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Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine, by Catherine Besteman 《避难:索马里班图难民和缅因州刘易斯顿》，凯瑟琳·贝斯特曼著

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2018-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2018.1513209

Mohamed Haji Ingiriis

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The Second Colonial Occupation: Development Planning, Agriculture, and the Legacies of British Rule in Nigeria 第二次殖民占领：尼日利亚的发展规划、农业和英国统治的遗产

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2018-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2018.1507287

Joseph Udimal Kachim

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引用次数: 5

Hidden Histories of Gordonia: Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800–1990, by Martin Legassick 戈登尼亚隐藏的历史:1800-1990年北开普省的土地剥夺和抵抗，马丁·莱加西克著

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2018-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2018.1507265

Stephen Volz

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State “Infrastructural Power” and the Bantustans: The Case of School Education in the Transkei and Ciskei 国家“基础设施力量”和班图斯坦:特兰斯凯和西斯凯的学校教育案例

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2018-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2019.1580422

S. Meny-Gibert

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Birders of Africa: History of a Network 非洲鸟人：网络的历史

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2018-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2018.1507332

Admire Mseba

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The Mothers of South African Anthropology 南非人类学之母

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1402855

R. Daglish

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Coloured Cabinets: A Reflection on Material Culture as a Marker of Coloured Identity in Cloetesville, South Africa 彩色橱柜：南非克劳茨维尔作为彩色身份标志的物质文化反思

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2018.1423763

Stephané E. Conradie

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“Comrade Mzala”: Memory Construction and Legacy Preservation “姆扎拉同志”:记忆建构与遗产保存

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1415498

Percy Ngonyama

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Making Sense of Somali History: Volume One 了解索马里历史:第一卷

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1402856

M. Ingiriis

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Thabo Mbeki: Understanding a Philosopher of Liberation 塔博·姆贝基：理解一位解放哲学家

African Historical Review Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/17532523.2017.1414396

W. Mpofu

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