Published: 2017-01-03
In Memorium
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Articles
Poetry, Azeri IDP/Refugee Woman, and the Nagorno-Karabakh War
13–44
AbstractAzerbaijan and Armenia share a long and complex history of ethnic conflict dating back to the 1800s and early 1900s. This conflict escalated...
The Nexus Between Good Governance and Gender Equality as a Human Right in Africa: A Correlation Statistical Analysis
45–58
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After discovering that only a small number of works, all of which employ the case study approach, have investigated a possible connection between...
Human Rights and the Transfer of Sentenced Offenders Within South Africa and How it Could Impact on the Transfer of Offenders from Other Countries to South Africa
59–81
AbstractHundreds of South Africans are imprisoned in different foreign countries. South African prisons host thousands of foreign nationals. In April...
Is the South Caucasus Region a Part of the Middle East?
83–102
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Following the end of the Cold War and the break-up of the Soviet Union, Middle Easternists and Eastern Europeanists/Soviet specialists...
The Impact of Kenya African Soldiers on the Creation and Evolution of the Pioneer Corps During the Second World War
103–131
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As the Kenya colony began preparations for World War II, a crisis engulfed the newly formed Pioneer Corps at their various bases at Ahero,...
Pastoralist Education in Kenya: Continuity in Exclusion in Arid and Semiarid Lands (ASAL)
133–158
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At the conclusion of 2013, Kenya will be 50 years old. It is a remarkable journey that has seen progress in various spheres of national...
Dudley Lee v Minister of Correctional Services: A Roadmap to Some Weak Links in the South African Custodial Chain
161–180
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On on December 2012 the majority of the South African Constitutional Court in Dudley Lee v Minister of Correctional Services upheld...
Dragon-Elephant Relationship in the South China Sea Imbroglio
181–197
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This article paper will not only survey the significance of the South China Sea in terms of its strategic location, oil resources, economic...
Rhetoric of God's Empowerment in Nigerian Christianity: Its Import for Christian Identity and Social Responsibility
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The belief that God empowers Christ's followers, enabling them to confront religious, socio-economic, and political problems, reverberates in...
The Question of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria: A Reflection on Present Realities
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One of the cardinal objectives of the Nigerian-state as defined by its constitution is to build ajust and egalitarian society where every...
A Death in Dohuk: Roger C. Cumberland, Mission and Politics among the Kurds in Northern Iraq, 1923–1938
245–271
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Presbyterian missionary Reverend Roger C. Cumberland was murdered in Dohuk, in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, in June 1938. One eulogy...
Endorsing Intellectual Development in South Africa's Affirmative Action
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After the end of apartheid, South Africa was saddled with a lot of responsibility. The new political dispensation had to redress protracted...
Beyond Resource Endowment: The State and the Challenges of National Security in Nigeria, 1999 to 2014
293–313
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Resource endowment ought to be source of blessing and a platform for sustainable national development. This scenario has been true of...
Book Reviews
Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of A Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan
317–318
AbstractKaplan, Robert D. Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of A Stable Pacific. New York: Random House, 2014. pp. 225. Reviewed...
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang
318–319
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Chang, Jung. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, pp. 436. Review by James...
Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century by Orville Schell and John DeLury
319–320
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Schell, Orville and John DeLury. Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-First Century. New York: Random House, 2013, pp. 478....
Whatever Happened to Class? Reflections from South Asia edited by R. Agarwala and R. J. Herring
320–323
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Agarwala, R. and R. J. Herring, eds. Whatever Happened to Class? Reflections from South Asia. Lantham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009, 216 pp....
African-Centered Research Methodologies: From Ancient Times to the Present by A. K. Bangura
325–327
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Bangura, A. K. African-Centered Research Methodologies: From Ancient Times to the Present. San Diego: Cognella, 2011. Review by Yoly...
Pastoralism & Politics in Northern Kenya & Southern Ethiopia by Günther Schlee and Abdullahi A. Shongolo
327–329
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Schlee, Günther and Abdullahi A. Shongolo, Pastoralism & Politics in Northern Kenya & Southern Ethiopia. Suffolk, UK: James...
African Roots, Brazilian Rites: Cultural and National Identity in Brazil by Cheryl Sterling
330–334
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Sterling, Cheryl. African Roots, Brazilian Rits: Cultural and National Identity in Brazil. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2012. Review by...
French Colonial Fascism: The Extreme Right in Algeria, 1919–1939 by S. Kalman
334–338
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Kalman, S. French Colonial Fascism: The Extreme Right in Algeria, 1919–1939. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Review by Yoly Zentella.
The Edge of Islam: Personhood and Ethnoreligious Boundaries on the Kenya Coast by Janet McIntosh
338–340
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McIntosh, Janet. The Edge of Islam: Personhood and Ethnoreligious Boundaries on the Kenya Coast. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009....
The Contemporary Middle East: A Westview Reader edited by Karl Yambert
341–343
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Yambert, Karl, ed. The Contemporary Middle East: A Westview Reader. Boulder, CO; Oxford: Westview Press, 2010. Review by Abdessamad Belhaj.
The Middle East: Its History and Culture edited by Jason Tatlock
344–346
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Tatlock, Jason, ed. The Middle East: Its History and Culture. Bethesda, MD: CDL Press. Review by Abdessamad Belhaj.
Killing Jesus, A History by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
346–347
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O'Reilly, Bill and Martin Dugard. Killing Jesus, A History. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2013. Review by A. J. Abraham.
The Devil That Never Dies: The Rise and Threat of Global Antisemitism by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen
347–348
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Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah. The Devil That Never Dies: The Rise and Threat of Global Antisemitism. New York: Little, Brown, and Co., 2013....
Genesis, Truman, American Jews, and the Origin of the Arab/Israeli Conflict by John B. Judis
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Judis, John B. Genesis, Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2014....
Britain's Black Death: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Genocide by Hillary McD Beckles
351–352
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Beckles, Hillary McD, Britain's Black Death: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Genocide. Kingston: University of the West Indies...
Cuba and Angola: Fighting for Africa's Freedom and Our Own by Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and Nelson Mandela
352–355
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Castro, Fidel, Raul Castro, and Nelson Mandela. Cuba and Angola: Fighting for Africa's Freedom and Our Own. Atlanta, GA: Pathfinder Press,...
Buying into the Regime: Grapes and Consumption in Cold War Chile and the United States by Heidi Tinsman
355–357
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Tinsman, Heidi. Buying into the Regime: Grapes and Consumption in Cold War Chile and the United States. Durham, NC: Duke University Press,...
The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century by Angela E. Stent
359–360
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Stent, Angela E. The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century. Princeton: Princeton University Press....
Review Essays
Apartheid, Palestine and South Africa: Shameful Violations of Human Rights Past and Present
361–363
AbstractAbraham, S.J. (2012). The Eternal War: A Psychological Perspective on the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Lanham: University Press of American,...
New Media and Information: For Democratization and Management
365–376
AbstractMudhai, Okoth F. (2013). Civic Engagement, Digita/Networks, and Political Reform in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 259...
The Thirty-Second Annual ATWS Meeting in Denver, Colorado
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An overview of the association's 2014 meeting in Denver, Colorado.