African Studies Review
Volume 51, Number 2, September 2008
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Individualism, Community, and Cooperatives in the Development Thinking of the Union Soudanaise-RDA, 1946–1960
pp. 1-25
Rape in the Courts of Gusiiland, Kenya, 1940s–1960s
pp. 27-50
Polygyny and Christian Marriage in Africa: The Case of Benin
pp. 51-74
Reading the Diary of Akinpelu Obisesan in Colonial Africa
pp. 75-97
A Critical Examination of Honor Cultures and Herding Societies in Africa
pp. 99-117
Wage Labor, Precarious Employment, and Social Inclusion in the Making of South Africa’s Postapartheid Transition
pp. 119-142
Review Essays
On the Cusp of Colonial Rule: Medicine Murder in Lesotho
pp. 151-154
Book Reviews
Anthropology and Sociology
Playful Performers: African Children’s Masquerades (review)
pp. 155-156
History
The Forger’s Tale: The Search for Odeziaku (review)
pp. 157-158
The King of Drinks: Schnapps Gin from Modernity to Tradition (review)
pp. 158-159
A Workman Is Worthy of His Meat: Food and Colonialism in the Gabon Estuary (review)
pp. 159-161
African Underclass: Urbanisation, Class and Colonial Order in Dar es Salaam (review)
pp. 161-162
Politics, International Relations and Globalization
Political Islam in West Africa: State-Society Relations Transformed (review)
pp. 166-167
International Organizations and Peace Enforcement: The Politics of International Legitimacy (review)
pp. 167-168
Getting In: Mediators’ Entry into the Settlement of African Conflicts (review)
pp. 169-170
Revolution and Genocide in Ethiopia and Cambodia (review)
pp. 170-171
Exilés, réfugiés, déplacés en Afrique centrale et orientale (review)
pp. 173-174
Tradition and Politics: Indigenous Political Structures in Africa (review)
pp. 174-175
Global Outlaws: Crime, Money, and Power in the Contemporary World (review)
pp. 175-176
China and Africa: Engagement and Compromise, and: China in Africa (review)
pp. 177-179
Law and Human Rights
African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam (review)
pp. 179-180
A Long Day’s Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide (review)
pp. 180-182
Women and Gender
Women and Conflict in the Nigerian Civil War (review)
pp. 182-183
Geography, Environment and Demography
Nachituti’s Gift: Economy, Society, and Environment in Central Africa (review)
pp. 184-185
Health and Disease
Colonial Madness: Psychiatry in French North Africa (review)
pp. 186-187
Religion
Gender, Social Change and Spiritual Power: Charismatic Christianity in Ghana (review)
pp. 188-189
Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin: A Study of Their Socio-Political Role (review)
pp. 189-191
Languages, Literature and the Arts
African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection (review)
pp. 191-192
Diaspora
Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (review)
pp. 193-194
Media and Information Technology
The Media and Conflicts in Central Africa (review)
pp. 194-196
Books Received
Books Received
pp. 197-204
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