Books Received

Abdoulaye, Galilou. L'Islam béninois à la croisée des chemins. Histoire, politique et développement. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2007. Mainzer Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung vol. 17. Maps. Tables. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. €29.80. Paper.

Afrika Spectrum 42. 3 (2007). Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies. No price reported. Paper.

Afrika Spectrum 43. 1 (2008). Special Issue on the Horn of Africa. Hamburg: German Institute of Global and Area Studies. 171 pp. No price reported. Paper.

Ajayi, Adegboyega Isaac. The Military and the Nigerian State, 1966-1993. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, Inc., 2007. xvii + 188 pp. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $24.95. Paper.

Akínyemi, Akíntúndé, and Tóyìn Fálolá, eds.Emerging Perspectives on Akínwùmi Ìsòlá. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2008. ix + 491 pp. Photographs. Figures. Notes. References. Index. $39.95. Paper.

Asante, M. K., Jr.It's Bigger than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post Hip Hop Generation. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008. xii + 269 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Filmography. $25.95. Cloth.

Baker, Bruce. Multi-Choice Policing in Africa. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2008. 227 pp. Figures. Bibliography. Index. €31.00. Paper.

Boehmer, Elleke. Nile Baby. Banbury, U.K.: Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd.; distributed in the U.S. by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2008. 265 pp. $17.95. Paper.

Camara, Babacar. Marxist Theory, Black/African Specificities, and Racism. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2008. xvi + 129 pp. Notes. References. Index. $60.00. Cloth.

Clarke, Cheryl, and Steven G. Fullwood, eds.To be Left with the Body. Los Angeles: AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), 2008. xviii + 84 pp. Photographs. Contributors. No price reported. Paper.

Connell, Dan, ed.Old Wrongs, New Rights: Student Views of New South Africa. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2008. 164 pp. Photographs. Appendixes. $15.95. Paper.

Etuk, Emma S.Never Again: Africa's Last Stand. New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2008. xxvii + 492 pp. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. $40.95. Cloth. $30.95. Paper. $6.00. Adobe eBook.

Falola, Toyin, and Kevin D. Roberts, eds. The Atlantic World, 1450-2000. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008. Blacks in the Diaspora series. xv + 385 pp. Map. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $65.00. Cloth. $24.95. Paper.

Hornsby, Alton, Jr., ed.A Companion to African American History. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2008. Blackwell Companions to American History series. xii + 564 pp. Bibliographies. Index. $50.00. Paper.

Kachiga, Jean. Global Liberalism and its Casualties. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, Inc., 2008. xiii + 208 pp. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $59.95. Cloth. $32.95. Paper.

Kalu, Ogbu U., ed.African Christianity: An African Story. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2007. xiii + 509 pp. Maps. Notes. Select Reading List. Index. $34.95. Paper.

Kalu, Ogbu U.Clio in a Sacred Garb: Essays on Christian Presence and African Responses, 1900-2000. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2008. xvii + 346 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.

Koko, Jacques L.National Conference as a Strategy for Conflict Transformation and Peacemaking: The Legacy of the Republic of Benin Model. London: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd. 2008. xviii + 201 pp. Tables. Bibliography. Index. $79.00. Cloth. $30.00. Paper.

Laurie, Charles. Every Man Has His Price: The Story of Collusion and Corruption in the Scramble for Rhodesia. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, Inc. 2008. xi + 124 pp. Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $18.95. Paper.

Migraine-George, Thérèse. African Women and Representation: From Performance to Politics. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2008. vii + 305 pp. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.

Mohr, Dunja M., ed.Embracing the Other: Addressing Xenophobia in the New Literatures in English. New York: Rodopi, 2008. ASNEL Papers 11. Cross/Cultures 95. xvii + 341 pp. Figures. Notes. Works Cited. Notes on Contributors. €72,00. Cloth.

Montgomery, Georgene Bess. The Spirit and the Word: A Theory of Spirituality in Africana Literary Criticism. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2008. xvii + 243 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Paper.

Mwangi, Meja. The Big Chiefs: A Novel. Columbus, Ohio: HM Books, 2007. 241 pp. No price reported. Paper.

Obiagwu, Chukwuma J.Adventures of Ojemba...