The Journal of Modern African Studies

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Language choice in education: a politics of persuasion

Ericka A. Albaugh

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 1-32

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06002266 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Outside the autochthon-migrant configuration: access to land, land conflicts and inter-ethnic relationships in a former pioneer area of lower Côte d'Ivoire

Jean-Philippe Colin, Georges Kouamé and Débégnoun Soro

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 33-59

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06002278 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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The social reproduction of community-based development: syncretism and sustainability in a Senegalese farmers' association

Dennis C. Galvan

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 61-88

doi:10.1017/S0022278X0600228X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Hijacking civil society: the inside story of the Bakassi Boys vigilante group of south-eastern Nigeria

Kate Meagher

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 89-115

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06002291 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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The nature of decline: distinguishing myth from reality in the case of the Luo of Kenya

Lesa B. Morrison

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 117-142

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06002308 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Revitalising African agriculture through innovative business models and organisational arrangements: promising developments in the traditional crops sector

Cosmas Milton Obote Ochieng

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 143-169

doi:10.1017/S0022278X0600231X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Reviews

Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa by Adam Ashforth Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Pp. 385. US$24.95 (pbk.).

LUISE WHITE

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 171-172

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06212424 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Mandela's World: the international dimension of South Africa's political revolution 1990–99 by James Barber Oxford: James Currey; Cape Town: David Philip; Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2004. Pp. ix, 214. £45.00; £14.95 (pbk.).

ROGER PFISTER

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 173-174

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06222420 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Sudan's Blood Memory: the legacy of war, ethnicity, and slavery in early south Sudan by Stephanie Beswick Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2004. Pp. 277. £45.00; £17.99 (pbk.).

DAVID TURTON

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 174-175

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06232427 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Darfur: a short history of a long war by Julie Flint and Alex de Waal London & New York: Zed Books/International African Institute, 2005. Pp. 152. £36.00/$60.00; £12.99/US$19.99 (pbk.).

ROBERT O. COLLINS

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 176-176

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06242423 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era: American Africans in Ghana by Kevin K. Gaines Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2006. Pp. 342. £24.50.

MARK LEDWIDGE

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 177-178

doi:10.1017/S0022278X0625242X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Trading Down: Africa, value chains and the global economy by Peter Gibbon and Stefano Ponte Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2005. Pp. 251. US$ 64.50; US$21.95 (pbk.).

ANNE TALLONTIRE

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 178-179

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06262426 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Xhosa Beer Drinking Rituals: power, practice, and performance in the South African rural periphery by Patrick A. McAllister Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2006. Pp. 355. US$45.00 (pbk.).

ANDREW OFFENBURGER

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 179-180

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06272422 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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The Age of Commodity: water privatisation in Southern Africa edited by David A. McDonald and Greg Ruiters London and Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2005. Pp. 303. £22.95 (pbk.).

MEENAL SHRIVASTAVA

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 180-182

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06282429 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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Suffering for Territory: race, place, and power in Zimbabwe by Donald S. Moore Durham, NC & London: Duke University Press, 2005. Pp. 322. £15.95 (pbk.).

MARJA SPIERENBURG

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 01, January 2007, pp 182-184

doi:10.1017/S0022278X06292425 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 26 Feb 2007

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