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Volume 61 - November 2020

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PROCEDURE AS POLITICS IN THE CAPE COLONY: THE CAREER OF ANDREW GONTSHI, 1880–1904

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PIRACY IN SOMALIA - Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa. By Awet Tewelde Weldemichael. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xix + 238. $29.99, paperback (ISBN: 9781108739283); $89.99, hardcover (ISBN: 9781108496964); $24.00, e-book (ISBN: 9781108759069).

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MODERNIST ART IN ETHIOPIA - Modernist Art in Ethiopia. By Elizabeth W. Giorgis. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. 360. $39.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2347 9); $72.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2346-2).

AFRICAN SACRED SPACES - African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History, and Change. Edited by ‘BioDun J. Ogundayo and Julius O. Adekunle. Lanaham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019. Pp. 268. $95.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-4985-6742-8); $90.00, e-book (ISBN: 978-1-4985-6743-5).

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CRUSADES IN MEDIEVAL AFRICA - Croisades en Afrique: Les expéditions occidentales à destination du continent africain, XIIIe–XVIe siècles. Edited by Benjamin Weber. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Midi, 2019. Pp. 373. €25, paperback (ISBN: 978-2-8107-0557-3).

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DECOLONIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND STATE FORMATION IN SUDAN - Transforming Sudan: Decolonization, Economic Development, and State Formation. By Alden Young. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 194. $105.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781107172494).

ALGERIAN, FRENCH, AND SOUTH AFRICAN EX-COMBATANTS - Making Peace with Your Enemy: Algerian, French, and South African Ex-Combatants. By Laetitia Bucaille. Translated by Ethan Rundell. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Pp. 376. $99.95, hardcover (ISBN: 9780812251104).

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PLANTATION SLAVERY IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE - Plantation Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate: A Historical and Comparative Study. By Mohammed Bashir Salau. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2018. $99.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-5804-6938-8).

WATER MANAGEMENT AND STRUGGLES AT KILIMANJARO - Water Brings No Harm: Management Knowledge and the Struggle for the Waters of Kilimanjaro. By Matthew V. Bender. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. 336. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2359-2); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2358-5).

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SLEEPING SICKNESS IN EASTERN AFRICA - The Politics of Disease Control: Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890–1920. By Mari K. Webel. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. xiv + 272. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2400-1); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2399-8).

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GREATER SOMALIA AND BELONGING IN KENYA - We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya. By Keren Weitzberg. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. xiii + 274. $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2258-8); $32.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2259-5).

CINEMA WATCHING IN TANZANIA - Reel Pleasures: Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Urban Tanzania. By Laura Fair. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2018. Pp. 472. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2286-1); $90.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2285-4).

SCHOOLS AND COLONIALISM IN FRENCH WEST AFRICA - Contesting French West Africa: Battles over Schools and the Colonial Order, 1900–1950. By Harry Gamble. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. Pp. 378. $50.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8032-9549-0).

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CATHOLICISM AND POLITICS IN MOZAMBIQUE - Catholicism and the Making of Politics in Central Mozambique, 1940–1986. By Eric Morier-Genoud. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. Pp. xiii + 245. $125.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781580469418).

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MARKET ENCOUNTERS AND CONSUMER CULTURE IN GHANA - Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth-Century Ghana. By Bianca Murillo. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. 248. $32.95, paperback (ISBN: 9780821422892); $80.00, hardcover, (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2288-5).

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MOZAMBICANS IN POSTCOLONIAL TANZANIA - Displaced Mozambicans in Postcolonial Tanzania: Refugee Power, Mobility, Education, and Rural Development. By Joanna T. Tague. New York: Routledge, 2019. Pp. 204. $124.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781138618190); $37.67, e-book (ISBN: 9780429461293).

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FOOTBALL AND COLONIALISM IN URBAN MOZAMBIQUE - Football and Colonialism: Body and Popular Culture in Urban Mozambique. By Nuno Domingos. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. xvi + 325. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 9780821422625); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9780821422618).

APPROACHING THE QUR'AN IN AFRICA - Approaches to the Qur'an in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by Zulfikar Hirji. New York and London: Oxford University Press and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2019. Pp. 543. $85.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9780198840770).

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