The Journal of African History: Volume 61 -

PROCEDURE AS POLITICS IN THE CAPE COLONY: THE CAREER OF ANDREW GONTSHI, 1880–1904
Elizabeth Thornberry
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

26 January 2021, pp. 409-427
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation
In 1881, Andrew Gontshi became the first black law agent in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and thus South Africa's first black lawyer. Records of court cases argued by Gontshi and his fellow black law agents provide a rich new archive for understanding the political sensibilities of the nineteenth-century Eastern Cape, where Gontshi practiced law and participated in the development of new forms of political organization, as well as the meaning of law to black intellectuals. In both law and politics, Andrew Gontshi employed procedural tactics to hold the state accountable to its own formalities. In Gontshi's world, law provided not a source of justice but a set of tools that could be used to advance a political agenda. Gontshi's story thus prompts a reconsideration of law's place in the intellectual tradition of South Africa's liberation struggle.

PIRACY IN SOMALIA - Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa. By Awet Tewelde Weldemichael. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xix + 238. $29.99, paperback (ISBN: 9781108739283); $89.99, hardcover (ISBN: 9781108496964); $24.00, e-book (ISBN: 9781108759069).
Raphael Chijioke Njoku
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

01 February 2021, pp. 429-430
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

MODERNIST ART IN ETHIOPIA - Modernist Art in Ethiopia. By Elizabeth W. Giorgis. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. 360. $39.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2347 9); $72.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2346-2).
SHIMELIS BONSA GULEMA
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

31 March 2020, pp. 113-114
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

AFRICAN SACRED SPACES - African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History, and Change. Edited by ‘BioDun J. Ogundayo and Julius O. Adekunle. Lanaham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019. Pp. 268. $95.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-4985-6742-8); $90.00, e-book (ISBN: 978-1-4985-6743-5).
Ayodeji Ogunnaike
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

07 October 2020, pp. 283-284
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

CRUSADES IN MEDIEVAL AFRICA - Croisades en Afrique: Les expéditions occidentales à destination du continent africain, XIIIe–XVIe siècles. Edited by Benjamin Weber. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Midi, 2019. Pp. 373. €25, paperback (ISBN: 978-2-8107-0557-3).
Pascal Buresi
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

01 February 2021, pp. 431-433
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

DECOLONIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND STATE FORMATION IN SUDAN - Transforming Sudan: Decolonization, Economic Development, and State Formation. By Alden Young. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 194. $105.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781107172494).
CHRISTOPHER VAUGHAN
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

31 March 2020, pp. 115-116
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

ALGERIAN, FRENCH, AND SOUTH AFRICAN EX-COMBATANTS - Making Peace with Your Enemy: Algerian, French, and South African Ex-Combatants. By Laetitia Bucaille. Translated by Ethan Rundell. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Pp. 376. $99.95, hardcover (ISBN: 9780812251104).
Jennifer Johnson
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

07 October 2020, pp. 284-286
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY LITERATURE - Fieldwork of Empire, 1840–1900: Intercultural Dynamics in the Production of British Expeditionary Literature. By Adrian S. Wisnicki. New York: Routledge, 2019. Pp. xviii + 205. $155.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-367-20745-8); $52.16, e-book (ISBN: 978-0-429-26324-8).
Bernard Steiner Ifekwe
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

01 February 2021, pp. 433-434
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

PLANTATION SLAVERY IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE - Plantation Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate: A Historical and Comparative Study. By Mohammed Bashir Salau. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2018. $99.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-5804-6938-8).
Moses Ochonu
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

07 October 2020, pp. 286-288
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

WATER MANAGEMENT AND STRUGGLES AT KILIMANJARO - Water Brings No Harm: Management Knowledge and the Struggle for the Waters of Kilimanjaro. By Matthew V. Bender. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. 336. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2359-2); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2358-5).
JEREMIAH KITUNDA
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

31 March 2020, pp. 117-118
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

SLEEPING SICKNESS IN EASTERN AFRICA - The Politics of Disease Control: Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890–1920. By Mari K. Webel. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. xiv + 272. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2400-1); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2399-8).
Samuël Coghe
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

