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Volume 35 - December 1997

Book Review

Divide and Rule: the partition of Africa, 1880–1914 by H. L. Wesseling, translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. New York, Praeger; London, Eurospan Group; 1996. Pp. xvi+446. $75.00/£59.95. $29.75 paperback.

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Forests and Livelihoods: the social dynamics of deforestation in developing countries by Solon L. Barraclough and Krishna B. Ghimire. Basingstoke and London, Macmillan Press, in association with UNRISD; New York, St. Martin's Press; 1995. Pp. xiv+259. £14.99 paperback.

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Between State and Civil Society in Africa: perspectives on development edited by Eghosa Osaghae. Dakar, Codesria, 1994, distributed by African Books Collective, Oxford. Pp. 281. £13.95/$25.00 paperback.

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The Economics of Agricultural Technology in Semiarid Sub-Saharan Africa by John H. Sanders, Barry I. Shapiro, and Sunder Ramaswamy. Baltimore and London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Pp. xxiii+303. £45.50.

Steve Biko – I Write What I Like: a selection of his writings edited with a personal memoir by Aelred Stubbs. London, Bowerdean Publishing, 1996 edn. Pp. xxiv+216. £9.99/$14.95 paperback.

Oasi di italianità: la Libia della colonizzazione agraria tra fascismo, guerra e indipendenza, 1935–1956 by Federico Cresti. Turin, Società Editrice Internazionale, 1996. Pp. xxxv+298. L31,000.

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Taking the Waters: soil and water conservation among settling Beja nomads in Eastern Sudan by Johan A. van Dijk. Leiden, African Studies Centre; Aldershot, Avebury; 1995. Pp. xvi+324. £22.50 paperback.

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Africa in the New International Order: rethinking state sovereignty and regional security edited by Edmond J. Keller and Donald Rothschild. Boulder and London, Lynne Rienner, 1996. Pp. x+253. $49.95. $19.95 paperback.

Africa Now: people, policies and institutions edited by Stephen Ellis. Oxford, James Currey; Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann; 1996, in association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS), The Hague. Pp. xxii+293. £35.00/$60.00. £12.95/$25.00 paperback.

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Economic Crisis, Civil Society, and Democratization: the case of Zambia by Julius O. Ihonvbere. Trenton, NJ, and Asmara, Eritrea, Africa World Press, 1996. Pp. xvi+335. $69.95. $19.95 paperback.

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The Military in the Making of Modern South Africa by Annette Seegers. London, I.B. Tauris Academic Studies, 1996. Pp. viii+356. £34.50.

Africa's Management in the 1990s and Beyond: reconciling indigenous and transplanted institutions by Mamadou Dia. Washington, DC, The World Bank, 1996. Pp. xii+293. $21.95 paperback.

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Traditional Religion and Guerrilla Warfare in Modern Africa by Stephen L. Weigert. Basingstoke and London, Macmillan Press; New York, St Martin's Press; 1996. Pp. x+151. £40.00.

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New Trends and Generations in African Literature: a review edited by Eldred Durosimi Jones and Marjorie Jones. Oxford, James Currey; Trenton, NJ, Africa World Press; 1996. Pp. xi+186. £9.95 paperback.

Liberalised Development in Tanzania: studies on accumulation processes and local institutions edited by Peter Gibbon. Uppsala, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1995. Pp. 176. SEK140.00/£14.95 paperback.

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Orphan of the Cold War: the inside story of the collapse of the Angolan peace process, 1992–93 by Margaret Joan Anstee. Basingstoke and London, Macmillan Press; New York, St Martin's Press; 1996. Pp. xxvi+566. £60.00. $45.00. £25.00 paperback.

Politics by Other Means: law in the struggle against apartheid, 1980–1994 by Richard L. Abel. New York and London, Routledge, 1995. Pp. xxi+644. £45.00. £14.99 paperback.

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In Pursuit of Science and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: the impact of structural adjustment programmes by John L. Enos. London and New York, Routledge, 1995, in association with the United Nations University Press. Pp. xvi+286. £45.00.

Ethiopia: power and protest. Peasant Revolts in the Twentieth Century by Gebru Tareke. Lawrenceville, NJ, and Asmara, Eritrea, The Red Sea Press, 1996. Pp. xxi+272. £13.99 paperback.

Angola: promises and lies by Karl Maier. London, Serif, 1996. Pp. 224. £12.99/$19.95 paperback.

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