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THE JOURNAL OF
MODERN ?oo44
AFRICAN N
VOLUME 36 NUMBER 2
STEPHEN ELLIS and GERRIE TER HAAR Religion and politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
IBRAHIM ABDULLAH The origin and character of the RUF Sierra Leone
OLUFEMI A. AKINOLA Structural adjustment and agricultural politics in Southwestern Nigeria
R. JAMES BINGEN Cotton, democracy and development in Mali
RICHARD GIBB Prospect and problems facing regional integration in South Africa
HERBERT M. HOWE Private security forces and African stability
REVIEWS
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
Founding Editors: DAVID (1963-97) and HELEN (1963-71) KIMBLE assisted by MARGARETA WESTIN (1969-97)
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MICHAEL BRATTON, Michigan State Universiy DESSALEGN RAHMATO, Addis Ababa Universiy
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THE JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES
VOLUME 36 JUNE I998 NUMBER 2
ARTICLES
RELIGION AND POLITICS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
STE P HEN E L LI S, Afrika-studiecentrum Leiden, The Netherlands, AND GERRIE TER HAAR, Utrecht University, The Netherlands I75
BUSH PATH TO DESTRUCTION: THE ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY UNITED FRONT/SIERRA LEONE
IBRAHIM ABDULLAH, Department of History, University of the Western Cape, PB XI7, Bellville 7535, South Africa 203
RE-ORGANISING THE FARMERS, 1930-I992: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND AGRICULTURAL POLITICS IN ONDO STATE, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
OLUFEMI A. AKIN O LA, Department of Political Science, University of Asmara, Eritrea 237
COTTON, DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN MALI
R. JAMES BINGEN, Department of Resource Development, College of Agriculture, Michigan State University, 323 Natural Resources, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-I222, USA 265
SOUTHERN AFRICA IN TRANSITION: PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS FACING REGIONAL INTEGRATION
RI C HARD G I B B, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK 287
PRIVATE SECURITY FORCES AND AFRICAN STABILITY: THE CASE OF EXECUTIVE OUTCOMES
HERBERT M. HOWE, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 20057, USA 307
R EVI EWS
The ANC and the Liberation struggle by DALE T. MCKINLEY TOM LO D GE, University of the Witwatersrand 333
Liberals against Apartheid: a History of the Liberal Party of South Africa, 1953-68 by RANDOLPH VIGNE
ALF STADER, University of the Witwatersrand 334
The Natal Story: i6 rears of Conflict by ANTHEA JEFFREY GARY KY NO CIH, Dalhousie University 336
Before the Night Ended by RITA A. SAVAGE
JOHN D. BREWER, The Queen's University of Belfast 337
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South Africa and Africa: within or apart? edited by ADEBAYO ADEDEJI
WILLIAM GUTTERIDGE, Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and Terrorism 338
Keeping House in Lusaka by KAREN TRANBERG HANSEN
JAN KEES VAN DONGE, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague 339
Transforming Female Identities; Women's Organizational Forms in West Africa edited by EVA EVERS ROSANDER
LuCy CREEVEY, University of Connecticut 341
An African Niche Economy: farming to feed Ibadan I968-88 by JANE I. GUYER
ANTHONY O'CONNOR, University College London 343
Museums & Archaeology in West Africa by CLAUDE DANIEL ARDOUIN
J. E. G. SUTTON, British Institute in Eastern Africa 344
The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography by MARTIN W. LEWIS and KAREN E. WIGEN
KATE MANZ o, University of Newcastle 347
African International Relations: an annotated bibliography by MARK W. DELANCY,
WILLIAM CYRUS REED, REBECCA SPYKE and PETER STEEN
CHRISTOPHER CLAP HAM, University of Lancaster 349
Frontline Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa by Jo HN P RENDE R GAST
PETER WOODWARD, University of Reading 350
The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States by TERRY L. KARL
GEORGE PHILIP, London School of Economics 351
Foreign Aid in Africa: Learning from Country Experiences, edited by JERKER CARL SS ON,
GLORIA SOMOLEKAE and NICHOLAS VAN DE WALLE
P E T E R B U R N E L L, University of Warwick 352
Third Worlds. The Politics of the Middle East and Africa by HEATHER DEEGAN
JEFF HAYNES, London Guildhall University 354
The Media in Africa and Africa in the Media: An Annotated Bibliography by GRETCHEN
WALSH
CHARLES ARMOUR, Chesham 355
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