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50 Years of Independence in Africa

• Introduction

• Continuities, Dislocations and Transformations: 50 Years of Independence in Africa
  Thomas Bierschenk, Eva Spies
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• Research Articles

• Urban Languages in Africa
  Rose Marie Beck
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• Changing Webs of Kinship: Spotlights on West Africa
  Erdmute Alber, Tabea Häberlein, Jeannett Martin
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Analyses and Reports

• New Fractures, Old Wounds: Africa and the Renewal of South Agency
  Carlos Lopes
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• Do Nations Have Stomachs? Food, Drink and Imagined Community in Africa
  Paul Nugent
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• Urban Life-Worlds in Motion: In Africa and Beyond
  Hans Peter Hahn
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• “Indépendance Cha Cha”: African Pop Music since the Independence Era
  Hauke Dorsch
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• Glimmering Utopias: 50 Years of African Film
  Cassis Kilian
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Book Reviews

• Review: Pierre Englebert, Africa: Unity, Sovereignty, and Sorrow (2009)
  Thomas Bierschenk
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• Review: Matthew Lange, Lineages of Despotism and Development: British Colonialism and State Power (2009)
  Georg Schäfer
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• Review: Chambi Chachage and Annar Cassam (eds.), Africa’s Liberation: The Legacy of Nyerere (2010)
  Rolf Hofmeier
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