dr. j. h. oldham

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Notes and News Offprints of' Notes and News' are available on a subscription basis as from January I966. They are printed for filing on one side of the paper only. The annual subscription is I5S. ($1.95; F xo), post free.

Information on Current Research in African Studies 'Notes and News ' endeavours to provide a comprehensive coverage of reports on current, prospective, and completed field research projects, special study courses, conferences, and other activities relevant to African studies. Effectiveness in making such information generally available in this way must largely depend on the co-operation of university and other study centres and of individual research workers in sending reports promptly and on their own initiative. We would therefore greatly appreciate the assistance of all organizations andpersons actively concerned with African studies. Itemsfor inclusion in ' Notes and News ' should be concise, but should indicate the name and address of the organization, the scope and area of the study, names of participants, time-table, andplans for publication. Reports should be in English or French and, save in exceptional cases, should not exceed ooo words. They should be addressed to Miss Barbara Pym, the Assistant Editor of Africa.

Dr. J. H. Oldham WE much regret to record the death of Dr. J. H. Oldham on i6 May 1969, in his 95th year. Dr. Oldham was closely associated with the founding of the International African Institute (then the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures) and as its first Administrative Director (193i-8) contributed greatly to its early achievements. We hope to publish an appreciation in a later number of Africa.

French and Francophone Institutions engaged in African Studies PARIS Universite de Paris Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines (Sorbonne); professors with Africanist posts or interests:

Prof. G. Balandier - Sociology. Prof. H. Deschamps - African History (Modern). Prof. R. Mauny - African History (Early). Prof. D. Zahan - (from 1969) African Sociology.

The Centre de Recherches Africaines, 17 rue de la Sorbonne, Paris 5e, is a centre within the Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines of the Universite de Paris (Sorbonne) for teachers with Africanist interests and their students. A number of University Institutes attached to the Sorbonne are concerned with research, teaching and/or publication in African studies: Centre de Hautes Etudes Administratives sur l'Afrique etl'Asie Modernes (CHEAM), I3 rue du

Four, Paris 6e (M. J. C. Froelich). Institut d'Itude du Developpement 8Tconomique et Social (IEDES), 24 rue Hamelin, Paris i6e

(Director, M. B. Maldant). Institut d'Ethnologie (Secretariat at the Musee de l'Homme, place du Trocadero, Paris I6e). Institut de Geographie, 19I rue St. Jacques, Paris 5e (Geography of Africa: Prof. G. Sautter). Faculte de Droit et des Sciences tconomiques - Dgpartement de Droit et Jlconomie des Pays

d'Afrique, 3 3 bis rue de l'Universite, Paris 5e (Director, Prof. Lampud):

Notes and News Offprints of' Notes and News' are available on a subscription basis as from January I966. They are printed for filing on one side of the paper only. The annual subscription is I5S. ($1.95; F xo), post free.

Information on Current Research in African Studies 'Notes and News ' endeavours to provide a comprehensive coverage of reports on current, prospective, and completed field research projects, special study courses, conferences, and other activities relevant to African studies. Effectiveness in making such information generally available in this way must largely depend on the co-operation of university and other study centres and of individual research workers in sending reports promptly and on their own initiative. We would therefore greatly appreciate the assistance of all organizations andpersons actively concerned with African studies. Itemsfor inclusion in ' Notes and News ' should be concise, but should indicate the name and address of the organization, the scope and area of the study, names of participants, time-table, andplans for publication. Reports should be in English or French and, save in exceptional cases, should not exceed ooo words. They should be addressed to Miss Barbara Pym, the Assistant Editor of Africa.

Dr. J. H. Oldham WE much regret to record the death of Dr. J. H. Oldham on i6 May 1969, in his 95th year. Dr. Oldham was closely associated with the founding of the International African Institute (then the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures) and as its first Administrative Director (193i-8) contributed greatly to its early achievements. We hope to publish an appreciation in a later number of Africa.

French and Francophone Institutions engaged in African Studies PARIS Universite de Paris Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines (Sorbonne); professors with Africanist posts or interests:

Prof. G. Balandier - Sociology. Prof. H. Deschamps - African History (Modern). Prof. R. Mauny - African History (Early). Prof. D. Zahan - (from 1969) African Sociology.

