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ASA Review of Books, Volume 4 - 1978

This volume was published under a former title. See this journal's title history.

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Review Articles and Reviews

Pascale James Imperato. A Wind in Africa: A Story of Modern Medicine in Mali. St. Louis, Missouri: Warren J. Green, Inc., 1975. xxi + 323 pp. Maps, plates, tables, index. $12.50
John A.M. Karefa-Smart
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24 July 2017, pp. 127-128
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Anthony H.M. Kirk-Greene. Mutumi Kirkii: The Concept of the Good Man in Hausa. Bloomington: African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1974. 41 pp. No price given
Clifford Alden Hill
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24 July 2017, pp. 128-130
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Rene Lemarchand, ed. African Kingships in Perspectives. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1977. xiv + 325 pp. Bibliography, index. $27.50
David William Cohen
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24 July 2017, pp. 130-131
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William Roger Louis. Imperialism: The Robinson and Gallagher Controversy. New York: New Viewpoints, 1976. 252 pp. Index. $6.95 paper
C.C. Stewart
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24 July 2017, pp. 131-133
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Charles Lyons. To Wash an Aethiop White: British Ideas about African Educability, 1530-1960. New York: Teachers College Press, 1975. xiii + 192 pp. Notes, index. $7.50
N.K. Onuoha Chukunta
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24 July 2017, pp. 133-134
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Alvin Magid. Men in the Middle: Leadership and Role Conflict in a Nigerian Society. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1976. 221 pp. Appendices, bibliography, index. $25.00
Victor A. Olorunsola
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24 July 2017, pp. 134-136
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Alpheus Manghezi. Class, Elite and Community in African Development. Uppsala: The Scandanavian Institute of African Studies; New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1976. 118 pp. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography. $11.00 paper
Sharon Stichter
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24 July 2017, pp. 136-137
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Irving Leonard Markovitz. Power and Class in Africa. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1977. 398 pp. Bibliography, index. Paper, no price given
K.P. Moseley
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24 July 2017, pp. 137-139
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B.G. Martin. Muslim Brotherhoods in Nineteenth-century Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. xi + 267 pp. Map, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. $19.95
John O. Voll
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24 July 2017, pp. 139-140
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John Mbiti. The Prayers of African Religion. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1976. xii + 193 pp. Bibliography, indices. $7.95
Newell S. Booth
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24 July 2017, pp. 141-142
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Suzanne Miers. Britain and the Ending of the Slave Trade. New York: Africana Publishing Co., 1975. xv + 405 pp. Bibliography, appendices, maps, index. $25.00
Johannes Postma
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24 July 2017, pp. 142-143
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Tamara Northern. The Sign of the Leopard. Beaded Art of the Cameroon. Storrs, Connecticut: The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, 1975. 136 pp. Map, 176 black and white photographs, 4 color plates, 6 sketches. $10.00 paper
Philip M. Peek
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24 July 2017, pp. 144-145
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Robert C. Pozen. Legal Choices for State Enterprises in the Third World. New York: New York University Press, 1976. xxiv + 263 pp. Charts, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. $15.00
Leslie L. Rood
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24 July 2017, pp. 145-147
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Ceslaus Prazan. The Dukkawa of Northwest Nigeria. Edited with additional notes by D.J.M. Muffet. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1977. xxvi +210 pp. Map, figures, appendices, index. $12.50
James H. Vaughan
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24 July 2017, pp. 147-148
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Darrell Reeck. Deep Mende: Religious Interactions in a Changing African Rural Society. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1977. lx + 102 pp. Map, notes, appendix, bibliography. 28 guilders
Patrick S. Caulker
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24 July 2017, pp. 148-150
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Richard Sandbrook and Robin Cohen, eds. The Development of an African Working Class: Studies in Class Formation and Action. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1975. 330 pp. Select bibliography and index. $9.00 paper
Frances Hill
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24 July 2017, pp. 150-151
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Nancy J. Schmidt. Children's Books on Africa and Their Authors; An Annotated Bibliography. New York and London: Africana Publishing Company, 1975. xviii + 291 pp. Bibliography, indices. $15.00
Olivia Pearl Stokes
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24 July 2017, pp. 152-153
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Mariam Slater. African Odyssey, An Anthropological Adventure. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1976. 426 pp. Bibliography, index. $3.50 paper-
Andrew P. Lyons
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24 July 2017, pp. 153-154
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Edward I. Steinhart. Conflict and Collaboration: The Kingdoms of Western Uganda, 1890-1907. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977. ix +311 pp. Maps, tables, bibliography, index. $18.50
Nelson Kasfir
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24 July 2017, pp. 155-156
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Christopher Stevens. The Soviet Union and Black Africa. New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers Inc., 1976. 236 pp. Tables, appendices, bibliography, index. $24.00
George A. Obiozor
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24 July 2017, pp. 156-158
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Review Articles and Reviews

