The Journal of Modern African Studies

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Business environment and entrepreneurial activity in Nigeria: implications for industrial development

Mary Agboli and Chikwendu Christian Ukaegbu

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 1-30

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05001394 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Social forces in Southern Africa: transformation from below?

Anthony J. Leysens

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 31-58

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05001400 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Beyond the plantation: Mauritius in the global division of labour

David Lincoln

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 59-78

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05001412 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Death of a king, death of a kingdom? Social pluralism and succession to high office in Dagbon, northern Ghana

Wyatt MacGaffey

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 79-99

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05001424 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Politics, donors and the ineffectiveness of anti-corruption institutions in Uganda

Roger Tangri and Andrew M. Mwenda

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 101-124

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05001436 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Is deagrarianisation real? A study of livelihood activities in rural northern Ghana

Joseph Awetori Yaro

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 125-156

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05001448 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Reviews

Public Opinion, Democracy and Market Reform in Africa by M. BRATTON, R. MATTES and E. GYIMAH-BOADI Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. 486. £21.99 (pbk.).

DEVRA C. MOEHLER

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 157-158

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05211564 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Governing Insecurity: democratic control of military and security establishments in transitional democracies edited by GAVIN CAWTHRA and ROBIN LUCKHAM London: Zed Books, 2003. Pp. 340. £15.95 (pbk.). No Short Cuts to Power: African women in politics and policymaking edited by ANNE MARIE GOETZ and SHIREEN HASSIM London: Zed Books, 2003. Pp. 246. £18.95 (pbk.). Can Democracy Be Designed? The politics of institutional choice in conflict-torn societies edited by SUNIL BASTIAN and ROBIN LUCKHAM London: Zed Books, 2003. Pp. 336. £17.95 (pbk.).

VICKY RANDALL

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 158-160

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05221560 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Rights and the Politics of Recognition in Africa edited by H. ENGLUND and F. B. NYAMNJOH London: Zed Books, 2004. Pp. 293. £18.95 (pbk.).

PAUL RICHARDS

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 160-162

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05231567 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Zimbabwe: the past is the future edited by DAVID HAROLD-BERRY Harare: Weaver Press, 2004. Pp. 273. £20.95 (pbk.).

BLAIR RUTHERFORD

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 162-163

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05241563 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Histories of Namibia: living through the liberation struggle: life histories told to C. LEYS and S. BROWN London: The Merlin Press, 2005. Pp. 165. £14.95 (pbk.).

HENNING MELBER

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 164-166

doi:10.1017/S0022278X0525156X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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The Politics of Transition in Africa edited by G. MOHAN and T. ZACK-WILLIAMS Oxford: James Currey, 2004. Pp. 278. £14.95 (pbk.).

GRAHAM HARRISON

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 166-167

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05261566 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Versions of Zimbabwe: new approaches to literature and culture edited by ROBERT MUPONDE and RANKA PRIMORAC Harare: Weaver Press, 2005. Pp. 262. US$ 32.95 (pbk.).

EZRA CHITANDO

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 167-168

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05271562 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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The Power of Continuity: Ethiopia through the eyes of its children by EVA POLUHA Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2004. Pp. 217. £18.95

SIEGFRIED PAUSEWANG

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 168-169

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05281569 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan (Revised Edition) by ALEX DE WAAL Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 288. £11.99

PAUL D. WILLIAMS

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 169-171

doi:10.1017/S0022278X05291565 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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Reasonable Radicals and Citizenship in Botswana: the public anthropology of Kalanga elites by RICHARD WERBNER Bloomington, IN: Indian University Press, 2004. Pp. 254. US$24.95 (pbk.).

IAN TAYLOR

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 44, Issue 01, March 2006, pp 171-172

doi:10.1017/S0022278X0530156X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 06 Feb 2006

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