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Volume 61 - September 2018

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EAST AFRICA

Book Reviews

John M. Mugane. The Story of Swahili. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2015. xiv + 324 pp. List of Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Further Reading. Notes. Work Cited. Index. $29.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0-89680-293-3.
Derek Nurse
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28 June 2018, pp. 236-238
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SOUTHERN AFRICA

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Mary Ingouville Burton. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2017. Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Introduction. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Acknowledgments. Index. 162 pp. $11.96. Paper. ISBN: 978-0-8214-2278-6.
Sarah Henkeman
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12 April 2018, pp. 271-274
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CENTRAL AFRICA

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Naomi Haynes. Moving by the Spirit: Pentecostal Social Life on the Zambian Copperbelt. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2017. xxii + 194 pp. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Cloth $85.00. ISBN: 9780520294240. $34.95. Paper. ISBN: 9780520294257.
Devaka Premawardhana
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25 June 2018, pp. 238-240
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Mbithi Masya. Kati Kati. 2016. 75 minutes. English and Swahili (with English subtitles). Kenya/Germany. One Fine Day Films. No price reported.
Julie MacArthur
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05 December 2017, pp. 282-284
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WEST AFRICA

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John Thabiti Willis. Masquerading Politics: Kinship, Gender, and Ethnicity in a Yoruba Town. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2018. xiii + 198 pp. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $35.00. Paper. ISBN: 978-0-253-03146-4.
Andrew Apter
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25 June 2018, pp. 240-243
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Daniel Emeke Oriahi. Taxi Driver (Oko Ashewo). 2015. 94 mins. In English, Pidgin English, and Yoruba, with English subtitles. FilmOne / House5. Available on iROKOtv.com.
Connor Ryan
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11 April 2018, pp. 284-286
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Alain Gomis, dir. Félicité. 2017. 124 minutes. Lingala (with French and English subtitles). Jour 2 Fête, DVD, €19.99.
Estrella Sendra
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10 April 2018, pp. 275-276
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DOCUMENTARY

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David MacDougall and James Blue, dir. The Faces of Change Collection: The Kenya Series. 1974 (re-mastered 2017). 121 min. Oromo (Boran dialect), with English subtitles, English. United States. Documentary Educational Resources. $359.95 (price for entire collection for individuals).
Alexander Fyfe
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02 May 2018, pp. 277-279
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WEST AFRICA

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Arua Oko Omaka. The Biafran Humanitarian Crisis, 1967–1970: International Human Rights and Joint Church Aid. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2016. xiv + 189 pp. Figures. Tables. Bibliography. Index. $90.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1-61147-973-7.
Samuel Fury Childs Daly
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25 June 2018, pp. 243-244
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Tarik El Idrissi, Rif 1958-59: Briser le silence (Rif 1958-59, Break the silence). 2015. Morocco. Moroccan Arabic with English, French, and Spanish subtitles. 1 hour 16 min. Distributed by Sofia Aghilas. No price reported. Available on YouTube.
Valérie K. Orlando
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22 December 2017, pp. 286-287
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ASR volume 61 issue 1 Cover and Front matter
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11 April 2018, pp. f1-f8
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Anne Poiret, dir. Welcome to Refugeestan. 2016. 72 minutes. English, French, Arabic. Icarus Films. $390.
Alexander Dawson
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17 April 2018, pp. 279-281
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WEST AFRICA

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Laura Thaut Vinson. Religion, Violence, and Local Power-Sharing in Nigeria. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xxvi + 337 pp. £75.00. Cloth. ISBN: 9781107179370.
Leila Demarest
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18 June 2018, pp. 245-246
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Erratum

Erratum
Priya Lal
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15 May 2018, p. 282
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WEST AFRICA

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Patrick Chabal and Toby Green, eds. Guinea-Bissau: Micro-State to ‘Narco-State’. London: C. Hurst & Company, 2016. Distributed by Oxford University Press. xxvi + 290 pp. Map. Forward. Note and Acknowledgements. Glossary and Acronyms. Biographical Sketches. Timeline. Notes on Contributors. Bibliography. Index. $34.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-1849045216.
Brandon D. Lundy
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25 June 2018, pp. 247-248
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ASR volume 61 issue 1 Cover and Back matter
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11 April 2018, pp. b1-b5
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SOUTHERN AFRICA

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Ilisa Barbash. Where The Roads All End. Photography and Anthropology in the Kalahari. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum, Harvard University, 2016. 274 pp. Photographs. Maps. Appendices. Notes. References. Picture Credits. Index. $39.95. Paper. ISBN: 9780873654098.
Pascal James Imperato
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28 June 2018, pp. 249-251
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Corrigendum

Love, Struggle, and Compromises: The Political Seriousness of Nairobi Underground Hip Hop. - CORRIGENDUM
RaShelle R. Peck
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22 June 2018, p. 283
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22 June 2018, pp. f1-f9
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Julia Dahr, dir. Thank You for the Rain. 2017. 90 min. English and Kamba, with English subtitles. London. Banyak Films. €15.
Alexander Fyfe
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04 July 2018, pp. 252-254
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EAST AFRICA

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CENTRAL AFRICA

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FEATURE FILMS

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WEST AFRICA

Book Reviews

FEATURE FILMS

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Film Review

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