Pascale James Imperato. A Wind in Africa: A Story of Modern Medicine in Mali. St. Louis, Missouri: Warren J. Green, Inc., 1975. xxi + 323 pp. Maps, plates, tables, index. $12.50

Anthony H.M. Kirk-Greene. Mutumi Kirkii: The Concept of the Good Man in Hausa. Bloomington: African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1974. 41 pp. No price given

Rene Lemarchand, ed. African Kingships in Perspectives. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd., 1977. xiv + 325 pp. Bibliography, index. $27.50

William Roger Louis. Imperialism: The Robinson and Gallagher Controversy. New York: New Viewpoints, 1976. 252 pp. Index. $6.95 paper

Charles Lyons. To Wash an Aethiop White: British Ideas about African Educability, 1530-1960. New York: Teachers College Press, 1975. xiii + 192 pp. Notes, index. $7.50

Alvin Magid. Men in the Middle: Leadership and Role Conflict in a Nigerian Society. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1976. 221 pp. Appendices, bibliography, index. $25.00

Alpheus Manghezi. Class, Elite and Community in African Development. Uppsala: The Scandanavian Institute of African Studies; New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1976. 118 pp. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography. $11.00 paper

Irving Leonard Markovitz. Power and Class in Africa. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1977. 398 pp. Bibliography, index. Paper, no price given

B.G. Martin. Muslim Brotherhoods in Nineteenth-century Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. xi + 267 pp. Map, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. $19.95

John Mbiti. The Prayers of African Religion. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1976. xii + 193 pp. Bibliography, indices. $7.95

Suzanne Miers. Britain and the Ending of the Slave Trade. New York: Africana Publishing Co., 1975. xv + 405 pp. Bibliography, appendices, maps, index. $25.00

Tamara Northern. The Sign of the Leopard. Beaded Art of the Cameroon. Storrs, Connecticut: The William Benton Museum of Art, The University of Connecticut, 1975. 136 pp. Map, 176 black and white photographs, 4 color plates, 6 sketches. $10.00 paper

Robert C. Pozen. Legal Choices for State Enterprises in the Third World. New York: New York University Press, 1976. xxiv + 263 pp. Charts, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. $15.00

Ceslaus Prazan. The Dukkawa of Northwest Nigeria. Edited with additional notes by D.J.M. Muffet. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1977. xxvi +210 pp. Map, figures, appendices, index. $12.50

Darrell Reeck. Deep Mende: Religious Interactions in a Changing African Rural Society. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1977. lx + 102 pp. Map, notes, appendix, bibliography. 28 guilders

Richard Sandbrook and Robin Cohen, eds. The Development of an African Working Class: Studies in Class Formation and Action. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, 1975. 330 pp. Select bibliography and index. $9.00 paper

Nancy J. Schmidt. Children's Books on Africa and Their Authors; An Annotated Bibliography. New York and London: Africana Publishing Company, 1975. xviii + 291 pp. Bibliography, indices. $15.00

Mariam Slater. African Odyssey, An Anthropological Adventure. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1976. 426 pp. Bibliography, index. $3.50 paper-

Edward I. Steinhart. Conflict and Collaboration: The Kingdoms of Western Uganda, 1890-1907. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977. ix +311 pp. Maps, tables, bibliography, index. $18.50

Christopher Stevens. The Soviet Union and Black Africa. New York: Holmes & Meier Publishers Inc., 1976. 236 pp. Tables, appendices, bibliography, index. $24.00

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