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 60, Number 3, December 2017Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Rowland Abiodun
History of Art and Black Studies, Amherst College, U.S.Elias Bongmba
Religion, Rice University, U.S.Catherine Boone
Government and International Development, The London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.Stephen Clingman
English, University of Massachusetts Amherst, U.S.Mamadou Diouf
African Studies, Columbia University, U.S.Peter Geschiere
Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, NetherlandsMwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji
Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, U.S.Jane Guyer
Anthropology, Johns Hopkins University, U.S.Tabitha Konogo
History, University of California Berkeley, U.S.Tejumola Olaniyan
English and African Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin, U.S.Anne Pitcher
Political Science, University of Michigan, U.S.Judith Van Allen
Institute for African Development, Cornell University, U.S.
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
