Working Papers in African Studies
(ISSN: 0281—6814)
Working Papers in African Studies represent research in progress undertaken by scholars affiliated with the African Studies Center at Boston University, or scholarly work that was presented at the Center. They are listed here in chronological order, beginning with the most recent. It is possible to search for all items by a particular author, on a particular country, or on a particular theme. The boldfaced WP 000 codes identify each paper for ordering purposes. All papers are $6 for PDF copies, $6 plus S+H for available print copies, unless otherwise noted.
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War Chiefs and Peace Chiefs: The Irigwe, by Jean-Claude Muller, WP 266 (2011) PDF and/or Print
The Founding of Kanem by Assyrian Refugees ca. 600 BCE: Documentary, Linguistic, and Archaeological Evidence, by Dierk Lange, WP 265 (2011) PDF and/or Print
Moving Beyond “Illiberal Democracy” in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recalling the Significance of Local Governance, by Christopher LaMonica, WP 264 (2010) PDF and/or Print
Dying to Win: Elections, Political Violence, and Institutional Decay in Kenya, by Susanne Mueller. WP 263 (2010) PDF and/or Print
Good Food, Ridiculous Diets, and a Well Fed Swahili: British Approaches to Food in Colonial Zanzibari Institutions, by Melissa Graboyes, WP 262 (2009) PDF and/or Print
Chappati Complaints and Biriani Cravings: The Aesthetics of Food and Diet in Colonial Zanzibari Institutions, by Melissa Graboyes, WP 261 (2008) PDF and/or Print
“Marriage and Madness”: Marriage Stability and Demon Possession in Irigwe, Nigeria, by Walter Sangree, WP 260 (2008) ($8.00) PDF and/or Print
What Justice for Rwanda? Gacaca versus Truth Commission? by Min Reuchamps, WP 259 (2008) PDF and/or Print
The Dhow as Cultural Icon, by Erik Gilbert, WP 258 (2008) PDF and/or Print
The Politics of Violence in Kenya, by Susanne D. Meuller, WP 257 (2008) PDF and/or Print
Social Mobility: Selling Transportation and Modernity in Independence-era Ghana, by Jonathan T. Reynolds, WP 256 (2008) PDF and/or Print
The Griqua of South Africa: An Annotated Bibliography, by David Westley, WP 255 (2007) PDF and/or Print
Mirroring Modernity: On Consumerism in Nineteenth-Century Zanzibar, by Jeremy Prestholdt, WP 254 (2006) PDF and/or Print
HIV/AIDS and the Agricultural Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa: Anticipating the Consequences, by Thomas S. Jayne, Marcela Villarreal, Prabhu Pingali, and Günter Hemrich, WP 253 (2005) PDF and/or Print
Stewards of African Labor: The Evolution of Trusteeship in Kenya’s Horticulture Industry, by Catherine S. Dolan, WP 252 (2005) PDF and/or Print
Liberia’s Choices and Regional Stability, by John Gay, WP 251 (2005) PDF and/or Print
Women in Ethiopian History: A Bibliographic Review, by Belete Bizuneh, WP 250 (2004)
Language, Culture, and Patrimony in Africa: The French School and Its Victims, by John Hutchison, WP 249 (2004)
Becoming Indigenous in Africa: The Globalization of Maasai and Barabaig Ethnic Identities, by Jim Igoe, WP 248 (2004)
“GM or Death”: Food and Choice in Zambia, by Christopher M. Annear, WP 247 (2003)
“Stealing the Road”: Colonial Rule and the Hajj From Nigeria in the Early 20th Century, by Jonathan Reynolds, WP 246 (2003)
Africa and the Global GM Crop Conflict: Why Europe Will Win, and Poor Farmers Lose, by Robert L. Paarlberg, WP 245 (2003)
Cultural Landscapes in South Africa and Australia: Kalahari Gemsbok and Uluru-Tjuta National Parks, by Jane Carruthers, WP 244 (2003)
NGOs, Wheat, and Civil Society: The Story of Tanzania’s Hanang Community Development Project, by Jim Igoe, WP 243 (2003)
African Communities of Karnataka, South India: The Live Stories of Six Siddis, by Pashington Obeng WP 242 (2002)
