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THE JOURNAL OF
MODERN
AFRICAN STUDIES
VOLUME 37 NUMBER 2
KENNETH GOOD The state and extreme poverty in Botswana
6_S aid_ JOHN A. HARRINGTON Between the state and civil society: medical discipline in Tanzania
HELEN M. HINTJENS Explaining the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
PAUL NUGENT Urban, rural and ethnic themes in the 1992 and 1996 Ghana elections
JOHN YOUNG Along Ethiopia's western frontier: Gambella and Benishangul in transition
A QUARTERLY SURVEY OF POLITICS, ECONOMICS
& RELATED TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
EDITED BY CHRISTOPHER CLAPHAM
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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THE JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES
foundin~g Editors: DAVID (1963 ---97) and HELEN (1963 -71) KIMBLE assisted by MARGARETA WESTIN (1969-- 97)
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THE JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES
VOLUME 37 JUNE 1999 NUMBER 2
ARTICLES
THE STATE AND EXTREME POVERTY IN BOTSWANA: THE SAN AND DESTITUTES
KE N N E T H G O O D, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. I85
BETWEEN THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: MEDICAL DISCIPLINE IN TANZANIA
JO HN A. H ARRINGTON, School of Law, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K. 207
EXPLAINING THE I994 GENOCIDE IN RWANDA
HELEN M. HINTJENS, Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales, Swansea. U.K. 241
LIVING IN THE PAST: URBAN, RURAL AND ETHNIC THEMES IN THE 1992 AND I996 ELECTIONS IN GHANA
PAUL NUGENT, Department of History, University of Edinburgh, U.K. 287
ALONG ETHIOPIA'S WESTERN FRONTIER: GAMBELLA AND BENISHANGUL IN TRANSITION
JOHN YOUNG, Institute of Governance Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada. 321
R EVI EWS
Township Politics: civic struggles for a new South Africa by MZWANELE MAYEKISO PAUL WILLIAMS, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 347
Of Revelation and Revolution: Volume Two. The Diaelectics of Modernity on a South African Frontier by JOHN L. COMAROFF and JEAN COMAROFF
PAUL GIFFORD, SOAS, University of London 348
Democratization in Malawi: a stocktaking by KINGS M. PHIRI and KENNETH R. Ross
PETER G. FORSTER, University of Hull 350
Mozambique: UN peace-keeping in action I992-94 by RIC HARD S Y N GE TOM YOUNG, SOAS, University of London 351
Policy Implications on Environment: the case of villagisation in Tanzania by IDRIS S. KIKULA
KESHAV C. SHARMA, University of Botswana 353
The fractured Community: landscapes of power and gender in rural Zambia by KATE CRE HAN
CAROLYN BAYLIES, University of Leeds 354
Burundi: ethnic conflict and genocide by R E N E L E M A R C H A N D PAUL J. KAISER, Mississippi State University 356
The Culture of Politics in Modern Kenya by ANGELIQUE HAUGE RUD KATE CURRIE, Lancaster University 357
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The Eritrean Struggle for Independence: domination, resistance, nationalism 194i-I993 by RUTH IYOB
ANEESA KASSAM, University of Durham 359
Historical Dictionary of Eritrea by T o M K I L L I O N (African Historical Dictionaires, No 75) PETER WOODWARD, University of Reading 360
Nigeria: Renewal from the Roots?: the struggle for democratic development by ADABAYO
ADEDEJI, ONIGU OTITE ET AL
OLUFEMI A. AKINO LA, Harvard University 36I
Rural Settlement Structure and African Development by MARILYN SI LB E R FE IN
MICHAEL MORTIMORE, Drylands Research, Crewkerne 363
Writing South Africa: literature, apartheid, and democracy, I970-i995 by DEREK
ATTRIDGE and ROSEMARY JOLLY
DOMINIC HEAD, University of Central England 364
Writing and Africa by MPALIVE-HANGSON MSISKA and PAUL HYLAND
ELIZABETH TONKIN, The Queen's University of Belfast 366
The Quiet Struggle: information and libraries for the People of Africa by PAUL STURGES and
RICHARD NEILL
MICHAEL TODD-JONES, University of Newcastle upon Tyne 367
The Rise of Multipartyism and Democracy in the Context of Global Change: the case of Africa by TUKUMBI LUMUMBA-KASONGO
JEFF HAYNES, London Guildhall University 369
Learning from Somalia: the lessons of armed humanitarian intervention by WALTER
CLARKE and JEFFREY HERBST
PETER WOODWARD, University of Reading 370
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