African Studies Review back issues from September 2005:
The Apocalyptic Interlude: Revealing Death in Kinshasa
Sep 01, 2005; ... Abstract: Temporality in contemporary Kinshasa is of a very specific eschatological kind and takes its point of departure in the Bible, and more particularly in the Book of Revelation, which has become an omnipresent point of reference in Kinshasa's collective imagination. The lived-in ...
Introduction
Sep 01, 2005; ... In many societies, especially those where individual and collective memory are marked by the trauma that can accompany authoritarian rule, people attempt to come to terms with the past by finding ways of making it relevant to the present. One way to understand this complex relationship with ...
(Im)possible Belgian Mourning for Rwanda
Sep 01, 2005; ... Abstract: Rwanda became a Belgian trusteeship under mandate of the Société des Nations after the first World War. With churches playing a prominent role in the political evolution of Rwanda, the two countries were closely bound together. After the 1959 revolution in Rwanda and ...
The Political Stakes of Academic Research: Perspectives on Johannesburg
Sep 01, 2005; ... Abstract: This article considers a burgeoning literature on Johannesburg from the perspective of the sorts of questions it asks about the city. There is a substantial and lively literature on questions of poverty and equality, class and race. These studies are strongly informed by the ...
Funerals and Belonging: Different Patterns in South Cameroon
Sep 01, 2005; ... Abstract: The preoccupation with "autochthony" and the exclusion of "strangers" in many parts of present-day Africa, a paradoxical outcome of political liberalization, has given new importance to funerals as an ultimate test of "belonging." However, the link between funerals and ...
The Political Undead: Is It Possible to Mourn for Mobutu's Zaire?
Sep 01, 2005; ... Abstract: Following the successful coup d'état of Laurent Kabila's forces in May 1997, the Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was forced into exile in Morocco, where he died. This article looks at a lively transnational debate about what should be done with the former president's remains, ...
Beneath International Famine Relief in Ethiopia: The United States, Ethiopia, and the Debate over Relief Aid, Development Assistance, and Human Rights
Sep 01, 2005; ... Abstract: This article analyzes the conflicting interpretations of famine, relief aid, development assistance, and human rights by the Ethiopian and American governments, and the complexity of each government's policy and motives. It argues that in the 1970s and 1980s, the Carter and ...
Situating Globality: African Agency in the Appropriation of Global Culture
Sep 01, 2005; ... ANTHROPOLOGY & SOCIOLOGY Wim van Binsbergen and Rijk van Dijk, eds. Situating Globality: African Agency in the Appropriation of Global Culture. Leiden: Brill, 2004. 314 pp. Photographs. Maps. Notes. Chapter bibliographies. $44.00. Paper. The nine chapters of Situating Globality are ...
Ngecha: A Kenyan Village in a Time of Rapid Social Change
Sep 01, 2005; ... Carolyn Pope Edwards and Beatrice Blyth Whiting, eds. Ngecha: A Kenyan Village in a Time of Rapid Social Change. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. xiii + 336 pp. Photographs. Figures. Map. Tables. Bibliography. Index. $60.00. Cloth. A tremendously exciting book, Ngecha: A ...
THE TROUBLE WITH NIGERIA
Sep 01, 2005; ... THE TROUBLE WITH NIGERIA Levi A. Nwachuku and G. N. Uzoigwe, eds. Troubled Journey: Nigeria since the Civil War. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2004. xxviii + 340 pp. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Maps. Photographs. Tables. $60.00. Paper. Robert I. Rotberg, ed ....
Respectability and Resistance: A History of Sophiatown
Sep 01, 2005; ... David Goodhew. Respectability and Resistance: A History of Sophiatown. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004. xxvi + 190 pp. Maps. Photographs. References. Index. $84.95. Cloth. When the apartheid state machinery forcibly removed residents and demolished the South African township of Sophiatown ...
African Folklore: An Encyclopedia
Sep 01, 2005; ... BIBLIOGRAPHIES & DICTIONARIES Philip M. Peek and Kwesi Yankah, eds. African Folklore: An Encyclopedia. New York and London: Routledge, 2004. xxxii + 593 pp. Maps. Photographs. Bibliograpies. Appendixes. Index. $175.00. Cloth. The encyclopedia is a genre that is notoriously difficult ...
Tourism in the New South Africa: Social Responsibility and the Tourist Experience
Sep 01, 2005; ... Garth Allen and Frank Brennan. Tourism in the New South Africa: Social Responsibility and the Tourist Experience. London: Tauris, 2004. x + 305 pp. Maps. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper. Tourism, as we all know, is the world's largest industry, and eco-tourism is the fastest growing ...
Re-thinking Sexualities in Africa
Sep 01, 2005; ... Signe Arnfred, ed. Re-thinking Sexualities in Africa. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2004. 276 pp. Photographs. References. Biographies. SEK 220. Paper. Re-thinking Sexualities in Africa makes a timely contribution to the literature on Sexualities in Africa at a time when much ...
