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APCN accepts analytical reviews of books and films relevant in any way to African conflict or peace. Given our broad view of these subjects, a wide variety of titles are viable, but reviewers must make explicit the peace/conflict implications. 
We accept unsolicited submissions, and prospective reviewers may also request items from our “Titles Available for Review” list (Please refer here).
Title requests must include name, mailing address, institutional affiliation, job title, and/or explanation of reviewer’s qualifications. If you receive a book from APCN, your completed review must be returned within 120 days of its receipt. 

Submissions should be in correct English, but French and German submissions are accepted under the proviso of a possible longer review timeline.   Other languages accepted on an ad-hoc basis. If submitting papers in other languages, be aware that a) the review process might be extended considerably and b) you may be asked to provide a translated English copy, if reviewers are unavailable for the language.  Qualified reviewers for manuscripts in African languages are desired, and candidates are invited to send an English language CV or resume to info[at]africapeace[dot]org.

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Book Reviews

Mahmood Mamdani. 2009. Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War of Terror. Pantheon Books: New York, 401 pps., index, map, biblio., $26.95, ISBN 978-0-307-37723-4. Download Review.    
 
Review by: Richard Lobban 
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Rhode Island College
Adjunct Professor of African Studies, Naval War College
Mary Johnson. 2009. Enterprising Women in Urban Zimbabwe: Gender, Microbusiness, and Globalization. Indiana University Press: Bloomington, 240pp., index, map, biblio., $24.50, ISBN 978-0253353474. Download Review.  
 
Review by: Andrew NovakJD/ MS African Politics
Law Clerk, US Department of Labor
 
James F. Keenan(Ed.). 2011. Catholic Theological Ethics Past, Present, and Future: The Trento Conference. New York: Orbis Books, 304 pp., index, $26.40, ISBN 978-1570759413 Download Review
 
Review by: Niki Incorvia M.A. Political Science Long Island University at Brooklyn
PhD Student in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University
 
Santiago, Esmeralda. 2006. When I Was Puerto Rican. Massachusetts: Da Capo Press, 278 pp., index, glossary, reader’s guide, $14.95, ISBN 978-0306814525   Download Review
 
Reviewed by: Niki Incorvia M.A. Political Science Long Island University at Brooklyn
PhD Student in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University
 
Burrows,William R., Gornick, Mark R., McLean, Janice A., eds.  Understanding World Christianity: The Vision and Work of Andrew F. Walls.  New York: Orbis Books, 240pp., table of contents, inde, list of contributions, bibliography, $30.00, ISBN 978-1570759499  Download Review
 
Reviewed by: Niki Incorvia M.A. Political Science Long Island University at Brooklyn
PhD Student in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Nova Southeastern University

 


                                                                   

   

BookTitles Available for Review

Alao, Abiodun. 2007. Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa: The Tragedy of Endowment. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. 353 pp.

Allen, Tim. 2006. Trial Justice: The International Criminal Court and the Lord’s Resistance Army. New York, NY: Zed Books. 230pp.

Assefa, Hizkias and Wahrhaftig, Paul. 1990. The MOVE Crisis in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 160pp.

Ballington, Julie. (ed). 2004. The Implementation of Quotas: African Experiences. Stockholm, Sweden: International IDEA Publications. 133pp.

Barry, Miariama. 2010. The Little Peul. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. 200pp.

Beebe, Shannon D. and Kaldor, Mary. 2010. The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace. New York, NY: Perseus Book Group. 288pp.

Bentley, Kristina A. and Southall, Roger. 2005. An African Peace Process: Mandela, South Africa and Burundi. Cape Town, South Africa: HRSC Press. 220pp.

Browdy de Hernandez, Jennifer, Dongala, Pauline, Jolaosho, Omotayo and Serafin, Anne. 2010. African Women Writing Resistance: Contemporary Voices. University of Wisconsin Press. 337pp.

Buss, Terry, Joseph Adjaye, Donald Goldstein and Louis A. Picard (eds.). 2011. African Security and the African Command: Viewpoints on the US Role in Africa. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press. 277 pp.

Buur, Lars, Steffen Jensen and Finn Stepputat (eds). 2007. The Security-Development Nexus: Expressions of Sovereignty and Securitization in Southern Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: HRSC Press. 284pp.

Chabal, Patrick. 2009. Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling. Scottsville, South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Press.212pp.

Chait, Sandra M. 2011. Seeking Salaam: Ethiopians, Eritreans and Somalis in the Pacific Northwest Seattle. University of Washington Press. 304pp.

Collins, Robert O. and Burns, James. 2007. A History of Sub-Saharan Africa. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 406pp.

