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Rethinking Ancestors and Colonial Power in Madagascar Rethinking Ancestors and Colonial Power in Madagascar

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Jennifer Cole and Karen Middleton

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 1 - 37

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.1 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Wayward Pastoral Ghosts and Regional Xenophobia in a Northern Madagascar Town Wayward Pastoral Ghosts and Regional Xenophobia in a Northern Madagascar Town

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Lesley A. Sharp

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 38 - 81

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.38 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Reinterpreting the Rural–Urban Connection: Migration Practices and Socio-Cultural Dispositions of Buhera Workers in Harare Reinterpreting the Rural–Urban Connection: Migration Practices and Socio-Cultural Dispositions of Buhera Workers in Harare

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Jens A. Andersson

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 82 - 112

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.82 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Where Have All the Young Men Gone? Evidences and Explanations of Changing Age–Sex Ratios in Kampala Where Have All the Young Men Gone? Evidences and Explanations of Changing Age–Sex Ratios in Kampala

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Sandra Wallman and Valdo Pons

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 113 - 127

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.113 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Being of ‘One Heart’: Power and Politics Among the Iraqw of Tanzania Being of ‘One Heart’: Power and Politics Among the Iraqw of Tanzania

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Katherine A. Snyder

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 128 - 148

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The Chadian Tubu: Contemporary Nomads Who Conquered a State The Chadian Tubu: Contemporary Nomads Who Conquered a State

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Robert Buijtenhuijs

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 149 - 161

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.149 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Africa and the Anthropologist Africa and the Anthropologist

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Alan Barnard

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 162 - 170

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.162 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Jean-pierre Dozon La Cause des prophètes: politique et religion en Afrique contemporain, suivi de “La Leçon des prophètes” par Marc Augé. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1995, 302 pp., FF 140.00, ISBN 2 02 020160 7. Jean-pierre Dozon La Cause des prophètes: politique et religion en Afrique contemporain, suivi de “La Leçon des prophètes” par Marc Augé. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1995, 302 pp., FF 140.00, ISBN 2 02 020160 7.

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Paul Gifford

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 171 - 172

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.171 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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David Maxwell Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe: a social history of the Hwesa people, c. 1870s–1990s. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, for the International African Institute, 1999, 291 pp., £29.95, ISBN 0 7486 1129 0 (hard covers), £14.95, ISBN 0 7486 1130 4 (paperback). David Maxwell Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe: a social history of the Hwesa people, c. 1870s–1990s. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, for the International African Institute, 1999, 291 pp., £29.95, ISBN 0 7486 1129 0 (hard covers), £14.95, ISBN 0 7486 1130 4 (paperback).

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Matthew Schoffeleers

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 172 - 173

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.172 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Simon Ottenberg, Seeing with Music: the lives of three blind African musicians. Seattle WA: University of Washington Press, 1997, 230 pp., US $35.00, ISBN 0 295 97525 3. Simon Ottenberg, Seeing with Music: the lives of three blind African musicians. Seattle WA: University of Washington Press, 1997, 230 pp., US \$35.00, ISBN 0 295 97525 3.

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Ruth Finnegan

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 173 - 174

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.173 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Kofi v. Agawu, African Rhythm: a northern Ewe perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 217 pp. (inc. CD), £45.00 (US $64.95), ISBN 0 521 48084 1. Kofi v. Agawu, African Rhythm: a northern Ewe perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 217 pp. (inc. CD), £45.00 (US \$64.95), ISBN 0 521 48084 1.

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Steven M. Friedson

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 174 - 176

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.174 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Howard Adelman and Astri Suhrke (eds), The Path of a Genocide: the Rwanda crisis, from Uganda to Zaire. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (London: Africa Book Centre; North America: Transaction Publishers), 1999, 414 pp., £34.95 (US $45.00, SEK 360.00), ISBN 91 7106 432 X. Howard Adelman and Astri Suhrke (eds), The Path of a Genocide: the Rwanda crisis, from Uganda to Zaire. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (London: Africa Book Centre; North America: Transaction Publishers), 1999, 414 pp., £34.95 (US \$45.00, SEK 360.00), ISBN 91 7106 432 X.

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Barrie Collins

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 176 - 178

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.176 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Adebayo Adedeji (ed.), Comprehending and Mastering African Conflicts: the search for sustainable peace and good governance. London: ACDESS/Zed Books, 1999, 000 pp., £50.00, ISBN 1 85649 762 3 hard covers, £16.95, ISBN 1 85649 763 1 paperback.

Timothy Sisk and Andrew Reynolds (eds), Elections and Conflict Management in Africa. Washington DC: US Institute of Peace Press, 1998, US $14.95, ISBN 1 878379 79 8. Adebayo Adedeji (ed.), Comprehending and Mastering African Conflicts: the search for sustainable peace and good governance. London: ACDESS/Zed Books, 1999, 000 pp., £50.00, ISBN 1 85649 762 3 hard covers, £16.95, ISBN 1 85649 763 1 paperback.

Timothy Sisk and Andrew Reynolds (eds), Elections and Conflict Management in Africa. Washington DC: US Institute of Peace Press, 1998, US \$14.95, ISBN 1 878379 79 8.

