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Volume 58 - Issue 2 - September 2015

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HISTORY

BOOK REVIEWS

Myles Osborne. Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya: Loyalty and Martial Race among the Kamba, c. 1800 to the Present. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xiii + 276 pp. Maps. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1107061040.
Richard Waller
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01 September 2015, pp. 251-253
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Michelle R. Moyd. Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers, Conquest, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2014. xxii + 328 pp. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $32.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0-8214-2089-8.
Thaddeus Sunseri
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01 September 2015, pp. 253-255
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Meredith Terretta. Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence: Nationalism, Grassfields Tradition, and State Building in Cameroon. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2014. xiv + 367 pp. Maps. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $32.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0821420690.
Jean-Pierre Warnier
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01 September 2015, pp. 255-257
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HEALTH AND DISEASE

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Adia Benton. HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. xii + 176 pp. Figures. Notes. References. Index. $79.00. Cloth. $22.50. Paper.
Kim Yi Dionne
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01 September 2015, pp. 257-258
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RELIGION

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Joel Cabrita. Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xvii + 400 pp. Photographs. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Cloth. $79.00. Also E-book. ISBN: 978-1107054431.
Jonathon L. Earle
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01 September 2015, pp. 259-260
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LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS

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Stephanie Newell. The Power to Name: A History of Anonymity in Colonial West Africa. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2013. x + 255 pp. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $32.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0821420324.
Richard Rathbone
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01 September 2015, pp. 260-262
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FILM REVIEW ESSAYS

DOCUMENTARY AT THE INTERSECTION OF TESTIMONY AND HISTORY - Connie Field, director. Have You Heard from Johannesburg.2010. 7 parts, 8.5 hours. English. U.S./South Africa: PBS. DVD: Clarity Films.
R. Joseph Parrott
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01 September 2015, pp. 263-270
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ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO’S TIMBUKTU AND ITS CONTROVERSIAL RECEPTION - Abderrahmane Sissako, director. Timbuktu. Original title: Timbuktu, le chagrin des oiseaux.2014. 97 minutes. In French, Tamashek, Bambara, Songhay, and Arabic (with subtitles in English and French). France/Mauritania. Worso Films.
Phyllis Taoua
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01 September 2015, pp. 270-278
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FEATURE FILMS

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Biyi Bandele, director. Half of a Yellow Sun. 2013. 111minutes. English, with French, Igbo, and Hausa. Nigeria/U.K. Monterey Media. $26.99.
Jude G. Akudinobi
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01 September 2015, pp. 279-281
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Dyana Gaye, director. Under the Starry Sky. 2013. 87minutes. Original title: Des étoiles. 88 minutes. French, Wolof, English, and Italian. France/Sénégal. Haut et Court. No price reported.
Daniela Ricci
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01 September 2015, pp. 281-283
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DOCUMENTARIES

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Yoruba Richen, director. Promised Land. 2010. 57minutes. English. South Africa/United States. Third World Newsreel. $59.95 for elementary/secondary schools and public libraries; $225.00 for colleges and universities.
R. Joseph Parrott
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01 September 2015, pp. 283-285
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John Akomfrah, director. The Stuart Hall Project. 2013. 103minutes. English. U.K. Smoking Dogs Films. $350.00/£19.99.
Sheila Petty
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01 September 2015, pp. 285-288
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Jordi Esteva, director. Return to the Land of Souls. 2010. 68minutes. French with English subtitles. Ivory Coast. Documentary Educational Resources. $245.00 (institutions); $29.95 (private purchases).
Toni Pressley-Sanon
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01 September 2015, pp. 288-289
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Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, directors. Sembène!2015. 88minutes. French, Wolof, English. U.S./Senegal. Kino Lorber. No price reported.
Sada Niang
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01 September 2015, pp. 289-291
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HISTORY

BOOK REVIEWS

Myles Osborne. Ethnicity and Empire in Kenya: Loyalty and Martial Race among the Kamba, c. 1800 to the Present. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xiii + 276 pp. Maps. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Cloth. ISBN: 978-1107061040.

Michelle R. Moyd. Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers, Conquest, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2014. xxii + 328 pp. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $32.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0-8214-2089-8.

Meredith Terretta. Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence: Nationalism, Grassfields Tradition, and State Building in Cameroon. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2014. xiv + 367 pp. Maps. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $32.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0821420690.

HEALTH AND DISEASE

BOOK REVIEWS

Adia Benton. HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2015. xii + 176 pp. Figures. Notes. References. Index. $79.00. Cloth. $22.50. Paper.

RELIGION

BOOK REVIEWS

Joel Cabrita. Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xvii + 400 pp. Photographs. Maps. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $99.00. Cloth. $79.00. Also E-book. ISBN: 978-1107054431.

LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS

BOOK REVIEWS

Stephanie Newell. The Power to Name: A History of Anonymity in Colonial West Africa. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2013. x + 255 pp. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. $32.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-0821420324.

FILM REVIEW ESSAYS

DOCUMENTARY AT THE INTERSECTION OF TESTIMONY AND HISTORY - Connie Field, director. Have You Heard from Johannesburg.2010. 7 parts, 8.5 hours. English. U.S./South Africa: PBS. DVD: Clarity Films.

ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO’S TIMBUKTU AND ITS CONTROVERSIAL RECEPTION - Abderrahmane Sissako, director. Timbuktu. Original title: Timbuktu, le chagrin des oiseaux.2014. 97 minutes. In French, Tamashek, Bambara, Songhay, and Arabic (with subtitles in English and French). France/Mauritania. Worso Films.

FEATURE FILMS

FILM REVIEWS

Biyi Bandele, director. Half of a Yellow Sun. 2013. 111minutes. English, with French, Igbo, and Hausa. Nigeria/U.K. Monterey Media. $26.99.

Dyana Gaye, director. Under the Starry Sky. 2013. 87minutes. Original title: Des étoiles. 88 minutes. French, Wolof, English, and Italian. France/Sénégal. Haut et Court. No price reported.

DOCUMENTARIES

FILM REVIEWS

Yoruba Richen, director. Promised Land. 2010. 57minutes. English. South Africa/United States. Third World Newsreel. $59.95 for elementary/secondary schools and public libraries; $225.00 for colleges and universities.

John Akomfrah, director. The Stuart Hall Project. 2013. 103minutes. English. U.K. Smoking Dogs Films. $350.00/£19.99.

Jordi Esteva, director. Return to the Land of Souls. 2010. 68minutes. French with English subtitles. Ivory Coast. Documentary Educational Resources. $245.00 (institutions); $29.95 (private purchases).

Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, directors. Sembène!2015. 88minutes. French, Wolof, English. U.S./Senegal. Kino Lorber. No price reported.

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Volume 58 - Issue 2 - September 2015

HISTORY

BOOK REVIEWS

HEALTH AND DISEASE

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RELIGION

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LANGUAGES, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS

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FILM REVIEW ESSAYS

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DOCUMENTARIES

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