Dangarembga, Tsitsi. 2004. Nervous Conditions. Emeryville, CA: Seal Press. 204pp.

Daniel, Donald C.F., Taft, Patricia and Wiharta, Sharon. (eds). 2008. Peace Operations. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 271pp.

Daye, Russell. 2004. Political Forgiveness: Lessons from South Africa. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 210pp.

Desch Obi, T.J. 2008. Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Art Tradition in the Atlantic World. Colombia, SC: University of South Carolina. 346pp.

Diptee, Audra, A. 2010. From Africa to Jamaica: The Making of an Atlantic Slave Society 1775-1807. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. 188pp.

Dowden, Richard. 2009. Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles. New York, NY: PublicAffairs. 576pp.

Dunson, Donald H. 2008. Child, Victim, Solider: The Loss of Innocence in Uganda. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 143pp.

Fake, Steven, and Funk, Kevin. 2009. The Scramble for Africa: Darfur-Intervention and the USA. Tonawanda, NY: Black Rose Books. 301pp.

Falola, Toyin. 2009. Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 231pp

Falola, Toyin and Aderinto, Saheed. 2010. Nigeria, Nationalism, and Writing History. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. 333 pp.

Flint, J. & De Waal, A. 2008. Darfur: A new history of a long war (rev.). Zed Books: London. 320pp

Francis, David J. (ed). 2008. Peace and Conflict in Africa. London, UK: Zed Books. 242pp.

Freund, Bill. 2007. The African City: A History. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. 214pp.

Gallab, Abdullahi A. 2011. A Civil Society Deferred: The Tertiary Grip of Violence in the Sudan. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 239 pp.

Ginsburg, Rebecca. 2011. At Home with Apartheid. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 229pp.

Glennie, Jonathan. 2008. The Trouble with Aid: Why Less Could Mean More for Africa. London, UK: Zed Books. 175pp.

Grantham, Tosha. 2009. Darkroom Photography and New Media in South Africa. Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. 150pp.

Grawert, Elke. 2010. After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan. Rochester, NY: James Curry. 293 pp.

Grzyb, Amanda F. (ed).2009. The World and Darfur: International Response to Crimes Against Humanity in Western Sudan. Quebec, Canada:McGill-Queen’s University Press.349pp.

Hailu, Solomon. 2012. Promoting Collective Security in Africa. Lanham: University Press of America. 158 pp.

Hunter, Mark. 2010. Love in the Time of AIDS: Inequality, Gender, and Rights in South Africa. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 303 pp.

Huyse, Luc and Salter, Mark. (eds). 2008. Traditional Justice and Reconciliation after Violent Conflict: Learning from African Experiences. Stockholm, Sweden: International IDEA Publications.203pp.

Iliffe, John.2007. Africans: The History of a Continent. New York, NY. Cambridge University Press. 365pp.

Iliffe, John. 2011. Obasanjo: Nigeria and the World. Rochester: James Currey. 326 pp.

Jansen, Jonathan D. 2009. Knowledge in the Blood: Confronting Race and the Apartheid Past. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 337pp.

Johnson, Douglas H. 2011. The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars: Peace or Truce. Rochester, NY: James Currey. 236 pp.

Johnson Osirim, Mary. 2009. Enterprising Women in Urban Zimbabwe. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 248pp.

Kodesh, Neil. 2010. Beyond the Roal Gaze: Clanship and Public Healing in Buganda. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. 264pp.

Lamothe, Ronald. 2011. Slaves of Fortune: Sudanese Soldiers and the River War 1896-1898 Rochester, NY: Boydell and Brewer. 227 pp.

Mahajan, Vijay. 2008. Africa Rising: How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc. 260pp.

Maxon, Robert M. 2011. Kenya's Independence Constitution. Lanham, Maryland: Farleigh Dickinson University Press. 358 pp.

Mayson, Cedric. 2010. Why Africa Matters. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 217pp.

Mazrui, Ali A. 1990. Cultural Forces in World Politics. Oxford: James Currey, Ltd. 262pp.

Melady, Patrick Thomas and Melady, Margaret Badum. 2011. Ten African Heroes: The Sweep of Independence in Black Africa. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 205 pp

McCandless, Erin. 2011. Polarization and Transformation in Zimbabwe: Social Movements, Strategy Dilemmas and Change. Baltimore: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. 270pp.

McDonald, David A. (ed). 2009. Electric Capitalism: Recolonising Africa on the Power Grid. Cape Town, South Africa: HSRC Press. 504pp.

McLaughlin, Janice. 2009. Ostriches, Dung Beetles and Other Spiritual Masters. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 148pp.