The Anatomy of a Riot: Single Women and Religious Violence in Niger, by Barbara Cooper, WP 241 (2002)
Multiethnic vs. Deeply Divided Societies in Africa, by Shaheen Mozaffar, WP 240 (2002)
Starving in Plenty and in Poverty: Famine in the Gabon Estuary, 1916–1926, by Jeremy Rich, WP 239 (2001)
Micro-Finance Institutions in Kenya: Client Profiles and Institutional Growth, by Jeanne Koopman, WP 238 (2001)
Water Scarcity and Urban Africa: A Preliminary Mapping, by Kate B. Showers, WP 237 (2001)
Ethiopian Land Tenure Revisited: Continuity, Change, and Contradictions, by Allan Hoben, WP 236 (2001)
Between Decadent Enjoyment and Struggle to Survive: Market Women Restructuring Gender in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, by Tuulikki Pietilä, WP 235 (2001)
Naming the Past in a “Scattered” Land: Memory and the Powers of Women’s Naming Practices in Southern Mozambique, by Heidi Gengenbach, WP 234 (2001)
The Environmental Consequences of Independence and Socialism in North Pare, Tanzania, 1961—1988, by Michael Sheridan, WP 233 (2000)
Homes Fit for Heroes: White Servicemen, Social Justice, and the Making of Apartheid, 1939—1948, by Neil Roos, WP 232 (2000)
Urbanization, Pentecostalism, and Refugee Youth in Africa, by Marc Sommers, WP 231 (2000)
Breast Sweeping, Cesarean Section, and High Blood: Ideas About Aging in Postcolonial Botswana, by Julie Livingston, WP 230 (2000)
The Local Politics of Market Liberalization in Tanzania: Power Relations, Shifting Alliances, and Contrasting Outcomes, by Stefano Ponte, WP 229 (2000)
Aksum and the Habashat: State and Ethnicity in Ancient Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, by Rodolfo Fattovich, WP 228 (2000)
Forest War No More: Detention, Villagization, and the Mau Mau Emergency, by Caroline Elkins, WP 227 (2000)
Urban Areas as Environmental Interventions Part I: The Water Cycle, by Kate B. Showers, WP 226 (2000)
Moving the Goalposts: Playing Styles, Sociability, and Politics in South African Soccer in the 1960s, by Peter C. Alegi, WP 225 (2000)
The Sacred Forests of North Pare, Tanzania: Indigenous Conservation, Local Politics, and Land Tenure, by Michael J. Sheridan, WP 224 (2000)
Maize and Grace: History, Corn, and Africa’s New Landscapes, 1500—1999, by James C. McCann, WP 223 (1999)
Climate and Causation in African History, by James C. McCann, WP 222 (1999)
The Human Exploitation of Local Environmental Variations on the Mbulu Highlands, Northern Tanzania, 1920s—1950s, by Yusufu Qwaray Lawi, WP 221 (1999)
Planning a Family in Bali Nyonga: Concepts and Practices in the Context of Medical Pluralism, by Sarah C. Richards, WP 220 (1999)
Assessing the Potential for Survival of Presidential Democracies in Africa, by Shaheen Mozaffar, WP 219 (1999)
Roadblocks to Community Conservation in Tanzania: A Case Study from Simanjiro District, by Jim Igoe WP 218 (1999)
Quick—Fixing the State in Africa: The Liberian Case, by Patrick L. N. Seyon, WP 217 (1998)
Some Observations on the Elections and Transition in Ghana: 1991—1996, by Kwamina Panford, WP 216 (1998)
Citizenship, Ethnicity and the Politics of Rural Democratization in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, by William A. Munro, WP 215 (1998)
Colonial and Post—Apartheid Water Projects in Southern Africa: Political Agendas and Environmental Consequences, by Kate B. Showers, WP 214 (1998)
Seasonal Patterns of Household and Child Food Consumption among Amhara Peasants: The Case of Wogda, Central Ethiopia, by Yared Amare, WP 213 (1998)
Anthropology in South Africa: An Inside Job, by Adam Kuper, WP 212 (1998)
Social Development in Francophone Africa—The Case of Women in Gabon and Morocco, by Claire Griffiths, WP 211 (1998)
Freedom of Association in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, by Theodore M. Vestel, WP 210 (1998)
A Tale of Two Forests: Narratives of Deforestation in Ethiopia, 1840—1996, by James McCann, WP 209 (1998)
