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Volume 3, Number 1, 2001

Table of Contents

Editorial: Beyond 'Isms' and 'Posts': Imagining Epistemology in Africa in the Age of Globalization

Cyril Obi, The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos 

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Africa and the Politics of Knowledge

Of Prepositions and Propositions: Sharing Experiences and Perspectives on Feminism and the Epistemology of Africanist Collaboration

Wambui Mwangi and Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, University of Pennsylvania, USA

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The Scholarly Journal in the Production and Dissemination of Knowledge on Africa: Exploring Some Issues for the Future

Sulaiman Adebowale, CODESRIA, Senegal  

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The Temporal Systems of Dagaare and Dagbane: Re-Appraising the Philosophy of Linguistic Relativity

Adams B. Bodomo, University of Hong Kong  

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Colonial Bilingual Heritage and Post-Colonial Myths in Cameroon's School System

Isaiah Munang Ayafor, University of Freiburg, Germany  

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Otherizing Space and Cultures: The American Media's Coverage of President Bill Clinton's Visit to Ghana in 1998

Kwabena Akurang-Parry, USA . 

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Western Theories and the Exploitation of West Africa since the Slave Trade Era

David Aworawo, University of Lagos, Nigeria . 

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Some Thoughts on Traditional African Idea of Management

Jide Osuntokun, University of Lagos, Nigeria  

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Religion and Political Violence in Apartheid South Africa

Gampi Matheba, Vista University, South Africa . 

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A Sociological Investigation of Humanistic Values and Democratic Tolerance in Higher Education: A View from South Africa

Dominic Milazi, University of Northwest, South Africa  

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Representations of Political Power in African Writing

Gerd Bayer, Case Western Reserve University  

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Decolonizing the Female Sexuality: What Nigerian Female Writers Don't Write

Uduopegeme J. Yakubu, Ogun State University, Nigeria  

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Personalities & Voices

Conversation with Theo Vincent  

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The Little Boy and the Ghost of Hunger: A Narrative Poem 

F.B.O. Akporobaro, University of Lagos, Nigeria 

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Poems

James E. Cherry, Jackson Tennessee,USA  

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The Parrot

Dipo Kalejaiye, Prince George's Community College, Maryland, USA 

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Reviews

The Captain's Tiger: A Memoir for the Stage 

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Essays on Nigeria's Foreign Policy, Governance and International Security 

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Articles

Culture and the Construction of Social Work Practice in Africa

Kwaku Osei-Hwedie, University of Botswana  

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The Market as an Instrument of Political Control and Exploitation: Some Insights from Kenya

Blessing Chinsinga, Chancellor College, Malawi 

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Demoke's Totem: The Role of the Artist in Soyinka's A Dance of the Forest

Moteane John Melamu, University of Botswana  

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Language and Style in Dramatic Discourse: A Phonostylistic Analysis of Athol Fugard's The Island

A. Lekan Dairo, Ogun State University, Nigeria  

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Tradition and Health: The Predicament of Female Adolescents Among the Igbo

Clifford Obby Odimegwu, Modupeola Ojo and Christian N. Okemgbo, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria  

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