The Journal of Modern African Studies

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The South Sudan Defence Force: patriots, collaborators or spoilers?

Matthew B. Arnold

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 489-516

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002856 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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White-collar fundamentalism: interrogating youth religiosity on Nigerian university campuses

Ebenezer Obadare

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 517-537

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002868 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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When men do women's work: structural adjustment, unemployment and changing gender relations in the informal economy of Accra, Ghana

Ragnhild Overå

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 539-563

doi:10.1017/S0022278X0700287X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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Voting for an ethnic identity: procedural and institutional responses to ethnic conflict in Ethiopia

Lahra Smith

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 565-594

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002881 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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Business success, Angola-style: postcolonial politics and the rise and rise of Sonangol

Ricardo Soares de Oliveira

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 595-619

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002893 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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How does neopatrimonialism affect the African state's revenues? The case of tax collection in Zambia

Christian von Soest

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 621-645

doi:10.1017/S0022278X0700290X (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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Impacts of Chinese imports and coping strategies of local producers: the case of small-scale footwear enterprises in Ethiopia

Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 647-679

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002911 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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Reviews

Transformation and Trouble: crime, justice, and participation in democratic South Africa by Diana Gordon Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2006. Pp. 382. US$27.95 (pbk.).

LOUIS A. PICARD

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 681-682

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002923 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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Makers and Breakers: children and youth in postcolonial Africa edited by A. Honwana and F. De Boeck Oxford: James Currey; Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press; Dakar: Codesria, 2005. Pp. 244. £16.95 (pbk.).

MICHAEL BARRETT

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 682-684

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002935 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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The African AIDS Epidemic: a history by John Iliffe Oxford: James Currey, 2006. Pp. 214, £14.95 (pbk.).

ROBERT OSTERGARD

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 684-684

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002947 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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Sudan: The elusive quest for peace by Ruth Iyob and Gilbert M. Khadiagala Boulder, CO & London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. Pp. 224, £10.50 (pbk.).

CHERRY LEONARDI

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 685-686

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002959 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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Domestic Service in Post-Apartheid South Africa: deference and disdain by A. J. King Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007. Pp. 226, £55.00.

KAREN TRANBERG HANSEN

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 686-687

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002960 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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The Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region in Africa: the pitfalls of enforced democracy and globalization edited by Stefaan Marysse and Filip Reyntjens Basingstoke & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Pp. 264, £65.00.

DANIELLE BESWICK

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 688-689

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002972 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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African Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecostalism and the rise of a Zimbabwean transnational religious movement by David Maxwell Oxford: James Currey, 2006. Pp. xii+250, £50.00; £18.95 (pbk.).

NORMAN ETHERINGTON

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 689-690

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002984 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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Towards a New Map of Africa edited by Ben Wisner, Camilla Toulmin and Rutendo Chitiga London: Earthscan, 2005. Pp. 352, £16.99 (pbk.).

TERRENCE LYONS

The Journal of Modern African Studies, Volume 45, Issue 04, December 2007, pp 690-691

doi:10.1017/S0022278X07002996 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 12 Nov 2007

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