPHY OF DUTCH GIN IN WEST AFRICA The King of Drinks: Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition. By Dmitri van den Bersselaar. Leiden: Brill, 2007. Pp. xiv+268. €69 (isbn 978-90-04-16091-0).

SIMON HEAP

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 320-321
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003794 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

PERIURBAN EWELAND Locality, Mobility and ‘Nation’: Periurban Colonialism in Togo's Eweland 1900–1960. By Benjamin N. Lawrance. Rochester NY: Rochester University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv+288. $75 (isbn 978-1-58046-264-8).

KATE SKINNER

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 322-323
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003800 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

A LONGUE DURÉE RECONSTRUCTION OF ETHNIC CONSCIOUSNESS Crafting Identity in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. By Elizabeth MacGonagle. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press, 2007. Pp. 192. $75 (isbn 978-15804-6257-0).

ERIC ALLINA-PISANO

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 323-325
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003812 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

AFRICAN AGENCY WITHIN THE COLONIAL ORDER IN LESOTHO Power in Colonial Africa: Conflict and Discourse in Lesotho, 1870–1960. By Elizabeth A. Eldredge. Madison: Wisconsin University Press, 2007. Pp. xii+275. £44.50 (isbn 978-0-299-22370-0).

DAVID GORDON

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 325-326
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003824 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

HISTORIES OF BELGIAN COLONIALISM IN THE CONGO Nouvelle histoire de la Belgique, Volume IV: La Belgique et le Congo: empreintes d'une colonie, 1885–1980. By Guy Vanthemsche. Brussels: Editions Complexe, 2007. Pp. 358. €19.90, paperback (isbn 978-28048-0110-6). Congo 1885–1960. Een financieel–economische geschiedenis. By Frans Buelens. Berchem: EPO, 2007. Pp. 671. €34, paperback (isbn 978-90-6445-438-7).

ALDWIN ROES

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 327-329
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003836 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO GANDA HISTORIOGRAPHY Le royaume du Buganda au XIXe siècle: mutations politiques et religieuses d'un ancien état d'Afrique de l'Est. By Henri Medard. Paris: Karthala; Nairobi: IFRA, 2007. Pp. 651. €39, paperback (isbn 978-2-84586-845-8).

RICHARD REID

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 329-330
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003848 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

INDIAN SUB-IMPERIALISM IN BRITISH AFRICA Imperial Connections: India in the Indian Ocean Arena, 1860–1920. By Thomas R. Metcalf. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. Pp. xv+264. $39.95 (isbn 978-0-520-24946-2).

JAMES R. BRENNAN

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 330-332
doi:10.1017/S002185370800385X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

TANZANIAN, NYERERE LOYALIST AND ISMAILI Africa's Winds of Change: Memoirs of an International Tanzanian. By Al Noor Kassum. London: I. B. Tauris & Co., 2007. Pp. xiv+163. £24.50 (isbn 978-1-8451-1583-8).

GREGORY H. MADDOX

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 332-333
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003861 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

BRITISH POLICIES TOWARDS FEMALE CIRCUMCISION IN SUDAN Civilizing Women: British Crusades in Colonial Sudan. By Janice Boddy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Pp. xxvii+402. $65 (isbn 0-691-12304-7); $24.95, paperback (isbn 0-691-12305-5).

HEATHER J. SHARKEY

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 333-335
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003873 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

THE MAKING, UNMAKING AND REMAKING OF ETHIOPIA The History of Ethiopia. By Saheed A. Adejumobi. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2007. Pp. xix+219. $45 (isbn 0-313-32273-2). Ethnic Federalism: The Ethiopian Experience in Comparative Perspective. Edited by David Turton. Oxford: James Currey Publishers; Athens OH: Ohio University Press, 2006. Pp. x+246. $49.95 (isbn 0-8214-1696-0); $24.95, paperback (isbn 0-8214-1697-9).

EZEKIEL GEBISSA

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 335-338
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003885 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
 

DISCOURSES OF ALGERIAN NATIONALISM History and the Culture of Nationalism in Algeria. By James McDougall. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii+266. No price given (isbn 978-0-521-84373-7).

YOUSSEF CHOUEIRI

The Journal of African History, Volume 49, Issue 02, July 2008, pp 338-339
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003897 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 24 Sep 2008
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