01 February 2021, pp. 435-437
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

RECONFIGURING SLAVERY IN WEST AFRICA - Reconfiguring Slavery: West African Trajectories, 2nd edition. Edited by Benedetta Rossi. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2016. Pp. 256. £85.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-846-31199-4); £19.99, paperback (ISBN: 978-1-781-38305-6); £19.99 e-book (ISBN: 978-1-846-31564-0).
Russell Stevenson
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

07 October 2020, pp. 288-291
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

GREATER SOMALIA AND BELONGING IN KENYA - We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya. By Keren Weitzberg. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. xiii + 274. $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2258-8); $32.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2259-5).
KENDA MUTONGI
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

31 March 2020, pp. 119-120
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

CINEMA WATCHING IN TANZANIA - Reel Pleasures: Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Urban Tanzania. By Laura Fair. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2018. Pp. 472. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2286-1); $90.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2285-4).
GLENN REYNOLDS
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

31 March 2020, pp. 121-122
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

SCHOOLS AND COLONIALISM IN FRENCH WEST AFRICA - Contesting French West Africa: Battles over Schools and the Colonial Order, 1900–1950. By Harry Gamble. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. Pp. 378. $50.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8032-9549-0).
Camille Jacob
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

07 October 2020, pp. 291-292
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

CATHOLICISM AND POLITICS IN MOZAMBIQUE - Catholicism and the Making of Politics in Central Mozambique, 1940–1986. By Eric Morier-Genoud. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. Pp. xiii + 245. $125.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781580469418).
Allen Isaacman
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

01 February 2021, pp. 437-439
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

MARKET ENCOUNTERS AND CONSUMER CULTURE IN GHANA - Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth-Century Ghana. By Bianca Murillo. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. 248. $32.95, paperback (ISBN: 9780821422892); $80.00, hardcover, (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2288-5).
Gloria Chuku
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

07 October 2020, pp. 292-296
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

MOZAMBICANS IN POSTCOLONIAL TANZANIA - Displaced Mozambicans in Postcolonial Tanzania: Refugee Power, Mobility, Education, and Rural Development. By Joanna T. Tague. New York: Routledge, 2019. Pp. 204. $124.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781138618190); $37.67, e-book (ISBN: 9780429461293).
Jeanne Marie Penvenne
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

01 February 2021, pp. 439-441
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

FOOTBALL AND COLONIALISM IN URBAN MOZAMBIQUE - Football and Colonialism: Body and Popular Culture in Urban Mozambique. By Nuno Domingos. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. xvi + 325. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 9780821422625); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9780821422618).
ERIC ALLINA
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

31 March 2020, pp. 122-124
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

APPROACHING THE QUR'AN IN AFRICA - Approaches to the Qur'an in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by Zulfikar Hirji. New York and London: Oxford University Press and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2019. Pp. 543. $85.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9780198840770).
Ousmane Kane
Published online by Cambridge University Press:

07 October 2020, pp. 296-300
- Article
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

The Journal of African History

Refine listing

Actions for selected content:

Volume 61 - November 2020

Research Article

PROCEDURE AS POLITICS IN THE CAPE COLONY: THE CAREER OF ANDREW GONTSHI, 1880–1904

Review of Books

PIRACY IN SOMALIA - Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa. By Awet Tewelde Weldemichael. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xix + 238. $29.99, paperback (ISBN: 9781108739283); $89.99, hardcover (ISBN: 9781108496964); $24.00, e-book (ISBN: 9781108759069).

Reviews of Books

MODERNIST ART IN ETHIOPIA - Modernist Art in Ethiopia. By Elizabeth W. Giorgis. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. 360. $39.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2347 9); $72.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2346-2).

AFRICAN SACRED SPACES - African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History, and Change. Edited by ‘BioDun J. Ogundayo and Julius O. Adekunle. Lanaham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019. Pp. 268. $95.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-4985-6742-8); $90.00, e-book (ISBN: 978-1-4985-6743-5).

