Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, Volume 49, Issue 2 (2015)

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Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, Volume 49, Issue 2 (2015)

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David and two Goliaths: the prophetic church as civil society in South Africa
Deborah Simpson
Pages: 249-266
Published online: 22 May 2015
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Codified law and the changing normative context of disputes in traditional settings in Botswana
Ikanyeng S. Malila
Pages: 267-283
Published online: 14 Oct 2015
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Temporalités, savoir-faire et modes d’action des enfants travailleurs migrants au sein de la parenté élargie en Afrique de l’Ouest
Dorte Thorsen & Mélanie Jacquemin
Pages: 285-299
Published online: 08 May 2015
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Cyber Siren: What Mami Wata reveals about the Internet and Chinese presence in Kinshasa
Lesley Nicole Braun
Pages: 301-318
Published online: 04 Jun 2015
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Civil rights in America's African diaspora: Firestone Rubber and segregation in Liberia
Adell Patton, Jr
Pages: 319-338
Published online: 20 Aug 2015
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“Elusive natives”: escaping colonial control in the Leverville oil palm concession, Belgian Congo, 1923–1941
Benoît Henriet
Pages: 339-361
Published online: 06 Aug 2015
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The third wave: mixed migration from Zimbabwe to South Africa
Jonathan Crush, Abel Chikanda & Godfrey Tawodzera
Pages: 363-382
Published online: 18 Aug 2015
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Framing the Ghanaian LGBT rights debate: competing decolonisation and human rights frames
Elizabeth Baisley
Pages: 383-402
Published online: 24 Jul 2015
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Review Article / Étude Bibliographique

Review Article
Sexuality, identity and dissidence: new scholarship on sub-Saharan Africa
Amy Kaler
Pages: 403-408
Published online: 17 Aug 2015
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Commentary / Commentaire

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Ebola and AIDS in Africa
Alan Whiteside & Nicholas Zebryk
Pages: 409-419
Published online: 20 Aug 2015
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Book Reviews / Comptes Rendus

Book Review
Alliance of the Colored Peoples: Ethiopia & Japan before World War II
G. Bruce Strang
Pages: 421-422
Published online: 26 Jan 2015
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Sexuality and gender politics in Mozambique: rethinking gender in Africa
Charles Gueboguo
Pages: 423-424
Published online: 20 Mar 2015
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Politics of origin in Africa: autochthony, citizenship and conflict
Graham Fox
Pages: 424-426
Published online: 06 Mar 2015
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Chatsworth: the making of a South African township
Annika Teppo
Pages: 426-428
Published online: 11 Mar 2015
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Making Borders: Engaging the Threat of Chinese Textiles in Ghana
Isaac Odoom
Pages: 428-430
Published online: 04 Mar 2015
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Africa's deadliest conflict: media coverage of the humanitarian disaster in the Congo and the United Nations response, 1997–2008
Nyambura Githaiga
Pages: 430-432
Published online: 22 Apr 2015
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Stones of contention: a history of Africa's diamonds
Barry Riddell
Pages: 432-434
Published online: 10 Jun 2015
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Hotel Trópico: Brazil and the challenge of African decolonization, 1950–1980
Benjamin A. Cowan
Pages: 434-437
Published online: 14 Oct 2015
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Film Reviews / Critiques

Berlin 1885: the division of Africa
Chris Youé
Pages: 439-440
Published online: 11 Mar 2015
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African Christianity rising: Christianity's explosive growth in Africa
Amy S. Patterson
Pages: 440-442
Published online: 12 May 2015
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