Note from the Editor        1

Letter from the President         2

AFSAAP 2001        3

Articles

Breaking through the text: Women writers in Francophone Africa        4
Elizabeth le Roux

African Studies in the United Kingdom        13
John Lonsdale

The ideological dynamics of nationalism: A West African case        21
David Brown

Towards a state-less Central Africa? Some theoretical reflections        32
Stefaan Smis & Saskia Van Hoyweghen

Encouraging micro-enterprise in Natal: What ever happened to Leda?        38
Mike Parry

Book Reviews

Michael Mortimore, Roots in the African dust: Sustaining the sub-Saharan dry lands        45
R L Heathcote

Peter Kinlund, Does land degradation matter? Perspectives on environmental change in North Eastern Botswana        47
Mary Paton

Colleen E Kriger, Pride of men: Iron working in Nineteenth Century West Central Africa        49
Graham Connah

Rijk Van Dijk, Ria Reis & Marja Spierenburg (Eds): The quest for fruition through Ngoma: The political aspects of healing in Southern Africa        51
Michael Humphrey

Bill Bravman, Making ethnic ways: Communities and their transformations in Taita Kenya 1800 - 1950        55
David Brown

Janet MacGaffey, Rémy Bazenguissa-Gannga, Congo-Paris: Transnational traders on the margins of the law        57
David Gordon

Surendra Bhana, Gandhi’s legacy: The Natal Indian Congress 1894-1994        61
Pal Ahluwalia

Bill Ashcroft & Pal Ahluwalia, Edward Said: The paradox of identity        63
Paul Nursey-Bray

Gareth Griffiths, African literatures in English, east and west        64
Bill Ashcroft

Reuben & Naomi Musiker, Southern African bibliography        67
Peter Limb

Gretchen Walsh, The media in Africa and Africa in the media: An annotated bibliography        69
Rosaleen Smyth

Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe (eds), The companion to African literatures        73
Dianne Schwerdt

Lawrence T Udo-Ekpo. The Africans in Australia. Expectations and shattered dreams        76
Chima Korieh

Research Matters

Crossing over - African Australian family relationships        78
Annie Stopford

African communities and settlement services in Victoria: Towards better service delivery models        80
Apollo Nsubuga-Kyobe

Research project on black African migrants in multicultural Australia        83
Alice Omaji

Nordiska Afrikainstitutet        84

New issues in refugee research        85

Notes and News

Multicultural radio with a focus on Africa        86

A brief history of the Uganda Society        88

Observations on a Recent Trip to Ghana        90

Valedictory    93

View of Mamphete Ramphete to Australia        95

The Noma Award 2000        96    

African Research Institute La Trobe University        97

African Studies Centre of Western Australia (ASCWA)        98

One day conference on Africa 2000: Links, land and identity        99

People

South Australian Rhodes Scholar        100

Visitors        100

AFSAAP News

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2000         102

Review & Newsletter: Editor’s Report 2000         105

Annual Postgraduate Prize: Guidelines        107

Postgraduate Prize 2000         108

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