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Table of Contents - Volume 83 - Issue 03 - Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Ethnographies of the Road

INTRODUCTION: THE PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES OF AFRICAN ROADS INTRODUCTION: THE PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES OF AFRICAN ROADS

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Gabriel Klaeger

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 359 - 366

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000211 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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SPEED GOVERNORS: ROAD SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURAL OVERLOAD IN POST-COLONIAL KENYA, c. 1963–2013 SPEED GOVERNORS: ROAD SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURAL OVERLOAD IN POST-COLONIAL KENYA, c. 1963–2013

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Mark Lamont

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 367 - 384

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000223 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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ETHNOGRAPHY ON THE ROAD: INFRASTRUCTURAL VISION AND THE UNRULY PRESENT IN CONTEMPORARY DAKAR ETHNOGRAPHY ON THE ROAD: INFRASTRUCTURAL VISION AND THE UNRULY PRESENT IN CONTEMPORARY DAKAR

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Caroline Melly

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 385 - 402

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000235 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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HEROES OF THE ROAD: RACE, GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF MOBILITY IN TWENTIETH CENTURY TANZANIA HEROES OF THE ROAD: RACE, GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF MOBILITY IN TWENTIETH CENTURY TANZANIA

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Joshua Grace

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 403 - 425

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000247 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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ROADSIDE COMFORTS: TRUCK STOPS ON THE FORTY DAYS ROAD IN WESTERN SUDAN ROADSIDE COMFORTS: TRUCK STOPS ON THE FORTY DAYS ROAD IN WESTERN SUDAN

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Kurt Beck

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 426 - 445

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000259 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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DWELLING ON THE ROAD: ROUTINES, RITUALS AND ROADBLOCKS IN SOUTHERN GHANA DWELLING ON THE ROAD: ROUTINES, RITUALS AND ROADBLOCKS IN SOUTHERN GHANA

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Gabriel Klaeger

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 446 - 469

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000260 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Estrangement and Unemployment

TEATIME: BOREDOM AND THE TEMPORALITIES OF YOUNG MEN IN NIGER TEATIME: BOREDOM AND THE TEMPORALITIES OF YOUNG MEN IN NIGER

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Adeline Masquelier

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 470 - 491

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000272 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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ENVISIONING GOVERNANCE: EXPECTATIONS AND ESTRANGEMENTS OF TRANSFORMED RULE IN GLENDALE, SOUTH AFRICA ENVISIONING GOVERNANCE: EXPECTATIONS AND ESTRANGEMENTS OF TRANSFORMED RULE IN GLENDALE, SOUTH AFRICA

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Bernard Dubbeld

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 492 - 512

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000284 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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TIMOTHY STAPLETON, African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe 1923–80. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press (hb $90 – 978 1 58046 380 5). 2011, 313 pp. TIMOTHY STAPLETON, African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe 1923–80. Rochester NY: University of Rochester Press (hb \$90 – 978 1 58046 380 5). 2011, 313 pp.

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DAVID KILLINGRAY

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 513 - 514

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000296 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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SARAH LEFANU, S is for Samora: a lexical biography of Samora Machel and the Mozambican dream. London: Hurst and Company (pb £16.14 – 978 1 84904 194 2). 2012, 321 pp. SARAH LEFANU, S is for Samora: a lexical biography of Samora Machel and the Mozambican dream. London: Hurst and Company (pb £16.14 – 978 1 84904 194 2). 2012, 321 pp.

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MARIA PAULA MENESES

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 514 - 516

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000302 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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HARRI ENGLUND, Human Rights and African Airwaves: mediating equality on the Chichewa radio. Bloomington and Indianapolis IN: Indiana University Press (hb £31.99 – 978 0 25335 677 2; pb £19.99 – 978 0 25322 347 0). 2011, x+294 pp. HARRI ENGLUND, Human Rights and African Airwaves: mediating equality on the Chichewa radio. Bloomington and Indianapolis IN: Indiana University Press (hb £31.99 – 978 0 25335 677 2; pb £19.99 – 978 0 25322 347 0). 2011, x+294 pp.

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RICHARD FARDON

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 516 - 517

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000314 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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JOHN MCCRACKEN, A History of Malawi, 1859–1966. Woodbridge: James Currey and Rochester NY: Boydell and Brewer (hb £85 – 978 1 84701 050 6). 2012, 485 pp. JOHN MCCRACKEN, A History of Malawi, 1859–1966. Woodbridge: James Currey and Rochester NY: Boydell and Brewer (hb £85 – 978 1 84701 050 6). 2012, 485 pp.

