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Somali piracy and terrorism in the Horn of Africa 索马里海盗和非洲之角的恐怖主义

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.893960

M. Ingiriis

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Chocolate islands: cocoa, slavery and colonial Africa 巧克力岛:可可、奴隶制和殖民非洲

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.893961

Zachary Kagan Guthrie

引用次数: 3

Nationalisme, décolonisation et consociation à l'île Maurice: l'émergence d'un Mauricianisme stratégique (1945–1967) 毛里求斯的民族主义、非殖民化和联合:战略毛里求斯主义的出现(1945 - 1967)

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.892434

C. Boudet

引用次数: 5

When did the Luyia (or any other group) become a tribe? 鲁氏族(或其他族群)是什么时候变成一个部落的?

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.893963

J. MacArthur

引用次数: 10

Dealing with government in South Sudan: histories of chiefship, community and state 与南苏丹政府打交道:酋长、社区和国家的历史

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.893962

Jesse A. Zink

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Sugar girls & seamen: a journey into the world of dockside prostitution in South Africa 糖女孩和海员:进入南非码头卖淫世界的旅程

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.893965

Ralph Callebert

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Les Kimbanguistes en France: Expression messianique d'une Église afro chrétienne en contexte migratoire 法国的金班古派:移民背景下非洲基督教教会的弥赛亚表达

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.893959

Katrien Pype

引用次数: 7

Food security perspectives and emerging powers in Africa: some recent literature 粮食安全视角与非洲新兴大国:一些近期文献

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2013.832629

A. Sneyd

引用次数: 4

Your pocket is what cures you: the politics of health in Senegal 你的口袋就是治愈你的良药:塞内加尔的卫生政治

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.880611

M. Turshen

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引用次数: 34

Rebel rulers: insurgent governance and civilian life during war 叛军统治者:战争期间的叛乱统治和平民生活

Canadian Journal of African Studies/ La Revue canadienne des études africaines Pub Date : 2013-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2014.893964

S. Dorman

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