Review of Books

CRUSADES IN MEDIEVAL AFRICA - Croisades en Afrique: Les expéditions occidentales à destination du continent africain, XIIIe–XVIe siècles. Edited by Benjamin Weber. Toulouse: Presses Universitaires du Midi, 2019. Pp. 373. €25, paperback (ISBN: 978-2-8107-0557-3).

Reviews of Books

DECOLONIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND STATE FORMATION IN SUDAN - Transforming Sudan: Decolonization, Economic Development, and State Formation. By Alden Young. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. 194. $105.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781107172494).

ALGERIAN, FRENCH, AND SOUTH AFRICAN EX-COMBATANTS - Making Peace with Your Enemy: Algerian, French, and South African Ex-Combatants. By Laetitia Bucaille. Translated by Ethan Rundell. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Pp. 376. $99.95, hardcover (ISBN: 9780812251104).

Review of Books

Reviews of Books

PLANTATION SLAVERY IN THE SOKOTO CALIPHATE - Plantation Slavery in the Sokoto Caliphate: A Historical and Comparative Study. By Mohammed Bashir Salau. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2018. $99.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-5804-6938-8).

WATER MANAGEMENT AND STRUGGLES AT KILIMANJARO - Water Brings No Harm: Management Knowledge and the Struggle for the Waters of Kilimanjaro. By Matthew V. Bender. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. 336. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2359-2); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2358-5).

Review of Books

SLEEPING SICKNESS IN EASTERN AFRICA - The Politics of Disease Control: Sleeping Sickness in Eastern Africa, 1890–1920. By Mari K. Webel. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2019. Pp. xiv + 272. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2400-1); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2399-8).

Reviews of Books

GREATER SOMALIA AND BELONGING IN KENYA - We Do Not Have Borders: Greater Somalia and the Predicaments of Belonging in Kenya. By Keren Weitzberg. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. xiii + 274. $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2258-8); $32.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2259-5).

CINEMA WATCHING IN TANZANIA - Reel Pleasures: Cinema Audiences and Entrepreneurs in Twentieth-Century Urban Tanzania. By Laura Fair. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2018. Pp. 472. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2286-1); $90.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2285-4).

SCHOOLS AND COLONIALISM IN FRENCH WEST AFRICA - Contesting French West Africa: Battles over Schools and the Colonial Order, 1900–1950. By Harry Gamble. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2017. Pp. 378. $50.00, hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-8032-9549-0).

Review of Books

CATHOLICISM AND POLITICS IN MOZAMBIQUE - Catholicism and the Making of Politics in Central Mozambique, 1940–1986. By Eric Morier-Genoud. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. Pp. xiii + 245. $125.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781580469418).

Reviews of Books

MARKET ENCOUNTERS AND CONSUMER CULTURE IN GHANA - Market Encounters: Consumer Cultures in Twentieth-Century Ghana. By Bianca Murillo. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. 248. $32.95, paperback (ISBN: 9780821422892); $80.00, hardcover, (ISBN: 978-0-8214-2288-5).

Review of Books

MOZAMBICANS IN POSTCOLONIAL TANZANIA - Displaced Mozambicans in Postcolonial Tanzania: Refugee Power, Mobility, Education, and Rural Development. By Joanna T. Tague. New York: Routledge, 2019. Pp. 204. $124.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9781138618190); $37.67, e-book (ISBN: 9780429461293).

Reviews of Books

FOOTBALL AND COLONIALISM IN URBAN MOZAMBIQUE - Football and Colonialism: Body and Popular Culture in Urban Mozambique. By Nuno Domingos. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2017. Pp. xvi + 325. $34.95, paperback (ISBN: 9780821422625); $80.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9780821422618).

APPROACHING THE QUR'AN IN AFRICA - Approaches to the Qur'an in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by Zulfikar Hirji. New York and London: Oxford University Press and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2019. Pp. 543. $85.00, hardcover (ISBN: 9780198840770).

The Journal of African History

Refine listing

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

Volume 61 - November 2020

Research Article

Review of Books

Reviews of Books

Review of Books

Reviews of Books

Review of Books

Reviews of Books

Review of Books

Reviews of Books

Review of Books

Reviews of Books

Review of Books

Reviews of Books