Coping With Seasonality in Amhara Households of Wogda, Central Ethiopia: An In-Depth And Multi-Dimensional Perspective, by Yared Amare, WP 208 (1996)
The Mending of Hearts: Conflict Resolution And Reconciliation Activities Among Rwandan Refugee Religious Groups in Ngara District, Tanzania (A Preliminary Field Report), by Marc Sommers, WP 207 (1996)
Measuring Democracy: A Comparative Theory of Political Well-Being, by Célestin Monga, WP 206, parts 1 & 2 (1996) ($10.00)
Sales Contracts and Land Tenure Relations in Ankole, Western Uganda, by Simon Heck, WP 205 (1996)
Macro-Economic Policies and Women’s Reproductive Health: The Case of the Sahel, by Jennifer Yanco, WP 204 (1995)
Lords of the Flies: British Sleeping Sickness Policies as Environmental Engineering in the Lake Victoria Region, 1900—1950, by Kirk Arden Hoppe, WP 203 (1995)
Democratic Transition and Electoral Systems in Africa: A Preliminary Comparison of Ghana, Mali, and Niger, by Shaheen Mozaffar, WP 202 (1995)
Gully Erosion in Lesotho and the Development of Historical Environmental Impact Assessment, by Kate Showers, WP 201 (1995)
Forest Conservation and Central African Cities: Kinshasa, Libreville, and Yaounde, by Theodore Trefon, WP 200 (1995)
C’est vous, Monsieur le Commandant?” Une Certain Image, by Anthony Kirk-Greene, WP 199 (1995)
Spirituality, Gender, and Power in Asante History, by Emmanuel Akyeampong and Pashington Obeng, WP 198 (1995)
Participatory Resource Analysis and the Creation of a Democratic Law Making Process, by Ann Seidman and Robert Seidman, WP 197 (1995)
The Rentier State in Gabon, by Douglas Andrew Yates, WP 196 (1995)
Trade Reform and Exchange Rate Issues in the CFA Zone, by Célestin Monga, WP 195 (1995)
A Narrative History of People and Forests Between the Great Lakes: ca. 1000 B.C. to ca. 1500 A.D., by David Lee Schoenbrun, WP 194 (1995)
Paradigms and Politics: The Cultural Construction of Environmental Policy in Ethiopia, by Allan Hoben, WP 193 (1995)
“Human Locusts” & “The Sporting Class” Wood-Cutting and Game Hunting by White Settlers in Botswana, by Julie Croston, WP 192 (1994)
The Meditations of Zara Yaqoub, a 17th Century Ethiopian Philosopher, by Tedros Kiros, WP 191 (1994)
Land Redistribution and Socioeconomic Change in Ethiopia: The Case of Wogda, Northern Shewa, by Yared Amare, WP 190 (1994)
A Hundred Years of Crisis? Environment and Development Narratives in Ukambani, Kenya, by Dianne E. Rocheleau, Philip E. Steinberg, and Patricia A. Benjamin, WP 189 (1994)
French and British Colonial Forest Policies: Past and Present Implications for Côte D’Ivoire and Ghana, by Marc P. E. Parren, WP 188 (1994)
From Exclusion to Participation: A History of Forest Access Control in Eastern Senegal, by Jesse C. Ribot, WP 187 (1994)
Development Interventions and Pastoral Dynamics in Southern Ethiopia: A Discussion of Natural Resources Management in Borana Pastoralism, by Johan Helland, WP 186 (1994)
Deforestation History and the Ecology of Swidden Fallows in Sierra Leone, by A. Endre Nyerges, WP 185 (1994)
Early Experiences of Soil Conservation in Southern Africa: Segregated Programs and Rural Resistance, by Kate B. Showers, WP 184 (1994)
The Conservative Nationalist Tradition in Ghana, by Richard Rathbone, WP 183 (1994)
Methods in the Study of African Land Use, by Katherine Homewood, WP 182 (1994)
Planning as a Rational Act: Constructing Environmental Policy in Uganda, by David D. Gow, WP 181 (1994)
The Politics of Regime Change in Africa, by Shaheen Mozaffar, WP 180 (1994)
Material Culture and the Shaping of Consumer Society in Colonial Western Kenya, by Margaret Jean Hay, WP 179 (1994)
The Pan-African Roots of the OAU: A Model of African, African-American, and Caribbean International Cooperation, by Kwamina Panford, WP 178 (1994)
