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The United States, Ghana and Oil: Global and Local Perspectives McCaskie, Tom C. Articles The context of this article is United States military and energy security policies as regards the offshore oil potential of what Washington terms Africa's ‘New Gulf’, the Atlantic littoral from Morocco to Angola. The focus is the operation of deepwater oil exploration companies offshore of western Ghana, and their discovery in 2007 of potentially valuable oil deposits. This article considers local Ghanaian and wider global reactions. Ghana's government and opposition both claim credit for discovering oil, while each asserts it can best invest oil revenues to benefit Ghanaians. At the same time Ghanaians are aware of the equivocal status of oil wealth as national ‘blessing’ or ‘curse’, and they debate this in a framework of ideas of providence, prosperity and the occult derived from Pentecostalist Christianity. The oil find has also raised the stakes in Ghana–United States relations, and current developments in this area are outlined in the conclusion. Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/313 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn019 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Why 'Anglo Licks the ANC's Boots': Globalization and State-Capital Relations in South Africa Iheduru, Okechukwu C. Articles Under what conditions does capital in the age of globalization accept state regulation of markets instead of exercising its ‘exit option’ and shifting assets to less restrictive markets? This article explores this question by analysing local and foreign capital's compliance with the South African government's policy of seeking to transfer 25–30 percent of equity and management in white-owned companies to blacks in all sectors of the economy by 2014. This is part of government's overall policy of black economic empowerment (BEE) to foster the emergence of a black capital-owning class. The article argues that the relative vulnerability of states and markets to globalization pressures compels states and markets to reach a ‘fateful compromise’ that enhances state autonomy to regulate markets while also advancing the interests of capital. Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/333 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn037 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Gender Balance and the Meanings of Women in Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda Burnet, Jennie E. Articles Across Africa, many countries have taken initiatives to increase the participation and representation of women in governance. Yet it is unclear what meaning these initiatives have in authoritarian, single-party states like Rwanda. Since seizing power in 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front has taken many steps to increase the participation of women in politics such as creating a Ministry of Gender, organizing women's councils at all levels of government, and instituting an electoral system with reserved seats for women in the national parliament. This article explores the dramatic increase in women's participation in public life and representation in governance and the increasing authoritarianism of the Rwandan state under the guise of ‘democratization’. The increased political participation of women in Rwanda represents a paradox in the short term: as their participation has increased, women's ability to influence policy making has decreased. In the long term, however, increased female representation in government could prepare the path for their meaningful participation in a genuine democracy because of a transformation in political subjectivity. Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn024 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Remove or Reform? a Case for (Restructuring) Chiefdom Governance in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone Sawyer, Edward Articles Recent analyses of Sierra Leone's eleven-year civil war have argued that the conflict was fuelled by a crisis within chiefdom authority, with emphasis on increasing tensions between rural youth and their elders. However, a counter-argument has also emerged, emphasising that customary authority is still highly regarded in post-conflict Sierra Leone and that chiefs act as an influential barrier against bureaucratic abuses of power. This article draws on fieldwork from three districts in Sierra Leone to argue that chiefdom authority indeed continues to have considerable support. In particular, section chiefs and headmen are seen as being particularly important for settling small disputes, especially in the rural areas where contact between villagers and chiefs is most apparent. Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn039 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Strong Support for Weak Performance: Donor Competition in Madagascar Horning, Nadia Rabesahala Articles Since independence, Madagascar's ability to meet its development and environmental goals has remained weak. Yet Madagascar has never suffered a shortage of foreign assistance. What explains such a paradox? This article argues that the gap between foreign aid and development performance is rooted in donor competition to give aid for the purpose of advancing their foreign interests. In turn, the state exploits this donor competition to stay afloat. This process of exploiting aid creates a situation of mutual dependency between donors and the state. This is a departure from theories that attribute poor performance solely to recipient countries’ aid dependency. The article examines state–donor relations in Madagascar's environmental sector in the past two decades. It suggests that influencing government policies (for donors) and resource capture and redistribution (for the state), rather than conservation <it>per se</it>, are the <it>de facto</it> goals of conservation politics. It then assesses the extent to which the dynamics of conservation politics apply beyond this specific arena. It concludes that what disables successful conservation and the development it should enable is neither the volume nor type of foreign aid but the absence of institutions that effectively align donor and state incentives with strong development performance. Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/405 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn036 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Age of Despair: the Unintegrated Forces of South Africa Mashike, Lephophotho Articles The creation of a new national defence force in South Africa produced ex-combatants – a social group possessing military skills and access to small arms but without opportunities to exercise their skills. Since 2000, former combatants from various military backgrounds have participated in or planned protest action to demand jobs or integration into the national defence force. To date there has been no scholarly attempt to explain the sporadic protest action by former combatants in South Africa. The purpose of this article is to account for the various protest actions by former combatants since 2000. The main argument is that many former combatants who were unable to make careers in the post-apartheid national defence force have failed to reintegrate successfully into civilian society. Consequently, some of them have mobilized to highlight their grievances. While there is nothing inherently wrong with peaceful protest action, the easy access to small arms in South Africa increases the potential for violent conflict. Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn027 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Truth and Justice on Trial in Liberia Gberie, Lansana Briefing Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn038 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Notes And News Notes And News Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/467 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn040 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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The Challenge of African Democracy Reddy, Thiven Review Articles Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/471 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn035 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Writing Madness: Borderlines of the body in African literature, by Flora Veit-Wild Newell, Stephanie Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/483 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn029 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Disease and globalization, by Tony Barnett and Alan Whiteside Boesten, Jelke Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/485 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn022 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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A Political Economy of Health Care in Senegal, by Maghan Keita Senghor, Jeggan C. Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn031 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Navigating Terrains of War: Youth and soldiering in Guinea-Bissau, by Henrik Vigh Houngnikpo, Mathurin C. Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/488 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn025 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Religion, History, and Politics in Nigeria: Essays in honour of Ogbu U. Kalu, edited by Chima J. Korieh and G. Ugo Nwokeji Bolaji, M. H. A. Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/490 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn023 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Yoruba Identity and Power Politics, edited by Toyin Falola and Ann Genova Oparinde, Adewale Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/491 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn030 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Lela in Bali: History through ceremony in Cameroon, by Richard Fardon Vubo, Emmanuel Yenshu Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn034 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Girl Cases: Marriage and colonialism in Gusiiland, Kenya 1890-1970, by Brett Shadle Nelson, Nici Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn028 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Business and the State in Southern Africa, by Scott D. Taylor Sparks, Donald L. Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/496 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn032 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Transformation and Trouble: Crime, justice and participation in a democratic South Africa, by Diana Gordon Lodge, Tom Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/497 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn026 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Challenging Hegemony: Social movements and the quest for a new humanism in post-apartheid South Africa, edited by Nigel C. Gibson Staniland, Luke Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn033 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Bibliography Barringer, T. A. Bibliography Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn020 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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A Select List of Articles on Africa Appearing in Non-Africanist Periodicals: January to March 2008 Barringer, T. A. A Select List of Articles on Africa Appearing in Non-Africanist Periodicals Oxford University Press 2008-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/428/507 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn021 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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The meaning of a militia: Understanding the civil defence forces of Sierra Leone Hoffman, Danny Articles This article is an adapted, narrative version of an expert witness report the author wrote for the Defence of one of the accused before the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The case against the Civil Defence Forces militia was predicated in part on the argument that the CDF was a military organization with military-style command and control. Based on a close reading of the Prosecution's military expert witness report and the author's ethnographic research with the militia, the article outlines a case for understanding the CDF as the militarization of a social network rather than as a military organization. This framing has implications not only for post-conflict adjudication, but for how we think about and intervene in violent contexts throughout contemporary West Africa. Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm054 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Feckless and reckless or forbearing and resourceful? Looking behind the stereotypes of HIV and AIDS in "fishing communities" Westaway, Elizabeth Seeley, Janet Allison, Edward Articles Over the last decade evidence has emerged suggesting that in many countries fisherfolk, as an occupational group, are at greater risk to HIV and AIDS than the general adult population. This high vulnerability has been explained in terms of the lifestyles associated with fishing and related occupations, such as fish processing and trading. Fishermen have been portrayed as risk takers, their attitudes and behaviour shaped by the physical and economic risks of the fishing lifestyle. Women in fishing communities, often engaged in fish processing and trading and providing food and lodging in fishing settlements, are portrayed as being in subordinate social and economic positions and prey to sexual exploitation by cash-rich fishermen. There is a danger in such lifestyle summaries that fisherfolk are characterized as feckless risk takers with a reckless attitude to the chance of contracting HIV. In this article we look at the lives of some men, women, and children living in a lake-side community in Uganda severely affected by HIV and AIDS to illustrate how existing portrayals of fisherfolk, and fishing communities, need to avoid stereotypes in order to better inform appropriate health sector and livelihood support measures. Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/663 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm055 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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From "pirates" to "militants": A historical perspective on anti-state and anti-oil company mobilization among the Ijaw of Warri, Western Niger Delta Ukiwo, Ukoha Articles Against the background of recent attempts to explain insurgency in the Niger Delta in the context of the “greed” of militant groups, this article argues that insurgency can best be explained by examining the social origins of militant groups. Focusing on the case of the Ijaw of Warri, from among whom the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) emerged, the article seeks to demonstrate that insurgency is the consequence of longstanding experiences of political and social-cultural marginalization. Militant groups emerged as a result of the failure of the state and oil companies to respond to peaceful protests in previous decades. Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm057 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Of cabbages and King Cobra: Populist politics and Zambia's 2006 election Larmer, Miles Fraser, Alastair Articles Zambia's 2006 election was won by incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa and his Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). However, it is argued here that the most important outcome of the campaign was the successful articulation of a new populist politics by Michael Sata's Patriotic Front (PF), which won a significant majority in urban areas. Sata's attacks on foreign investors (particularly from China) for their abuse of the workforce and their supposedly corrupt relationship with the MMD resonated with urban Zambians, already angered by the negative impact of economic liberalization. PF's campaign injected popular social demands into what had become a moribund political debate. The MMD government is now adopting PF policies in an attempt to restore its own urban support base. The article describes the campaign and its outcomes, contrasting the political discourse of the MMD and PF and analysing the differences in voting behaviour between rural and urban Zambians. It argues that recent relief of 92 percent of Zambia's international debt, along with the renewed profitability of the copper mining industry, have created conditions for the re-emergence of a nationalist-developmental political framework. Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm058 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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How much did the expropriation of commercial farms matter to food insecurity in Zimbabwe?: Rebuttal to Andersson Richardson, Craig J. Articles Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm063 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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How much did property rights matter? Understanding Food insecurity in Zimbabwe: A critique of Richardson Andersson, Jens A. Articles Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/681 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm064 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Property and constitutional order: Land tenure reform and the future of the African state Boone, Catherine Articles The debate over land law reform in Africa has been framed as a referendum on the market – that is, as a debate pitting advocates of the growth-promoting individualization of property rights against those who call for protecting the livelihoods and subsistence rights of small farmers. This article argues that the prospect of land law reform also raises a complex bundle of constitutional issues. In many African countries, debates over land law reform are turning into referenda on the nature of citizenship, political authority, and the future of the liberal nation state itself. The article describes alternative land reform scenarios that are currently under debate, and identifies the constitutional implications of each. The practical salience of the issues is illustrated through reference to land reform politics in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, South Africa, and Tanzania. Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm059 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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A Select List of Articles on Africa Appearing in Non-Africanist Periodicals: April to June 2007 Barringer, T. A. Bibliography Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm061 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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The demography of Mau Mau: Fertility and mortality in Kenya in the 1950s: A demographer's viewpoint Blacker, John Erratum Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/751 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm066 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Mandela: A critical life, by Tom Lodge Hain, Peter Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm047 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Civil Militia: Africa's intractable security menace, edited by David J. Francis Mampilly, Zachariah Cherian Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/722 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm048 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Concubines and Power: Five hundred years in a northern Nigerian palace, by Heidi J. Nast Olaoluwa, Senayon S. Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm049 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Crisis and Decline in Bunyoro: Population and environment in western Uganda, 1860 1955, by Shane Doyle Reid, Richard Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/736 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm050 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Peace support operations in Africa: A joint British-Kenyan initiative Jackson, Ashley Conference Reports Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/705 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm060 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Bibliography: This bibliography lists items noted between April and June 2007 Barringer, T. A. Bibliography Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm062 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Competing Jurisdictions: Settling land claims in Africa, edited by Sandra Evers, Marja Spierenburg, and Harry Wels Tornimbeni, Corrado Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm051 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Oromia and Ethiopia: State formation and ethnonational conflict 1868 2004 by Asafa Jalata Triulzi, Alessandro Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/733 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm052 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Unfinished Business: Ethiopia and Eritrea at war, edited by Dominique Jacquin-Berdal and Martin Plaut Abbink, Jon Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/731 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm043 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Political deadlock in Chad van Dijk, Han Briefing Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm067 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Modernizing Nature: Forestry and imperial eco-development 1800 1950, by S. Ravi Rajan Neumann, Roderick P. Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/723 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm053 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Umm Kwakiyya or the damnation of Darfur O'FAHEY, REX SEAN Review Articles Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/709 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm065 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Chieftaincy in Ghana: Culture, governance and development, edited by Irene K. Odotei and Albert K. Awedoba Agyeman-Duah, Ivor Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/730 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm044 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Singing for Life: HIV/AIDS and music in Uganda, by Gregory Barz; foreword by Jim Wooten Anderson, Lois Ann Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/735 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm045 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Native Sons: West African veterans and France in the twentieth century by Gregory Mann Clout, Hugh Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2007-11-06 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/106/425/726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm046 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Elephant Past and Present Morewood-Dowsett, J. Articles Oxford University Press 1939-07-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/XXXVIII/Supplement_CLII/3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/XXXVIII.Supplement_CLII.3 en Copyright (C) 1939, Royal African Society

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The Claim For Colonies: A French View Deloncle, Monsieur Pierre Articles Oxford University Press 1937-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/XXXVI/Supplement_CXLIII/3-s http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/XXXVI.Supplement_CXLIII.3-s en Copyright (C) 1937, Royal African Society

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The Equatorial Forest of Africa: Its Past, Present and Future Lavauden, Louis Articles Oxford University Press 1937-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/XXXVI/Supplement_CXLIII/3 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/XXXVI.Supplement_CXLIII.3 en Copyright (C) 1937, Royal African Society

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The Claim for Colonies A French View Deloncle, Pierre Articles Oxford University Press 1937-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/XXXVI/Supplement_CXLIII/5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/XXXVI.Supplement_CXLIII.5 en Copyright (C) 1937, Royal African Society

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FROM NON-INTERVENTION TO NON-INDIFFERENCE: THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AFRICAN UNION'S SECURITY CULTURE Williams, Paul D. Article This article employs the concepts of security culture and norm localization to explore some of the cultural dimensions of the African Union's (AU) security policies. After providing an overview of constructivist accounts of norm socialization in international relations, I use these insights to analyse the origins and development of the AU's security culture. The final two sections explore the ongoing process of norm localization in relation to the two most recent tenets of the AU's security culture: intolerance of unconstitutional changes of government and the responsibility to protect principle. An awareness of the uneven and contested nature of this process helps account for the fact that although these two transnational norms have been institutionalized in the AU Charter and endorsed by the United Nations, they have been internalized unevenly by the AU's member states. External advocates of these two norms would thus do well to help the continent's norm entrepreneurs build congruence between these norms and the AU's security culture. Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:12:56.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm001v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm001 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Inside West Nile: Violence, history and representation on an African frontier, by Mark Leopold. Oxford, Santa Fe and Kampala: James Currey, School of American Research Press, and Fountain Publishers, 2005. ix + 180 pp. {pound}16.95. ISBN 0-85255-940-2 (paperback). {pound}45.00 ISBN 0-85255-940-2 (cloth). Anderson, David M. Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:12:57.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm002v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm002 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Liberal Democracy and Its Critics in Africa: Political dysfunction and the struggle for social progress, edited by Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo. Dakar: Codesria books in association with London, New York: Zed Press and Pretoria: University of South Africa Press, 2005. xvii +213 pp. {pound}65. ISBN 1-84277-618-5 (hardback), {pound}18.95. ISBN 1-84277-619-3 (paperback) * Democratic transitions in East Africa, edited by Paul J. Kaiser and F. Wafula Okumu. Aldershot: Ashgate xiii +229 pp. {pound}55. ISBN 0-7546-4278-X (hardback) Van Donge, Jan Kees Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:12:57.