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Michigan State University
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African Culture and Civilization

Edited by S. Ademola Ajayi

From interdisciplinary and continental perspectives, this volume explores
elements of African culture and ideas, indigenous and modern, and how they
have evolved through the ages. It considers areas such as education;
cross-culturalism; the relationship between African, Arabic and Egyptian
civilizations; traditions of philosophy; music, the performing arts and
literature; language; gender; and the impact of colonialism and
pan-Africanism.

S. Ademola Ajayi is a senior lecturer in history at the University of
Ibadan.

978-978-35454-5-8 452pp. ill.pl. 2007 Ibadan Cultural Studies Group
$39.95/£29.95

http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=3224


Apollo Milton Obote. What Others Say

Edited by Omongole R. Anguria

For some people, Obote is a Ugandan hero: the founder of the nation, a
nationalist, pan-Africanist and socialist. To others, he was a tribalist, a
regionalist and megalomaniac who ruled by the army and terrorised his
opponents. To the Baganda, he was the man who destroyed their land and
humiliated their people, who imposed one-party dictatorship, and nurtured
Idi Amin. To others, he was a victim of the colonial system, a man who
achieved much, but who also made avoidable mistakes with major implications
for his country ­ a great statesman who made great mistakes¹, according to
Uganda¹s leading public intellectual, Ali Mazrui. By all standards, Obote is
a controversial and enigmatic figure, worthy of serious examination.

This book comprises a collection of newspaper articles and commentaries by
politicians, journalists and his family, relating to the man Ugandans love
to hate. It includes contributions from Obote¹s long time nemesis, President
Museveni. Some fifty articles aim to portray the many conflicting and
complementary readings of Obote, and draw conclusions as to his genuine
nature and political record.

Omongole R. Anguria is an advocate and heads Amnesty International¹s Uganda
office.

978-9970-02-616-6 225pp. 2006 Fountain Publ. $29.95/£20.95

http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=3226


History Concourse 2005. A Celebration of the Life and Work of Professor E.J.
Alagoa

Edited by Nkparom C. Ejituwu, Abi A. Derefaka, Atei M. Okorobia et al.

This collection of essays results from a history conference held at the
University of Port Harcourt in 2005. Attended by some 40 scholars in the
field, the conference was organised in honour of its professor and Chair of
the Ijaw History Project, Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa.

Topics covered include: history and cultural nationalism in Nigeria; oral
tradition and oral history; intellectual culture and radicalism. Further
chapters consider the history, development and local economy in Opobo, and
environmental concerns in the region.

The contributors include Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa, Bola Awe, Adiele Afigbo and
Robin Horton.

978-978-37314-3-1 212pp. ill.pl. 2006 Onyoma Research Publ. 2006
$24.95/£19.95

http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=3229


The Mediator. Gen. Lazaro Sumbeiywo and the Southern Sudan Peace Process

Waithaka Waihenya

This is the story of the peace process in Sudan. It is told by one of
Kenya's most distinguished writers, well placed to narrate the extraordinary
story of how peace in Africa's largest country was mediated over a period of
over five years by General Lazaro Sumbeiywo, a passionate and indefatigable
soldier. Sumbeiywo managed to achieve what top-level international diplomats
had failed to do: to reconcile the positions represented by the President of
the Khartoum Government, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, on the one hand, and on the
other, by the late Colonel John Garang, leader of the southern-based
resistance movement/army, the SPLM/A, until his untimely death in 2005. The
process culminated in the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in
January 2005, which effectively ended over two decades of conflict, and
marked a major breakthrough in the history of the African continent.

The author has drawn on key people who were instrumental in the peace
process, and those who played a central role in Sumbeiywo's life and career:
the former President of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, John Garang, the first
Vice-President of Sudan, Sumbeiywo's family, as well the scholar Khalid
Mansour, known for his in-depth analysis of the problems afflicting south
Sudan.
Former Kenyan President, Daniel arap Moi contributes a foreword.

Waithaka Waihenya is an award-winning journalist, creative writer, and
essayist in Kenya.

"This book is a celebration of a major breakthrough in the history of the
African continent."
-       Daniel arap Moi, Second President of the Republic of Kenya

978-9966-25-480-1 202pp. 2006 East African Educational Publishers
$29.95/£19.95

http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=3240


The Terrace Builders of Nyanga

Robert Soper

The stone ruins of the Nyanga area of eastern Zimbabwe have aroused much
interest since they were first reported to the outside world at the end of
the 19th century. Early fanciful speculations about their meaning have
slowly given way to better understanding based on archaeological research,
most recently by the University of Zimbabwe in co-operation with the
National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe and the British Institute in
Eastern Africa. The ruins represent the remains of family homesteads and
extensive stone-built agricultural terraces. Successive stages of
development have been traced, starting with settlements on some of the
highest peaks around AD 1300 and expanding gradually for five centuries to
cover an area of over 5000 square kilometres. These stages show how the
farming community adapted to and exploited the opportunities offered by the
varied environments of the Nyanga highlands and lowlands to develop a
specialised agricultural system integrating cultivation and livestock. In
this book, Robert Soper sets out the accumulated knowledge and understanding
of the old Nyanga society, in particular the significance of its
agricultural works to which the landscape bears eloquent witness.

978-1-77922-061-5 88pp 2007 Weaver Press, Zimbabwe $24.95/£19.95

http://msupress.msu.edu/bookTemplate.php?bookID=3233

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