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Volume 58 - October 1988

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Reviews of Books

Richard Pankhurst, The History of Famine and Epidemics in Ethiopia prior to the Twentieth Century. Addis Ababa: Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, no date but 1985/1986, 120 pp.
Adrian Wood
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David D. Laitin, Hegemony and Culture: politics and religious change among the Yoruba. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1986, 252 pp., £23.95, ISBN 0 226 46789 9 (hardback), £11.25, ISBN 0 226 46790 2 (paperback).
A. L. Mabogunje
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07 December 2011, pp. 253-255
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P. Nobel (ed.), Refugees and Development in Africa. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1987, 121 pp., SEK 110, ISBN 91 7106 272 6. - Directory of Current Research on Refugees and Other Forced Migrants. Oxford: Refugee Studies Programme, 1987, 117 pp., £6.00, ISBN 0 9512260 0 2.
Nicholas van Hear
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07 December 2011, pp. 498-499
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Roy Armes, Third World Film-making and the West. Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press, 1987, 416 pp., 110 illustrations, US$49.95 hard covers (ISBN 0 520 05667 1), US$17.95 paperback (ISBN 0 520 05690 6).
Sarah Hobson, Parminder Vir
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Aparno Rao (ed.), The Other Nomads. Cologne: Bohlau Verlag, 1987, xi + 391 pp., ISBN 3 412 08085 3.
Margaret Mohamed-Salih
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07 December 2011, pp. 499-501
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Roger C. Riddell, Foreign Aid Reconsidered. London: James Currey/Overseas Development Institute, 1987, 309 pp., £25.00, ISBN 0 85255 103 7 hardback, £9.95, ISBN 0 85255 104 5 paperback.
Sean Conlin
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David Lan, Guns and Rain: guerillas and spirit mediums in Zimbabwe. London: James Currey; Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985, 284 pp., £19.50 hard covers (UK ISBN 0 85255 200 9), £8.50 paperback (UK ISBN 0 85255 201 7); US paperback ISBN 0 520 05557 8.
Jean Comaroff
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M. Marchand and Ir F. H. Toornstra, Ecological Guidelines for River Basin Development, Report No. 28. Leiden: Centre for Environmental Studies, State University of Leiden, 1986. - C. A. Drijver and M. Marchand, Taming the Floods: environmental aspects of floodplain development in Africa. Leiden: Centre for Environmental Studies, State University of Leiden, 1985.
Kathleen M. Baker
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Samuel Ekpe Akpabot, Foundations of Nigerian Traditional Music. Ibadan: Spectrum Books Limited, 1986, 113 pp.
Peter Lee
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Oladele Taiwo, Female Novelists of Modern Africa. London: Macmillan, 1984, ISBN 0 333 363337.
Elizabeth Gunner
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07 December 2011, pp. 504-505
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Jack Goody, The Logic of Writing and the Organization of Society, Studies in Literacy, Family, Culture and the State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, £20.00/$34.50, ISBN 0 521 32745 8 hardback, £6.95/$8.95, ISBN 0 521 33962 6 paperback.
Brian Street
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G. E. Gorman and J.J. Mills, Guide to Current National Bibliographies in the Third World, 2nd revised edition. London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1987, £45.00, ISBN 0 905450 34 5.
Barbara Turfan
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C. M. B. Brann (ed.), Annals of Borno, vol. 3. Maiduguri: University of Maiduguri, 1986, $30 (institutions), $20 (individuals). - Ibrahim Yaro Yahaya (ed.), Kano Studies, new series, vol. 2, no. 3. Kano: Bayero University, 1982/1985, £8.00 (N10).
Murrary Last
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W. Seidensticker and G. Adamu, A Bibliographical Guide to Borno Studies, 1821–1983. Maiduguri: University of Maiduguri, 1986.
Murray Last
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Gideon Goldenberg, Ethiopian Studies: proceedings of the sixth international conference, Tel-Aviv, 14–17 April 1980. Rotterdam and Boston: A. A. Balkema, 1986, xiii + 530 pp., £36.50, ISBN 90 6191 569 4.
Christopher Clapham
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Silvia Luciani and Irma Taddia (eds.), Fonti Comboniane per la Storia dell' Africa Nord-orientale, vol. 1, Fonti e Studi per la Storia dell' Africa 1. Bologna: Departmento di Politica Insituzioni Storia, University of Bologna, 1986, 312 pp.
Douglas H. Johnson
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Gerald Blake, John Dewdney and Jonathan Mitchell, The Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, vii + 124 pp., ISBN 0 521 24243 6.
J. A. Allan
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S. Decalo, Historical Dictionary of Togo, 2nd edition, African Historical Dictionaries No. 9. Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press, 1987, 331 pp., £24.40 ISBN 0 8108 1954 6.
Paul Nugent
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Richard Pankhurst, The History of Famine and Epidemics in Ethiopia prior to the Twentieth Century. Addis Ababa: Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, no date but 1985/1986, 120 pp.

