Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute最新文献

Sexual Humour in Africa: Gender, Jokes, and Societal Change ed. by Ignatius Chukwumah (review) 非洲的性幽默:性别、笑话和社会变革，伊格内修斯·丘克乌玛主编(评论)

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI: 10.4324/9781003172130

Maryam Yusuf Magaji

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India’s Development Diplomacy and Soft Power in Africa ed. by Kenneth King and Meera Venkatachalam (review) 《印度在非洲的发展外交和软实力》，肯尼斯·金、米拉·文卡塔查拉姆主编(评论)

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2021-11-19 DOI: 10.1017/9781800102835

Vineet Thakur

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Crossing the Color Line: race, sex, and the contested politics of colonialism in Ghana by Carina E. Ray (review) 《跨越肤色界线:加纳的种族、性别和有争议的殖民主义政治》作者:Carina E. Ray(书评)

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2018-01-13 DOI: 10.1017/s0001972017000821

S. Aderinto

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Property and Political Order in Africa: land rights and the structure of politics by Catherine Boone (review) 《非洲的财产与政治秩序:土地权利与政治结构》凯瑟琳·布恩著(书评)

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2017-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0001972017000481

Luke Melchiorre

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Afterword 后记

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2017-08-03 DOI: 10.1017/9781316665985.009

M. Lambek

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The Gender of Piety: family, faith, and colonial rule in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe by Wendy Urban-Mead (review) 《虔诚的性别:津巴布韦马塔贝莱兰的家庭、信仰与殖民统治》作者:温迪·厄Urban-Mead

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2017-08-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972017000183

C. Shaw

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From Slavery to Aid: politics, labour, and ecology in the Nigerien Sahel, 1800–2000 by Benedetta Rossi (review) 从奴隶制到援助:尼日尔萨赫勒地区的政治、劳工和生态，1800-2000

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2017-02-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972016000772

G. Mann

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Unreasonable Histories: nativism, multiracial lives, and the genealogical imagination in British Africa by Christopher J. Lee (review) 《不合理的历史:本土主义、多种族生活和英属非洲的谱系想象》，克里斯托弗·j·李著(书评)

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2017-02-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972016000784

R. Heinze

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The Fruits of Freedom in British Togoland: literacy, politics and nationalism, 1914–2014 by Kate Skinner (review) 《英属多哥兰的自由果实:文学、政治和民族主义，1914-2014》作者:凯特·斯金纳

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2017-02-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972016000802

P. Nugent

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Photography in Africa: ethnographic perspectives by Richard Vokes (ed.) (review) 非洲摄影:理查德·沃克斯的民族志视角(编辑)(评论)

Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute Pub Date : 2013-12-27 DOI: 10.1353/AFR.2013.0053

Urte Undine Frömming

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