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ARTICLES

Contradictions in Creating a Jihadi Capital: Sokoto in the Nineteenth Century and Its Legacy Contradictions in Creating a Jihadi Capital: Sokoto in the Nineteenth Century and Its Legacy

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Murray Last

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 1 - 20

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.38 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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ASR FORUM: HOMOPHOBIC AFRICA?

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Ayo A. Coly

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 21 - 30

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.39 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Confronting the Politics of Nonconforming Sexualities in Africa Confronting the Politics of Nonconforming Sexualities in Africa

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Sylvia Tamale

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 31 - 45

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.40 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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A Macro-Level Analysis of the Scope, Causes, and Consequences of Homophobia in Africa A Macro-Level Analysis of the Scope, Causes, and Consequences of Homophobia in Africa

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Patrick R. Ireland

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 47 - 66

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.41 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Some Reflections on Postcolonial Homophobia, Local Interventions, and LGBTI Solidarity Online: The Politics of Global Petitions Some Reflections on Postcolonial Homophobia, Local Interventions, and LGBTI Solidarity Online: The Politics of Global Petitions

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Henriette Gunkel

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 67 - 81

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.42 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Meanings of Homosexuality, Same-Sex Sexuality, and Africanness in Two South African Townships: An Evidence-Based Approach for Rethinking Same-Sex Prejudice Meanings of Homosexuality, Same-Sex Sexuality, and Africanness in Two South African Townships: An Evidence-Based Approach for Rethinking Same-Sex Prejudice

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Veronica Sigamoney and Marc Epprecht

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 83 - 107

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.43 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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The Origins of Senegalese Homophobia: Discourses on Homosexuals and Transgender People in Colonial and Postcolonial Senegal The Origins of Senegalese Homophobia: Discourses on Homosexuals and Transgender People in Colonial and Postcolonial Senegal

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Babacar M’Baye

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 109 - 128

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.44 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Of Extensive and Elusive Corruption in Uganda: Neo-Patronage, Power, and Narrow Interests Of Extensive and Elusive Corruption in Uganda: Neo-Patronage, Power, and Narrow Interests

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Godfrey B. Asiimwe

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 129 - 144

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.45 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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The Morality of the U.N. Security Council Sanctions against Eritrea: Defensibility, Political Objectives, and Consequences The Morality of the U.N. Security Council Sanctions against Eritrea: Defensibility, Political Objectives, and Consequences

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Redie Bereketeab

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 145 - 161

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.46 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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ASR FORUM: THE 2012 U.S. ELECTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S.–AFRICA POLICY

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Elizabeth Schmidt

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 163 - 164

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.47 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Obama’s Africa Policy: The Limits of Symbolic Power Obama’s Africa Policy: The Limits of Symbolic Power

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Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 165 - 178

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.48 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Africa: Beware of Obama’s Second Term Africa: Beware of Obama’s Second Term

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Abdi Ismail Samatar

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 179 - 183

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.49 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Implications of the 2012 U.S. Election for U.S. Policy in Africa’s Great Lakes Region Implications of the 2012 U.S. Election for U.S. Policy in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

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Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 185 - 191

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.50 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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BOOK REVIEWS

ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY Parker Shipton. Credit Between Cultures: Farmers, Financiers, and Misunderstanding in Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Yale Agrarian Studies Series. xxvii + 335 pp. Notes. References. Index. Illustrations. $37.00. Paper. ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY Parker Shipton. Credit Between Cultures: Farmers, Financiers, and Misunderstanding in Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Yale Agrarian Studies Series. xxvii + 335 pp. Notes. References. Index. Illustrations. \$37.00. Paper.

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Christopher B. Barrett

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 193 - 194

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.52 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Beek Walter van and Schmidt Annette, eds. African Hosts and Their Guests: Cultural Dynamics of Tourism. Rochester, N.Y.: James Currey, 2012. xi + 352 pp. Foreword by Valene Smith. Afterword. List of Illustrations. Notes. Index. $90.00. Cloth. Beek Walter van and Schmidt Annette, eds. African Hosts and Their Guests: Cultural Dynamics of Tourism. Rochester, N.Y.: James Currey, 2012. xi + 352 pp. Foreword by Valene Smith. Afterword. List of Illustrations. Notes. Index. \$90.00. Cloth.

