Note from the Editor
1
1997 AFSAAP conference
2
Note from the President
3
Articles
The politics of the clitoris: Contaminated speech, Feminism and female circumcision – Penelope Hetherington
4-10
Looking ahead to the new Zaire: Interview with Parisa Diamambanza – Stuart Russell
11-14
Parliamentary Report on Australia’s Relations with Southern Africa – Cherry Gertzel
15-20
Book Reviews
Alexander, Peter et al (eds): Africa today: A multi-disciplinary snapshot of the continent in 1995 – Donald Denoon
21-23
Omotoso, Kole: Achebe or Soyinka? A study on contrasts – David Moodie
23-25
Darian-Smith, Kate et al (eds): Text, theory, space: Land literature and history in South Africa and Australia – Peter F. Alexander
25-26
Bekele, Shiferaw (ed): An economic history of Ethiopia: Vol 1: The imperial era 1941-71 – Penelope Hetherington
26-27
Askwith, Tom: From Mau Mau to Harambee: Memoirs and memoranda of colonial Kenya – Penelope Hetherington
28-29
Godwin, P. & I. Hancock: “Rhodesians never die”: The impact of war and political change on white Rhodesia c. 1970-80 – Angela Cheater
29-30
Rigby, Peter: African images: Racism and the end of anthropology – Roger Woods
30-32
Guyer, Jane I.: African Studies in the United States: A perspective – David Dorward
32-33
Lems-Dworkin, Carol: Videos of African on African-related performance: An annotated bibliography – Peter Limb
34
Diop, Momar Coumba (ed): Senegal: Essays in statecraft; and Osaghae, Eghosa (ed): Between state and civil society in Africa – John Ballard
35-36
Wallman, Sandra et al: Kampala women getting by: Wellbeing in the time of AIDS – Roger Woods
36-37
Mensah-Bonsu, Henrietta J. A. N. & Christine Dowuona-Hammond: The rights of the child in Ghana – perspectives – Pascale A. Allotey & Susan Bissell
37-39
Medicines Sans Frontieres: World in crisis: The politics of survival at the 20th century – Patrick Kilby
39-41
The Zimbabwe Review – Tanya Lyons
41-42
New Journals
43-44
Research and Research Matters
Laikipia Research program – David Mungai
45-46
Gender and colonisation in Southern Africa: International Conference at the University of Western Cape – Tanya Lyons and Cecilia Moretti
46-48
Field research on Housing Policy in post-Apartheid South Africa – Nicholas Duell
49-51
News and Notes
52-59
Conferences
59-60
People
60-64
Note from the Editor
1
Letter from the President
2
1998 AFSAAP conference
3
Articles
The Alexandra Plenary Group for Reconciliation and Reconstruction: Negotiating peace in a South African township – Nicholas Duell
4-8
What price – hope! An African experience in community development in HIV/AIDS prevention and control – Jenny Collins
9-12
Review Articles
Developers adjusting development – Scott MacWilliam
13-18
The World Bank’s 1997 report: The state in a changing world (and Africa) – David Moore
19-23
Book Reviews
Moore, David & Gerald Schmitz (eds): Debating development discourse: Institutional and popular perspectives – David Brown
24-26
Richards, Paul: Fighting for the rain forest: War, youth and resources in Sierra Leone – Fiona Terry
26-28
Vogt, M. A. & A. E. Ekoko (eds): Nigeria in international peace-keeping – Samuel M. Makinda
28-29
Onoge, Omafume (ed): Nigeria: The way forward. Proceedings and policy recommendations of the first Obafemi Awolowo Foundation dialogue; Ake, Claude: Democratization of disempowerment in Africa; and Abutudu, Musa: The state, civil society and the democratization process in Nigeria – Paul Omaji
29-32
Lewis, Joanna et al: Human rights & the making of constitutions: Malawi, Kenya, Uganda – Anthony Regan
33-35
Nzenza-Shand, Sekai: Songs to an African sunset: A Zimbabwe story – Sue Kossew
35-36
Chiluba, Frederick J. T.: Democracy: The challenge of change; and Mwanakatwe, John: End of Kaunda era – James H. Polhemus
37-39
Adejare, Oluwole: Language and style in Soyinka: A systematic text linguistic study of a literary idiolect; and Ijaide, Tanure:The poetry of Wole Soyinka – David Moodie
39-40
Cowen, Michael and Scott MacWilliam: Indigenous capital in Kenya. The ‘Indian’ dimension of debate – Cherry Gertzel
40-41
Chizea, Dora & Juliet Njoku: Nigerian women and the challenges of our times – Alice Omaji
42-43
Research and Research Matters
SAPS and smallholders in Zimbabwe and PNG – John Louis Smith
44
Fieldwork on South African industrial relations – Simon Stratton
45-46
Materials on the Great Lakes crisis
47
News and Notes
48-56
Recent deaths
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Conferences
58-62
AFSAAP news
63-66