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JOEY POWER

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 517 - 518

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000326 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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DANIEL LARGE and LUKE PATEY (eds), Sudan Looks East: China, India and the politics of Asian alternatives. Woodbridge: James Currey (pb £16.99 – 978 1 84701 037 7). 2011, 203 pp. DANIEL LARGE and LUKE PATEY (eds), Sudan Looks East: China, India and the politics of Asian alternatives. Woodbridge: James Currey (pb £16.99 – 978 1 84701 037 7). 2011, 203 pp.

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GERARD MCCANN

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 518 - 520

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000338 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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SCOTT STRAUS and LARS WALDORF (eds), Remaking Rwanda: state building and human rights after mass violence. Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press (pb $26.95 – 978 0 29928 264 6). 2011, 320 pp. SCOTT STRAUS and LARS WALDORF (eds), Remaking Rwanda: state building and human rights after mass violence. Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press (pb \$26.95 – 978 0 29928 264 6). 2011, 320 pp.

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FEDERICA GUGLIELMO

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 520 - 521

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000197201300034X (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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NORMAN MILLER, Encounters with Witchcraft: field notes from Africa. Albany NY: State University of New York Press for the African-Caribbean Institute (pb $24.95 – 978 1 4384 4358 4). 2012, 232 pp. NORMAN MILLER, Encounters with Witchcraft: field notes from Africa. Albany NY: State University of New York Press for the African-Caribbean Institute (pb \$24.95 – 978 1 4384 4358 4). 2012, 232 pp.

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DAVID KOFI AMPONSAH

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 522 - 523

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000351 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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THEODORE TREFON, Congo Masquerade: the political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure. London: Zed Books for the International African Institute (pb £12.99 – 978 1 84813 836 0). 2011, 166 pp. THEODORE TREFON, Congo Masquerade: the political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure. London: Zed Books for the International African Institute (pb £12.99 – 978 1 84813 836 0). 2011, 166 pp.

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JOHN F. CLARK

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 523 - 524

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000363 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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DAVID LISHILINIMLE IMBUA, Intercourse and Crosscurrents in the Atlantic World: Calabar–British experience, 17th–20th centuries. Durham NC: Carolina Academic Press (pb $30 – 978 1 61163 006 0). 2012, 210pp. DAVID LISHILINIMLE IMBUA, Intercourse and Crosscurrents in the Atlantic World: Calabar–British experience, 17th–20th centuries. Durham NC: Carolina Academic Press (pb \$30 – 978 1 61163 006 0). 2012, 210pp.

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TOBY GREEN

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 525 - 526

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000375 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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TOYIN FALOLA and ADAM PADDOCK, The Women's War of 1929: a history of anti-colonial resistance in eastern Nigeria. Durham NC: Carolina Academic Press (hb $90 – 978 1 59460 931 2). 2011, 936 pp. TOYIN FALOLA and ADAM PADDOCK, The Women's War of 1929: a history of anti-colonial resistance in eastern Nigeria. Durham NC: Carolina Academic Press (hb \$90 – 978 1 59460 931 2). 2011, 936 pp.

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CHIMA J. KORIEH

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 526 - 527

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000387 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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PETER PROBST, Osogbo and the Art of Heritage: monuments, deities, and money. Bloomington and Indianapolis IN: Indiana University Press (hb £50.35 – 978 0 25335 611 6; pb £16.14 – 978 0 25322 295 4). 2011, xi+207 pp. including black and white, and colour Illustrations. PETER PROBST, Osogbo and the Art of Heritage: monuments, deities, and money. Bloomington and Indianapolis IN: Indiana University Press (hb £50.35 – 978 0 25335 611 6; pb £16.14 – 978 0 25322 295 4). 2011, xi+207 pp. including black and white, and colour Illustrations.

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FERDINAND DE JONG

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 527 - 529

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000399 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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LORELLE D. SEMLEY, Mother Is Gold, Father Is Glass: gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town. Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press (pb £17.99 – ISBN 978 0 25322 253 4). 2011, 256 pp. LORELLE D. SEMLEY, Mother Is Gold, Father Is Glass: gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town. Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press (pb £17.99 – ISBN 978 0 25322 253 4). 2011, 256 pp.

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JOHN THABITI WILLIS

Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 529 - 530

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0001972013000405 (About DOI), Published online: Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp f1 - f4

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Africa / Volume 83 / Issue 03 / Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp b1 - b4

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