The Journal of Modern African Studies

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The Anglican Church of Rwanda: domestic agendas and international linkages

Phillip A. Cantrell

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 333-354

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002650 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Clientelism and Ethiopia's post-1991 decentralisation

Paulos Chanie

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 355-384

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002662 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Religion and politics: taking African epistemologies seriously

Stephen Ellis and Gerrie ter Haar

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 385-401

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002674 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Police commissioners, presidents and the governance of security

Alice Hills

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 403-423

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002686 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Chief Lamidi Adedibu and patronage politics in Nigeria

Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale and Akinpelu Olanrewaju Olutayo

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 425-446

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002698 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Whose security? Deepening social conflict over ‘customary’ land in the shadow of land tenure reform in Malawi

Pauline E. Peters and Daimon Kambewa

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 447-472

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002704 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Book Reviews

Prisoners of Freedom: human rights and the African poor by Harri Englund Berkeley CA: University of California Press, 2006. Pp. xi+247. US$21.95 (pbk.).

JAN KEES VAN DONGE

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 473-474

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002716 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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The Democratic Republic of Congo: economic dimensions of war and peace by Michael Nest, with François Grignon and Emizet F. Kisangani New York: International Peace Academy, 2006. Pp. 162. US$15.95 (pbk.).

DENIS M. TULL

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 474-476

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002728 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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African Urban Economies: viability, vitality or vitiation? edited by D. F. Bryceson and D. Potts Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Pp. xii+353. £68.00.

J. JOOST BEUVING

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 476-477

doi:10.1017/S0022278X0700273X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Conflict and the Refugee Experience: flight, exile and repatriation in the Horn of Africa by A. Bariagaber Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006. Pp.180. £50.00.

OLIVER BAKEWELL

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 477-479

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002741 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Citizen of Africa: conversations with Morgan Tsvangirai by Stephen Chan Cape Town: Fingerprint Cooperative Ltd., 2005. Pp.106. £9.99 (pbk.).

WILFRED MHANDA

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 479-480

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002753 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Africa and IMF Conditionality: the unevenness of compliance, 1983–2000 by Kwame Akonor London: Routledge, 2006. pp. 144. £60.00.

GRAHAM HARRISON

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 481-482

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002765 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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South Africa's 1940s: worlds of possibilities edited by S. Dubow and A. Jeeves Cape Town: Double Storey, 2005. Pp. 289. R160 (pbk.).

KEITH SHEAR

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 482-483

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002777 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Yoruba Identity and Power Politics edited by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2006. Pp. 370.

ADEREMI SULEIMAN AJALA

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 483-485

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002789 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Inside West Nile: violence, history and representation on an African frontier by Mark Leopold Oxford, Santa Fe and Kampala: James Currey, School of American Research Press and Fountain Publishers, 2005. Pp. 180. £45.00; £16.95 (pbk.).

SVERKER FINNSTRÖM

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 485-486

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002790 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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Undermining Development: the absence of power among local NGOs in Africa by Sarah Michael Oxford: James Currey; and Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2004. Pp. 206. £12.95 (pbk.).

PAUL OPOKU-MENSAH

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 03, September 2007, pp 486-487

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002807 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jul 2007

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