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Designing West Africa: Prelude to a 21st Century Calamity by Peter Schwab (Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK, 2004; 192 pp; $24.95)

La démocratie-monde: Pour une autre gouvernance globale by Pascal Lamy (Seuil, Ballainvilliers, France, 2004; 90 pp; 10.50 euros)

L'Afrique du Sud dix ans après: Transition accomplie?, eds. Philippe Guillaume, Nicolas Pejout and Aurélia wa Kabwe-Segatti (Karthala, Paris, France, 2004; 368 pp; 25 euros)

Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa by Fidelis Kaihura and Michael Stocking (UN University Press, Tokyo, Japan, 2003; 304 pp; $32.00)

Asia and Africa in the Global Economy by Ernest Aryeetey, Julius Court, Machiko Nissanke and Beatrice Weder (UN University Press, Tokyo, Japan, 2003; 400 pp; $42.00)

International Waters in Southern Africa, ed. Mikiyasu Nakayama (UN University Press, Tokyo, Japan, 2003; 240 pp; $21.95)

Développement durable? doctrines, pratiques, évaluations, ed. Jean-Yves Martin (IRD Editions Diffusion, Bondy, France, 2002; 344 pp; 25 euros)

Reforming Africa's Institutions: Ownership, Incentives, and Capabilities, ed. Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa (UN University Press, Tokyo, Japan, 2003; 440 pp; $37.95)

A Day in the Life of Africa by David Elliot Cohen, Lee Liberman and Charles M. Collins (Tides Foundation, San Francisco, California, USA, 2002; 288 pp; hb $50.00)

Le district sanitaire urbain en Afrique subsaharienne: Enjeux, pratiques et politiques by Daniel Grodos (Karthala, Paris, France, 2004; 448 pp; 28 euros)

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire (Random House Canada, Toronto, Canada, 2003; 562 pp; $25.95)

Reconsidering Informality: Perspectives from Urban Africa, ed. Karen Tranberg Hansen and Mariken Vaa (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, Sweden, 2004; 235 pp; 25 euros)

L'Afrique de l'Ouest dans la compétition mondiale: Quels atouts possibles? by Jacqueline Damon and John O. Igue (Karthala, Paris, France, 2004; 503 pp; 32 euros)

In Defence of Globalization by Jagdish N. Bhagwati (Oxford Press, Oxford, UK, 2004, 310pp; $28)

Angola: The Anatomy of an Oil State by Tony Hodges (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, US, 2004; 280 pp; $22.95)

Global Prescriptions: Gendering Health and Human Rights by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky (Zed Books, London, UK, 2003; 320 pp; $24.95)

The Quest for Peace in Africa: Transformations, Democracy and Public Policy by Alfred G. Nhema (International Books, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2004; 416 pp; $29.95)

Once Intrepid Warriors: Gender, Ethnicity and the Cultural Politics of Maasai Development by Dorothy L. Hodgson (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN, USA, 2004; 333 pp; $19.95)

Land, Gender, and the Periphery: Themes in the History of Eastern and Southern Africa by Bahru Zewde (Ossrea, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2004; 178 pp; $15)

Rwanda: A Country Torn Apart by Kari Bodnarchuk (Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, 1999; 104 pp; $25.26)

Fashioning Africa: Power and the Politics of Dress, ed. Jean Allman (Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, US, 2004; 248 pp; $21.95)

A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa by Howard W. French (Knopf, New York, NY, USA, 2004; 304 pp; $25)

Local Economic Development in the Changing World, ed. Etienne Nel and Christian M. Rogerson (Transaction Publishers, Piscataway, New Jersey, US, 2004; 352 pp; $49.95)

The Red Sea Terror Triangle by Shaul Shay (Transaction Publishers, Piscataway, New Jersey, US, 2005; 225 pp; $39.95)

African Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development, ed. Karl Wohlmuth (Transaction Publishers, Piscataway, New Jersey, US, 2004; 696 pp; $89.95)

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