Volume 6

ASA Review of Books

Volume 6
1

Angola under the Portuguese: The Myth and the Realityby Gerald J. Bender

Review by: Phyllis M. Martin
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 120 KB
english, 1980
2

Outline of a Theory of Practiceby Pierre Bourdieu; Richard Nice

Review by: Andrew P. Lyons
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 126 KB
english, 1980
3

The Lagos Consulate, 1851-1861by Robert S. Smith

Review by: Earl H. Phillips
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 109 KB
english, 1980
6

Malawi: The Politics of Despairby T. David Williams

Review by: Melvin E. Page
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 96 KB
english, 1980
8

Health and Society in Africa: A Working Bibliographyby Steven Feierman

Review by: Sheila Cosminsky
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 112 KB
english, 1980
9

Search for Synthesis in African History

Review by: Charles W. McClellan
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 129 KB
english, 1980
10

Children's Literature and Audio-Visual Materials in Africaby Nancy J. Schmidt

Review by: Emily-Ann Langworthy
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 136 KB
english, 1980
11

The Comparative Study of Slavery

Review by: Martin A. Klein
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 194 KB
english, 1980
12

Surveying Africa: A Growth Industry

Review by: Elaine Windrich
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 146 KB
english, 1980
14

Southeastern Nigeria in the Nineteenth Centuryby C. C. Ifemesia

Review by: David Northrup
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 84 KB
english, 1980
15

The Political Economy of Race and Class in South Africaby Bernard M. Magubane

Review by: Walton R. Johnson
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 113 KB
english, 1980
17

Kenyattaby Jeremy Murray-Brown

Review by: Marshall S. Clough
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 99 KB
english, 1980
18

Front Matter

Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 431 KB
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19

Editors' Statement

Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 79 KB
english, 1980
21

Hero and Chief. Epic Literature from the Banyanga Zaire Republicby Daniel P. Biebuyck

Review by: Mazisi Kunene
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 150 KB
english, 1980
23

Tiv Songby Charles Keil

Review by: Ernest F. Dunn
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 126 KB
english, 1980
26

Across the Savannas to Mecca; The Overland Pilgrimage Route from West Africaby J. S. Birks

Review by: B. G. Martin
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 100 KB
english, 1980
27

The Jakhanke: The History of an Islamic Clerical People of Senegambiaby Lamin O. Sanneh

Review by: David Robinson
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 150 KB
english, 1980
28

The Growth of Islam among the Yoruba, 1841-1908by T. G. O. Gbadamosi

Review by: S. J. S. Cookey
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 97 KB
english, 1980
32

Ethiopia and the European Powers

Review by: Antoinette Iadarola
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 221 KB
english, 1980
35

African Proconsuls. European Governors in Africaby L. H. Gann; Peter Duignan

Review by: Gordon T. Stewart
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 116 KB
english, 1980
36

The Rulers of Belgian Africa, 1884-1914by L. H. Gann; Peter Duignan

Review by: Learthen Dorsey
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 99 KB
english, 1980
37

Armies and Parties in Africaby Henry Bienen

Review by: Joseph P. Smaldone
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 103 KB
english, 1980
41

Problems of Socialist Orientation in Africaby Mai Palmberg

Review by: Stephen A. Quick
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 118 KB
english, 1980
42

The Politics of Cultural Pluralismby Crawford Young

Review by: Robert Melson
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 115 KB
english, 1980
43

The Roots of Rural Poverty in Central and Southern Africaby Robin Palmer; Neil Parsons

Review by: T. H. Elkiss
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 113 KB
english, 1980
44

Rebel People: Rhodesia in Crisisby Denis Hills

Review by: Patrick O'Meara
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 97 KB
english, 1980
45

A Son of the Soilby Wilson Katiyo

Review by: Govind Narain Sharma
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 117 KB
english, 1980
46

We Are Everywhere: Narratives from Rhodesian Guerrillasby Michael Raeburn

Review by: Tendai Mutunhu
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 101 KB
english, 1980
47

Multinational Corporations: Some Pitfalls to Analysis

Review by: Marcia M. Burdette
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 238 KB
english, 1980
48

The Horn of Africa in Contemporary Perspective

Review by: James McCann
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 173 KB
english, 1980
49

A Survey of the United States Government's Investment in Africaby David L. Duffy

Review by: Harry R. Strack
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 99 KB
english, 1980
52

Societal Structures, Women's Roles, and Women's Consciousness

Review by: Susan G. Rogers
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 127 KB
english, 1980
53

Understanding the African Family and High Fertility

Review by: Virginia DeLancey
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 130 KB
english, 1980
54

Disease, Society, and African Development

Review by: Dennis G. Carlson
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 200 KB
english, 1980
56

An Invaluable Tool for Research in Rural Development

Review by: Robert B. Charlick
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 126 KB
english, 1980
57

The Last Caravanby Thurston Clarke

Review by: Lina Brock
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 95 KB
english, 1980
58

The Tuareg: People of Ahaggarby Jeremy Keenan

Review by: John W. Harbeson
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 112 KB
english, 1980
59

Agricultural Ecology of Savannaby J. M. Kowal; A. H. Kassam

Review by: B. L. Pollack
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 94 KB
english, 1980
60

Food and Development in the Semi-Arid Zone of East Africaby Philip W. Porter

Review by: Michael C. Latham
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 94 KB
english, 1980
61

Problems in Developing New Teaching Materials

Review by: Melvin E. Page
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 127 KB
english, 1980
62

