African Studies Review

Title Publication Date Language Citations
(38) Search for Identity Is Common to All Societies1964/12/01English
(59) Political Socialization in the New Nations of Africa1964/12/01English
Keith Hart, The Political Economy of West African Agriculture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. 226 pp. Illus. Bibio. $34.50 hardcover; $12.95 paperback.1983/06/01English
ASR volume 48 issue 1 Cover and Front matter2005/04/01English
(19) Stress and Strain in the Nationalist Movement in Southern Rhodesia1964/12/01English
ASR volume 26 issue 1 Cover and Front matter1983/03/01English
George B. Silberbauer. Hunter and Habitat in the Central Kalahari Desert. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 330 pp. Illus., maps, tables, biblio., index. $39.50 hardcover; $14.50 paperback.1983/06/01English
An Analysis and Bibliography of Recent African Atlases1962/10/01English
Gérard Prunier and Éloi Ficquet, eds. Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia: Monarchy, Revolution and the Legacy of Meles Zenawi. London: Hurst, 2015. Abbreviations. Maps. Index. xvii + 521 pp. $29.95. Paper. ISBN: 9781849042611.2016/08/30English
Jeanne Penvenne. Women, Migration and the Cashew Economy in Southern Mozambique, 1945–1975. Rochester, N.Y.: James Currey, 2015. xx + 281 pp. List of Illustrations. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Glossary. Sources and Bibliography. Index. $80.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-184701282.2016/08/30English
Shaun Kadlec and Debb Tullmann, directors. Born This Way. 2013. 85 minutes. French, English. United States, Cameroon. $299.00. College and University Educational DVD. $129.00. K–12, Public Library, and Nonprofit DVD.2016/08/30English
Mensah Adinkrah. Witchcraft, Witches and Violence in Ghana. New York: Berghahn Books, 2015. xii + 325 pp. Maps. Photographs and Illustrations. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $110.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1-78238-560-8.2016/08/30English
Jessica Piombo, ed. The US Military in Africa: Enhancing Security and Development? Boulder, Colo.: First Forum Press, 2015. xx + 265 pages. List of Acronyms. Map. Notes. Bibliography. Contributors. Index. $74.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-162637-196-5.2016/08/30English
John Beardsley, ed. Cultural Landscape Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2016. Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture 37. Distributed by Harvard University Press. 486 pp. 141 color illustrations, 27 halftones, 6 line illustrations, 6 tables. Bibliography. List of contributors. Index. $60.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-0884024101.2016/08/30English
Graham Connah. African Civilizations: An Archaeological Perspective. 3rd edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. xiv + 412 pp. Figures. Index. $42.99. Paper. ISBN: 978-1-107-62127-5.2016/08/30English
Emmanuel Akyeampong, Allan G. Hill, and Arthur Kleinman, eds. The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015. ix + 349 pp. Contributors. Index. $35.00 Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-253-01293-7.2016/08/30English
Marc Francis and Nick Francis, directors. When China Met Africa. 2010. 75 minutes. English and Chinese with English subtitles. U.K. Speakit Films. £10.99.2016/08/30English
Merzak Allouache, director. Madame Courage. 2015. 90 minutes. Arabic with English subtitles. France/Algeria. Baya Films, Neon Production. No price reported.2016/08/30English
Jane Duncan. The Rise of the Securocrats: The Case of South Africa. Auckland Park, South Africa: Jacana Media, 2014. xii + 332 pp. Bibliography. $28.95. Paper. ISBN 978-1-4314-1075-0.2016/08/30English
Eric Jennings. Free French Africa in World War II: The African Resistance. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2015. xv + 300 pp. Maps. Photographs. Index. $27.99. Paper. ISBN: 978-1-107-69697-6.2016/08/30English
BOOKS RECEIVED2016/08/30English
Cedric de Coning, Linnéa Gelot, and Jonh Karlsrud, eds. The Future of African Peace Operations: From the Janjaweed to Boko Haram. London: Zed Books, 2016. xiv + 154 pp. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $95.00. Cloth. $39.95 Paper. ISBN 978-1-7860-708-2.2016/08/30English
EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION2016/08/30English
Allison K. Shutt. Manners Make a Nation: Racial Etiquette in Southern Rhodesia, 1910–1963. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 2015. xiv + 245 pp. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $110.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1-58046-520-5.2016/08/30English
Ronald Aminzade. Race, Nation, and Citizenship in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Tanzania. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. xx + 424 pp. Acknowledgments. Map of Tanzania. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1107044388.2016/08/30English
Keith Breckenridge. Biometric State: The Global Politics of Identification and Surveillance in South Africa, 1850 to the Present. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xviii + 252 pp. List of Figures. Bibliography. Index. $110.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978–1107077843.2016/08/30English
Benedetta Rossi. From Slavery to Aid: Politics, Labour, and Ecology in the Nigerien Sahel, 1800–2000. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. xxxiv + 364 pp. Illustrations. Maps. Note on Language, Names and Acronyms. Currency Conversion Rates. Glossary. Bibliography. Notes. Index. $99.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1-107-11905-5.2016/08/30English
Grace Musila. A Death Retold in Truth and Rumour: Kenya, Britain and the Julie Ward Murder. Suffolk, U.K.: James Currey, 2015. xvii + 216 pp. $29.95. Paper. ISBN: 9781847011374.2016/08/30English
Cary Joji Fukunaga, director. Beasts of No Nation. 2015. 137 minutes. Twi and English, with English subtitles. United States. Bleecker Street and Netflix. No price reported.2016/08/30English
Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, directors. Sembène! 2015. 90 minutes. Wolof, Peul, French, and English. The Film Sales Company. £200.00.2016/08/30English