David D. Laitin, Hegemony and Culture: politics and religious change among the Yoruba. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1986, 252 pp., £23.95, ISBN 0 226 46789 9 (hardback), £11.25, ISBN 0 226 46790 2 (paperback).

P. Nobel (ed.), Refugees and Development in Africa. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1987, 121 pp., SEK 110, ISBN 91 7106 272 6. - Directory of Current Research on Refugees and Other Forced Migrants. Oxford: Refugee Studies Programme, 1987, 117 pp., £6.00, ISBN 0 9512260 0 2.

Roy Armes, Third World Film-making and the West. Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press, 1987, 416 pp., 110 illustrations, US$49.95 hard covers (ISBN 0 520 05667 1), US$17.95 paperback (ISBN 0 520 05690 6).

Aparno Rao (ed.), The Other Nomads. Cologne: Bohlau Verlag, 1987, xi + 391 pp., ISBN 3 412 08085 3.

Roger C. Riddell, Foreign Aid Reconsidered. London: James Currey/Overseas Development Institute, 1987, 309 pp., £25.00, ISBN 0 85255 103 7 hardback, £9.95, ISBN 0 85255 104 5 paperback.

David Lan, Guns and Rain: guerillas and spirit mediums in Zimbabwe. London: James Currey; Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1985, 284 pp., £19.50 hard covers (UK ISBN 0 85255 200 9), £8.50 paperback (UK ISBN 0 85255 201 7); US paperback ISBN 0 520 05557 8.

Front matter

AFR Volume 58 issue 2 Front matter

Reviews of Books

Back matter

AFR Volume 58 issue 2 Back matter

Reviews of Books

Samuel Ekpe Akpabot, Foundations of Nigerian Traditional Music. Ibadan: Spectrum Books Limited, 1986, 113 pp.

Oladele Taiwo, Female Novelists of Modern Africa. London: Macmillan, 1984, ISBN 0 333 363337.

Jack Goody, The Logic of Writing and the Organization of Society, Studies in Literacy, Family, Culture and the State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, £20.00/$34.50, ISBN 0 521 32745 8 hardback, £6.95/$8.95, ISBN 0 521 33962 6 paperback.

Shorter Notices

G. E. Gorman and J.J. Mills, Guide to Current National Bibliographies in the Third World, 2nd revised edition. London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1987, £45.00, ISBN 0 905450 34 5.

C. M. B. Brann (ed.), Annals of Borno, vol. 3. Maiduguri: University of Maiduguri, 1986, $30 (institutions), $20 (individuals). - Ibrahim Yaro Yahaya (ed.), Kano Studies, new series, vol. 2, no. 3. Kano: Bayero University, 1982/1985, £8.00 (N10).

W. Seidensticker and G. Adamu, A Bibliographical Guide to Borno Studies, 1821–1983. Maiduguri: University of Maiduguri, 1986.

Gideon Goldenberg, Ethiopian Studies: proceedings of the sixth international conference, Tel-Aviv, 14–17 April 1980. Rotterdam and Boston: A. A. Balkema, 1986, xiii + 530 pp., £36.50, ISBN 90 6191 569 4.

Silvia Luciani and Irma Taddia (eds.), Fonti Comboniane per la Storia dell' Africa Nord-orientale, vol. 1, Fonti e Studi per la Storia dell' Africa 1. Bologna: Departmento di Politica Insituzioni Storia, University of Bologna, 1986, 312 pp.

Gerald Blake, John Dewdney and Jonathan Mitchell, The Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, vii + 124 pp., ISBN 0 521 24243 6.

S. Decalo, Historical Dictionary of Togo, 2nd edition, African Historical Dictionaries No. 9. Metuchen, NJ, & London: Scarecrow Press, 1987, 331 pp., £24.40 ISBN 0 8108 1954 6.

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