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 59, Number 2, September 2016Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Rowland Abiodun
Amherst CollegeElias Bongmba
Rice UniversityCatherine Boone
The London School of Economics and Political ScienceStephen Clingman
University of Massachusetts AmherstMamadou Diouf
Columbia UniversityPeter Geschiere
University of AmsterdamMwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji
University of Massachusetts AmherstJane Guyer
Johns Hopkins UniversityTabitha Konogo
University of California–BerkeleyTejumola Olaniyan
English and African Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin, U.S.Anne Pitcher
University of MichiganJudith Van Allen
Cornell University
Editors
Elliot Fratkin
Smith College
efratkin@smith.eduSean Redding
Amherst College
sredding@amherst.edu
Editor Emerita
Mitzi Goheen
Amherst College
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
413-538-2448
asr-book@mtholyoke.eduRichard 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
517-803-8839
harrow@msu.eduCajetan Iheka
The University of Alabama
cniheka@ua.edu