Problems of Pastoral Land Tenure in Kenya: Demographic, Economic, and Political Process Among Maasai, Samburu, Boran, and Rendille, 1950—1990, by Elliot Fratkin, WP 177 (1994)
Integrating the History of Land Use into Epidemiology: Settler Agriculture as a Cause of Disease in Zimbabwe, by James Giblin, WP 176 (1994)
The Complementarity of Remote Sensing and Anthropology in the Study of Complex Human Ecology, by Eric Lambin and Jane Guyer, WP 175 (1994)
Historical Environmental Impact Assessment: Connecting Land Use History to Environmental Impact Assessment, by Kate B. Showers, WP 174 (1994)
Women and the Crisis of Communal Identity: The Cultural Construction of Gender in Somali History, by Lidwien Kapteijns, WP 173 (1993)
Commercialization and the Harvest Work of Women Ibarapa, Oyo State, Nigeria, by Olukemi Idowu and Jane I. Guyer, WP 172 (1993)
Toward Sustainable Democracy in Africa: Can U.S. Policy Make a Difference?, by James R. Scarritt and Shaheen Mozaffar, WP 171 (1993)
Productivity and Environmental Conservation under Rapid Population Growth: A Case Study of Machakos District, by Mary Tiffen, WP 170 (1993)
Militarism and Warlordism: Rethinking the Somali Political Experience, by Hussein M. Adam, WP 169 (1993)
“Getting AIDS is like Breaking Your Shaft in the Shamba”: Energy, Disease, and Changing Concepts of Manhood in Kilimanjaro, by Philip Setel, WP168 (1993)
Spatial Scales, Desertification and Environmental Perception in the Bougouriba Region (Burkina Faso), by Eric F. Lambin, WP 167 (1992)
Neo-Classical Household Models and Modes of Household Production: Problems in the Analysis of African Agricultural Households, by Jeanne Koopman, WP 166 (1992)
Dahomey and the End of the Atlantic Slave Trade, by Robin Law, WP 165 (1992)
Politics and Murder: A Case from West Africa in the 1940s, by Richard Rathbone, WP 164 (1992)
Women’s Participation in the Democratization Process in Nigeria, by Felicia Ekejuiba, WP 163 (1991)
Global Warming and Regional Environmental Change: Winners and Losers in Africa, by Michael H. Glantz, WP 162 (1991)
Reconstructing the Political Roles of African Women: A Postrevisionist Paradigm, by Emmanuel Konde, WP 161 (1991)
Gender, Culture and Capitalism in the Islamic Revival (Sudan), by Victoria Bernal, WP 160 (1991)
State Voices in the Countryside: Politics and the Kenyan Baraza, by Angelique Haugerud and Kimani Njogu, WP 159 (1991)
British, Colonial and Post-Colonial Food Regulation, with Reference to Nigeria: An Essay in Formal Sector Anthropology, by Jane I. Guyer, WP 158 (1991)
The American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa: A New African-American Voice for Africa in the United States, 1962—1970, by Edward O. Erhagbe, WP 157 (1991)
Publishing in Africa: A Neglected Component of Development, by Gretchen Walsh, WP 156 (1991)
The Nigeria/Benin Transborder Trade, Border Control, and the Nigerian Structural Adjustment Program, by A.I. Asiwaju, WP 155 (1991)
Hausa Oral Traditions: An Annotated Bibliography, by David Westley, WP 154 (1991)
Women and the Somali Pastoral Tradition: Corporate Kinship and Capitalist Transformation in Northern Somalia, by Lidwien Kapteijns, WP 153 (1991)
Representation Without Taxation: An Essay on Democracy in Rural Nigeria, 1952—1990, by Jane Guyer, WP 152 (1991)
Kobina Sekyi of Ghana: An Annotated Bibliography of his Writings, by Kofi Baku, WP 151 (1991)
“A Good Moral Tone”: Victorian Ideals of Health and the Judgement of Persons in Nineteenth Century Travel and Mission Accounts from East Africa, by Philip Setel, WP 150 (1991)
The Nupe Invasion of Etsakoland: Its Impact on the Socio-Political Development of the Etsako Clans, c. 1860—1897, by Edward O. Erhagbe, WP 149 (1990)
Implementing Effective Local Management of Natural Resources: New Roles for NGOs in Africa, by Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter, WP 148 (1990)
