Africa articles from June 1998

Africa archives from June 1998

The International Organization of Credit: states and global finance in the world economy.(Review)
June 22, 1998... RANDALL D. GERMAIN, The International Organization of Credit: states and global finance in the world economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 203 pp., 40.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 59142 2 hardback, 14.95 [pounds sterling],...

Africa and the International System: the politics of state survival.(Review)
June 22, 1998... CHRISTOPHER CLAPHAM, Africa and the International System: the politics of state survival. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 340 pp., 40.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 57207 X hardback, 15.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 57668 7...

ISLAM, GENDER AND URBANISATION AMONG THE MAFA OF NORTH CAMEROON: THE DIFFERING COMMITMENT TO `HOME' AMONG MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS.
June 22, 1998... In his seminal article on urbanisation in eastern Nigeria, Joseph Gugler concludes that Igbo urbanites are `living in a dual system', since they continue to maintain close links with their villages of origin (Gugler, 1971, 1991). Their...

POWER AND THE QUEST FOR RECOGNITION: NEOTRADITIONAL TITLES AMONG THE NEW ELITE IN NSO', CAMEROON.
June 22, 1998... INTRODUCTION The past decade has been a difficult one for most Cameroonians, and especially so for those living in the anglophone regions of the country. With a 50 per cent devaluation of the CFA franc in the early 1990s, and another...

HOME-TOWN LINKAGES AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA WHOSE AGENDA? WHAT IMPACT?
June 22, 1998... What else is development other than helping your home town? Niyi Akinnaso(1) The comment quoted here provides a crucial perspective for the subject of this article: home-town linkages and local development in Nigeria. To many Nigerians...

THROUGH THE PRISM OF A LOCAL TRAGEDY: POLITICAL LIBERALISATION, REGIONALISM AND ELITE STRUGGLES FOR POWER IN CAMEROON.
June 22, 1998... The euphoria with which the emergence of pro-democracy movements in Africa in the early 1990s was greeted has waned. Many authoritarian regimes have proved adept at managing demands for political reform without conceding much power, while...

ELITE ASSOCIATIONS AND THE POLITICS OF BELONGING IN CAMEROON.
June 22, 1998... Anthropologists of the Manchester school are generally credited with first recognising the complexity of the family and kinship ties that bind urban migrants to their regions of origin in Africa (Gluckman, 1940; Mitchell, 1969). Gluckman...

THE URBAN-RURAL CONNECTION: CHANGING ISSUES OF BELONGING AND IDENTIFICATION.
June 22, 1998... A special characteristic of urbanisation in Africa is the continuing commitment of many urbanites to `the village'.(1) In the 1960s researchers were already emphasising that life in the cities could hardly be understood without reference to the...

Nurturing Peace: why peace settlements succeed or fail.(Review)
June 22, 1998... FEN OSLER HAMPSON, Nurturing Peace: why peace settlements succeed or fail. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace, 1996, 287 pp., US $32.95, ISBN 1 878 379 55 0 hardback, US $19.95, ISBN 1 878379 57 7 paperback. In Africa and...

The State, War and the State of War.(Review)
June 22, 1998... KALEVI J. HOLSTI, The State, War and the State of War, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 254 pp., 40.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 57113 8 hardback, 14.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN, 0 521 57790 X paperback. In Africa and the...

The New Interventionism, 1991-1994: United Nations experience in Cambodia, Former Yugoslavia and Somalia.(Review)
June 22, 1998... JAMES MAYALL (ed.), The New Interventionism, 1991-1994: United Nations experience in Cambodia, Former Yugoslavia and Somalia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 238 pp., 37.50 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 55197 8 hardback, 13.95...

The Republican Legacy in International Thought.(Review)
June 22, 1998... NICHOLAS GREENWOOD ONUF, The Republican Legacy in International Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, 284 pp., 50.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 58444 2 hardback, 16.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 58599 6 paperback. In...

Promoting Polyarchy: globalization, US intervention, and hegemony.(Review)
June 22, 1998... WILLIAM I. ROBINSON, Promoting Polyarchy: globalization, US intervention, and hegemony. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 466 pp., 50.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 56203 1 hardback, 17.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 56691 6...

Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: surviving drought and development in Africa's arid lands.(Review)
June 22, 1998... ELLIOT FRATKIN, Ariaal Pastoralists of Kenya: surviving drought and development in Africa's arid lands. Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change series, Boston, Mass., and London: Allyn & Bacon, 1998, 154 pp., 29.95 [pounds sterling],...

Agriculture, Foraging and Wildlife Resource Use in Africa: cultural and political dynamics in the Zambezi valley.(Review)
June 22, 1998... RICHARD HASLER, Agriculture, Foraging and Wildlife Resource Use in Africa: cultural and political dynamics in the Zambezi valley, London and New York: Kegan Paul International, 1996, 222 pp., 45.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 7103 0515 X. ...

Kingdom on Mount Cameroon: studies in the history of the Cameroon Coast, 1500-1970.(Review)
June 22, 1998... EDWIN ARDENER, Kingdom on Mount Cameroon: studies in the history of the Cameroon Coast, 1500-1970, ed., with an introduction, by Shirley Ardener, Cameroon Studies I, Providence, R.I., and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1996, 380 pp., ISBN 1 57181 929...

African Popular Theatre: from pre-colonial times to the present day.(Review)
June 22, 1998... DAVID KERR, African Popular Theatre: from pre-colonial times to the present day. Studies in African Literature, Oxford: James Currey, 1995, 270 pp., 35.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 534 2 hardback, 11.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 533...

African Dance: an artistic, historical and philosophical inquiry.(Review)
June 22, 1998... KARIAMU WELSH ASANTE (ed.), African Dance: an artistic, historical and philosophical inquiry. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 1996, 254 pp., ISBN 0 86543 196 5 hardback, 16.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 86543 197 3 paperback. This...

South Africa's Radical Tradition 2, 1943-64.(Review)
June 22, 1998... ALLISON DREW, South Africa's Radical Tradition 2, 1943-64, Cape Town: University of Cape Town Press, 1997, 402 pp., R135.95, ISBN 0 7992 1614 3. The publication of Allison Drew's documentary history of South Africa's radical tradition in...

Out of Conflict: from war to peace in Africa.(Review)
June 22, 1998... GUNNAR M. SORBO and PETER VALE (eds), Out of Conflict: from war to peace in Africa. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1997, 214 pp., 17.97 [pounds sterling], ISBN 91 7106 413 3. It is widely thought and said that the end of the Cold War...

The Destruction of a Nation: United States policy towards Angola since 1945.(Review)
June 22, 1998... GEORGE WRIGHT, The Destruction of a Nation: United States policy towards Angola since 1945. London: Pluto Press, 1997, 45.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 7453 1030 3 hardback, 14.99 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 7453. 1029 X paperback. It is...