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Elizabeth Garland

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 195 - 196

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.53 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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HISTORY Jan Vansina. Being Colonized: The Kuba Experience in Rural Congo, 1880–1960. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2010. xiv + 342 pp. Maps. Figures. Notes. Index. $26.95. Paper. (Also available in e-book format.) HISTORY Jan Vansina. Being Colonized: The Kuba Experience in Rural Congo, 1880–1960. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2010. xiv + 342 pp. Maps. Figures. Notes. Index. \$26.95. Paper. (Also available in e-book format.)

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Curtis A. Keim

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 197 - 199

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.54 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Ivaska Andrew. Cultured States: Youth, Gender and Modern Style in 1960s Dar es Salaam. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2011. iii + 276 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $84.95. Cloth. $23.95. Paper. Ivaska Andrew. Cultured States: Youth, Gender and Modern Style in 1960s Dar es Salaam. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2011. iii + 276 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. \$84.95. Cloth. \$23.95. Paper.

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Charlotte Miller

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 199 - 201

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.55 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND GLOBALIZATION M. Anne Pitcher. Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa’s Democracies. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. xviii + 305 pp. List of Tables. Figures. Maps. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. $29.99. Paper. POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND GLOBALIZATION M. Anne Pitcher. Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa’s Democracies. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. xviii + 305 pp. List of Tables. Figures. Maps. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. \$29.99. Paper.

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Scott D. Taylor

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 201 - 203

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.56 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Hanlon Joseph, Manjengwa Jeanette, and Smart Teresa. Zimbabwe Takes Back Its Land. Sterling, Va.: Kumarian Press, 2013. ix + 245 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Abbreviations. Acronyms. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $26.95. Paper. Hanlon Joseph, Manjengwa Jeanette, and Smart Teresa. Zimbabwe Takes Back Its Land. Sterling, Va.: Kumarian Press, 2013. ix + 245 pp. Maps. Illustrations. Abbreviations. Acronyms. Notes. Bibliography. Index. \$26.95. Paper.

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David McDermott Hughes

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 203 - 205

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.57 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Adebanwi Wale. Authority Stealing: Anti-Corruption War and Democratic Politics in Post-Military Nigeria. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2012. xxxi + 450 pp. Notes. Index. $55.00. Paper. Adebanwi Wale. Authority Stealing: Anti-Corruption War and Democratic Politics in Post-Military Nigeria. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2012. xxxi + 450 pp. Notes. Index. \$55.00. Paper.

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Letitia Lawson

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 205 - 207

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.58 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS Abou Jeng. Peacebuilding in the African Union: Law, Philosophy and Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. xvi + 334 pp. Table of Cases. Table of Declarations and Resolutions. List of Abbreviations. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Cloth. $99.00. LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS Abou Jeng. Peacebuilding in the African Union: Law, Philosophy and Practice. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. xvi + 334 pp. Table of Cases. Table of Declarations and Resolutions. List of Abbreviations. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Cloth. \$99.00.

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Bonny Ibhawoh

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 207 - 209

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.59 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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GENDER Ashley Currier. Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. xii + 255 pp. Acknowledgments. Acronyms. Introduction. Conclusion. Methodological Appendix. Notes. Works Cited. Index. Cloth. $75.00. Paper. $25.00. GENDER Ashley Currier. Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012. xii + 255 pp. Acknowledgments. Acronyms. Introduction. Conclusion. Methodological Appendix. Notes. Works Cited. Index. Cloth. \$75.00. Paper. \$25.00.

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Brenna Munro

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 209 - 211

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.60 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Badran Margot, ed. Gender and Islam in Africa: Rights, Sexuality, and Law. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2011. Distributed by Stanford University Press. ix + 324 pp. Glossary. Bibliography. Contributors. Index. $60.00. Cloth. Badran Margot, ed. Gender and Islam in Africa: Rights, Sexuality, and Law. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2011. Distributed by Stanford University Press. ix + 324 pp. Glossary. Bibliography. Contributors. Index. \$60.00. Cloth.