The Use of Women for the Empowerment of Men in African Nationalist Politics: The 1958 “Anlu” in Cameroon, by Emmanuel Konde, WP 147 (1990)
Changing Nuptiality in a Nigerian Community: Observations from the Field, by Jane I. Guyer, WP 146 (1990)
Choice of Language and African Literature: A Bibliographic Essay, by David Westley, WP 145 (1990)
Pawns, Porters and Petty Traders: Women in the Transition to Export Agriculture in Ghana, by Beverly Grier, WP 144 (1989)
The Earth Shall Give Judgment: Land, Leadership and Political Legitimacy in Highland Cameroon, by Miriam Goheen, WP 143 (1989)
Choosing Between African and French Destinations: The Role of Family and Community Factors in Migration from the Senegal River Valley, by Sally E. Findley, WP 142 (1989)
Coping with Confusion: African Farmers’ Responses to Economic Instability in the 1970s and 1980s, by Sara Berry, WP 141 (1989)
Politics, Class, and Gender in African Resource Management: Examining the Connections in Rural Kenya, by Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter, WP 140 (1989)
The Outlook for Liberalization in Zaire: Evidence from Kisangani’s Rice Trade, by Diane Russell, WP 139 (1989)
Frontier Agriculture, Food Supply, and Conjuncture: A Revolution in Dura on Ethiopia’s Mazega 1898—1930, by James C. McCann, WP 138 (1989)
Epidemiologists, Social Scientists, and the Structure of Medical Research on AIDS in Africa, by Randall M. Packard, WP 137 (1989)
Women in Government Service in Colonial Nigeria, 1862—1945, by LaRay Denzer, WP 136 (1989)
Africa Beyond the Famine: The Case for Hope, by Maurice F. Strong, WP 135 (1989)
Pigs: The Democratic Philosophers of the Medieval Sudan, by Jay Spaulding and J.L. Spaulding, WP 134 (1989)
Working Paper 133 (1988) (not available: withdrawn by authors)
Schooling and Access to Management in LDCs: The Case of Kenya, by Irving Gershenberg, WP 132 (1988)
A Great Agrarian Cycle? A History of Agricultural Productivity and Demographic Change in Highland Ethiopia, 1900—1987, by James C. McCann, WP 131 (1988)
Queens, Prostitutes and Peasants: Historical Perspectives on African Women, 1971—1986, by Margaret Jean Hay, WP 130 (1988)
Women and the State in Africa: Marriage Law, Inheritance, and Resettlement, by Jane I. Guyer, WP 129 (1987)
A Research Strategy for Analyzing the Colonial State, by Shaheen Mozaffar, WP 128 (1987)
Underdevelopment, Social Relations, and the State in Africa, by Beverly Grier, WP 127 (1987)
Alcohol and Disorder in Precolonial Africa, by Charles H. Ambler, WP 126 (1987)
The Periodization of Precolonial African History, by Jay Spaulding and Lidwien Kapteijns, WP 125 (1987)
From Exhortation to Strategy: Mediation Efforts in South Africa, by Donald Rothchild, WP 124 (1987)
Zanzibar, Portugal, and Mozambique: Relations from the Late Eighteenth Century in 1890, by Norman R. Bennett, WP 123 (1987)
Property Rights and Rural Resource Management: The Case of Tree Crops in West Africa, by Sara Berry, WP 122 (1987)
Women, Employment, and the Family in Nairobi: The Impact of Capitalist Development in Kenya, by Sharon Stichter, WP 121 (1986)
Sexuality and Power on the Zambian Copperbelt, 1926—1964, by Jane L. Parpart, WP 120 (1986)
The Material Basis of Sexism: A Mode of Production Analysis with African Examples, by Jeanne Koopman Henn, WP 119 (1986)
Modernizing Land Tenure in Mauritania: The Role of Law in Development, by John Grayzel, WP 118 (1986)
Sources of Capital Formation and Accumulation Among Kano Entrepreneurs, 1950—1980, by Ibrahim L. Bashir, WP 117 (1986)
Consolidating Accountability for Development in Africa, by James B. Ghartey, WP 116 (1986)
Food Crisis and Government Response in Nigeria: A Critique of the River Basin Authorities, by Ibrahim L. Bashir, WP 115 (1986)
Making Our Own Way: Women Working in Lourenço Marques, 1900—1933, by Jeanne Penvenne, WP 114 (1986)
On Legal Change in Cameroon: Women, Marriage, and Bridewealth, by Christraud M. Geary, WP 113 (1986)
