The Australasian Review of African Studies
Volume XIX (2) December 1997
CONTENTS
Note from the Editor 1
Letter from the President 2
1998 AFSAAP conference 3
Articles
The Alexandra Plenary Group for Reconciliation and
Reconstruction: Negotiating peace in a South African township
4
Nicholas Duell
What price –
hope! An African experience in community development in HIV/AIDS prevention and
control 9
Jenny Collins
Review Articles
Developers
adjusting development 13
Scott MacWilliam
The World
Bank’s 1997 report: The state in a changing world (and Africa)
19
David Moore
Book Reviews
Moore, David
& Gerald Schmitz (eds): Debating
development discourse: Institutional and popular perspectives
23
David Brown
Richards,
Paul: Fighting for
the rain forest: War, youth and resources in Sierra Leone
26
Fiona Terry
Vogt, M. A. &
A. E. Ekoko (eds): Nigeria in
international peace-keeping 28
Samuel M. Makinda
Onoge,
Omafume (ed): Nigeria: The
way forward. Proceedings and policy recommendations of the first Obafemi Awolowo
Foundation dialogue
29
Paul Omaji
Ake, Claude: Democratization of
disempowerment in Africa
Paul Omaji
Abutudu, Musa: The state, civil
society and the democratization process in Nigeria
Paul
Omaji
Lewis, Joanna
et al: Human rights
& the making of constitutions: Malawi, Kenya, Uganda
33
Anthony Regan
Nzenza-Shand,
Sekai: Songs to an
African sunset: A Zimbabwe story 35
Sue Kossew
Chiluba,
Frederick J. T.: Democracy:
The challenge of change 37
James H. Polhemus
Mwanakatwe, John: End of Kaunda era
James H. Polhemus
Adejare, Oluwole: Language and style
in Soyinka: A systematic textlinguistic study of a literary idiolect
David Moodie
Ijaide,
Tanure:The poetry of Wole Soyinka 39
David Moodie
Cowen,
Michael and Scott MacWilliam: Indigenous
capital in Kenya. The ‘Indian’ dimension of debate
40
Cherry Gertzel
Chizea, Dora
& Juliet Njoku: Nigerian
women and the challenges of our times
42
Alice Omaji
Research and Research Matters
SAPS
and smallholders in Zimbabwe and PNG 43
John Louis Smith
Fieldwork on
South African industrial relations 44
Simon Stratton
Materials on
the Great Lakes crisis 47
News and Notes 48
Recent deaths 57
Conferences 58
AFSAAP news 63