Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Volume 39, Issue 3 (2021)

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Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Volume 39, Issue 3 (2021)

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Doing sociology in Africa

Introduction

Introduction
Akínṣọlá Akìwọwọ: an intellectual appreciation
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Pages: 309-317
Published online: 23 Mar 2021
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Research Article

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The ‘outward/inward-looking principle’: Akìwowo and the sociology of development in Africa
Tólá Olú Pearce
Pages: 318-329
Published online: 29 Apr 2021
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Oríkì and the making of an African sociologist: Akìwọwọ (Ifá priest who recites Ifá divination texts profusely by rote like pouring rain)
Rowland Abiodun
Pages: 330-339
Published online: 09 Feb 2021
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Contesting Northern knowledge: Akinsola Akiwowo and the worldwide struggle to change the social sciences
Raewyn Connell
Pages: 340-352
Published online: 30 Apr 2021
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Orí, Ayé and the ontogeny of society
Olatunde Bayo Lawuyi
Pages: 353-363
Published online: 26 May 2021
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Doing sociology in Africa: notes towards advancing the Akìwọwọ project
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Pages: 364-383
Published online: 09 Feb 2021
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Tribute

Obituary
Majek Fashek (1963–2020)
Niyi Akingbe
Pages: 384-388
Published online: 04 Jul 2021
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Mcebisi Ndletyana Review Symposium

Introduction
Background note to the Mcebisi Ndletyana review symposium
Fred Hendricks
Page: 389
Published online: 14 Jul 2021
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Review Article
And now for the autopsy? A review of Mcebisi Ndletyana's Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990–2019
Steven Friedman
Pages: 390-392
Published online: 06 May 2021
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A critical review of Ndletyana's Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990–2019
N Barney Pityana
Pages: 393-396
Published online: 15 Jun 2021
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Review of Ndletyana's Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990–2019
Firoz Khan
Pages: 397-402
Published online: 22 Apr 2021
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Democracy and development in Nelson Mandela Bay: reflections on Mcebisi Ndletyana’s Analysis of the ANC in Power
Janet Cherry
Pages: 403-409
Published online: 26 May 2021
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Anatomy of the ANC in power: insights from Port Elizabeth
Ongama Mtimka
Pages: 410-414
Published online: 27 Jun 2021
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Mcebisi Ndletyana’s Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1999–2019 – A critical review
Ashwin Desai
Pages: 415-417
Published online: 27 Jun 2021
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How the east was lost: finance, factions and feuds – A review of Mcebisi Ndletyana’s Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990–2019
Ebrahim Fakir
Pages: 418-426
Published online: 23 Jun 2021
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A Rejoinder: Reviews – Anatomy of the ANC in Power: Insights from Port Elizabeth, 1990 to 2019
Mcebisi Ndletyana
Pages: 427-436
Published online: 11 Jul 2021
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General Issue

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When two elephants fight: insurgency, counter-insurgency and environmental sufferings in northeastern Nigeria
Azeez O. Olaniyan & Ufo Okeke-Uzodike
Pages: 437-453
Published online: 26 Oct 2020
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Why are women victims or perpetrators in Nigeria’s Boko Haram? Recruitment, roles and implications
Oluwatoyin O. Oluwaniyi
Pages: 454-469
Published online: 18 Jan 2021
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The African Continental Free Trade Agreement and the future of Regional Economic Communities
Vusi Gumede
Pages: 470-483
Published online: 27 Jan 2021
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Xenophobia: scale development and validation
Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin & Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo
Pages: 484-496
Published online: 12 Jan 2021
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Being a young Muslim woman in Southern Ghana: intersections of nation, religion and gender
B. Crossouard, M. Dunne, E. D. Ananga, V. Adzahlie-Mensah & C. Adu-Yeboah
Pages: 497-513
Published online: 20 May 2021
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Book Review
Mauritania’s Colonels: political leadership, civil-military relations and democratization
by Boubacar N’Diaye, New York, Routledge, 2020, 154 pp., (paperback), ISBN: 9780367341107, $49.95
Ryan Shaffer
Pages: 514-516
Published online: 06 May 2021
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