The Centre de Recherches Africaines, 17 rue de la Sorbonne, Paris 5e, is a centre within the Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines of the Universite de Paris (Sorbonne) for teachers with Africanist interests and their students. A number of University Institutes attached to the Sorbonne are concerned with research, teaching and/or publication in African studies: Centre de Hautes Etudes Administratives sur l'Afrique etl'Asie Modernes (CHEAM), I3 rue du

Four, Paris 6e (M. J. C. Froelich). Institut d'Itude du Developpement 8Tconomique et Social (IEDES), 24 rue Hamelin, Paris i6e

(Director, M. B. Maldant). Institut d'Ethnologie (Secretariat at the Musee de l'Homme, place du Trocadero, Paris I6e). Institut de Geographie, 19I rue St. Jacques, Paris 5e (Geography of Africa: Prof. G. Sautter). Faculte de Droit et des Sciences tconomiques - Dgpartement de Droit et Jlconomie des Pays

d'Afrique, 3 3 bis rue de l'Universite, Paris 5e (Director, Prof. Lampud):



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Prof. M. Alliot-Law; Professor Alliot is also associated with the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Juridique directed by Dr. R. Verdier, CNRS, and the Institut Inter- national d'Administration Publique. Prof. P. F. Gonidec - African and Malagasy Public Institutions. Prof. G. Leduc- Economics. Prof. A. Philip - Economics.

Universit6 de Nanterre: Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative: Prof. E. de Dampierre - Ethnology and Sociology.

Universit6 de Vincennes: Prof. E. Terray- Economics (African Development).

tIcole Pratique des Hautes ttudes (EPHE), (Central Offices: 44-47 rue des l2coles, Paris 5e): post-graduate teaching and research. Two of its six sections have senior staff with major Africanist interests as indicated:

5th Section - Religions (45-47 rue des lgcoles, Paris 5e): Mme G. Dieterlen (also at CNRS); M. C. Tardits (also at CNRS). 6th Section - Economic and Social Sciences: Prof. G. Balandier (also at Sorbonne) - Sociology and Ethnology; Prof. P. Mercier - Ethnology; Mme D. Paulme- Ethno- logy; Prof. H. Brunschwig (also at Sorbonne) - Colonial, including Modern African History; Dr. G. Sautter (also at Sorbonne) - Human Geography. Within the 6th Section, the Centre d'ttudes Africaines, 20 rue de la Baume, Paris 8e, brings together the teachers and research workers with African interests, and publishes one of the main French Africanist journals, Cahiers d'1tudes Africaines (Editor, Prof. P. Alexandre). The ltcole Pratique des Hautes ttudes also has responsibility for a number of centres with Africanist interests, including the following: Centre d'Analyse et de Recherche Documentairespour l'Afrique Noire (CARDAN), c/o EPHE VIe Section, 20 rue de la Baume, Paris 8e. Centre d'Initiation Anthropologique, 10 rue Monsieur le Prince, Paris 6e (attended by a considerable number of African students). Centre de Recherches Coop6ratives, 7 avenue Franco-Russe, Paris 7e (Director, M. H. Desroche). Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale, i 1 place Marcelin Berthelot, Paris 5e.

Collage de France, i i place Marcelin Berthelot, Paris 5e: Prof. J. Berque - Islamic Studies.

Jtcole Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes (ENLOV), 2 rue de Lille, Paris 7e: includes teaching and undertakes research in African languages. Professors with Africanist interests (Linguistics and Ethnology): Prof. P. Alexandre (Bantu); Prof. J. Faublee (Malagasy); Prof. L. Galand (Berber); Prof. C. Gouffe (Hausa); Prof. M. Houis (Mandingo); Prof. P. Lacroix (Fulbe); Prof. P. Marcais (Maghreb-Arabic); Prof. J. Tubiana (Ethiopian).

Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7e; relevant African bibliography is included in its Service de Documentation (M. J. Meyriat).

Centre d'Etudes des Relations Internationales, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, Paris 7e (Director, M. J. Meyriat); Prof. P. Alexandre, Mrs. T. Charlier-Yannopoulos - sub-Saharan section; publishes Chronologie politique africaine.

