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SPIRITS, POWER AND THE POLITICAL IMAGINATION IN LATE-COLONIAL GABON SPIRITS, POWER AND THE POLITICAL IMAGINATION IN LATE-COLONIAL GABON

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John M. Cinnamon

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 187 - 211

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000010 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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SELF-RELIANCE AND THE STATE: THE MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY POST-COLONIAL TANZANIA SELF-RELIANCE AND THE STATE: THE MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY POST-COLONIAL TANZANIA

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Priya Lal

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 212 - 234

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000022 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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AFTER THE RUSH: LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY IN A MALAGASY MINING TOWN AFTER THE RUSH: LIVING WITH UNCERTAINTY IN A MALAGASY MINING TOWN

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Andrew Walsh

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 235 - 251

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000034 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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PLATINUM CITY AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICAN DREAM PLATINUM CITY AND THE NEW SOUTH AFRICAN DREAM

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Dinah Rajak

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 252 - 271

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000046 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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LEARNING THROUGH PLAY: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF CHILDREN'S RIDDLING IN ETHIOPIA LEARNING THROUGH PLAY: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF CHILDREN'S RIDDLING IN ETHIOPIA

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Tadesse Jaleta Jirata

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 272 - 286

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000058 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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HOW DEBT BECAME CARE: CHILD PAWNING AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS IN AKUAPEM, THE GOLD COAST, 1874–1929 HOW DEBT BECAME CARE: CHILD PAWNING AND ITS TRANSFORMATIONS IN AKUAPEM, THE GOLD COAST, 1874–1929

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Cati Coe

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 287 - 311

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000197201200006X (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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MIGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN RECENT AFRICAN LITERARY CRITICISM MIGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN RECENT AFRICAN LITERARY CRITICISM

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Katie Reid

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 312 - 319

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000071 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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REVIEWS OF BOOKS BEN JONES, Beyond the State in Rural Uganda (International African Library, No. 39). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press and the International African Institute (hb £84, pb £22.99 – 978 0 74863 518 4). 2009, 208 pp. REVIEWS OF BOOKS BEN JONES, Beyond the State in Rural Uganda (International African Library, No. 39). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press and the International African Institute (hb £84, pb £22.99 – 978 0 74863 518 4). 2009, 208 pp.

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SANDRINE PERROT

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 320 - 321

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000083 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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CLAIRE MERCER, BEN PAGE and MARTIN EVANS, Development and the African Diaspora: place and the politics of home. London and New York NY: Zed Books. (pb £18.99 – ISBN 978 1 84277 901 9). 2008, 264 pp. CLAIRE MERCER, BEN PAGE and MARTIN EVANS, Development and the African Diaspora: place and the politics of home. London and New York NY: Zed Books. (pb £18.99 – ISBN 978 1 84277 901 9). 2008, 264 pp.

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ANNA LINDLEY

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 321 - 323

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000095 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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ROSALIND SHAW and LARS WALDORF, with PIERRE HAZAN (eds), Localizing Transitional Justice: interventions and priorities after mass violence. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press for the Stanford Studies in Human Rights. (hb $75 – 978 0 80476 150 5). 2010, 352 pp. ROSALIND SHAW and LARS WALDORF, with PIERRE HAZAN (eds), Localizing Transitional Justice: interventions and priorities after mass violence. Stanford CA: Stanford University Press for the Stanford Studies in Human Rights. (hb \$75 – 978 0 80476 150 5). 2010, 352 pp.

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FEDERICA GUGLIELMO

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 323 - 324

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000101 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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MIRANDA VAN REEUWIJK, Because of Temptations: children, sex and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. Diemen: AMB Publications (pb €35 – 978 9 07970 022 6). 2010, 248 pp. MIRANDA VAN REEUWIJK, Because of Temptations: children, sex and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania. Diemen: AMB Publications (pb €35 – 978 9 07970 022 6). 2010, 248 pp.

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HEATHER MONTGOMERY

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 324 - 326

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000113 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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HANSJOERG DILGER and UTE LUIG (eds), Morality, Hope and Grief: anthropologies of AIDS in Africa. Oxford: Berghahn (hb, £55 – 978 1 84545 663 4). 2010, 360 pp. HANSJOERG DILGER and UTE LUIG (eds), Morality, Hope and Grief: anthropologies of AIDS in Africa. Oxford: Berghahn (hb, £55 – 978 1 84545 663 4). 2010, 360 pp.

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FELICITAS BECKER

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 326 - 327

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000125 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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WALTER HAWTHORNE, From Africa to Brazil: culture, identity and an Atlantic slave trade, 1600–1830. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pb £17.99 – 978 0 52115 238 9). 2010, 288 pp. WALTER HAWTHORNE, From Africa to Brazil: culture, identity and an Atlantic slave trade, 1600–1830. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pb £17.99 – 978 0 52115 238 9). 2010, 288 pp.