Mehler, Andreas, Henning Melber and Klaas van Walraven (eds). 2008. Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2007. Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill. 534pp.

Mercer, Claire, Ben Page and Martin Evans. 2008. Development and the African Diaspora: Place and the Politics of Home. London, UK: Zed Books.258pp.

Moseley, William G. 2012. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on African Issues. 4th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. 426 pp.

Myers, Ched and Enns, Elaine. 2009. Ambassadors of Reconciliation: New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 174pp.

Nolan, Albert. 2009. Hope in an Age of Despair. Maryknoll, NY: Obis Books. 178pp.

Obi,Cyril and Rustad, Siri Aas. 2011. Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta: Managing the Complex Politics of Petroviolence. London: Zed Books. 255 pp.

Ojakarotu, Victor and von Feigenblatt, Otto (eds.). 2009. Contending Issues in the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria. Houston, TX: JAPSS Press. 300pp.

O'Kane, David and Redeker Hepner, Tricia (eds.) 2009. Biopolitics, Militarism,and Development: Eritrea in the Twenty-first Century. Oxford, U.K.: Berghahn Books. 236 pp.

Onyeoziri, Gloria Nne. 2011. Shaken Wisdom: Irony and Meaning in Postcolonial African Fiction. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 192pp.

Orabator, Agbonkhianmeghe (ed.). 2011. Reconciliation, Justice, and Peace. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. 259 pp.

Ottaway, Marina. 1993. South Africa: The Struggle for a New Order. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institute. 250pp

Pouligny, Beatrice. 2006. Peace Operations Seen from Below: UN Missions and Local People Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press. 295 pp..

Power, Joey. 2010. Political Culture and Nationalism in Malawi: Building Kwacha. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. 332 pp.

Reyntjens, Filip. 2009. The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996-2006. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.327pp.

Ryle, John, Willis, Justin, Baldo, Suliman and Madut Jok, Jok (ed). 2011. The Sudan Handbook. Rochester, NY: James Currey. 220 pp.

Salih, Mohamed and Nordlund, Per.2008. Political Parties in Africa: Challenges for Sustained Multiparty Democracy. Stockholm, Sweden: International IDEA Publications. 142pp.

Sankara, Edgard. 2011. Postcolonial Francophone Autobiographies: From Africa to the Antilles. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 218pp.

Sarkin, Jeremy (ed). 2008. Human Rights in African Prisons. Cape Town, South Africa: HRSC Press. 254pp.

Scarnecchia, Timothy. 2008. The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. 220 pp.

Shapiro, Ian and Kathleen Tebeau (eds). 2011. After Apartheid: Reinventing South Africa? Charlottesville: University of Virgina Press. 376 pp.

Sisk, Timothy D. (Ed.) 2011. Between Terror and Tolerance: Religious Leaders, Conflict and Peacemaking. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 280 pp.

Southall, Roger (ed). 2006. South Africa’s Role in Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking in Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: HRSC Press. 266pp.

Southall, Roger and Melber, Henning (eds). 2006. Legacies of Power: Leadership Change and Former Presidents in African Politics. Cape Town, South Africa: HRSC Press. 350pp.

Stearns, Jason. 2011. Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa. New york: PublicAffairs. 380pp.

Tiesler, Vera, Zubala, Pilar and Cucina, Andrea. 2010. Natives, Europeans, and Africans in Colonial Campeche: History and Archaeology. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 255pp.

Uvin, P. 2009. Life after violence: A people's story of Burundi. Zed Books: London. 211pp

Voss, Charli. 2010. Court of Remorse: Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Madison, WN: University of Wisconsin Press. 189pp.

Yerxa, Donald (ed).2008. Recent Themes in The History of Africa and the Atlantic World: Historians in Conversation. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. 128pp.

Zelizer , Craig and Rubenstein, Robert (eds). 2009. Building Peace: Practical Reflections from the Field. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press. 322pp.

Zvakanyorwa, Wilbert Sadomba. 2011. War Veterans in Zimbabwe’s Revolution. Rochester: James Currey. 247 pp.

Books Available for Electronic Download and Review

Ojakorotu, V. (Ed.). 2009. Fresh Dimensions on the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria (First ed.). Delray Beach: Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences. 270pp.

Ojakorotu, V. (Ed.). 2009. Contending Issues in the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria. Delray Beach: Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences. 301pp.

Film Titles Available for Review

Le Conflit au Congo: La Vérité Dévoilée (Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the Truth) Available at:
http://congojustice.org/le-conflit-au-congo-la-verite-devoilee/
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