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 13-I5 quai Anatole France, Paris 7e: allocates French Government funds for research in both the natural sciences and humanities. Funds are allocated by the Comite National de la Recherche Scientifique, consisting of



thirty-four sections. CNRS finances approximately 6,ooo research workers, with an annual budget of ?63m. ($I imr.). Many of the French Africanists hold CNRS research appoint- ments at various grades of seniority. These do not involve obligatory teaching activities or attachment to an institute, but some of the senior research workers do also teach at the EPHE or other institutions. The CNRS also administers a number of centres with some Africanist interests:

Centre d'tudes Sociologiques, Paris. Centre d'ttudes de Geographie Tropicale, Talence (University of Bordeaux). Centre de Recherches sur l'Afrique M6diterranienne, Aix-en-Provence.

Offce de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), 24 rue Bayard, Paris 8e: a public corporation set up to aid developing countries by fundamental and applied research in French-speaking tropical areas, especially in the field of human environmental studies and food production. It operates research centres in the countries of former French Africa: Ivory Coast, Chad, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Cameroun, Madagascar. Annual budget ?681m. ($164m.). It has over 500 research workers, mostly in natural sciences, but among whom are included some twelve anthropologists and sociologists working in Africa.

Le Laboratoire dEthnologie et d'Archeologie Tchadiennes, 8 rue Henner, Paris 9e. Director, Dr. J.-P. Lebeuf.

Institut International d'Administration Publique, 2 avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris 6e (Director, M. J. Baillou); training courses for overseas administrative staff.

Socilti des Africanistes (offices at the Musee de l'Homme); a long established learned society which publishes one of the major French Africanist reviews, Journal de la Socitei des Africanistes, and receives subventions from the CNRS for publications and special projects. Secretary-General: Mme G. Dieterlen (44 rue de Bellechasse, Paris 7e).

Other learned societies with interests in Africa include: Academie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, 5 rue la Perouse, Paris 6e. Sociite Franfaise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer, 43 rue Cambon, Paris Ie. Societi de Ggographie, 8 rue des Petits Champs, Paris 2e.

Sociltepour l'itude des Langues Africaines (SELAF), 20 rue de la Baume, Paris 8e (Secretary, Dr. J. Thomas, University of Nanterre).

Musle de l'Homme, Palais de Chaillot, place du Trocadero, Paris I6e: has an African section and makes significant contributions to African ethnological studies (Director, Prof. R. Gessain, who also directs a research team working in Senegal).

Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 38 rue de Cherche Midi, Paris 6e: a research centre opening I969, which will provide extensive library and research facilities and accommodation, available inter alia for Africanist research.

Special libraries and archives of relevant Government departments, e.g.: Bibliotheque d'Afrique et d'Outre-mer, 3 quai Voltaire, Paris 7e. Centre d'tude et de documentation sur l'Afrique et l'Outre-Mer (CEDAOM), 3 I quai Voltaire,

Paris 7e (Director, M. R. Cornevin). Institut National de la Statistique et des tItudes Aconomiques (INSEE), 22 quai Branly,

Paris 7C.

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OUTSIDE PARIS

Universit d'Aix-Marseille; staff with Africanist interests: Prof. A. Adam-N. Africa; Prof. A. J. Bourde-E. Africa; Prof. G. Manessy -Languages; Prof. I. Isnard- Geography; Prof. R. Le Tourneau - N. Africa; Prof. J.-L. Miege - History.

Institute of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine.

Centre Africain des Sciences Humaines Appliqu6es (CASHA), 46 avenue C6zanne, 3 Aix-en- Provence.

Universit6 de Bordeaux: Prof. P. Metais - Ethnology. Centre d'tudes d'Afrique Noire, Talence: Prof. D. G. Lavroff- Public Law; Prof. A. Mabileau - Constitutional Law. Institut des Sciences Politiques, Talence.

Universite de Grenoble (Institut d'1ttudes Sociales): Prof. G. de Bernis - Sociology.

Universitd de Lille: Prof. G. Lombard - Ethnology.

Universitg de Montpellier: Prof. J. Servier - Ethnology (N. Africa).

Universitg de Nice: Prof. J. Poirier- Ethno-sociology (Madagascar).

