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Volume 28 - March 1990

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The Anti-Politics Machine: ‘development’, depoliticization, and bureaucratic power in Lesotho by James Ferguson Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. xvi + 320. £32.50. $49.50.

Sir Siddiq Abubakar III, 17th Sultan of Sokoto by Shehu Malami London and Ibadan, Evans Brothers, 1989. Pp. xxi + 224. £15.00. £8.50 paperback.

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Monitoring the Development of Democracy: Our Botswana Experience

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The Caliph's Sister, Nana Asma'u, 1793–1865: teacher, poet and Islamic leader by Jean Boyd London and Totowa, N.J., Frank Cass, 1989. Pp. xx + 164. £19.50. £12.20 paperback.

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MOA volume 28 issue 3 Cover and Front matter

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Nigeria's Second Republic: presidentialism, politics and administration in a developing state edited by Kayode Soremekun and Victor Ayeni Lagos, Daily Times Press, 1988. Pp. iv + 305. ₦35.00.

Cameroon: dependence and independence by Mark W. DeLancey Boulder and San Francisco, Westview Press; London, Dartmouth; 1989. Pp. xi + 193. $35.00. £19.50.

Magomero: portrait of an African village by Landeg White Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pp. xii + 271. £19.50. $29.95.

Social Facts and Fabrications: ‘customary’ law on Kilimanjaro, 1880–1980 by Sally Falk Moore Cambridge University Press, 1986. Pp. xvi + 397. £39.50. £13.95 paperback.

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MOA volume 28 issue 3 Cover and Back matter

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Kwame Nkrumah: the political kingdom in the Third World by David Rooney London, I. B. Tauris & Co., 1988. Pp. viii + 292. £16.95. - Nkrumah and Ghana: the dilemma of post-colonial power by Kofi Buenor Hadjor London and New York, Kegan Paul International, 1988. Pp. ix + 114. £20.00.

The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa edited by Vail Leroy London, James Currey; Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press; 1989. Pp. xxiv + 422. £25.00. £12.95 paperback.

Organization of African Unity: 25 years on – Essays in Honour of Kwame Nkrumah edited by Kwesi Krafona London, Afroworld Publishing Company, 1988. Pp. vii + 175. £12.95. £5.95 paperback.

T. Cullen Young: missionary and anthropologist by Peter G. Forster Hull University Press, 1989. Pp. xv + 251. £7.95 paperback.

AIDS, Africa and Racism by C. Richard and Rosalind J. Chirimuuta London, Free Association Books, 1989 edn. Pp. 192. $16.00 paperback.

SADCC: prospects for disengagement and development in Southern Africa edited by Samir Amin, Derrick Chitala and Ibbo Mandaza London and Atlantic Highlands, N.J., Zed Books; Tokyo, The United Nations University; 1987. Pp. xi + 256. £32.95. $55.00. £9.95/$17.95 paperback.

In the Path of Allah: the passion of Al-Hajj 'Umar – an essay into the nature of charisma in Islam by John Ralph Willis London, Frank Cass, 1989. Pp. xiii + 255. £30.00.

US Foreign Policy and Revolution: the creation of Tanzania by Amrit Wilson London, Pluto Press, 1989. Pp. ix + 179. £12.95.

The Commonwealth and Britain by Dennis Austin London, New York, and Andover, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988, for The Royal Institute of International Affairs. Pp. ix + 83. £6.95 paperback.

Coping with Africa's Food Crisis edited by Naomi Chazan and Timothy M. Shaw Boulder and London, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1988. Pp. xi + 250. $26.50.

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