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Medical Ethnography over Time: Penetrating "the fog of health" in a Nigerian community, 1970-2017 by Last, Murray

“…Too often, research into the health of a particular community is brief and superficial, focusing only on what is public and leaving the private health of women…”
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Medical Ethnography over Time by Last, Murray

“…Too often, research into the health of a particular community is brief and superficial, focusing only on what is public and leaving the private health of women…”
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The Search for Security in Muslim Northern Nigeria by Last, Murray

“…The article puts forwards the argument that there is a pervasiveanxiety among Muslims over their security, both physical and spiritual, in today's northern…”
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Islamic Criminal Law in Northern Nigeria: Politics, Religion, Judicial Practice, written by Gunnar J. Weimann by Last, Murray

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Contradictions in Creating a Jihadi Capital: Sokoto in the Nineteenth Century and Its Legacy by Last, Murray

“…The Sokoto caliphate in nineteenth-century northern Nigeria was an astonishing episode in the history of Africa: a huge, prosperous polity that created unity…”
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Another geography: risks to health as perceived in a deep-rural environment in Hausaland by Last, Murray

“…The paper describes, for the Hausa farmers of Gidan Jatau in northern Nigeria, the distinct ways in which they see and understand (a) their close and distant…”
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Muslims and Christians in Nigeria: An economy of political panic by Last, Murray

“…This essay offers an alternative analysis of Muslim - Christian relations in Nigeria, rejecting a 'clash-of-civilizations' approach as both too generalized and…”
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THE SEARCH FOR SECURITY IN MUSLIM NORTHERN NIGERIA: Perspectives on Vigilantism in Nigeria by LAST, Murray

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The Transmission of Learning in Islamic AfricaEdited by Scott S. Reese by Last, Murray

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Deno Leventis, 1938–2002 by Last, Murray

“…An obituary for philanthropist Deno Leventis is presented. Leventis, who died in London on Jul 11, 2002, will be remembered for being always ready to help with…”
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Children and the Experience of Violence: Contrasting Cultures of Punishment in Northern Nigeria by Last, Murray

“…Arising out of debates over ‘children at risk’ and the ‘rights of the child’, the article compares two contrasting childhoods within a single large society—the…”
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Female ‘Circumcision’ in Africa: culture, controversy and change edited by B ETTINA S HELL -D UNCAN and Y LVA H ERNLUND Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2000. Pp. viii+349. US$59·95 by LAST, MURRAY

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The Time of Politics (Zamanin Siyasa): Islam and the Politics of Legitimacy in Northern Nigeria, 1950-1966. (2nd edn.) by Last, Murray

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Perspectives on Vigilantism in Nigeria by PRATTEN, David

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Africa - Loudell F. Snow: Walkin' over medicine. xv, 311 pp. Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. £13.50 by Last, Murray

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Putting children first by Last, M

“…Save the Children Fund in 1923 and UNICEF in 1990 both declared that children must come first in receiving relief. Whereas SCF's call was a corporate credo for…”
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Anne Hugon, The Exploration of Africa: from Cairo to the Cape. New Horizons series. London: Thames & Hudson, 1993, 175 pp., £6.95, ISBN 0 500 30027 5 paperback by Last, Murray

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John Ellis Lavers, 1936–93 by Last, Murray

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Anne Hugon, "The Exploration of Africa" by Last, Murray

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Obituary: John Ellis Lavers, 1936-93 by Last, Murray

“…Professor John Lavers died quite suddenly at the age of 56 on May 16, 1993. Since 1963 Lavers had been teaching in the history department at Bayero University…”
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