Adolescence in West African Literature

Review by: Mary Dalton Howard
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 139 KB
english, 1980
63

The Sad Tale of a Text

Review by: Nancy J. Schmidt
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 228 KB
english, 1980
64

A Political Geography of Africaby E. A. Boateng

Review by: Bob J. Walter
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 116 KB
english, 1980
65

Sources of the African Pastby David Robinson; Douglas Smith

Review by: Mark R. Lipschutz
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 114 KB
english, 1980
66

A Comprehensive Geography of West Africaby Reuben K. Udo

Review by: Bob J. Walter
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 106 KB
english, 1980
67

African Historical Dictionaries in Perspective

Review by: David C. Tambo
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 254 KB
english, 1980
68

Nigerian Historical Studiesby E. A. Ayandele

Review by: S. J. S. Cookey
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 112 KB
english, 1980
69

Aristocrats Facing Change. The Fulbe in Guinea, Nigeria, and Cameroonby Victor Azarya

Review by: C. C. Stewart
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 99 KB
english, 1980
76

Mozambique: A Historyby Thomas H. Henriksen

Review by: G. N. Uzoigwe
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 135 KB
english, 1980
77

The U. N. in the Congo: The Political and Civilian Effortsby Arthur H. House

Review by: Austin Ahanotu
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 119 KB
english, 1980
78

The Middle Passage: Comparative Studies in the Atlantic Slave Tradeby Herbert S. Klein

Review by: Suzanne Miers
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 118 KB
english, 1980
80

Asante before the British. The Prempean Years, 1875-1900by Thomas J. Lewin

Review by: D. Maier
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 98 KB
english, 1980
81

Mungo Park: The African Travelerby Kenneth Lupton

Review by: Terence J. Smith
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 94 KB
english, 1980
82

The Third World Writer: His Social Responsibilityby Peter Nazareth

Review by: Ifeanyi Menkiti
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 128 KB
english, 1980
83

Dictionary of African Biography, I. Ethiopia-Ghanaby L. H. Ofosu-Appiah

Review by: David Henige
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 112 KB
english, 1980
88

Afro-Braziliana. A Working Bibliography

de Benko, Eugene, Porter, Dorothy B.
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 146 KB
english, 1980
89

Conversion to Islamby Nehemiah Levtzion

Review by: Lee V. Cassanelli
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 156 KB
english, 1980
90

The South African Novel in English: Essays in Criticism and Societyby Kenneth Parker

Review by: Sheila Roberts
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 143 KB
english, 1980
91

Ethnic and Tourist Arts: Cultural Expressions from the Fourth Worldby Nelson Graburn

Review by: Jean M. Borgatti
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 141 KB
english, 1980
92

New Attainments in Feminist Scholarship

Review by: Jean F. O'Barr
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 168 KB
english, 1980
93

Ifá Divination Poetryby Wande Abimbola

Review by: Deirdre La Pin
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 170 KB
english, 1980
94

The South African Novel in English since 1950by G. E. Gorman

Review by: John Povey
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 159 KB
english, 1980
96

Tanzania Notes and Records

Review by: Ann Beck
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 162 KB
english, 1980
98

Nigerian Government and Politics under Military Rule 1966-1979by Oyeleye Oyediran

Review by: Isaac James Mowoe
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 208 KB
english, 1980
99

The Stone Images of Esie, Nigeriaby Phillips Stevens,

Review by: Nancy C. Neaher
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 211 KB
english, 1980
100

Press and Politics in Nigeria, 1880-1937by Fred I. A. Omu

Review by: Georgia McGarry
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 206 KB
english, 1980
101

Choice, Class and Conflict: A Study of Southern Nigerian Factory Workersby Adrian Peace

Review by: Paul Lubeck
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 207 KB
english, 1980
102

The State, Law and Developmentby Robert B. Seidman

Review by: Leslie L. Rood
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 188 KB
english, 1980
103

The Future of the University in Southern Africaby H. W. Van Der Merwe; David Welsh

Review by: Forbes M. Madzongwe
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 227 KB
english, 1980
106

Icon and Imageby Denis Williams

Review by: Philip M. Peek
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 210 KB
english, 1980
107

Lamu in the Nineteenth Century: Land, Trade, and Politicsby Marguerite Ylvisaker

Review by: Marina Tolmacheva
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 205 KB
english, 1980
109

Correspondence

Sandra Burman
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 187 KB
english, 1980
111

Historical Archaeology: A Structural Approach in an African Cultureby Peter Schmidt

Review by: John R. F. Bower
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 227 KB
english, 1980
112

Education and Politics in Tropical Africaby Victor C. Uchendu

Review by: Paseka E. Khabele
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 207 KB
english, 1980
113

The Chagga and Meru of Tanzaniaby Sally Folk Moore; Paul Puritt

Review by: Jeffrey A. Fadiman
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 228 KB
english, 1980
114

Rosenthal Art Slidesby Patricia E. Skale

Review by: Joanne Nagel Shaw
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 209 KB
english, 1980
115

Books Received

Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 404 KB
english, 1980
118

Namibische National Bibliographie 1971-1975by Eckhard Strohmeyer

Review by: Alvin Kienetz
Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 191 KB
english, 1980
119

Index of Books Reviewed, Review of Books, Vol. 6/1980

Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 307 KB
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120

Books Not Reviewed

Journal:
ASA Review of Books
Year:
1980
Language:
english
File:
PDF, 246 KB
english, 1980