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Social capital: the fieldwork problem

Researching social capital in Africa Researching social capital in Africa

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Jennifer Widner and Alexander Mundt

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 1 - 24

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161145 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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‘First the forest’: conservation, ‘community’ and ‘participation’ in south-west Cameroon ‘First the forest’: conservation, ‘community’ and ‘participation’ in south-west Cameroon

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Barrie Sharpe

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 25 - 45

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161146 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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The chief, the mine captain and the politician: legitimating power in northern Ghana The chief, the mine captain and the politician: legitimating power in northern Ghana

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Carola Lentz

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 46 - 67

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161147 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Decoding cults in contemporary Yorubaland

Discourse and its disclosures: Yoruba women and the sanctity of abuse Discourse and its disclosures: Yoruba women and the sanctity of abuse

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Andrew Apter

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 68 - 97

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161148 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Rationalising culture: youth, elites and masquerade politics Rationalising culture: youth, elites and masquerade politics

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William R. Rea

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 98 - 117

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161149 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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The politics of a modern epidemic

The politics of the 1996 cerebrospinal meningitis epidemic in Nigeria The politics of the 1996 cerebrospinal meningitis epidemic in Nigeria

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C. L. Ejembi, E. P. Renne and H. A. Adamu

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 118 - 134

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161150 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Teshale Tibebu, The Making of Modern Ethiopia, 1896–1974. Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press 1995, 273 pp., £12.99 ($16.95), ISBN 1 56902 000 9.

Tekeste Negash, Rethinking Education in Ethiopia. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1996, 118 pp., £12.95 (140 kroner), 91 7106 383 8.

Shiferaw Bekele (ed.), An Economic History of Ethiopia I, The Imperial Era, 1941–74. Dakar: CODESRIA, 1995, 342 pp., £14.95 ($27.00), ISBN 2 86978 042 7. Distributed by ABC, Oxford.

Amare Tekle (ed.), Eritrea and Ethiopia: from conflict to co-operation Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press, 1994, 239 pp., $16.95, ISBN 0 932415 97 0.

Trading Places: alternative models of economic co-operation in the Horn of Africa. Uppsala: Life and Peace Institute/PENHA, 1996, 150 pp., ISBN 91 87748 31 2.

Hector Blackhurst, East and Northeast Africa Bibliography. London: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 315 pp., ISBN 0 8108 3090 6. Teshale Tibebu, The Making of Modern Ethiopia, 1896–1974. Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press 1995, 273 pp., £12.99 (\$16.95), ISBN 1 56902 000 9.

Tekeste Negash, Rethinking Education in Ethiopia. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1996, 118 pp., £12.95 (140 kroner), 91 7106 383 8.

Shiferaw Bekele (ed.), An Economic History of Ethiopia I, The Imperial Era, 1941–74. Dakar: CODESRIA, 1995, 342 pp., £14.95 (\$27.00), ISBN 2 86978 042 7. Distributed by ABC, Oxford.

Amare Tekle (ed.), Eritrea and Ethiopia: from conflict to co-operation Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press, 1994, 239 pp., \$16.95, ISBN 0 932415 97 0.

Trading Places: alternative models of economic co-operation in the Horn of Africa. Uppsala: Life and Peace Institute/PENHA, 1996, 150 pp., ISBN 91 87748 31 2.

Hector Blackhurst, East and Northeast Africa Bibliography. London: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 315 pp., ISBN 0 8108 3090 6.

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David Styan

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 135 - 140

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161151 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Hoda Gamal Abdel Nasser, Britain and the Egyptian Nationalist Movement, 1936–52. Reading: Ithaca Press, 1994, 375 pp., £30.00, ISBN 0 86372 177 X. Hoda Gamal Abdel Nasser, Britain and the Egyptian Nationalist Movement, 1936–52. Reading: Ithaca Press, 1994, 375 pp., £30.00, ISBN 0 86372 177 X.

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Charles Tripp

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 140 - 141

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161152 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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R. Pankhurst and D. Gérard, Ethiopia Photographed: historic photographs of the country and its people taken between 1867 and 1935. London: Kegan Paul International, 1996, 168 pp., £55.00, ISBN 0 7103 0504 4. R. Pankhurst and D. Gérard, Ethiopia Photographed: historic photographs of the country and its people taken between 1867 and 1935. London: Kegan Paul International, 1996, 168 pp., £55.00, ISBN 0 7103 0504 4.

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Jon Abbink

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 141 - 142

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161153 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds), Religion and Politics in East Africa: the period since independence London: James Currey, 1995, £35.00, ISBN 0 85255 385 4 hard covers, £12.95, 0 85255 384 6 paperback. Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds), Religion and Politics in East Africa: the period since independence London: James Currey, 1995, £35.00, ISBN 0 85255 385 4 hard covers, £12.95, 0 85255 384 6 paperback.

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Joanna Lewis

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 142 - 144

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161154 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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William Beinart and Peter Coates, Environment and History: the taming of nature in the USA and South Africa. London: Routledge, 1995, 129 pp., £6.99, ISBN 0 415 11468 3 paperback. William Beinart and Peter Coates, Environment and History: the taming of nature in the USA and South Africa. London: Routledge, 1995, 129 pp., £6.99, ISBN 0 415 11468 3 paperback.

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David M. Anderson

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 144 - 145

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161155 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Bhebe Ngwabi and Terence Ranger (eds), Society in Zimbabwe's Liberation War. Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1995, 250 pp., £5.00, ISBN 0 908307 37 3. Bhebe Ngwabi and Terence Ranger (eds), Society in Zimbabwe's Liberation War. Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1995, 250 pp., £5.00, ISBN 0 908307 37 3.

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Eric T. Young

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 145 - 147

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161156 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Leon A. Bujlmakers, Mary T. Basset and David M. Sanders, Health and Structural Adjustment in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe. Research Report 101, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1996, 78 pp., £5.95, ISBN 1104 8425, ISBN 91 7106 393 5 paperback. Leon A. Bujlmakers, Mary T. Basset and David M. Sanders, Health and Structural Adjustment in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe. Research Report 101, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1996, 78 pp., £5.95, ISBN 1104 8425, ISBN 91 7106 393 5 paperback.

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Deborah Potts

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 147 - 148

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161157 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Achim von Oppen, Terms of Trade and Terms of Trust: The History and Contexts of Pre-colonial Market Production around the Upper Zambezi and Kasai. Studien zur afrikanischen Geschichte 6, Munster and Hamburg: Lit Verlag, 1994, 473 pp., DM 68.80, ISBN 3 89473 246 6. Achim von Oppen, Terms of Trade and Terms of Trust: The History and Contexts of Pre-colonial Market Production around the Upper Zambezi and Kasai. Studien zur afrikanischen Geschichte 6, Munster and Hamburg: Lit Verlag, 1994, 473 pp., DM 68.80, ISBN 3 89473 246 6.

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Peter Geschiere

Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp 149 - 150

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161158 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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Africa / Volume 68 / Issue 01 / January 1998, pp f1 - f6

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972000046957 (About DOI), Published online: 07 December 2011

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