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Armies and Identities in Southern Africa 南部非洲的军队和身份

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Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0021853722000408

Stephanie Quinn

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AFH volume 63 issue 2 Cover and Front matter AFH第63卷第2期封面和封面

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Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0021853722000536

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Religion and Resistance in an Atlantic Biography 《大西洋传》中的宗教与抵抗

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Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0021853722000317

Mary E. Hicks

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Corporate Colonialism in Liberia 利比里亚的企业殖民主义

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Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0021853722000445

C. Whyte

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Media and the End of Empire 媒体与帝国的终结

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Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0021853722000469

G. Musila

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Work and Life on the Mission Station 任务站的工作和生活

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Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0021853722000421

Morgan Robinson

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Colonial Theft and Postcolonial Reparation 殖民盗窃和后殖民赔偿

IF 1.1 1区历史学

Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0021853722000433

Enibokun Uzebu-Imarhiagbe

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The Lutheran Church and the Tanzanian State 路德教会和坦桑尼亚国家

IF 1.1 1区历史学

Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/S002185372200041X

F. Ludwig

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‘To Satisfy My Savage Appetite’: Slavery, Belief, and Sexual Violence on the Mina (Gold) Coast, 1471–1571 “满足我的野蛮欲望”：米纳（黄金）海岸的奴隶制、信仰和性暴力，1471-1571

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Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0021853722000287

Kwasi Konadu

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The Worlding of Architectural Labor 建筑劳动的世界

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Journal of African History Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI: 10.1017/S002185372200038X

Hannah le Roux

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