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David Harris

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 179 - 181

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.179 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Michael Mortimore, Roots in the African Dust: sustaining the drylands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, 219 pp., £37.50, ISBN 0 521 45173.6 hard covers, £13.95, ISBN 0 521 45785 8 paperback. Michael Mortimore, Roots in the African Dust: sustaining the drylands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, 219 pp., £37.50, ISBN 0 521 45173.6 hard covers, £13.95, ISBN 0 521 45785 8 paperback.

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Simon P.J. Batterbury

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 181 - 184

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.181 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Rex Honey and Stanley Okafor (eds), Hometown Associations: indigenous knowledge and development in Nigeria. IT Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1998, 168 pp., £19.95 (US $38.00), ISBN 1 85339 426 2. Rex Honey and Stanley Okafor (eds), Hometown Associations: indigenous knowledge and development in Nigeria. IT Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1998, 168 pp., £19.95 (US \$38.00), ISBN 1 85339 426 2.

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Lillian Trager

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 184 - 185

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.184 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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David Lancy Playing on the Mother-ground: cultural routines for children's development. New York: Guilford Press, 1996, 240 pp., US $39.95, ISBN 1 57230 142 2 hard covers, US $19.95, ISBN 1 57230 215 1 paperback. David Lancy Playing on the Mother-ground: cultural routines for children's development. New York: Guilford Press, 1996, 240 pp., US \$39.95, ISBN 1 57230 142 2 hard covers, US \$19.95, ISBN 1 57230 215 1 paperback.

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Alma Gottlieb

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 186 - 188

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.186 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Miriam Goheen, Men own the Fields, Women own the Crops: gender and power in the Cameroon grassfields. Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 252 pp., ISBN 0 299 14674 X. Miriam Goheen, Men own the Fields, Women own the Crops: gender and power in the Cameroon grassfields. Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 252 pp., ISBN 0 299 14674 X.

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Peter Geschiere

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 188 - 190

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.188 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Lene Buchert Education in the Development of Tanzania, 1919-1990. London: James Currey, 1994, 192 pp, £14.95, ISBN 0 85255 709 4. Lene Buchert Education in the Development of Tanzania, 1919-1990. London: James Currey, 1994, 192 pp, £14.95, ISBN 0 85255 709 4.

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Tim Kelsall

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 191 - 191

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161497 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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James Fairhead and Melissa Leach, Misreading the African Landscape: society and ecology in a forest-savanna mosaicAfrican Studies Series 90. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 354 pp., £50.00, ISBN 0 521 56353 4 hard covers, £17.95, ISBN 0 521 56499 9 paperback. James Fairhead and Melissa Leach, Misreading the African Landscape: society and ecology in a forest-savanna mosaicAfrican Studies Series 90. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 354 pp., £50.00, ISBN 0 521 56353 4 hard covers, £17.95, ISBN 0 521 56499 9 paperback.

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Marc Parren

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 191 - 192

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.1.191 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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J. Crush (ed.), Beyond Control: immigration and human rights in a democratic South Africa. Kingston, Ont.: IDASA/Queen's University, 1998, 189 pp., ISBN 1 874864 63 2. J. Crush (ed.), Beyond Control: immigration and human rights in a democratic South Africa. Kingston, Ont.: IDASA/Queen's University, 1998, 189 pp., ISBN 1 874864 63 2.

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Anthony Butler

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 192 - 193

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161499 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Véronique Duchesne, Le Cercle de kaolin: Boson et initiés en Côte d'Ivoire. Paris: Institut d'ethnologie, 1996, 371 pp, FF 180.00, ISBN 2 85265 124 6. Véronique Duchesne, Le Cercle de kaolin: Boson et initiés en Côte d'Ivoire. Paris: Institut d'ethnologie, 1996, 371 pp, FF 180.00, ISBN 2 85265 124 6.

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Ariane Deluz

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 193 - 193

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161500 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Harry Brind, Lying Abroad: Diplomatic Memoirs. London and New York: Radcliffe Press, 1999, 260 pp., £24.50, ISBN 1 86064 377 9. Harry Brind, Lying Abroad: Diplomatic Memoirs. London and New York: Radcliffe Press, 1999, 260 pp., £24.50, ISBN 1 86064 377 9.

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P.T.W. Baxter

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 193 - 193

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161501 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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F. Odun Balogun, Ngugi and African Postcolonial Narrative: the novel as oral narrative in multigenre performance. Quebec: World Heritage Press, 1997, 180 pp., ISBN 1 896064 06 X. F. Odun Balogun, Ngugi and African Postcolonial Narrative: the novel as oral narrative in multigenre performance. Quebec: World Heritage Press, 1997, 180 pp., ISBN 1 896064 06 X.

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Ode S. Ogede

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 193 - 194

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161502 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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Jacques K. Lee, Mauritius: its Creole language. The ultimate phrase book and dictionary. English–Creole dictionary. London: Nautilus Publishing, 1999, 160 pp., £7.95, ISBN 0 9511296 2 7. Jacques K. Lee, Mauritius: its Creole language. The ultimate phrase book and dictionary. English–Creole dictionary. London: Nautilus Publishing, 1999, 160 pp., £7.95, ISBN 0 9511296 2 7.

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Jean Houbert

Africa / Volume 71 / Issue 01 / February 2001, pp 194 - 194

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161503 (About DOI), Published online: 03 March 2011

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