In this Issue
African Studies Review, a multi-disciplinary scholarly journal published by the African Studies Association, contains articles based on original research and analysis of Africa as well as book reviews three times annually. It encourages scholarly debates across disciplines. The editing of the African Studies Review is supported by Five Colleges, Inc., a consortium representing Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The African Studies Review is edited by Ralph Faulkingham of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Elliot Fratkin of Smith College, and Mitzi Goheen and Sean Redding of Amherst College. John Lemly of Mount Holyoke College serves as book review editor. Manuscripts & correspondence concerning manuscripts should be sent to: African Studies Review, 706 Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003. Email: asr@anthro.umass.edu.
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Volume 57, Number 2, September 2014Editorial Board
African Studies Association
Rutgers University - Livingston Campus
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
VOICE: 848-445-8173
EMAIL: secretariat@africanstudies.org
WEB SITE: http://journals.cambridge.org/asr
Editorial Board
Rowland Abiodun
Amherst College
Elias Bongmba
Rice University
Catherine Boone
The University of Texas at Austin
Stephen Clingman
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mamadou Diouf
Columbia University
Peter Geschiere
University of Amsterdam
Mwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jane Guyer
Johns Hopkins University
Tabitha Konogo
University of California–Berkeley
V. Y. Mudimbe
Duke University
Anne Pitcher
University of Michigan
Judith Van Allen
Cornell University
Editors
Elliot Fratkin
Smith College
efratkin@smith.edu
Sean Redding
Amherst College
sredding@amherst.edu
Editor Emerita
Mitzi Goheen
Amherst College
mrgoheen@amherst.edu
Managing Editor and Copy Editor
Ella Kusnetz
Box 2281 Amherst College
Amherst, MA 01002
413-542-5675
managingeditor@africanstudiesreview.org
Book Review Editors
John Lemly
Mount Holyoke College
50 College Street
South Hadley, MA 010175 USA
VOICE: 413-538-2448
asr-book@mtholyoke.edu
Richard Waller
Bucknell University
Film Review Editor
Kenneth Harrow
Michigan State University
619 Red Cedar Road
Room C-614 Wells Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1036 USA
VOICE: 517-803-8839
harrow@msu.edu