African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction
Sep 01, 2005; ... Ann Brower Stahl, ed. African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction. Oxford/Maiden, Mass: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. xiv + 490 pp. Maps. Photographs. Diagrams. Notes. References. Index. $36.95. Paper. African Archaeology, part of the Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology series, aims ...
Bambatha at Mpanza: The Making of a Rebel
Sep 01, 2005; ... HISTORY P. S. Thompson. Bambatha at Mpanza: The Making of a Rebel. Pietermaritzburg: P. S. Thompson, 2004. xi + 153 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Endnotes. Bibliographical essay. Price not reported. Paper. In a biographical essay appended to his latest book, Paul Thompson, a prolific ...
The Quest for the Secret Nile: Victorian Exploration in Equatorial Africa 1857-1900/R. J. Richard John Cuninghame 1871-1925: Naturalist, Hunter, Gentleman
Sep 01, 2005; ... Guy Yeoman. The Quest for the Secret Nile: Victorian Exploration in Equatorial Africa 1857-1900. London: Chaucer Press, 2004. 192 pp. Photographs. Maps. Index. £20. Cloth. Monty Brown. R. J. Richard John Cuninghame 1871-1925: Naturalist, Hunter, Gentleman. London: MJB, 2004. 398 pp ....
Health, Power and Politics in Windhoek, Namibia, 1915-1945
Sep 01, 2005; ... HEALTH & DISEASE Marion Wallace. Health, Power and Politics in Windhoek, Namibia, 1915-1945. Basel: P. Schlettwein Publishing, 2002. xvii + 312 pp. Photographs. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. 48 CHF/20 GBf/130 NAM$/130 ZAR. Paper. Too often, Namibia figures only in the general ...
Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa
Sep 01, 2005; ... Paul S. Landau and Deborah D. Kaspin, eds. Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. 380 pp. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $24.95. Paper. Images and Empires is a conceptually sophisticated and ...
Leaf of Allah: Khat and Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia, 1875-1991
Sep 01, 2005; ... Ezekiel Gebissa. Leaf of Allah: Khat and Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia, 1875-1991. Athens: Ohio University Press/Oxford: James Currey/Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa University Press, 2004. xiv + 210 pp. Photographs. Maps. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. $44.95. Cloth. $24.95 ....
Arabic Medieval Inscriptions from the Republic of Mali: Epigraphy, Chronicles and Songhay-Tuareg History
Sep 01, 2005; ... P. F. de Moraes Parias. Arabic Medieval Inscriptions from the Republic of Mali: Epigraphy, Chronicles and Songhay-Tuareg History. New York: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 2003. 616 pp. Illustrations. Tables. Maps and site plans. Appendix. Index. $185.00. Cloth. Paolo de ...
Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970
Sep 01, 2005; ... Erik Gilbert. Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, 1860-1970. Athens: Ohio University Press/ Oxford: James Currey/ Zanzibar: Gallery Publications, 2004. xiii + 176 pp. Photographs. Maps. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $26.95. Paper. In Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar, ...
Justice Gained? Crime and Crime Control in South Africa's Transition
Sep 01, 2005; ... LAW & HUMAN RIGHTS Bill Dixon and Elrena van der Spuy, eds. Justice Gained? Crime and Crime Control in South Africa's Transition. Cape Town: UCT Press/Devon, UK: Willan Publishing, 2004. Distributed by International Specialized Book Services, Inc., Portland, Ore. xxxvii + 266 pp. Tables ....
Re-creating Eden: Land Use, Environment, and Society in Southern Angola and Northern Namibia
Sep 01, 2005; ... Emmanuel Krieke. Re-creating Eden: Land Use, Environment, and Society in Southern Angola and Northern Namibia. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann, 2004. xi + 293 pp. Maps. Bibliography. Index. $99.94. Cloth. $29.95. Paper. Re-creating Eden is a masterful work. Simply stated, the book maps the ...
Chinua Achebe, Teacher of Light: A Biography
Sep 01, 2005; ... LITERATURE & ARTS Tijan M. Sallah and Ngozi Okonjo-lweala. Chinua Achebe, Teacher of Light: A Biography. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2003. 160 pp. Maps. Illustrations. $19.95. Paper. This volume is a fitting tribute to a renowned African writer whose works have elicited ...
Constitutionalism and Society in Africa
Sep 01, 2005; ... Okon Akiba, ed. Constitutionalism and Society in Africa. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 2004. 172 pp. Notes. Index. $89.95. Cloth. This book is an attempt to place important constitutional issues in Africa in their broader social and political context. It grows out of a Ford ...
a.k.a Breyten Breytenbach: Critical Approaches to His Writings and Paintings
Sep 01, 2005; ... Judith Lütge Coullie and J. U. Jacobs, eds. a.k.a Breyten Breytenbach: Critical Approaches to His Writings and Paintings. (Cross/Cultures 75). Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2004. 337 pp. $94.00 Cloth. $36.00. Paper. The title of Coullie and Jacob's collection of essays on the contemporary ...