Leadership Process and the Management of Ethnic Conflict in Africa, by Shaheen Mozaffar, WP 112 (1986)
Foragers for Life: Relations of Property, Production, and Labor in the Perpetuation of Bushman Status, by Edwin Wilmsen, WP 111 (1986)
The Spread Effect of Management Training: A Comparative Analysis of Multinational and Other Firms in Kenya, by Irving Gershenberg, WP 110 (1985)
Women and Vegetable Gardens in the Gambia: Action Aid and Rural Development, by Kamla Nath, WP 109 (1985))
Labor-Saving Techniques in Food Processing: Rural Women and Technological Change in the Gambia, by Kamla Nath, WP 108 (1985)
Women and Technological Change in the Gambia: A Case Study of the Salt Industry, by Kamla Nath, WP 107 (1985)
Mines and Migrants in South Africa, by Robert E.B. Lucas, WP 106 (1985)
Slack in Kenya’s Modern Manufacturing Sector, by Irving Gershenberg, WP 105 (1985)
National Machineries for the Integration of Women in Development: A Strategy for the Gambia, by Kamla Nath, WP 104 (1985)
Art in History, History in Art: The Idoma Ancestral Masquerade as Historical Evidence, by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, WP 103 (1985)
Dimensions of State-Society Relations in Africa, by Shaheen Mozaffar, WP 102 (1985)
Language Use and Literacy: Lesson from Eastern Africa, by Susan J. Hoben, WP 101 (1985)
East German Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa: Proletarian Internationalism Vs. “Mutual Advantage,” by Brigitte Schulz, WP 100 (1985)
The Political Economy of Rural Rebellion in Ethiopia: Northern Resistance to Imperial Expansion, 1928—1935, by James McCann, WP 99 (1984)
Working-Class Wives and Collective Labor Action on the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt, 1926—1964, by Jane Parpart, WP 98 (1985)
Household Economy, Demography, and the “Push” Factor in Northern Ethiopian History, 1916—1935, by James McCann, WP 97 (1984)
Land and Social Stratification in Dar Fur, 1785—1875: The Hakura System, by G. Michael LaRue, WP 96 (1984)
Plows, Oxen, and Household Managers: A Reconsideration of the Land Paradigm and the Production Equation in Northeast Ethiopia, by James McCann, WP 95 (1984)
Those Who Have Each Other: Land Tenure of Kalahari Foragers, by Edwin N. Wilmsen, WP 94 (1984)
Politics and Administration of Industrial Incentives and Finance in Kano, by Ibrahim L. Bashir, WP 93 (1984)
The Use of Slaves in Precolonial Western Dar Fur: The Case of Dar Masalit, 1870—1905, by Lidwien Kapteijns, WP 92 (1984)
The State and Peasant Leverage in Kenya, by Frank Holmquist, WP 91 (1984)
Khabir ‘Ali at Home in Kubayh: A Brief Biography of a Dar Fur Caravan Leader, by G. Michael LaRue, WP 90 (1984)
The Political Economy of an Oligarchy: The Case of Kano’s Bourgeoisie, by Ibrahim L. Bashir, WP 89 (1984)
Struggles Over Water, Struggles Over Meaning: Cattle, Water, and the State in Botswana, by Pauline E. Peters, WP 88 (1984)
Historical Dimensions of the Food Crisis in Africa: Surviving Famines Along the Kenya Coast, ca. 1880—1980, by Thomas J. Herlehy, WP 87 (1984)
Notes on the History of Archaeology in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Creighton Gabel, WP 86 (1984)
Government and Opposition in Kenya, 1966—1969, by Susanne D. Mueller, WP 85 (1983)
Strategic Issues in Economic Development: An African Perspective, by Samuel M. Wangwe, WP 84 (1983)
Labor Conditions in the Tanzanian Mining Industry, 1930—1960, by Fred J. Kaijage, WP 83 (1983)
Tanzania’s Performance in Meeting Basic Needs: The International Context, by John R. Harris, WP 82 (1983)
Peasant Resistance to Proletarianization in Colonial Tanzania, by Fred Kaijage, WP 81 (1983)
Labor Migration from Botswana to South African Mines: Economic Effects, by John R. Harris, WP 80 (1983)
The Somalia Social and Institutional Profile: An Executive Summary, WP 79.