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm003v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm003 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Diasporic Africa: A reader, edited by Michael A. Gomez. New York and London: New York University Press, 2006. viii + 317 pp. $70 (hardback), $23 (paperback). ISBN 0-8147-3165-1 (hardback), ISBN 0-8147-3166-X (paperback) Law, Robin Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:12:57.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm004v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm004 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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African Urban Economies: Viability, vitality, or vitiation? edited by Deborah Fahy Bryceson and Deborah Potts. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. xiv +353 pp. {pound}65.00 (hardback). ISBN 1-4039-99473 (hardback) Myers, Garth A. Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:12:58.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm005v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm005 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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The Sacrificed Generation, by Lesley Sharp. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. xv + 377 pp. {pound}41.95 (hardback), {pound}17.95 (paperback). ISBN 978-0-520-22950-1 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-520-22951-8 (paperback) Rajaonah, Faranirina V. Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:12:58.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm006v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm006 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Starter Packs: A strategy to fight hunger in developing countries? Lessons from the Malawi experience 1998-2003, edited by Sarah Levy. Wallingford: CABI publishing, 2005. 320 pp. {pound}65.00. ISBN 0851990088 (including CD-ROM) Andersson, Jens A. Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:12:59.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm007v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm007 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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The Evolution of Deadly Conflict in Liberia: From 'paternaltarianism' to state collapse, by Jeremy I. Levitt. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2005. xvi + 317 pp. US $45. ISBN 0-89089-212-1 (cloth) Tarr, Byron Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:12:59.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm008v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm008 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Invisible Hands: Child labor and the state in colonial Zimbabwe, by Beverly Carolease Grier. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 2006. xiii + 284 pp. {pound}16.95 (paperback), {pound}70.00 (hardback). ISBN 0-325-00185-5 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-325-00186-9 (hardback) Levine, Susan Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:13:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm009v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm009 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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At the Crossroads: ICT policy making in East Africa, edited by Florence Etta and Laurent Elder. Kampala, Dar es Salaam and Ottawa: East African Educational Publishers Ltd., Ujuzi Educational Publishers Ltd. and the International Development Research Centre, 2005. xxvi + 309 pp. {pound}19.95 (paperback). ISBN 9966254390 (paperback) Molony, Thomas Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:13:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm010v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm010 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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The Next Liberation Struggle: Capitalism, socialism and democracy in Southern Africa, by John S. Saul. Toronto, Scottsville, New York and London: Between the Lines, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Monthly Review Press and The Merlin Press, 2005. xi + 354 pp. {pound}14.95 (paperback). ISBN 1-897071-00-0 (paperback) Cameron, Greg Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:13:01.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm011v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm011 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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Nachituti's Gift: Economy, society, and environment in Central Africa, by David M. Gordon. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. 304 pp. $60.00 (hardback), $24.95 (paperback). ISBN 0-299-21360-9 (hardback). ISBN 0-299-21364-1 (paperback) Gewald, Jan-Bart Book Review Oxford University Press 2007-03-12 07:13:01.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/adm012v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm012 en Copyright (C) 2007, Royal African Society

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The Business of Peace: Raiding and Peace Work along the Kenya-Uganda Border (Part II) Eaton, Dave Articles Peace work is big business along the Kenya–Uganda border. Each year, new groups are created thanks to the generosity of major donors while others disappear due to corruption and mismanagement. This cycle has continued for decades and, despite an absence of tangible results, millions of dollars continue to flow into the bank accounts of peace groups in the North Rift. As the first part of this article suggests, the focus on the so-called ‘root causes’ of violence may well be responsible for the dismal performance of the peace industry. However, the behaviour of peace NGOs in the field has been appalling. Peace meetings are often only held so NGOs can display an engagement with the conflict, despite the dangers created by such events. Other groups are dominated by politicians who use money earmarked for peace work to fund their political ambitions. Better monitoring is the obvious solution, but local groups have been able to avoid this by exaggerating the security risks of visiting the region. Others argue that offloading peace work responsibilities to CBOs might lead to better results, but in the highly ethnicized North Rift smaller groups are rarely able to transcend their local roots. This article concludes that the peace industry is deeply flawed, and requires a complete overhaul in order to have a beneficial impact on the region. Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm086 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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AIDS and the Scientific Governance of Medicine in Post-Apartheid South Africa Nattrass, Nicoli Articles AIDS policy in post-apartheid South Africa has been shaped by persistent antipathy towards antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). This hostility was framed initially by President Mbeki's questioning of AIDS science and subsequently by direct resistance to implementing prevention and treatment programmes using ARVs. Once that battle was lost in the courts and in the political arena, the Health Minister, Tshabalala-Msimang, continued to portray ARVs as ‘poison’ and to support alternative untested therapies. Demographic modelling suggests that if the national government had used ARVs for prevention and treatment at the same rate as the Western Cape (which defied national policy on ARVs), then about 171,000 HIV infections and 343,000 deaths could have been prevented between 1999 and 2007. Two key scientific bodies, the Medicines Control Council (MCC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) fall under the ambit of the national Department of Health. Although notionally independent, both have experienced political interference as a consequence of their scientific approach towards AIDS. AIDS policy improved after the Deputy President was given responsibility for coordinating AIDS policy in 2006. However, the undermining of the scientific governance of medicine is a legacy that still needs to be addressed. Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/157 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm087 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Emerging Patterns in Liberia's Post-Conflict Politics: Observations from the 2005 Elections Sawyer, Amos Articles The 2005 elections were the first Liberian elections in over a century in which the political environment was controlled neither by the settler oligarchy nor, latterly, by the dictators Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor. Observers feared that the post-conflict environment was not conducive to holding elections and that a serious programme of reconciliation and constitutional reform should have preceded them. Nevertheless, elections were conducted with some degree of success, providing an opportunity to identify some emerging patterns in post-conflict Liberian politics. This article assesses some of the new or hitherto dormant institutions and processes that are likely to play a significant role in shaping Liberia's political order in the twenty-first century. Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/177 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm090 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Post-Colonial Anxieties: (Re)Presenting African Intellectuals Nesbitt, Francis Njubi Review Articles Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/273 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm091 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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The United States in Africa: Bush policy and beyond, by Raymond W. Copson Myers, Garth Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/283 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn014 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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'This is the Time to Get in Front': Changing Roles and Opportunities for Women in Liberia Fuest, Veronika Articles Most research on women in war focuses on female losses. This article demonstrates that wars may also bring gains. The scope of political and economic roles that Liberian women perform today appears to be larger than before the war. Both individually and collectively, certain women have gainfully used openings the war provided them. The article discusses the historicity of Liberian gender roles, examining the social subgroups of politicians, businesswomen, women's organizations, employees, and school girls. Changes have also been fostered by the international peace-building and development business. Although the realization of female ambitions seems to be constrained by various institutional and economic factors, Liberia may harbour a unique potential for sustainable shifts in gender roles. Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/201 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn003 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Fluid Loyalties in a Regional Crisis: Chadian 'Ex-Liberators' in the Central African Republic Debos, Marielle Articles This article examines a neglected pattern of the regional crisis in Darfur, Chad, and the Central African Republic: the cross-border activities of combatants with fluid loyalties. The trajectories of Chadian ‘ex-liberators’ in CAR, which have been little documented, are used to illustrate the regional movements of armed men. The article explains how unemployed Chadian soldiers were recruited to fight with François Bozizé in CAR and why many of them joined other armed groups after Bozizé's takeover. The reconversions of armed combatants, who may easily shift allegiance and cross borders to carry on with their ‘politico-military careers’, is thus a structural characteristic of the current conflict, which has major implications both at the local and transnational levels. The article concludes that freelance military entrepreneurs’ trajectories are crucial in understanding the unfolding of this regional crisis. Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn004 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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South Africa: Jacob Zuma and the Difficulties of Consolidating South Africa's Democracy Gumede, William M. Briefing Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn018 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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China and Africa: Engagement and compromise, by Ian Taylor Chan, Stephen Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/284 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn007 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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A Select List of Articles on Africa Appearing in Non-Africanist Periodicals: October to December 2007 Barringer, T A Bibliography Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn001 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Comrades, Clients and Cousins: Colonialism, socialism and democratization in Sao Tome and Principe, by Gerhard Seibert Macqueen, Norrie Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn013 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Islam and Colonialism: Intellectual responses of Muslims of northern Nigeria to British colonial rule, by Muhammad S. Umar Nast, Heidi J. Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn015 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Crisis and Creativity: Exploring the wealth of the African neighbourhood, edited by Piet Konings and Dick Foeken O'Connor, Anthony Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/287 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn016 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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The Unsettled Land: State-making and the politics of land in Zimbabwe 1893-2003, by Jocelyn Alexander Rutherford, Blair Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/296 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn017 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Bibliography: October-December 2007 Barringer, T A Bibliography Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/303 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn002 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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African Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecostalism and the rise of a Zimbabwean transnational religious movement, by David Maxwell Anderson, Allan Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/298 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn006 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Ending Africa's Wars: Progressing to peace, edited by Oliver Furley and Roy May Evans, Martin Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn008 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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African Women and Politics: Knowledge, gender, and power in male-dominated Cameroon, by Emmanuel Konde Fokwang, Jude Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/292 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn009 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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A Commonwealth of Knowledge: Science, sensibility, and white South Africa 1820-2000, by Saul Dubow Gilfoyle, Daniel Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn010 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Moving the Maasai: A colonial misadventure, by Lotte Hughes Hodgson, Dorothy L. Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/294 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn011 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Freedom's Distant Shores: American protestants and post-colonial alliances with Africa, edited by R. Drew Smith Kilps, Jennifer Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/427/299 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adn012 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Sino-African Relations and the Problem of Human Rights Taylor, Ian Articles China's political and economic activities in Africa are increasing at an exponential rate. Equally, they are attracting criticism, chiefly over Beijing's no-strings-attached stance on human rights and governance. It is clear that many African states that enjoy Chinese support not only trample on civil and political rights (as per Western ideas of human rights), but also subvert their citizens’ economic and social rights (as per China's discourse on human rights). If whilst adhering to the principle of non-interference, Chinese activities actually make things worse for some in Africa, then Beijing's argument that basic socio-economic rights are more important for the poor than abstract political rights is potentially problematic. This is because there is a danger that Beijing's engagement in Africa might be exploited by autocrats on the continent for their own, well-understood, reasons. Doing no harm, rather than a studied disinterest, needs to be part of China's overall African policy, something that Beijing is bound to recognize. Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/63 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm056 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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The Business of Peace: Raiding and Peace Work Along the Kenya Uganda Border (Part I) Eaton, Dave Articles Peace-building NGOs are frequently at work along the Kenya–Uganda border. But in this desolate region, results have been extremely sparse. This article contends that this is due to the inadequacies of contemporary understandings of cattle raiding. Most NGOs and many academics ascribe cattle raids to a familiar array of factors such as resource scarcity, small arms proliferation, and generational conflict. While each issue is obviously of some relevance, such explanations are too cumbersome to really enhance our knowledge of cattle raiding. This article proposes a new approach to the problem by utilizing popular conceptions of ethnicity and criminal responsibility for raids. Given that most major raids originally stem from seemingly insignificant thefts, the process of retaliation is seen as crucial to understanding why violence escalates in certain situations and defuses in others. The failure of NGOs engaged in peace work to address this important issue in a meaningful way is the reason they have failed to achieve much success along the Kenya–Uganda border. This is in turn responsible for the widespread cynicism and corruption that has crept into their work, and is the subject of the second part of this article. Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/89 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm085 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Briefing: US Africa Command: Next Step or Next Stumble? McFate, Sean Articles Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/111 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm084 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Notes And News Notes And News Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/121 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm083 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Why Abyei Matters: The Breaking Point of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement? Johnson, Douglas H. Articles The Abyei Area, straddling the North–South border of Sudan, was the subject of a separate protocol in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between the Sudan government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in January 2005. One provision of that protocol was the establishment of a boundaries commission to define the territory to be included in the special administration of the area. The commission's decision was to be implemented ‘with immediate effect’ on the submission of its report in July 2005, but implementation has been blocked by the National Congress Party, which still controls the central government in Sudan. The conduct of war in Abyei established many precedents for the conduct of war in Darfur in the use of tribal militias and the forcible displacement of non-Arab peoples. The failure to implement the Abyei Protocol has implications not only for determining the North–South border (as stipulated by the CPA), but for the implementation of any Darfur peace agreement. Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm070 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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NEPAD: Towards Africa's development or another false start?, by Ian Taylor Beresford, Alex Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm073 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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The End of Chidyerano: A history of food and everyday life in Malawi, 1860 2004, by Elias Mandala Brantley, Cynthia Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/132 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm074 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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The Tonga-Speaking People of Zambia and Zimbabwe: Essays in honour of Elizabeth Colson, edited by Chet Lancaster and Ken Vickery Crehan, Kate Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/130 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm075 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Global Shadows: Africa in the neoliberal world order, by James Ferguson Larmer, Miles Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm078 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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New Directions in African Literature (African Literature Today 25) edited by Ernst N. Emenyonu Primorac, Ranka Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm080 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Practicing History in Central Tanzania: Writing, memory and performance, by Gregory H. Maddox with Ernest M. Kangola Stanley, Liz Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/133 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm081 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Bibliography: This bibliography lists items noted between July and September 2007 Barringer, T A Bibliography Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm088 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Arab Identity and Ideology in Sudan: The Politics of Language, Ethnicity, and Race Sharkey, Heather J. Articles In what is now Sudan there occurred over the centuries a process of <it>ta'rib,</it> or Arabization<it>,</it> entailing the gradual spread of both Arab identity and the Arabic language among northern peoples. After the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of 1898, British colonial policies favoured a narrow elite from within these ‘Arab’ communities. Members of this elite went on to develop a conception of a self-consciously Sudanese Arabic national identity, in the process adapting the term ‘Sudanese’ (<it>sudani</it>), which derived from an Arabic word for blackness and previously had servile connotations. At decolonization in the 1950s, these nationalists turned <it>ta'rib</it>, into an official policy that sought to propagate Arabic quickly throughout a territory where scores of languages were spoken. This article considers the historical diffusion of Sudanese Arabic-language culture and Arab identity, contrasts this with the post-colonial policy of Arabization, and analyses the relevance of the latter for civil conflicts in Southern Sudan, the Nuba Mountains, and, more recently, Darfur. Far from spreading Arabness, Arabization policy sharpened non-Arab and, in some cases, self-consciously ‘African’ (implying culturally pluralist) identities. Arabization policy also accompanied, in some quarters, the growth of an ideology of Arab cultural and racial supremacy that is now most evident in Darfur. Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/21 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm068 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Beyond 'Dragon in the Bush': The Study of China Africa Relations Large, Daniel Articles In the wake of China's Year of Africa in 2006, China–Africa relations are currently the subject of unprecedented attention. However, although those relations are widely covered they are also under-researched. This article offers an introduction to China–Africa relations, covering background to the history and politics of Chinese involvement in the continent and identifying areas of further research. It concludes by calling for the study of China–Africa relations to develop a culture of serious research beyond current ‘dragon in the bush’ preoccupations and so engage a complex subject that is about to become a mainstream issue in African politics. Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/45 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm069 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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A Select List of Articles on Africa Appearing in Non-Africanist Periodicals: July to September 2007 Barringer, T A Bibliography Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/149 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm089 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Curing the Colonizers: Hydrotherapy, climatology and French colonial spas, by Eric T. Jennings Aldrich, Robert Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/139 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm072 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society

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Transnational Nomads: How Somalis cope with refugee life in the Dadaab camps of Kenya, by Cindy Horst Earney, Christopher Book Reviews Oxford University Press 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 TEXT text/html http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/107/426/135 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm076 en Copyright (C) 2008, Royal African Society 1258784919722!2007-01-01!9999-12-31!afrafj!100!oai_dc