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ASA Review of Books, Volume 1 - 1975

This volume was published under a former title. See this journal's title history.

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The European-African Confrontation: A Study in Treaty-Making. Charles Henry Alexandrowicz. Leiden. A.W Sijthoff, 1973. 176 pp. No price given
Thomas J. Blakeley
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23 June 2016, p. 54
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Gazeteers of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria: Vol. I. The Hausa Emirates; Vol. II. The Eastern Kingdoms; Vol. III. The Central Kingdoms; Vol. IV. The Highland Kingdoms. J.R. Willis, editorial advisor; A.H.M. Kirk-Greene, introduction and prefatory note. London. Frank Cass Library of African Studies, General Studies No. 127, 1972. $65.00
Kenneth C. Wylie
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23 June 2016, pp. 55-57
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Governing an African City: A Study of Nairobi. Herbert H. Werlin. New York and London: Africana Publishing, 1974. ix + 308 pp. Subject and author indexes. $22.50
R.A. Obudho
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23 June 2016, pp. 59-62
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The Institution of Slavery in Zanzibar and Pemba. Abdulaziz Y Lodhi. Uppsala. The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1973. Research Report No. 16. 40 pp. Bibl., appendix. No price given
James J. Cooke
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23 June 2016, pp. 63-64
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Introduction to African Politics: A Continental Approach. Leslie Rubin and Brian Weinstein. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974. 326 pp. Paperback $4.95
David B. Abernethy
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23 June 2016, pp. 65-68
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An Introduction to the History of Central Africa. A.J. Wills. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. Third edition. 458 pp. No price given
Thomas J. Blakeley
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23 June 2016, p. 72
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“Jero's Metamorphosis,” The Jero Plays. Wole Soyinka. London. Eyre Methuen, 1973. No price given
Susan Adams Brietzke
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23 June 2016, pp. 73-74
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Justice in South Africa. Albie Sachs. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1973. 288 pp. $9.00
Christian P. Potholm
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23 June 2016, pp. 75-76
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Land-Locked Countries of Africa. Edited by Zdenek Cervenka. Uppsala. The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1973. 369 pp. Bibl., appendices. No price given
Bob J Walter
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23 June 2016, pp. 77-79
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Leadership and National Development in North Africa: A Comparative Study. Elbaki Hermassi. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1972. xi + 241 pp. $8.50
Robert A. Mortimer
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23 June 2016, pp. 80-81
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Nomads in Alliance: Symbiosis and Growth among the Rendille and Samburu of Kenya. Paul Spencer. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ix + 230 pp. $7.25
Herbert S. Lewis
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23 June 2016, pp. 82-84
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Peoples and Cultures of Africa. Edited by Elliott P. Skinner. New York: Doubleday/Natural History Press, 1973. 756 pp. Paperback $4.95
Sandra T. Barnes
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23 June 2016, pp. 86-88
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Pioneers of South West Africa and Ngamiland, 1738–1880. Edward C. Tabler. ix + 142 pp. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1973. Bibl., glossary, index. No price given
James A. Casada
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23 June 2016, pp. 89-90
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The Price of Liberty: Personality and Politics in Colonial Nigeria. Kenneth W.J. Post and George D. Jenkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. 494 pp. $27.50
Edward Baum
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23 June 2016, pp. 91-92
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Priests and Politicians: Protestant and Catholic Missions in Orthodox Ethiopia, 1830–1868. Donald Crummey Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. xi + 176 pp. £4.00
Harold G. Marcus
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23 June 2016, pp. 93-94
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A Question of Power. Bessie Head. New York: Pantheon Books, 1973. 206 pp. $6.95
Christian P. Potholm
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23 June 2016, pp. 95-96
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Religion and Political Culture in Kano. John N. Paden. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1973. 461 pp. $15.00
Joseph P. Smaldone
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23 June 2016, pp. 97-99
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Social Change and Economic Development in Nigeria. Edited by U.K. Damachi and H.D Seibel. New York Praeger Publishers, 1973. 256 pp. $17.50
Dieter K. Diehl
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23 June 2016, pp. 100-102
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Socialism in Tanzania: An Interdisciplinary Reader Volume I. Politics; Volume II. Policies. Edited by Lionel Cliffe and John S. Saul. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1972–73. 346 and 358 pp. Vol. I, $6.30; Vol. II, $7.70, both paper
R.A. Obudho
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23 June 2016, pp. 103-105
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South of the Sahara: Development in African Economies. Edited by Sayre P. Schatz, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1972. 363 pp. $10.00
Jean M. Due
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23 June 2016, pp. 106-108
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The European-African Confrontation: A Study in Treaty-Making. Charles Henry Alexandrowicz. Leiden. A.W Sijthoff, 1973. 176 pp. No price given

Governing an African City: A Study of Nairobi. Herbert H. Werlin. New York and London: Africana Publishing, 1974. ix + 308 pp. Subject and author indexes. $22.50

The Institution of Slavery in Zanzibar and Pemba. Abdulaziz Y Lodhi. Uppsala. The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1973. Research Report No. 16. 40 pp. Bibl., appendix. No price given

Introduction to African Politics: A Continental Approach. Leslie Rubin and Brian Weinstein. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974. 326 pp. Paperback $4.95

An Introduction to the History of Central Africa. A.J. Wills. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. Third edition. 458 pp. No price given

“Jero's Metamorphosis,” The Jero Plays. Wole Soyinka. London. Eyre Methuen, 1973. No price given

Justice in South Africa. Albie Sachs. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1973. 288 pp. $9.00

Land-Locked Countries of Africa. Edited by Zdenek Cervenka. Uppsala. The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1973. 369 pp. Bibl., appendices. No price given

Leadership and National Development in North Africa: A Comparative Study. Elbaki Hermassi. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1972. xi + 241 pp. $8.50

Nomads in Alliance: Symbiosis and Growth among the Rendille and Samburu of Kenya. Paul Spencer. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ix + 230 pp. $7.25

Peoples and Cultures of Africa. Edited by Elliott P. Skinner. New York: Doubleday/Natural History Press, 1973. 756 pp. Paperback $4.95

Pioneers of South West Africa and Ngamiland, 1738–1880. Edward C. Tabler. ix + 142 pp. Cape Town: A.A. Balkema, 1973. Bibl., glossary, index. No price given

The Price of Liberty: Personality and Politics in Colonial Nigeria. Kenneth W.J. Post and George D. Jenkins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. 494 pp. $27.50

Priests and Politicians: Protestant and Catholic Missions in Orthodox Ethiopia, 1830–1868. Donald Crummey Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972. xi + 176 pp. £4.00

A Question of Power. Bessie Head. New York: Pantheon Books, 1973. 206 pp. $6.95

Religion and Political Culture in Kano. John N. Paden. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1973. 461 pp. $15.00

Social Change and Economic Development in Nigeria. Edited by U.K. Damachi and H.D Seibel. New York Praeger Publishers, 1973. 256 pp. $17.50

Socialism in Tanzania: An Interdisciplinary Reader Volume I. Politics; Volume II. Policies. Edited by Lionel Cliffe and John S. Saul. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, 1972–73. 346 and 358 pp. Vol. I, $6.30; Vol. II, $7.70, both paper

South of the Sahara: Development in African Economies. Edited by Sayre P. Schatz, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1972. 363 pp. $10.00

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