Anthropological Models of African Production: The Naturalization Problem, by Jane I. Guyer, WP 78 (1983)
Class and Gender on the Copperbelt: Women in Northern Rhodesian Copper Mining Areas 1926—1964, by Jane L. Parpart, WP 77 (1983)
From Peasant to Artisan: Motor Mechanics in a Nigerian Town, by Sara S. Berry, WP 76 (1983)
Ahmadiyya and Urbanization: Migrant Women in Abidjan, by May Yacoob, WP 75 (1983)
The Bamum Two-Figure Throne: Additional Evidence, by Christraud Geary, WP 74 (1983)
The Tin Mining Industry in Independent Nigeria, by Bill Freund, WP 73 (1983)
A Case for Modified Sedentism Among Earlier Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa, by Creighton Gabel, WP 72 (1983)
The Political Economy of Population Policy in South Africa, by Barbara B. Brown, WP 71 (1983)
Migration Among the Batswana, by Robert E.B. Lucas, WP 70 (1983)
On the Care and Feeding of a Gift Horse: The Recurrent Cost Problem as the Result of Biased Project Design, by A. Mead Over, Jr., WP 69 (1983)
Ties that Bind: Palm Wine and Blood Brotherhood at the Kenya Coast During the Nineteenth Century, by Thomas J. Herlehy, WP 68 (1983)
Biological Consequences of Economic Change in Prehistoric and Contemporary Populations: A Research Design, by Alice J. Hausman, WP 67 (1982)
Oil and the Disappearing Peasantry: Accumulation, Differentiation, and Underdevelopment in Western Nigeria, by Sara Berry, WP 66 (1982)
Remote Area Dwellers in Botswana: An Assessment of Their Current Status, by Edwin Wilmsen, WP 65 (1982)
Krumen “Down the Coast”: Liberian Migrants on the West African Coast in the Nineteenth Century, by Jane Martin, WP 64 (1982)
Censuses, Development Plans, and Statistical Abstracts: A Working List of Holdings in the Boston University Documents Collection, by Victoria K. Evalds, WP 63 (1982)
Marea: A Byzantine Port in Northern Egypt, by Karl Petruso and Creighton Gabel, WP 62 (1982)
Aid or Imperialism? West Germany in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Brigitte Schulz and William Hansen, WP 61 (1982)
Biological Variables in Forager Fertility Performance: A Critique of Bongaarts’ Model, by Edwin Wilmsen, WP 60 (1982)
Pan-Africanism in French-Speaking West Africa, 1945—1960, by Eunice A. Charles, WP 59 (1982)
Development, Underdevelopment, and the State in Ghana, by Naomi Chazan, WP 58 (1982)
The Unmaking of an African Petite Bourgeoisie: Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, by Jeanne Penvenne, WP 57 (1982)
The “Labor Aristocracy” Thesis Considered Once Again: Elite Mine Workers on the Northern Rhodesian Copperbelt 1926—1966, by Jane L. Parpart, WP 56 (1982)
Sources of Class Consciousness: The Experience of Women Workers in South Africa, 1973—1980, by Iris Berger, WP 55 (1982)
The Limits of French Intervention in Africa: A Study in Applied Neo-Colonialism, by Edouard Bustin, WP 54 (1982)
Class Consciousness Among Zambian Copper Miners, 1950—1966, by Jane Parpart, WP 53 (1982)
Alex La Guma: The Literary and Political Functions of Marginality in the Colonial Situation, by Abdul JanMohamed, WP 52 (1982)
The Idiom of War in the Bamum Court Arts, by Christraud Geary, WP 51 (1981)
Women at Work in Mali: The Case of the Markala Cooperative, by Susan Caughman, WP 50 (1981)
Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Africa: A Critical Essay, by Sara Berry, WP 49 (1981)
The Raw, the Cooked, and the Half-Baked: A Note on the Division of Labor by Sex, by Jane I. Guyer, WP 48 (1981)
Political Economy, Political Class, and Political System in Recivilianized Nigeria, by William D. Graf, WP 47 (1981)
The Role of Women in Disputing Among the Ila of Zambia: Political Adaptation in Legal Change, by C.R. Cutshall, WP 46 (1981)
Imperialism, Dependency, and Social Class, by William Hansen and Brigitte Schulz, WP 45 (1981)
The Distribution and Efficiency of Crop Production in Tribal Areas of Botswana, by Robert E.B. Lucas, WP 44 (1981)
The Distribution of Wages and Employment in Rural Botswana, by Robert E.B. Lucas, WP 43 (1981)
The Botswana National Migration Study: A Conceptual Framework, by John R. Harris, WP 42 (1981)