Colonial Ambivalence, Cultural Authenticity, and the Limitations of Mimicry in French-Ruled West Africa, 1914-1956
Sep 01, 2005; ... James E. Genova. Colonial Ambivalence, Cultural Authenticity, and the Limitations of Mimicry in French-Ruled West Africa, 1914-1956. New York: Peter Lang, 2004. xi + 300 pp. Bibliography. Index. $72.95. Cloth. James Genova's aim in this ambitious book is to explore how the ...
Mandela's World: The International Dimension of South Africa's Political Revolution 1990-1999
Sep 01, 2005; ... James Barber. Mandela's World: The International Dimension of South Africa's Political Revolution 1990-1999. Athens: Ohio University Press/Oxford: James Currey Ltd., 2004. viii + 214 pp. References. Index. $44.95. Cloth. $29.95. Paper. Many observers predicted an apocalyptic end of white ...
The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature
Sep 01, 2005; ... F. Abiola Irele and Simon Gikandi, eds. The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 2 volumes, xli + 906 pp. Chronology. Index. $180. I assume that Cambridge University Press had good practical reasons for putting the Caribbean ...
Textiles Bògòlan du Mali/Textiles du Mali d'après les collections du Musée National du Mali
Sep 01, 2005; ... Pauline Duponchel. Textiles Bògòlan du Mali. Neuchâtel: Musée d'Ethnographie, 2004. 333 pp. Photographs. Map. Catalogue. Annexes. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. euro23. Paper. Bernhard Gardi, ed. Textiles du Mali d'après les collections du Musée National du Mali. Bamako: Musée National ...
Focus on African Films
Sep 01, 2005; ... Françoise Pfaff, ed. Focus on African Films. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. 327 pp. Photographs. Index. $65.00. Cloth. $24.95. Paper. The introduction and fourteen chapters of Françoise Pfaff's Focus on African Films address a reader with very little exposure to or ...
The Culture of Power in Contemporary Ethiopian Political Life
Sep 01, 2005; ... Sarah Vaughan and Kjetil Tronvoll. The Culture of Power in Contemporary Ethiopian Political Life. Stockholm: Sida, 2003. 177 pp. Annexes. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Price not reported. Paper. Commissioned by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, this pilot study of ...
Through Fire with Water: The Roots of Division and the Potential for Reconciliation in Africa/Shadows of War: Violence, Power, and International Profiteering in the Twenty-First Century
Sep 01, 2005; ... Erik Doxtader and Charles Villa-Vicencio, eds. Through Fire with Water: The Roots of Division and the Potential for Reconciliation in Africa. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, lnc, 2003. 405 pp. Maps. Notes. $29.95. Paper. Carolyn Nordstrom. Shadows of War: Violence, Power, and ...
The Constitution at Work: Ten Years of Namibian Nationhood/Reexamining Liberation in Namibia: Political Culture since Independence
Sep 01, 2005; ... POLITICS Manfred O. Hinz, Sam K. Amoo, and Dawid van Wyk, eds. The Constitution at Work: Ten Years of Namibian Nationhood. [Pretoria]: University of South Africa, VerLoren van Themaat Centre for Public Law, [2002]. Distributed by African Books Collective Ltd., The Jam Factory, 27 Park End St., ...
Readings in African Politics
Sep 01, 2005; ... Tom Young, ed. Readings in African Politics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. 254 pp. Figures. Tables. Notes. References. Index. $60.00. Cloth. $24.95. Paper. The essays in Readings in African Politics represent a sampling of some of the most interesting material written ...
Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa: Experiments in Democratic Persuasion
Sep 01, 2005; ... James L. Gibson and Amanda Gouws. Overcoming Intolerance in South Africa: Experiments in Democratic Persuasion. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. 221 pp. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $55.00. Cloth. The successful institutionalization of new democracies does not rely on formal ...
Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America
Sep 01, 2005; ... RELIGION Miguel A. De La Torre. Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004. xviii + 264 pp. Illustrations. Tables. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $18.00. Paper. The study of Yoruba orisha religion and the various ...
Multi-party Elections in Africa
Sep 01, 2005; ... Michael Cowen and Liisa Laakso, eds. Multi-party Elections in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. 387 pp. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $65.00. Cloth. Multi-party Elections in Africa is an edited volume consisting primarily of case studies of elections in twelve Anglophone ...
Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress
Sep 01, 2005; ... E. Gyimah-Boadi, ed. Democratic Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004. vii + 351 pp. Bibliography. Index. $23.50. Paper. $59.95. Cloth. More than a decade after Africa's so-called "second independence," assessments of the continent's ...
Correction
Sep 01, 2005; ... The last paragraph of Josef Gugler's review of Melissa Thackway's Africa Shoots Back (48:1, April 2005), should have read: "After the pioneering works of Manthia Diawara, Françoise Pfaff, and Frank Udechukwu Ukadike, and Olivier ...
Political Identity and Social Change: The Remaking of the South African Social Order
Sep 01, 2005; ... Jamie Frueh. Political Identity and Social Change: The Remaking of the South African Social Order. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2003. xvii + 236 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Price not reported. Paper. In Political Identity and Social Change, three recent episodes of ...