Universitg de Strasbourg (Institut d'Ethnologie): Prof. D. Zahan -Ethnology (leaving for Paris, I969).

IN AFRICA

There are four universities in the former French territories:

Senegal: Universit6 de Dakar; M. Y. Person-African History; Prof. S. Sauvageot- African Linguistics.

Ivory Coast: Universit6 d'Abidjan (Institut d'Ethno-Sociologie); Prof. C. Pairault - Ethnology; Dr. C.-H. Perrot - African History.

Cameroon: Universite Federale du Cameroun, Yaounde; Prof. C. Tardits (also CNRS and EPHE) - Ethno-sociology.

Madagascar: Universite de Madagascar, Tananarive.

Each country of French West Africa also had a local centre of the Institut Franfais d'Afrique Noire (Dakar) which undertook Africanist research in the social and natural sciences. Since independence these local centres have become independent research institutes as follows:

Senegal: Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Dakar (now associated with the University of Dakar); Director, Prof. M. Fougeyrollas - Social Psychology.

Mali: Institut des Sciences Humaines du Mali (Director, M. G. Traore).

Guinea: Institut National de Recherches et de Documentation.

Ivory Coast: Centre National de Documentation; M. J. Tournier. There is also an independent Centre des Sciences Humaines; M. B. Holas.

Niger: Centre Nigerien de Recherches en Sciences Humaines, Niamey; M. D. Laya.

Upper Volta: Centre Voltaique de la Recherche Scientifique.



In addition there have been established: Chad: Institut National Tchadien pour les Sciences Humaines; Dr. J.-P. Lebeuf, M. J.

Chapelle. Congo (Brazzaville): Centre d'Enseignement Supirieur; Prof. A. Jacquot - Linguistics.

See also: African centres of ORSTOM listed earlier.

Joint Annual Meeting and Conference of the African Studies Association (U.S.A.) and the Committee on African Studies in Canada, 1969

THE first joint conference of the two North American Africanist associations was held in Montreal from I 5 to 8 October 969. Prior to the opening of the full conference,' work- shops' were held: archaeology (the Nile Valley): Chairman, Philip Smith (University of Montreal); modern African writing: Chairman, John Povey (University of California, Los Angeles); ethnomusicology: Chairman, Klaus Wachsmann (Northwestern University); African bibliography in the electronic age: Chairman, Robert O. Lagace (Human Relations Area Files, Yale University). An address to the Conference at the dinner session was given by the Hon. Gabriel d'Arboussier, Ambassador of Senegal to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Protests and representations calling for the reorganization of the Association to provide for greater Afro-American and African participation in its affairs were made during the general meetings and some of the sectional sessions by members of a Black Caucus attending the conference. Following prolonged discussions, a proposal to set up an ad hoc committee to include representatives of the Association and of the African Heritage Association, which would report and make recommendations, was approved by a majority attending a general session.

The scholarly work of the conference was organized in a large number of concurrent panels in which papers were presented and discussions of selected themes were held. Particulars of the papers and discussions have been listed in the conference program on which further information may be obtained from the Executive Secretary: Professor James Duffy, African Studies Association, 2I8 Shiffman Humanities Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154.

Grants for African Studies (U.S.A.) THE Joint Committee on African Studies, and the American Council of Learned Societies, have awarded the following grants for research in Africa:

Professor David W. Ames (San Francisco State College): analysis of Hausa song texts and compilation of a dictionary of Hausa musical terms.

Professor T. J. Dennis Fair (Southern Illinois University): regional development in Southern Africa.

Professor Hilda Kuper (University of California, Los Angeles): the process of change in the political system of Swaziland from colonial rule to independence.

Professor Arthur A. Moorefield (California Lutheran College): the liturgical music of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

Professor Kathleen Rhodes (Cornell): effectiveness of health instruction in primary schools in Ghana.

J. David Sapir (Pennsylvania): Diola-Fogny language, ethnography and folklore. Audrey Chapman Smock (Barnard College): further analysis of survey data on attitudes of

Eastern Nigerian villagers.

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Professor Robert L. Tignor (Princeton): social change among selected ethnic groups in Kenya during the colonial period, 1900-I930.

