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Volume 49 - October 1979

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The Ọyọ Empire c. 1600–c. 1836: A West African Imperialism in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade. By Robin Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. Pp. xiv, 340, maps, bibl. £11.50.
J. S. Eades
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La mère dévorante: essai sur la morphologie des contes africains. Par Denise Paulme. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 1976. Pp. 323, bibl. n.p.
Philip A. Noss
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07 December 2011, pp. 92-93
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The African University in Development. By Asavia Wandira. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1977. Pp. 136.
J. H. Sislian
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07 December 2011, pp. 201-202
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African Music and Oral Data: A Catalogue of Field Recordings 1902–1975. By Ruth M. Stone and Frank J. Gillis. Bloomington, London: Indiana University Press. Pp. 412. £12.20.
Paul Richards
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07 December 2011, pp. 93-94
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The Political Kingdoms of the Temne: Temne Government in Sierra Leone 1825–1910. By K. C. Wylie. New York, London: Africana Publishing, 1977. Pp. xviii, 251, bibl., maps. $27.50; £17.00.
A. I. Asiwaju
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07 December 2011, pp. 433-434
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From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa 1882–1964. Edited by Thomas Karis and Gwendolen M. Carter. - Volume 3: Challenge and Violence 1953–1964. Edited by Thomas Karis and Gail M. Gerhart. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1977. Pp. xx, 825, bibl. $22.50. - Volume 4: Political Profiles 1882–1964. Edited by Gail M. Gerhart and Thomas Karis. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1977. Pp. xlv, 178, ill., bibl. $19.50.
Dan O'Meara
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African Kingdoms. By Lucy Mair. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. Pp. 151, bibl., map. £3.95 cloth; £1.95 paper.
Robin Law
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West African States: Failure and Promise. A Study in Comparative Politics. Edited by John Dunn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. (African Studies Series 23.) Pp. 259, map. £12.50 cloth; £4.00 paper.
C. P. MacCormack
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Africans of Two Worlds: The Dinka in Afro-Arab Sudan. By Francis Mading Deng. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. Pp. xviii, 244. £15.00.
John W. Burton
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AFR volume 49 issue 1 Front matter
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The Tuareg: People of Ahaggar. By Jeremy Keenan. London: Allen Lane, 1978. Pp. xiii, 385, bibl., ill., tables, map. £12.95.
André Bourgeot
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Soldiers and Oil. Edited by Keith Panter-Brick. London: Frank Cass, 1978. Pp. 375. £11.00.
Margaret Peil
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Bukusu Generative Phonology and Aspects of Bantu Structure. By K. F. de Blois. Tervuren: Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, 1975. (Annales 85.) Pp. xiv, 232, bibl. n.p.
K. Mateene
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07 December 2011, p. 439
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The Chagga and Meru of Tanzania. By Sally Falk Moore and Paul Puritt, edited with an introduction by William M. O'Barr. London: International African Institute, 1977. (Ethnographic Survey of Africa, East Central Africa, Part 18.) Pp. xii, 140. £4.60.
Alison Redmayne
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Kraal and Castle: Khoikhoi and the Founding of White South Africa. By Richard Elphick. New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 1977. Pp. xxii, 266, figs, maps, bibl., index. £12.60.
Alan Barnard
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07 December 2011, p. 206
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An Anthology of Hausa Literature in Translation. By Neil Skinner. Madison: African Studies Prógram, University of Wisconsin, 1977. Pp. 189, bibl. n.p.
A. H. M. Kirk-Greene
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07 December 2011, p. 440
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Decorated Gourds in North-Eastern Nigeria. By T. J. H. Chappel. London: Ethnographica in association with the Federal Department of Antiquities, Lagos, 1977. Pp. viii, 222, ill., map, bibl., index. £20.
René Dognin
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Proverbes et vie yaka. Par Alain van der Beken. St. Augustin: Anthropos-Institut; Haus Völker und Kulturen; 1978. (Collectanea Instituti Anthropos 15.) Pp. 240, map, bibl. DM 29.00.
Wauthier de Mahieu
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Tshokwe-Zaïre. Recordings and notes by Barbara Schmidt-Wrenger. Tervuren, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika. (African music recordings series no. 11; series editor Jos Gansemans.) Record: 6803 073; 12 in. stereo 33⅓ rpm. Booklet: pp. 81 (German, Flemish, French, English), ill.
Paul Richards
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The Ọyọ Empire c. 1600–c. 1836: A West African Imperialism in the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade. By Robin Law. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. Pp. xiv, 340, maps, bibl. £11.50.

La mère dévorante: essai sur la morphologie des contes africains. Par Denise Paulme. Paris: Editions Gallimard, 1976. Pp. 323, bibl. n.p.

The African University in Development. By Asavia Wandira. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1977. Pp. 136.

African Music and Oral Data: A Catalogue of Field Recordings 1902–1975. By Ruth M. Stone and Frank J. Gillis. Bloomington, London: Indiana University Press. Pp. 412. £12.20.

The Political Kingdoms of the Temne: Temne Government in Sierra Leone 1825–1910. By K. C. Wylie. New York, London: Africana Publishing, 1977. Pp. xviii, 251, bibl., maps. $27.50; £17.00.

Books Received

Book Received

Reviews of Books

African Kingdoms. By Lucy Mair. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. Pp. 151, bibl., map. £3.95 cloth; £1.95 paper.

West African States: Failure and Promise. A Study in Comparative Politics. Edited by John Dunn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. (African Studies Series 23.) Pp. 259, map. £12.50 cloth; £4.00 paper.

Africans of Two Worlds: The Dinka in Afro-Arab Sudan. By Francis Mading Deng. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. Pp. xviii, 244. £15.00.

Front matter

AFR volume 49 issue 1 Front matter

Reviews of Books

The Tuareg: People of Ahaggar. By Jeremy Keenan. London: Allen Lane, 1978. Pp. xiii, 385, bibl., ill., tables, map. £12.95.

Soldiers and Oil. Edited by Keith Panter-Brick. London: Frank Cass, 1978. Pp. 375. £11.00.

Bukusu Generative Phonology and Aspects of Bantu Structure. By K. F. de Blois. Tervuren: Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, 1975. (Annales 85.) Pp. xiv, 232, bibl. n.p.

The Chagga and Meru of Tanzania. By Sally Falk Moore and Paul Puritt, edited with an introduction by William M. O'Barr. London: International African Institute, 1977. (Ethnographic Survey of Africa, East Central Africa, Part 18.) Pp. xii, 140. £4.60.

Kraal and Castle: Khoikhoi and the Founding of White South Africa. By Richard Elphick. New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 1977. Pp. xxii, 266, figs, maps, bibl., index. £12.60.

An Anthology of Hausa Literature in Translation. By Neil Skinner. Madison: African Studies Prógram, University of Wisconsin, 1977. Pp. 189, bibl. n.p.

Decorated Gourds in North-Eastern Nigeria. By T. J. H. Chappel. London: Ethnographica in association with the Federal Department of Antiquities, Lagos, 1977. Pp. viii, 222, ill., map, bibl., index. £20.

Proverbes et vie yaka. Par Alain van der Beken. St. Augustin: Anthropos-Institut; Haus Völker und Kulturen; 1978. (Collectanea Instituti Anthropos 15.) Pp. 240, map, bibl. DM 29.00.

Tshokwe-Zaïre. Recordings and notes by Barbara Schmidt-Wrenger. Tervuren, Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika. (African music recordings series no. 11; series editor Jos Gansemans.) Record: 6803 073; 12 in. stereo 33⅓ rpm. Booklet: pp. 81 (German, Flemish, French, English), ill.

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