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“How will God hear us?”: Sonic and linguistic difference among Kinshasa’s Églises des Noirs “上帝会怎样听我们呢?”:金沙萨Églises黑人的声音和语言差异

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972023000542

Margot Luyckfasseel

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Amy Niang, The Postcolonial African State in Transition: Stateness and Modes of Sovereignty. London: Rowman and Littlefield (hb US$138/£106 – 978 1 78660 652 5; pb US$47/£36 – 978 1 78660 653 2). 2018, xi + 231 pp. 《转型中的后殖民非洲国家:国家状态与主权模式》。伦敦:罗曼和利特菲尔德出版社(hb: 138美元/ 106英镑- 978 1 78660 652;pb US$47/£36 - 978 1 78660 653 2). 2018,xi + 231页。

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S000197202300044X

Eniola Anuoluwapo Soyemi

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Karine Ginisty, Services Urbains et Justice Spatiale à Maputo (Urban Services and Spatial Justice in Maputo). Paris: Presses Universitaires de Paris Nanterre (hb €23 – 978 2 84016 379 4). 2021, 354 pp. Karine Ginisty，马普托城市服务和空间司法。巴黎:Presses Universitaires de Paris Nanterre (hb€23 - 978 2 84016 379 4). 201,354页。

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972023000487

G. Camară

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Digital fashionistas: young women, wealth-in-followers and matronage in Yaoundé, Cameroon 数字时尚达人:喀麦隆雅温达尔的年轻女性、富有的追随者和女管家

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972023000566

Ewa Majczak

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AFR volume 93 issue 3 Cover and Front matter AFR第93卷第3期封面和封面问题

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/s000197202300058x

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Ignatius Chukwumah (ed.), Sexual Humour in Africa: Gender, Jokes, and Societal Change. Abingdon: Routledge (hb £130 – 978 0 3677 7624 4). 2022, 310 pp. 《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。阿宾顿:劳特利奇出版社(hb£130 - 978 0 3677 7624)，2022年，310页。

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972023000463

Maryam Yusuf Magaji

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Peer Schouten, Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (hb £64.99 – 978 1 108 49401 4; pb £22.99 – 978 1 108 71381 8). 2022, 299 pp.

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972023000475

M. Benson

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Frontiers of belonging and politics of identity: the materiality of funeral rituals and festivals in Nigeria’s urban space 归属和身份政治的边界:尼日利亚城市空间中葬礼仪式和节日的物质性

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972023000530

O. E. Nnabuihe

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Jeff D. Grischow and Magnus Mfoafo-M’Carthy (eds), Disability Rights and Inclusiveness in Africa: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Challenges, and Change. Woodbridge: James Currey (hb £19.99 – 978 1 8470 1291 3). 2022, 300 pp. Jeff D. Grischow、Magnus Mfoafo-M ' mccarthy主编，《非洲残疾人权利与包容性:残疾人权利公约、挑战与变革》。Woodbridge: James Currey (hb£19.99 - 978 18470 1291). 2022,300页。

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972023000517

Tongai F. Chichaya

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Amy Stambach and Aikande Kwayu, Pragmatic Faith and the Tanzanian Lutheran Church: Bishop Erasto N. Kweka’s Life and Work. Lanham MD: Lexington Books (hb US$95/£73 – 978 1 7936 0359 3). 2020, 150 pp. Amy Stambach和Aikande Kwayu，实用主义信仰和坦桑尼亚路德教会:Erasto N. Kweka主教的生活和工作。兰哈姆MD: Lexington Books (hb US$95/£73 - 978 1 7936 0359 3). 2020,150页。

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2023-07-19 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972023000499

Moritz Fischer

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