The Foreign Area Fellowship Program, administered by the Social Science Research Council and American Council of Learned Societies, has awarded fellowships for African studies for I969-70 as follows:

M. Catharine Atterbury (Wisconsin): the political integration of Kinyaga (Rwanda) I916-60.

Walter L. Barrows (Yale): national integration and political development in Sierra Leone.

Michael A. Cohen (Chicago): the politics of urban development in Ivory Coast. John D. Collins (Johns Hopkins): animation rurale in Niger. Diann Holland (Indiana): investment planning and implementation in the industrial

sector of Senegal. John E. Lamphear (University of London): Jie oral history (Uganda). M. Bridget O'Laughlin (Yale): economic anthropology among the Mbum horticulturists

(Chad). Cyprian L. Rowe (Howard University): African literature (Ghana). Roger Sanjek (Columbia): the indigenous population of Accra. Earl P. Scott (Michigan): the Hausa onion industry. Kenneth H. Shapiro (Stanford): determinants of agricultural economic change among

African cotton farmers in Tanzania. Philip J. Shea (Wisconsin): socio-economic history of a ward in Kano, Nigeria.

Renewals of their present fellowships have been awarded to: Leo Barrington (Boston): the resettlement of a Ghanaian town. James 0. Bellis (Indiana): culture history of the Accra plains in southern Ghana. GeraldJ. Bender (UCLA): Portuguese immigration to Angola. Fremont E. Besmer (Columbia): Hausa traditional music in Northern Nigeria. Beverly Bolser Brown (Boston): history of the town of Ujiji. Mark W. Delancey (Indiana): inter-ethnic communication and the development of a sense

of community on the Cameroons Development Corporation plantations. Dennis L. Dresang (UCLA): the Zambian Civil Service. Douglas E. Ferguson (UCLA): Muslim institutions in West Africa: the life, times and works

of Iman 'Umaru of the Kete-Krachi, 85 2- 934. Talmy Giveon (UCLA): Chi Bemba grammar. Gerald W. Hartwig (Indiana): the cultural history of the Kerebe to I895. Allen F. Isaacman (Wisconsin): the Prazos da Coroa of the Zambezi Valley. Susan B. Kaplow (Columbia): socio-political relations of nineteenth century Gold Coast

traders. Leif Landberg and Pamela Landberg (Davis, California): social organization of Ngalawa

fishing crews and Swahili concepts of disease and curing (Tanzania). Thomas D. Moodie (Harvard): Afrikaner civil religion during 1930-50, with special

emphasis on the Nationalist victory of 1948. Robert M. Price (Berkeley, California): organizational control in a transitional society. David W. Robinson (Columbia): the history of the Fouta Toro. Harlan D. Robinson (Stanford): political and economic development of the Malagasy

Republic. Joel Samoff (Wisconsin): the political process in a single-party state (Tanzania).

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Morris A. Simon (Cornell): processes of institutionalized leadership in urban and rural settings.

Francis G. Snyder (University of Paris): West African law and economics. Charles C. Stewart (University of Oxford): the role of the Qadiriyya brotherhood in West

African Islam. Heidi S. Tauss (Northwestern): politics in an urban area: a comparison of indigenous

and immigrant communities in Accra. Malcolm D. Valentine (UCLA): Luo society, I900-63.

Current and Recently Completed Doctoral, Post-Doctoral, and other Researches in East Africa

Kenya Amiji, H.: history of the Ithnaashari communities. Anyumba, H. O. (U.C.N.): Kenya beliefs system project. Blackburn, R. H. (U.C.N.): study of the Mau Dorobo. Brown, E. J. (U.C.N.): Kenya material cultures project. Chittick, H. N. (B.I.H.A.E.A.): archaeological survey of the Somali coast from Moga-

dishu to the Kenya border. Cohen, M. (B.I.H.A.E.A. and Columbia University): stone bowl cultures of East Africa. Corry, J. J. (University of Wisconsin): history of the agricultural training of African

Kenyans in the colonial era. Frelier, R.: history of the African community in Nairobi. Hay, M.: Luo economic history. Jackson, K.: traditional history of the Akamba. Jacobs, A. H. (U.C.N.): comparative study of the human ecology of pastoralism in Kenya. Kantai, B.: land and politics in Kenya, I915-I935. Kettel, D. and Mrs. (U.C.N. and University of Illinois): pilot study of the Tugen of