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Barbara Cooper

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 211 - 212

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.61 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT Diane Frost. From the Pit to the Market: Politics and the Diamond Economy of Sierra Leone. Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.: James Currey, 2012. xxi + 226 pp. Photographs. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $34.95. Paper. ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT Diane Frost. From the Pit to the Market: Politics and the Diamond Economy of Sierra Leone. Woodbridge, Suffolk, U.K.: James Currey, 2012. xxi + 226 pp. Photographs. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. \$34.95. Paper.

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Ian Smillie

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 213 - 214

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.62 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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Ann Richey Lisa and Ponte Stefano. Brand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. xv + 253 pp. Preface. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Works Cited. Index. $18.95. Paper. Ann Richey Lisa and Ponte Stefano. Brand Aid: Shopping Well to Save the World. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011. xv + 253 pp. Preface. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Works Cited. Index. \$18.95. Paper.

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Zine Magubane

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 214 - 216

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.63 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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HEALTH AND DISEASE Vinh-Kim Nguyen. The Republic of Therapy: Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa’s Time of AIDS. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2010. xi + 238 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $79.95. Cloth. $22.95. Paper. HEALTH AND DISEASE Vinh-Kim Nguyen. The Republic of Therapy: Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa’s Time of AIDS. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2010. xi + 238 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. \$79.95. Cloth. \$22.95. Paper.

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Helle Samuelsen

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 216 - 218

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.64 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS Steven Feld. Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra: Five Musical Years in Ghana. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2012. xii + 312 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. CDs. $84.95. Cloth. $23.95. Paper. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS Steven Feld. Jazz Cosmopolitanism in Accra: Five Musical Years in Ghana. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2012. xii + 312 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. CDs. \$84.95. Cloth. \$23.95. Paper.

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Frank A. Salamone

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 218 - 219

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.65 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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MEDIA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Jenna Burrell. Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2012. ix + 236 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $30.00. Cloth. MEDIA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Jenna Burrell. Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafés of Urban Ghana. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2012. ix + 236 pp. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. \$30.00. Cloth.

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Jo Ellen Fair

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 219 - 220

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.66 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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FILM REVIEW ESSAY

THE VAN VELZEN SISTERS Femke van Velzen and Ilse van Velzen. Fighting the Silence: Sexual Violence against Women in the Congo. 2007. Netherlands and Congo. French and Swahili with English subtitles. 53 minutes. Women Make Movies. $295.00. Femke van Velzen and Ilse van Velzen. Weapon of War: Confession of Rape in Congo. 2009. Netherlands and Congo. French and Swahili with English subtitles. 59 minutes. Women Make Movies. $295.00. Femke van Velzen and Ilse van Velzen. Justice for Sale. 2011. Netherlands and Congo. French, Swahili, and Lingala with English subtitles. 84 minutes. Women Make Movies. $295.00. THE VAN VELZEN SISTERS Femke van Velzen and Ilse van Velzen. Fighting the Silence: Sexual Violence against Women in the Congo. 2007. Netherlands and Congo. French and Swahili with English subtitles. 53 minutes. Women Make Movies. \$295.00. Femke van Velzen and Ilse van Velzen. Weapon of War: Confession of Rape in Congo. 2009. Netherlands and Congo. French and Swahili with English subtitles. 59 minutes. Women Make Movies. \$295.00. Femke van Velzen and Ilse van Velzen. Justice for Sale. 2011. Netherlands and Congo. French, Swahili, and Lingala with English subtitles. 84 minutes. Women Make Movies. \$295.00.

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Karen Bouwer

African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 221 - 226

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.67 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 227 - 228

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.68 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 229 - 231

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.69 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 231 - 234

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.70 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 234 - 236

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.71 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 236 - 238

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.72 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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African Studies Review / Volume 56 / Issue 02 / Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 2013, pp 238 - 240

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.73 (About DOI), Published online: Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 BST 2013

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