Dear Colleagues,
The second volume of the Journal of Retracing Africa (JORA) is now available. To download the volume, please visit: http://encompass.eku.edu/jora/. Many thanks to our authors, editorial staff, and readers for their commitment. We are currently accepting submissions for the next issue of the journal. I encourage you to submit your articles, book reviews, and review articles for consideration. JORA is a no-fee, peer-reviewed, open access journal, and authors enjoy wide readership. For detailed information on submitting manuscripts, please visit http://encompass.eku.edu/jora/.
Ogechi Emmanuel Anyanwu
Editor-in-chief.
Journal of Retracing Africa
Volume 2, Issue 1 (Fall 2015)
Articles
Leadership and African Agency for Development in Post-Fifty Africa by Chikwendu Christian
Ukaegbu (1-28).
The Dual Image of the Aro in Igbo Development History: An Aftermath of their Role in the
Slave Trade by Ndu Life Njoku (29-48).
Beyond Political Islam: Nigeria, the Boko Haram Crisis and the Imperative of National
Consensus by Simeon H. O. Alozieuwa (49-72).
Book Reviews
Adebajo, Adekeye, ed. Africa's Peacemakers: Nobel Laureates of African Descent. Cape Town: Zed Books, 2014, iii + 336 pp. Review by Myra Ann Houser (73-75).
Arsan, Andrew. Interlopers of Empire: The Lebanese Diaspora in Colonial French West Africa.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, xviii + 341 pp. Review by Kathryn Green (76-
77).
Boucher, Claude (Chisale). When Animals Sing and Spirits Dance Gule Wamkulu: The Great
Dance of the Chewa People of Malawi. Mtakataka: Kungoni Centre of Culture and Art, 2012. xxviii + 276 pp. Review by Ibigbolade Aderibigbe (78-79).
Carrier, Neil and Gernot Klantschnig. Africa and the War on Drugs. London: Zed Books, 2012, i
+ 176 pp. Review by Ogechukwu Ezekwem (80-82).
Cheru, Fantu and Renu Modi, eds. Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa: The
Impact of Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian Investments. New York: Zed Books, 2013,
xiii + 263 pp. Review by Jennifer Dye (83-85).
Gallagher, Julia. Britain and Africa Under Blair: In Pursuit of the Good State. Manchester:
Manchester University Press, 2011, viii + 166 pp. Review by Myles Osborne (86-88).
Giles-Vernick, Tamara and James L.A. Webb Jr, eds. Global Health in Africa: Historical
Perspectives on Disease Control. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2013, 1 + 246 pp.
Review by Chau Johnsen Kelly (89-91).
Hammar, Amanda, ed. Displacement Economies in Africa: Paradoxes of Crisis and Creativity.
London: Zed Books, 2014, vii + 260 pp.Review by Mac Dixon-Fyle (92-95).
Heaton, Matthew M. Black Skin, White Coats: Nigerian Psychiatrists, Decolonization and the
Globalization of Psychiatry. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2013, x + 249 pp. Review by
David Crawford Jones (96-98).
Kinyanjui, Mary Njeri. Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa: from the Margins to
the Centre. London: Zed Books, 2014, x + 140 pp. Review by Kristeen Chachage (99-101).
Muehlenbeck, Philip E. Betting on the Africans: John F. Kennedy's Courting of African
Nationalist Leaders. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, xxi + 333 pp. Review by
Danielle Porter Sanchez (102-104).
O'Sullivan, Kevin. Ireland, Africa and the End of Empire: Small State Identity in the Cold War,
1955-75. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2012, x + 230 pp. Review by
Timothy Nicholson (105-107).
Resnick, Danielle and Nicholas van de Walle, eds. Democratic Trajectories in Africa:
Unravelling the Impact of Foreign Aid. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, x +
310 pp. Review by Chris W. J. Roberts (108-110).
Spiers, Edward. The Victorian Soldier in Africa: Studies in Imperialism. Manchester and New
York: Manchester University Press, 2013, v + 212 pp. Review by Samson Kaunga Ndanyi (111-113).
Takougang, Joseph. Cameroonian Immigrants in the United States: Between the Homeland and
the Diaspora. Maryland: Lexington Books, 2014, xxi + 143 pp. Review by Olanipekun
Laosebikan (114-116).
Terretta, Meredith. Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence: Nationalism, Grassfields Tradition, and
State Building in Cameroon. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2014. vii + 367 pp. Review
by Michael G. Panzer (117-119).
Wendland, Claire L. A Heart for the Work: Journeys through an African Medical School.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010, xiv + 330 pp. Review by Iruka N.
Okeke (120-123).
Youngstedt, Scott M. Surviving with Dignity: Hausa Communities of Niamey, Niger. United
Kingdom: Lexington Books, 2013, xv + 226 pp. Review by Lori De Lucia (124-
125).
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Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Eastern Kentucky University
310 Keith Building
Richmond, KY 40475
Tel: (859) 622-1375
Email: ogechi.anyanwu@eku.edu
http://www.history.eku.edu/people/anyanwu
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Retracing Africa, http://encompass.eku.edu/jora/
Author, The Politics of Access: http://uofcpress.com/books/9781552385180http://uofcpress.com/books/9781552385180
Ogechi E. Anyanwu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Eastern Kentucky University
310 Keith Building
Richmond, KY 40475
Tel: (859) 622-1375
Email: ogechi.anyanwu@eku.edu
http://www.history.eku.edu/people/anyanwu
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Retracing Africa, http://encompass.eku.edu/jora/
Author, The Politics of Access: http://uofcpress.com/books/9781552385180http://uofcpress.com/books/9781552385180
"The world is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page." Augustine of Hippo
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