Baringo district. Kieran, J. A. (U.C.N.): Abushiri's rebellion; a history of the church in Tanzania. Kipkorir, B. (Cambridge University): rise of a nationalist elite in Kenya. Lowenthal, R. (U.C.N. and University of Illinois): pilot study of the Tharaka. Macgoye, M. O. (U.C.N.): Luo literary and historical texts. Manners, R. A. (Brandeis University): colonialism and the changing culture of Kenya,

I885-I965. Maxon, R. M. (Syracuse University): British rule in Gusii land ca. I905-I962. McIntosh, B. G. (U.C.N.): the Scottish missionary factor in Kenya, I891-1931. Muriuki, G.: traditional history of the Gikuyu. Ochieng, W. R. (U.C.N.): traditional history of the Gusii. Ogot, B. A. (U.C.N.): traditional history of the Gusii, religion and politics in pre-European

East Africa, transfer of power in Kenya, I940-I963. Rosen, D. (U.C.N. and University of Illinois): pilot study of the Mukogodo of Laikipia

district. Salim, A. L (U.C.N.): Arab and Swahili peoples of the East African coast. Shiroya, O. E. J.: impact of World War II on Kenya: the returned African soldiers. Sperling, D. (Strathmore College, Nairobi): Islamization of the Wadigo. Spencer, L.: the mission role as representative of African interests, i900-1920s. Thomason, M. V. R.: economic history of Kenya and Uganda, 1895-1912. Valentine, N. D.: social institutions and changing conditions among the Luo-speaking

peoples of central and southern Nyanza. Were, G. S. (U.C.N.): pre-colonial history of Bugishu; Dini ya Msambwa: a revaluation.

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Tanzania

Akeroyd, A. (University College London): sociology and history of the Vidunda. Alpers, E. A. (University of California, Los Angeles): history of the coast from the six-

teenth to the nineteenth centuries. Bolster, B. (Boston University): history of Ujiji. Brown, W. (Boston University): history of Bagamoyo. Collinson, J. (B.I.H.A.E.A. and Institute of Social Anthropology, Oxford): history and

social structure of the southern Nyamwezi. Fierman, S. (Oxford and Wisconsin Universities): Shambala. Gallagher, J. (Boston University): Ndendehuli. Hartwig, G. W. (Indiana University): Ukerewe. Holmes, C. F. (Boston University): the Kwimba chiefdom of Usukuma. Katoke, L K. (U.C.D.): traditional history of Karagwe and its neighbours. Kimambo, I. N. (U.C.D.): oral history in north-eastern Tanzania. Pender-Cudlip, P. (B.I.H.A.E.A.): history of the Iramba. Ranger, T. O. (U.C.D.): development of pre-colonial religious systems in southern

Tanzania. Redmayne, A. (Newcastle University): the Uhehe in the nineteenth century. Roberts, A. D. (University of Zambia): chiefdoms, trade and trade-routes of Unyamwezi. Shorter, A. E. M. (Gaba Pastoral Institute, Kampala): the Ukimbu. Sutton, J. E. G. (U.C.D.): survey and excavation of Iron Age sites in central, western and

southern Tanzania, with reference to salt-workings and agricultural remains. Swantz, Revd. and Mrs. L. W. (Luther House, Dar es Salaam): Zaramo. Unomah, A. (Ibadan University): the Unyanyembe chiefdom of Unyamwezi.

Uganda Allen, J. de V. (Makerere): the Lamu area of Kenya in the nineteenth century. Baitwababo, S. R. (B.I.H.A.E.A.): history of Mpororo. Cohen, D. W. (S.O.A.S.): pre-colonial history of Busoga. Denoon, D. (Makerere): reaction to alien (British) rule in selected areas of Uganda. Hansen, H. B. (University of Copenhagen): Mission and Church in Uganda. Karugire, S. (S.O.A.S.): traditional history of the Ankole kingdom. Odada, M. (Makerere): the Kumam of Lake Kyogga before I900. Oded, A. (Makerere): history of Islam in Buganda, I854-1914. Pirouet, L. (Makerere): spread of Christianity from Buganda into western and northern

areas of Uganda between I891 and I9I4. Steinhart, E. (Northwestern University): comparative study of state-formation in

Western Uganda. Sutton, A. (B.I.H.A.E.A. and University of Essex): history of the West Nile District of

Uganda. Tosh, J. (B.I.H.A.E.A. and S.O.A.S.): traditional history of Lango. Twaddle, M. (S.O.A.S. and Makerere): political biography of Semei Kakungulu; political

change in eastern Uganda since I890.