Women, Migrant Labor, and Social Change in Botswana, by Barbara B. Brown, WP 41 (1980)
The Sowo Mask: Symbol of Sisterhood, by Priscilla Hinckley, WP 40 (1980)
Exchange, Interaction and Settlement in North Western Botswana: Past and Present Perspective, by Edwin N. Wilmsen, WP 39 (1980)
Kola Trade and State-Building: Upper Guinea Coast and Senegambia, Fifteenth-Seventeenth Centuries, by George E. Brooks, WP 38 (1980)
The Provident Societies in the Rural Economy of Yaounde, 1945—1960, by Jane I. Guyer, WP 37 (1980)
Levels of Reality: Portraiture in African Art, by Jean Borgatti, WP 36 (1980)
The Historical Origins of Tanzania’s Ruling Class, by Susanne D. Mueller, WP 35 (1980)
The Development of a Labor Reserve: The Impact of Colonial Rule on Botswana, by David Massey, WP 34 (1980)
Settler Politics in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of Sinoe County, Liberia, by Jo Sullivan, WP 33 (1980)
The Agrarian Question in Tanzania: The Case of Tobacco, by Susanne D. Mueller, WP 32 (1980)
Originality of Thought and Method in West African Islamic Teaching: A Fulfulde Example, by Louis Brenner, WP 31 (1980)
Women’s Domestic Labor in Colonial Kenya: Prostitution in Nairobi, 1909—1950, by Luise White, WP 30 (1980)
Basic Health Needs in Africa, by Robert W. Morgan, WP 29 (1980)
Household Budgets and Women’s Incomes, by Jane I. Guyer, WP 28 (1980)
Creole Women Traders in the Nineteenth Century, by E. Frances White, WP 27 (1980)
The Streetcorner Press: Worker Intelligence Networks in Lourenço Marques, 1900—1962, by Jeanne Penvenne, WP 26 (1980)
An Environmental and Cultural Study at Lake Maryut, Lower Egypt: A Research Prospectus, by Creighton Gabel and Karl Petruso, WP 25 (1980)
Luso-African Trade and Settlement in the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau Regions, by George E. Brooks, WP 24 (1980)
Labor Strategies in Northern Rhodesian Copper Mines, 1926—1935, by Jane L. Parpart, WP 23 (1979)
The Economic Position of Beti Widows, Past and Present, by Jane I. Guyer, WP 22 (1979)
International Migration: Economic Causes, Consequences, Evaluation, and Policies, by Robert E.B. Lucas, WP 21 (1979)
Landing the Middle Peasantry: Narodism in Tanzania, by Susanne D. Mueller, WP 20 (1979)
Central Saharan Trade in the Early Islamic Centuries, by Mark Dyer, WP 19 (1979)
Belgian-French Relations During World War II: The Perspective of a Congo Governor-General, by William B. Norton, WP 18 (1979)
Africa and the Media: Changing Aspects of Communication, A Working Bibliography, edited by Gretchen Walsh, WP 17 (1979)
Attitudes Toward Race and Work in Mozambique: Lourenço Marques, 1900—1974, by Jeanne Penvenne, WP 16 (1979)
The Diffusion of Fertilizer in Ethiopia: Pattern Determinants and Implications, by Bisrat Aklilu, WP 15 (1979)
Diet and Fertility Among Kalahari Bushmen, by Edwin N. Wilmsen, WP 14 (1979)
Forced Labor and the Origins of an African Working Class: Lourenço Marques, 1870—1962, by Jeanne Penvenne, WP 13 (1979)
Prehistoric and Historic Antecedents of a Contemporary Ngamiland Community, by Edwin N. Wilmsen, WP 12 (1979)
The Sopono Cult and Smallpox Vaccinations in Lagos, by Robert W. Morgan, WP 11 (1979)
Precolonial Commerce in Northeastern Sierra Leone, by C. Magbaily Fyle, WP 10 (1979)
That Old Time Religion in West Africa, by Daniel F. McCall, WP 9 (1979)
African Newspapers Currently Received by American Libraries, by Daniel A. Britz, WP 8 (1979)
Women’s Work in the Food Economy of the Cocoa Belt: A Comparison, by Jane Guyer, WP 7 (1978)
Economic Causes and Consequences of Migrations Within the Context of Underdevelopment in West Africa, by John Harris, WP 6 (1978)
Joyce Cary’s African Romances, by Abdul R. Jan Mohamed, WP 5 (1978)
A History of the Sahara in the Nineteenth Century, by Stephen Baier, WP 4 (1978)
Head Tax, Social Structure, and Rural Incomes in Cameroun, 1922—1937, by Jane Guyer, WP 3 (1978)
Do the Poor Need Nutrition Education? Some Methodological Issues and Suggestive Evidence from Kinshasa, Zaire, by David Wheeler, WP 2 (1978)
Custom, Class, and the “Informal” Sector: Or, Why Marginality Is Not Likely to Pay, by Sara Berry, WP 1 (1978)