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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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AFH volume 50 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp f1-f4
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004411 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
 

Back Cover (IBC, OBC) and matter

 
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AFH volume 50 issue 1 Cover and Back matter

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp b1-b6
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004423 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
 

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SLAVERY AND ITS TRANSFORMATION IN THE KINGDOM OF KONGO: 1491–1800

LINDA M. HEYWOOD

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 1-22
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004228 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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Authority, Knowledge and Identity in South Africa

 
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THE CHANGING POLITICS OF SLAVE HERITAGE IN THE WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

NIGEL WORDEN

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 23-40
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004204 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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SOUTH AFRICAN TERRITORIAL SEGREGATION: NEW DATA ON AFRICAN FARM PURCHASES, 1913–1936

HARVEY M. FEINBERG and ANDRÉ HORN

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 41-60
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003964 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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‘COLONIAL’ EXPERTS, LOCAL INTERLOCUTORS, INFORMANTS AND THE MAKING OF AN ARCHIVE ON THE ‘TRANSVAAL NDEBELE’, 1930–1989

SEKIBAKIBA PETER LEKGOATHI

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 61-80
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003976 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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Political and Moral Discourses in Postcolonial Africa

 
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF KWAME NKRUMAH'S POLITICAL THOUGHT IN EXILE, 1966–1972

AMA BINEY

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 81-100
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004216 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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DISCOURSE ON MORAL WOMANHOOD IN SOMALI POPULAR SONGS, 1960–1990

LIDWIEN KAPTEIJNS

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 101-122
doi:10.1017/S0021853708003927 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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‘THE CHILD OF DEATH’: PERSONAL NAMES AND PARENTAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS MORTALITY IN BUNYORO, WESTERN UGANDA, 1900–2005 – CORRIGENDUM

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 123-124
doi:10.1017/S002185370900423X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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A STATE-OF-THE-ART SURVEY OF HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP ON AFRICA Africans: The History of a Continent. Second Edition. By John Iliffe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. xiii+365. £40 (isbn 978-0-521-86438-1); £14.99, paperback (isbn 978-0-521-68297-8).

JOHN PARKER

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 125-129
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004241 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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INEQUALITY AND THE CAUSES OF POVERTY IN SOUTH AFRICA Class, Race and Inequality in South Africa. By Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Natrass. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2005. Pp. x+446. $60 (isbn 978-030-010-8927). A History of Inequality in South Africa 1652–2002. By Sampie Terreblanche. Pietermaritzburg and Sandton: University of Natal Press and KMM Review Press, 2002. Pp. xvi+527. £37.50 (isbn 978-1869-140-229).

BILL FREUND

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 129-132
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004253 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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AN UNORTHODOX COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CENTRAL SAHEL AND THE NORTH SEA Rulers, Warriors, Traders, Clerics: The Central Sahel and the North Sea, 800–1500. By Anne Haour. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Pp. xiv+178. $60 (isbn 978-0-19-726411-9).

JAMES L. A. WEBB

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 132-133
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004265 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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EXPRESSIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN TRADITION IN THE AMERICAS Fighting For Honor: The History of African Martial Arts Traditions in the Atlantic World. By T. J. Desch Obi. Columbia SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2008. Pp. xi+346. $49 (isbn 978-1-57003-718-4).

JAMES H. SWEET

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 133-135
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004277 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF SLAVERY IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery. By Vincent Brown. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Pp. xvii+340. $35 (isbn 978-0674024229).

JOHN K. THORNTON

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 135-137
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004289 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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THE FRAGILITY OF DISEASE BOUNDARIES Plague Ports: The Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague, 1894–1901. By Myron Echenberg. New York: New York University Press, 2007. Pp. xvi+349. $50 (isbn 978-0-8147-2232-9).

EMMANUEL AKYEAMPONG

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 137-138
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004290 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA IN CONTEXT HIV/AIDS, Illness, and African Well-Being. Edited by Toyin Falola and Matthew M. Heaton. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press, 2007. Pp. x+414. $75 (isbn 978-1-58046-240-2).

HANSJÖRG DILGER

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 138-140
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004307 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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A COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE EMPIRES IN AFRICA SINCE 1930 Living with Ambiguity: Integrating an African Elite in French and Portuguese Africa, 1930–1961. By Alexander Keese. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2007. Pp. 344. €46, paperback (isbn 978-3-515-09032-2).

GREGORY MANN

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 140-142
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004319 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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CONTESTING NOTIONS OF AUTHORITY AND OF PROPER MUSLIM PRACTICES Islam and the Prayer Economy. History and Authority in a Malian Town. By Benjamin F. Soares. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 2005. Pp. xiv+306. £55 (isbn 978-0-7846-2285-6); £17.99, paperback (isbn 978-0-7486-2358-7).

DOROTHEA E. SCHULZ

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 142-144
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004320 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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A SIGNAL SERVICE TO HISTORIANS OF GHANA Sources for the Mutual History of Ghana and the Netherlands: An Annotated Guide to the Dutch Archives Relating to Ghana and West Africa in the Nationaal Archief, 1593–1960s. By Michel R. Doortmont and Jinna Smit. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007. Pp. xx+396. $104, paperback (isbn 978-90-04-15850-4).

LARRY W. YARAK

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 144-145
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004332 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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MEMORIES OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN GHANA Routes of Remembrance: Refashioning the Slave Trade in Ghana. By Bayo Holsey. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2008. Pp. xiii+280. $53 (isbn 978-0-22634-975-6); $21, paperback (isbn 978-0-22634-976-3).

ELLA KEREN

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 145-147
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004344 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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A BOLD ATTEMPT TO WRITE THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA A History of Nigeria. By Toyin Falola and Matthew Heaton. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xxxvi+329. £45 (isbn 978-0-521-86294-3); £15.99, paperback (isbn 978-0-521-68157-5).

CHIBUIKE UCHE

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 147-148
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004356 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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A HETEROGENEOUS VOLUME OF YORUBA HISTORY AND CULTURE The Yoruba in Transition: History, Values, and Modernity. Edited by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova. Durham NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2006. Pp. xxxvii+498. $55 (isbn 1-59460-134-8).

J. D. Y. PEEL

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 148-149
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004368 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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ZIMBABWE'S LANDSCAPE AS A FIELD OF IMAGINATION, SIGNIFICATION AND AESTHETICS From Wilderness Vision to Farm Invasions: Conservation and Development in Zimbabwe's South-East Lowveld. By William Wolmer. Oxford: James Currey; Harare: Weaver, 2007. Pp. 246. £17.95, paperback (isbn 978-0-852-55436-4).

DAVID McDERMOTT HUGHES

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 149-151
doi:10.1017/S002185370900437X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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A REMARKABLE INTRODUCTION TO A REMARKABLE COLLECTION Bushmen in a Victorian World: The remarkable story of the Bleek–Lloyd Collection of Bushman Folklore. By Andrew Bank. Cape Town: Double Story, 2006. Pp. 422. R2,600, paperback (isbn 1-77013-091-8).

NIGEL PENN

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 151-153
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004381 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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THE SOMALI DIASPORA IN THE UNITED STATES The Somali Diaspora: A Journey Away. Essays by Doug Rutledge. Photographs by Abdi Roble. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press, 2008. Pp. xiv+188. $34.95, paperback (isbn 978-0-8166-5457-4).

LIDWIEN KAPTEIJNS

The Journal of African History, Volume 50, Issue 01, March 2009, pp 153-154
doi:10.1017/S0021853709004393 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 14 Apr 2009
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