Uzoigwe, G. N. (Makerere): history of Bunyoro-Kitara and special study of Omukama Kabarega.

Watson, T. (Makerere): contribution of the C.M.S. to education in Uganda. Welbourn, Revd. F. B. (University of Bristol): rebel churches in East Africa.

(These titles have been selected from a list published by the British Institute of History and Archaeology in East Africa in Azania, vol. iii, I968, to which acknowledgement is made.)

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NOTES AND NEWS 79 Universite d'Abidjan: Nouvelles de la Recherche (voir aussi Africa, xxxix, I, 1969,

pp. 72-3) Institut d'Ethno-sociologie

H. Memel-F6t6: l'enquete sur le systeme politique traditionnel des Adjukru (sous- prefecture de Dabou), commencee en octobre I965, se poursuivra jusqu'en mai I969 et on espere la publication dans le courant de 1970; A. Ferrari: l'etude sur le centre semi-urbain de Lakota se poursuit avec la collecte des donnees sur les changements economiques affec- tant l'agglomeration, l'evolution de la population feminine, et les traits caracterisant aujour- d'hui la classe des adolescents; E. Terray: L'organisation sociale des Dida de C6te d'Ivoire est en cours de publication (Annales de l'Universite d'Abidjan, serie Ethno-sociologie).

Institut de Linguistique Appliquee G. Dumestre: un atlas linguistique de Cote d'Ivoire et l'etude d'une des varietes de Dioula;

L. Duponchel: l'etude de l'Alladian; J. le Saout: la langue des Gagou; G. Hdrault: l'etude de l'Adioukrou; G. Retord: l'Agni-Sanvi; A. Ouinde et P. Kokora (chercheurs exterieurs a l'Institut): le Tagbana et le Koyo.

An Association of Africanists in Germany ON the initiative mainly of the more junior German Africanists, an Association of Afri- canists in Germany (Vereinigung von Afrikanisten in Deutschland-VAD) has recently been formed. Dr. Hermann Jungraithmayr, University of Marburg, has been elected Secretary. The aims of the association are to facilitate communication between research workers and teachers in the field of African studies, whether affiliated to a university or not; to provide assistance in projects involving co-operation between different disciplines; to make contact with foreign scholars and institutions in Europe and Africa; and to provide information for the German public about the development of African studies in Germany and the work of the association. Regular activities will include an annual conference, the first of which was held at Marburg from x 8 to 20 July I969 on ' Problems and potentialities of inter-disciplinary co-operation in the field of African studies '. It is hoped to publish the proceedings of these conferences in a special series.

The Centre for African Legal Development (Centre de Developpement juridique africain)

THIS Centre has been established within the Faculty of Law, Haile Sellassie I University, Addis Ababa. Its programme includes the collection of African legal materials and their diffusion to interested persons, the production of selected documentation on the development of African law in various fields, and the holding of seminars for teachers of law and courses for post-graduate students on comparative African legal development. It is also publishing books and organizes conferences.

The Centre has received financial assistance from the Ford Foundation and the Belgian Government which has enabled it to engage academie and technical staff to equip a complete micro-copying laboratory. The Haile Sellassie I University and the Free University of Brussels are co-operating on the African Law Bibliography Project and the African Legis- lation Protect, both of which should be completed in I972. The former is now completing the African Law Bibliography I947-66, which includes references to all books and articles on African law published from I947 to 1966, and yearly supplements will be prepared in conjunction with the African Law Department, SOAS, University of London; the first



supplement will cover the year 1967. The African Law Bibliography Ig97-I946 is also being prepared and will, it is hoped, be published in I97I.

