Books Received

Aaron, Kiikpoye K. Can a Privatized State Privatize? Insights and Experiences from Nigeria’s Privatization Programme. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Kemuela Publications, 2006. 65 pp. References. No price reported. Paper.

Adams, Anne V., and Esi Sutherland-Addy, eds. The Legacy of Efua Sutherland: Pan-African Cultural Activism. Banbury: Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited, 2008. Distributed in North America by Lynne Rienner Publishers. xv + 271 pp. Photographs. Tables. Diagrams. Notes and References. Index. $26.50. Paper.

Afrika Spectrum 42 (1) 2007. Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies. 142 pp. Maps. Tables. Notes. References. No price reported. Paper.

———. Special Issue on Family Change in Africa. Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies. 398 pp. Notes. Bibliographies. No price reported. Paper.

Afolabi, Niyi, Márcio Barbosa, and Esmeralda Ribeiro, eds. The Afro-Brazilian Mind: Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literary and Cultural Criticism. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2007. Spanish and English. x + 272 pp. Photographs. Notes. Contributors. Index. $39.95. Paper.

———. Black Notebooks: Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literary Movement. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2008. xxxvi + 280 pp. Spanish and English. Glossary. Contributors. $34.95. Paper.

Ahmed, Ali Jimale, and Taddesse Adera, eds. The Road Less Traveled: Reflections in the Literatures of the Horn of Africa. Trenton, N.J.: The Red Sea Press, 2008. xii + 464 pp. Notes. Works Cited. Index. Notes on Contributors. $34.95. Paper.

Akol, Lam. Southern Sudan: Colonialism, Resistance and Autonomy. Trenton, N.J.: The Red Sea Press, 2007. xiii + 324 pp. Photographs. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Appendixes. Index. $29.95. Paper.

Alao, Akin. Statesmanship on the Bench: The Judicial Career of Sir Adetokunbo Ademola, 1939–1972. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2007. xx + 312 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $34.95. Paper.

Al-Bili, Uthman Sayyid Ahmad Ismail. Some Aspects of Islam in Africa. Reading, U.K.: Ithaca Press, 2008. Distributed by ISBS. 135 pp. Notes. Index. $44.95. Cloth.

Amadiume, Ifi. Voices Draped in Black: Poems by Ifi Amadiume. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2007. 88 pp. $14.95. Paper.

Ayuk, Elias T., and Mohamed Aku Marouani, eds. The Policy Paradox in Africa: Strengthening Links between Economic Research and Policymaking. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2007. xii + 307 pp. Figures. Notes. References. List of Contributors. Index. $29.95. Paper.

Bâ, Amadou Hampaté. A Spirit of Tolerance: The Inspiring Life of Tierno Bokar. Bloomington, Ind.: World Wisdom, 2008. Spiritual Masters: East and West series. xxxii + 236 pp. Photographs. Map. Notes. Index. $19.95. Paper.

Babana-Hampton, Safoi. Réflexions littéraires sur l’espace public marocain dans l’oeuvre d’Abdellatif Laâbi. Birmingham, Alabama: Summa Publications, 2008. xviii + 177 pp. Notes. Bibliographie. Index. $43.95. Cloth.

Barbour, Sarah, and Gerise Herndon, eds. Emerging Perspectives on Maryse Condé: A Writer of Her Own. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2006. x + 322 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Notes on Contributors. Index. $29.95. Paper.

Bascom, Lionel, ed. The Last Leaf of Harlem: Selected and Newly-Discovered Fiction by the Author of The Wedding, Dorothy West. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2008. xxxii + 285 pp. Chronology. Selected Bibliography. $25.95. Paper.

Bertrand, Romain, Jean-Louis Briquet, and Peter Pels, eds. The Hidden History of the Secret Ballot. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. vii + 256 pp. Tables. Figures. Notes. References. Index. $65.00. Cloth. $24.95. Paper.

Biehl, João. Will to Live: AIDS Therapies and the Politics of Survival. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. xii + 466 pp. Photographs. Tables. Notes. References. Index. $29.95. Cloth.

Borch, Merete Falck, et al., eds. Bodies and Voices: The Force-Field of Representation and Discourse in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2008. Cross/Cultures 94. xl + 459 pp. Notes. Works Cited. Notes on Contributors and Editors. Index. €100.00. Cloth.

Bourdillon, Michael. Child Domestic Workers in Zimbabwe. Harare: Weaver Press; Norway: Save the Children, 2006. Distributed by Michigan State University Press. x + 116 pp. Tables. Notes. Appendixes. $29.95. Paper.

Bräutigam, Deborah, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, and Mick Moore, eds. Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries:Capacity and Consent. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ix + 294 pp. Tables. Figures. Notes. References. Index. $90.00. Cloth. $32.99. Paper.

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