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 61, Number 1, April 2018Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Benjamin N. Lawrance
University of Arizona, USA
Editors
Peter Alegi
Michigan State University, USAAkosua Adomako Ampofo
University of Ghana, GhanaLeonardo Arriola
University of California, Berkeley, USAAnnie Bunting
York University, CanadaKenneth Harrow
Michigan State University, USACajetan Iheka
University of Alabama, USAJohn Lemly
Mount Holyoke College, USABenjamin Talton
Temple University, USARichard Waller
Bucknell University, USA
Managing Editor
Kathryn Salucka
African Studies Association, USA
Editors Emeriti
Rowland Abiodun
Amherst College, USAMamadou Diouf
Columbia University, USAElliot Fratkin
Smith College, USAJane Guyer
Johns Hopkins University, USATabitha Kanogon
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Editorial Review Board
Ana Lucia Araujo
Howard University, USAMaxim Bolt
University of Birmingham, UKCatherine Boone
London School of Economics, UKBrenda Chalfin
University of Florida, USAAkosua Darkwah
University of Ghana, GhanaClaudia Gastrow
University of Johannesburg, South AfricaPeter Geschiere
University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDidier Gondola
Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis, USAMwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USABruce Hall
University of California, Berkeley, USAWalter Hawthorne
Michigan State University, USAJohn R. Heilbrunn
Colorado School of Mines, USATricia Redeker Hepner
University of Tennessee, USABarbara G. Hoffman
Cleveland State University, USAGeorge H. Karekwaivanane
University of Edinburgh, UKKwasi Konadu
Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, USAPatricia Makepe
University of Botswana, BotswanaBertram Mapunda
University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaWilliam Moseley
Macalester College, USAGarth A. Myers
Trinity College, USAFallou Ngom
Boston University, USAJuan Obarrio
Johns Hopkins University, USAAkinwumi Ogundiran
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USAChika Okeke-Agulu
Princeton University, USATejumola Olaniyan
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USAAnne Pitcher
University of Michigan, USASolofo Randrianja
University of Toamasina, MadagascarSean Redding
Amherst College, USABenedetta Rossi
University of Birmingham, UKRüdiger Seesemann
Universität Bayreuth, GermanyRhiannon Stephens
Columbia University, USAJudith Van Allen
Cornell University, USA