The Journal of Contemporary African Studies is an interdisciplinary biannual journal of research and writing in the human sciences - economics, political science, international affairs, military strategy, modern history, law, sociology, education, industrial relations, urban studies, demography, social anthropology, literature, development studies and related fields. The journal seeks to promote a scholarly understanding of developments and change in Africa. All articles are independently refereed, but the editors are responsible for the final selection of contents of the journal.Journal of Contemporary African Studies
MANAGING EDITOR
Roger Southall, Department of Political Studies
EDITORS
Dr Korwa Adar, Department of Political Studies
Terence Beard, Honorary Fellow, Institute of Social and Economic Research
Nicolette Cattaneo, Department of Economics
Roddy Fox, Department of Geography
Valerie Møller, Institute of Social and Economic Research
all at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
CONSULTANT EDITOR
Denis Venter, Africa Institute of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
BOOK REVIEWS EDITORS
Chris de Wet, Department of Anthropology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Paul Maylam, Department of History, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Nova de Villiers, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
EDITORIAL BOARD
Abstracting and Indexing Services
Journal of Contemporary African Studies is currently noted in A Current Bibliography on African Affairs.
Subscriptions
Volume 17, 1999, 2 issues. ISSN 0258-9001.Institutional rate: £146.00; North America US$238.00
Personal rate: £32.00; North America US$56.00
Special rates are available for individual African scholars. Details on application.