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David Morton, Age of Concrete: housing and the shape of aspiration in the capital of Mozambique. Athens OH: Ohio University Press (hb US$90 – 978 0 8214 2367 7; pb US$36.95 – 978 0 8214 2368 4). 2019, 336 pp.

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0001972022000687

Laurent Fourchard

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George Roberts, Revolutionary State-Making in Dar es Salaam: African liberation and the global Cold War, 1961–1974. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (hb £90 – 978 1 108 84573 1). 2021, xvi + 329 pp. 乔治·罗伯茨:《达累斯萨拉姆的革命建国:1961-1974年非洲解放与全球冷战》。剑桥:剑桥大学出版社(hb£90 - 978 1 108 84573 1). 2021,xvi + 329页。

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/s0001972022000572

François Sennesael

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Federico Donelli, Turkey in Africa: Turkey’s strategic involvement in sub-Saharan Africa. London: I. B. Tauris (hb £85 – 978 0 7556 3697 6; pb £28.99 – 978 0 7556 3701 0). 2021/2022, 224 pp.

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972022000560

Yusuf Kenan Küçük

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The politics of literature in Malawi: Filemon Chirwa, Nthanu za Chitonga and the battle for the Atonga tribal council 马拉维的文学政治:Filemon Chirwa, Nthanu za Chitonga和Atonga部落委员会之战

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S000197202200064X

T. Cochrane

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Getting by in a bibliometric economy: scholarly publishing and academic credibility in the Nigerian academy 在文献计量经济中生存:尼日利亚学术界的学术出版和学术信誉

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972022000481

David S. Mills, A. Branford

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Censorship, citizenship and cosmopolitan unity in Muslim and Christian creative responses to repression in northern Nigeria 审查制度、公民身份和世界主义团结在穆斯林和基督教对尼日利亚北部镇压的创造性反应

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972022000651

Carmen McCain

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Embracing and denouncing the ‘Mecca uniform’ in Nigerian mass media, 1950s–1970s 20世纪50 - 70年代，尼日利亚大众媒体对“麦加制服”的拥护和谴责

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972022000638

Sara Katz

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The clash of sound, image and light: inter- and intra-religious entanglements and contestations during Mawlūd celebrations in the city of Jos, Nigeria 声音、图像和光线的冲突:尼日利亚乔斯市Mawlūd庆祝活动期间宗教间和宗教内部的纠缠和争论

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972022000663

M. Ibrahim

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Sunni and Shia Muslim and Christian encounters in northern Nigeria 尼日利亚北部逊尼派、什叶派穆斯林和基督徒的相遇

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972022000614

M. Ibrahim

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Northern Nigerian intellectuals, Sudan, and the “eclectic style” in contemporary Islamic thought 北尼日利亚知识分子、苏丹，以及当代伊斯兰思想中的“折衷主义风格”

Africa : notiziario dell'Associazione fra le imprese italiane in Africa Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/S0001972022000602

Alexander Thurston

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