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 62, Number 4, December 2019Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Benjamin N. Lawrance
University of Arizona, USA
Editors
Peter Alegi
Michigan State University, USAAkosua Adomako Ampofo
University of Ghana, GhanaAnnie Bunting
York University, CanadaAyo Coly Dartmouth College, USA
Claudia Gastrow
University of Johannesburg, South AfricaCajetan Iheka
University of Alabama, USADominika Koter
Colgate University, USABenjamin Talton
Temple University, USA
Book Review Editors
Dawne Curry
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USAOlabode Ibironke
Rutgers University, USAPaul Ocobock
University of Notre Dame, USAAna Lúcia Sá
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, PortugalJohn Wakota
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Film Review Editors
Kenneth Harrow
Michigan State University, USA
Rachel Gabara
University of Georgia, USA
Alessandro Jedlowski
FNRS, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Obododimma Oha
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Boukary Sawadogo
City College of New York, CUNY, USA
Managing Editor
Kathryn Salucka
African Studies Association, USA
Editorial Review Board
Akousa Adomako Ampofo
University of Ghana, GhanaAna Lucia Araujo
Howard University, USAMaxim Bolt
University of Birmingham, UKCatherine Boone
London School of Economics, UKDidier Gondola
Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis, USAMwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USABruce Hall
University of California, Berkeley, USAJohn R. Heilbrunn
Colorado School of Mines, USABarbara G. Hoffman
Cleveland State University, USAKwasi Konadu
Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, USAPatricia Makepe
University of Botswana, BotswanaWilliam Moseley
Macalester College, USATinashe Mushakavanhu
Rhodes University, South AfricaGarth A. Myers
Trinity College, USAFallou Ngom
Boston University, USAAkinwumi Ogundiran
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USAChika Okeke-Agulu
Princeton University, USATeju Olaniyan
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USAAnne Pitcher
University of Michigan, USAKatrien Pype
KU Leuven, BelgiumSolofo Randrianja
University of Toamasina, MadagascarSean Redding
Amherst College, USATricia Redeker Hepner
University of Tennessee, USABenedetta Rossi
University of Birmingham, UKRüdiger Seesemann
Universität Bayreuth, GermanyAlice Nicole Sindzingre
School of Oriental and African Studies, UKOmar Sougou
Université Gaston Berger, SenegalRhiannon Stephens
Columbia University, USAJudith Van Allen
Cornell University, USAAwet Weldemichael
Queens University, Canada
Editors Emeriti
Rowland Abiodun
Amherst College, USAR. Hunt Davis Jr.
University of Florida, USAMark DeLancey
University of South Carolina, USAMamadou Diouf
Columbia University, USARalph Faulkingham
University of Massachusetts, USAElliot Fratkin
Smith College, USAMitzi Goheen
Amherst College, USAJane Guyer
Johns Hopkins University, USAJohn P. Henderson
Michigan State University, USATabitha Kanogon
University of California, Berkeley, USAJohn Lemly
Mt. Holyoke College, USAAlan K. Smith
Syracuse University, USACarol B. Thompson
Northern Arizona University, USARichard Waller
Bucknell University, USA