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Volume 51 - November 2013

Reviews

The EU and Africa: From Eurafrique to Afro-Europa Edited by A. Adebajo and K. Whiteman London: Hurst and Company, 2012. Pp. 531 +Index. £25.00 (pbk).

Rebel Rulers: Insurgent Governance and Civilian Life during War by Z. C. Mampilly Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2011. Pp. 320. £27·95 (hbk)

Getting Somalia Wrong? Faith, War, and Hope in a Shattered State by Mary Harper London: Zed Books, in association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, and Social Science Research Council, 2012. Pp. 224. £65 (hbk), £19.99 (pbk).

Africa's Deadliest Conflict: Media Coverage of the Humanitarian Disaster in the Congo and the United Nations Response 1997–2008 by W.C. Soderlund, E.D. Briggs, T.P. Najem and B.C. Roberts Waterloo, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012. Pp. 237. £32·50 (pbk)

Emotional and Ethical Challenges for Field Research in Africa: The Story behind the Findings edited by S. Thomson, A. Ansoms and J. Murison London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Pp. xiv, 169. £55 (hbk)

Being Nuclear: Africans and the Global Uranium Trade by G. Hecht Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. Pp. 451. £20.95 (hbk).

Tolerance, Democracy and Sufis in Senegal, edited by Mamadou Diouf New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2013. Pp. 296. $29.50 (pbk)

Ethiopia: the Two Last Frontiers by J. Markakis Oxford: James Currey, 2011. Pp. xiv + 383. US$40.00 (hbk.).

Consider Somaliland: State-Building with Traditional Elders and Institutions by M. Renders Leiden: Brill, 2012. Pp. 281. £59.35 (pbk).

Between Militarism and Technocratic Governance: State Formation in Contemporary Uganda by A. Sjögren Kampala: Fountain/Nordic Africa Institute, 2013. Pp. 299. $8.00 (pbk)

Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1963–2011 by D. Branch Connecticut and London: Yale University Press, 2011. Pp. 366. £25 (hbk.).

Nigeria since Independence: Forever Fragile? by J.N.C. Hill London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Pp. 192. £55 (hbk)

Transforming Masculinities in African Christianity: Gender Controversies in Times of AIDS by Adriaan S. Van Klinken Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2013. Pp. 240. £55 (hbk)

Hope is Cut: Youth, Unemployment and the Future in Urban Ethiopia by D. Mains Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2012. Pp. 208. £47.00 (hbk).

Displacing Human Rights: War and Intervention in Northern Uganda by A. Branch Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Pp. 336. £45.00 (hbk).

Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafes of Urban Ghana by J. Burrell Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. Pp. 236. £20.95 (hbk)

Neoliberal Frontiers: An Ethnography of Sovereignty in West Africa by B. Chalfin Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Pp. 320. $23 (pbk).

From the Pit to the Market: Politics and the Diamond Economy in Sierra Leone by D. Frost Oxford: James Currey, 2012. Pp. 248. £19.99 (pbk)

Forest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere by Genese Marie Sodikoff Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2012. Pp. 245. £17·99 (pbk)

Children of War: Child Soldiers as Victims and Participants in the Sudan Civil War by C. Ryan London: I.B. Tauris, 2012. Pp. 320. £59.50 (hbk).