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ROGER SANSI

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 327 - 328

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000137 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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MAMADOU DIAWARA, BERNARD LATEGAN and JÖRN RÜSEN (eds), Historical Memory in Africa: dealing with the past, reaching for the future in an intercultural context. New York NY and Oxford: Berghahn Books (hb $95.00 – 978 1 84545 652 8). 2010, 280 pp. MAMADOU DIAWARA, BERNARD LATEGAN and JÖRN RÜSEN (eds), Historical Memory in Africa: dealing with the past, reaching for the future in an intercultural context. New York NY and Oxford: Berghahn Books (hb \$95.00 – 978 1 84545 652 8). 2010, 280 pp.

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MADALINA E. FLORESCU

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 329 - 330

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000149 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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JACQUELINE KNÖRR and WILSON TRAJANO FILHO (eds), The Powerful Presence of the Past: integration and conflict along the Upper Guinea Coast. Leiden: Koninlijke Brill NV (pb €75 – 978 9 00419 000 9). 2010, 392 pp. JACQUELINE KNÖRR and WILSON TRAJANO FILHO (eds), The Powerful Presence of the Past: integration and conflict along the Upper Guinea Coast. Leiden: Koninlijke Brill NV (pb €75 – 978 9 00419 000 9). 2010, 392 pp.

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JAY STRAKER

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 330 - 332

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000150 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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FRANCESCA LOCATELLI and PAUL NUGENT (eds), African Cities: competing claims on urban spaces (Africa–Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, III). Leiden and Boston MA: Brill (pb €59 – 978 9 00416 264 8). 2009, 320 pp. FRANCESCA LOCATELLI and PAUL NUGENT (eds), African Cities: competing claims on urban spaces (Africa–Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, III). Leiden and Boston MA: Brill (pb €59 – 978 9 00416 264 8). 2009, 320 pp.

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BILL FREUND

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 332 - 333

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000162 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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STEVEN VAN WOLPUTTE and MATTIA FUMANTI (eds), Beer in Africa: drinking spaces, states and selves. Berlin: Lit Verlag (pb €29.90 – 978 3 82581 257 7). 2010, 320 pp. STEVEN VAN WOLPUTTE and MATTIA FUMANTI (eds), Beer in Africa: drinking spaces, states and selves. Berlin: Lit Verlag (pb €29.90 – 978 3 82581 257 7). 2010, 320 pp.

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NEIL CARRIER

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 333 - 335

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000174 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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BARBARA M. COOPER, Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel. Bloomington and Indianapolis IN: Indiana University Press (pb $24.95 – 978 0 25322 233 6). 2010, 472 pp. BARBARA M. COOPER, Evangelical Christians in the Muslim Sahel. Bloomington and Indianapolis IN: Indiana University Press (pb \$24.95 – 978 0 25322 233 6). 2010, 472 pp.

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SITNA QUIROZ

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 335 - 336

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000186 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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DAVID MAXWELL, African Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecostalism and the rise of a Zimbabwean transnational religious movement. Oxford: James Currey (hb £50.00/$33.00–978 0 82141 738 X). 2006, 256 pp. DAVID MAXWELL, African Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecostalism and the rise of a Zimbabwean transnational religious movement. Oxford: James Currey (hb £50.00/\$33.00–978 0 82141 738 X). 2006, 256 pp.

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JANE SOOTHILL

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 336 - 338

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000198 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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DOUG FISHBONE (director), Elmina. Flatbush Films, in partnership with Revele Films, 2010. DOUG FISHBONE (director), Elmina. Flatbush Films, in partnership with Revele Films, 2010.

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JOANNA GRABSKI

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 338 - 340

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000204 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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SOPHIE MEW (Curator), DIANE PATRICE and ALIOUNE BÂ (Photographers), Bamako–London: collaborative exhibition of exchanges. Exhibition dates: 11–25 May 2011 (October Gallery, London) and 20–30 September (Musée du District, Bamako). Website: www.bamakoandlondon.com (The exhibition was sponsored by the School of Oriental and African Studies, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Songlines.) SOPHIE MEW (Curator), DIANE PATRICE and ALIOUNE BÂ (Photographers), Bamako–London: collaborative exhibition of exchanges. Exhibition dates: 11–25 May 2011 (October Gallery, London) and 20–30 September (Musée du District, Bamako). Website: www.bamakoandlondon.com (The exhibition was sponsored by the School of Oriental and African Studies, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Songlines.)

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EVA BENTCHEVA

Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 340 - 341

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000216 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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Roger Stoakley, My Warriors and I: among the Samburu of northern Kenya. London: Scriptmate, 1998, 208 pp., £13.99, ISBN 0951376691- ERRATUM Roger Stoakley, My Warriors and I: among the Samburu of northern Kenya. London: Scriptmate, 1998, 208 pp., £13.99, ISBN 0951376691- ERRATUM

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Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp 342 - 342

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972012000241 (About DOI), Published online: 01 May 2012

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Africa / Volume 82 / Issue 02 / May 2012, pp f1 - f4

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