2012 Volume 33

Number 1

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Table of Contents

1-2

Violence in Africa and its Consequences: Understanding Africa in Australasia and the Pacific – Tanya Lyons, Jay Marlowe and Anne Harris

3-12

State Resilience in Guinea: Mitigating the ‘Bad Neighbourhood Effect’ of Civil War Next Door – Mamadou Diouma Bah

pp 13-33

‘Fused in Combat:’ Unsettling the Gendered Hierarchies and Women’s Roles in the Fighting Forces in the Sierra Leone’s Civil War – John Idriss Lahai

34-55

‘The Other Half on Gender’ in Sierra Leone’s Civil Conflict: A Critical Response to John Idriss Lahai’s “Fused in Combat” – David Duriesmith

56-68

Moral Authority, Power and Women’s Identity in Colonial Kenya – Clare Buswell

69-81

Citizen and Self: Violence, Identity and Legitimacy in the Rift Valley’s Post-Election Crisis – Sam Wilkins

82-103

Identities of Impoverishment: Ethnicity, Tribalism and Violence in Kenya – Scott MacWilliam

104-131

Sexuality and Sexual Health of African-Australian Men with Refugee Backgrounds from the Horn of Africa: The Need for a New Research Agenda – Samuel M. Muchoki

M132-150

Standing Up, Reaching Out and Letting Go: Experiences of Resilience and School Engagement for African High Schoolers From Refugee Backgrounds Mike Oliver

151-164

Institutional Capacity Building for Urban Agriculture Research Using Participatory GIS in a Post-Conflict Context: A Case Study of Sierra Leone Alec Thornton, Jinnah Momoh and Paul Tengbe

165-176

Field Notes – Balancing Human and Ecological Concerns in the DRC’s Ituri Forest – Thomas J. Sigler

177-186

Updates on Nigeria 2012 – Basil A. Ekot

187-189

190-195

Number 2

Table of Contents

1-2

Editorial – Positive Steps for the Future of African Studies in Australia – Tanya Lyons, Jay Marlowe and Anne Harris

3-7

South Africa, the African Union and International Intervention in Libya: A Critical Appraisal – Theo Neethling

8-28

“It is Chaotic But Not Chaos”: Civil society, Local Governance and the Construction of Political Order In and Around Mogadishu – Nikola Pijovic

29-47

Coloniality of Power in Development Studies and the Impact of Global Imperial Designs on Africa – Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

48-73

Maintaining Sovereignty in Africa: The Role of External Forces in Warlord States – Max Halupka and Cassandra Star

74-97

Contract Farming and Technology Transfer in Ghana – Paul Huddleston and Veronica Huddleston

98-121

Preliminary Findings on Land Tenure Reform in Malawi and the Possible Effects on Tenure and Food Security for Smallholder Farmers – Tom McNamara

122-140

Language as a Resource for Improving Health: Using Swahili- Based Concepts in Responding to Infant HIV – Jean Burke

141-157

Exploring Educators’ Practices for African Students from Refugee Backgrounds in an Australian Regional High Schoo-l Jane Wilkinson and Kiprono Langat

158-177

Culture is our Future: The Constitutive Role of African Australian film – Anne Harris

178-200

201-206