OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
| Published date | 01 April 1960 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1099-162X.1960.tb00172.x |
| Date | 01 April 1960 |
118
JOURNAL
OF AFRICAN ADMINISTRATION
OTHER
BOOKS
RECEIVED
AFRIKA,
edited
by
W.
Ludwig
and
Dr.
L.
Lohrisch.
Ilmgauverlag,
Munich/33;
pp.
31.
A new periodical which since
June
1959 has been published in the Federal
Republic
of
Gennany.
It
is the only review in
German
that
specifically deals
with
the
African
continent
and
covers a wide field including political, economic
and
social questions.
PRINCIPLES
OF
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
LAW,
by
C.
A.
Cross.
Sweet
&Maxwell; 1959;
35s;
pp.
xxxix
+
482.
A concise
and
up to
date
statement
of
the
law relating to the functions
and
administra-
tive practice oflocal authorities in England.
This
is a useful reference book for Ministries
or Departments of Local Government in African territories.
DIVINE
KINGS
AND
THE
'BREATH
OF MEN',
by
Monica
Wilson;
Cambridge
University
Press;
1959;
pp.
27;
3s
6d.
The
author
illustrates the conception of divine kingship by examining the systems of
the Nyakyusa people
of
Tanganyika
and
their
kinsmen of Ngonde in Nyasaland.
RHODES-LIVINGSTONE
PAPER.
Number
twenty-nine:
a
preliminary
survey
of
Lewale
Rural
Economy,
by
C.
M.
N.
White;
Manchester
University
Press;
1959;
pp.
xii
+
58;
8s
6d.
KARIBA:
The
struggle
with
the
River
God,
by
Frank
Clements,
Metheun;
1959;
pp.
220;
16s.
An interesting
account
of the determination
and
courage of the contractors
and
workers
in overcoming the immense power of the Zambesi river in flood
during
the
construction
of the
Kariba
dam.
The
author
describes the different techniques used by
the
Southern
and
Northern
Rhodesian administrations in moving
and
resettling
the
inhabitants
of
the
inundated
areas
and
tells how
"Operation
Noah"-the
rescue of animals
both
large
and
small from the islands created by the rising waters of
the
new lake---grew
out
of
the compassion
and
daring
of a few game-rangers
and
their
African trackers.
GHANA,
by
J.
D.
Fage;
The
University
of
Wisconsin
Press;
1959;
pp.
xiii
+
122;
$3.00 .
An historical interpretation of the
growth
and
emergence of
modern
Ghana.
THE
SOCIOLOGICAL
REVIEW
VOL.
N0.7
NO. I.
Special
number
on
"Urbanism
in
West
Africa",
organized
and
edited
by
Dr.
K. L.
Little;
The
University
College
ofNorth
Staffordshire;
July,
1959;
pp.
131;
I IS.
Although
the
review deals solely with West African
urban
areas, it will be
of
interest
to persons connected with
urban
development in
other
parts of Africa.
AFRICA
PAST
AND
PRESENT,
by
T.
R.
Batten;
Oxford
University
Press;
1959;
pp
115;
3s
The
attraction
of this book, now in its fourth edition, lies in its simplicity. Descriptions
of
the spread of Islam,
the
slave-trade,
the
arrival of explorers, missionaries, traders
and
settlers, form the background to the geographical
and
political
pattern
of today.
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