The African Legislation Project aims to assemble in Addis Ababa a complete collection of all African Law Gazettes and their supplements from 1900 onwards. The Gazettes and their supplements will be reproduced on micro-films, each containing 3 o-60 pages of printed material. The existing tables of contents of the Gazettes and their supplements are being xeroxed and bound for easy access. The Centre is also acquiring all existing indexes on Afri- can legislation and is classifying the data contained in them under subject headings and countries.

Detailed information concerning the work of the Centre may be obtained from the Director: Dr. J. Vanderlinden at either Faculty of Law, Haile Sellassie I University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, or Bureau 918, Institut de Sociologie, Universite libre de Bruxelles, 44 avenue Jeanne, Bruxelles 5, Belgique.

L'Introduction bibliographique a l'Histoire du Droit et a l'Ethnologiejuridique THIS bibliography of the history and the ethnology of law is being produced under the direction of Professor John Gilissen of the University of Brussels, by the Centre d'Histoire et d'Ethnologie Juridique de l'Institut de Sociologie, Universite de Bruxelles. It will consist of eight volumes with a wide historical and geographical coverage from the origins of law and legal institutions down to the present day; special attention has been given to legal ethnography and customary law. The separate numbered parts of each volume are being issued as these are completed. Tome E (Afrique) contains the following parts (20-36); those printed in capital letters are now available.

20. Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia: U. Uche (London). 21. Afrique occidentale et equatoriale (ex-frangaise): X. 22. LIBERIA: M. R. Konvitz (Ithaca). 23. A1THIOPIE-I2RYTHRAIE: E. Cerulli (Rome). 24. SOMALIE: E. Cerulli (Rome). 25. Soudan: C. Thompson (Addis Ababa). 26. KENYA, TANZANIA, UGANDA: J. S. Read (London). 27. CONGO: J. Vanderlinden (Bruxelles). 28. Burundi, Rwanda: J. Vanderlinden (Bruxelles). 29. MADAGASCAR: M. Alliot, M. Blanc-Jouvan (Paris), et J. Poirier (Tananarive). 3o. Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland: W. T. McClain (Lusaka). 3'. AFRIQUE DU SUD (droit bantou): A. J. Kerr (Grahamstown). 32. AFRIQUE DU SUD (droit moderne): P. Van Warmelo (Pretoria). 33. Rhodesia, Zambia, Malawi: W. T. McClain (Lusaka). 34. Angola-Mozambique: G. Braga da Cruz et A. Costa (Coimbra). 35. Colonisation fran9aise: B. Schnapper (Bordeaux) et X. 36. Colonisation italienne: E. de Leone (Rome).

Dictionary of Amharic, by R. C. Abraham THE typescript of the late Dr. R. C. Abraham's Dictionary of Amharic has been deposited in the Oriental MSS. department of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and is available for consultation or on loan through libraries. This dictionary, in a modified Latin alphabet, is one of Dr. Abraham's most comprehensive works but was never brought to the point of publication.

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An Initial Readership Survey of Ethiopia A RESEARCH programme, the Christian Literature Development Project (P.O. Box 2248, Addis Ababa), has been sponsored by the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society, Globe Publishing House, the Presbyterian Literature Program and Yemissrach Dimts Literature Programme in Ethiopia, and by Christian Literature Fund in Switzerland. Its aim is 'to assess the needs of Ethiopia which can be met by Christian literature in Ethiopian and Eng- lish languages, to evaluate the extent to which the present programmes minister to these needs, and to make representations for the future dealing with all relevant aspects and in particular production, distribution and methods of training '. Mr. John Conacher, who has been in Ethiopia since I960, has conducted about 200 interviews for a readership survey in all except three of the governorate-generals of Ethiopia. The records of these interviews are now being analysed in detail to produce an initial readership survey, intended primarily for the sponsors of the Project, but which will also be made available to other institutions and persons. The scope of the Survey extends to all types of books in any language, and in addition to those in Amharic and English reference will be made to books which those interviewed have read in Tigrinya, Giiz, Kunama, French, and Russian.

The Institutefor Development Research, Copenhagen, Denmark THE Institute for Development Research (5, Set. Annae Plads, DK-I250, Copenhagen K.) was established in I968 to undertake, promote, and publish research into the economic and social development of the developing countries, including investigation and evaluation of the development assistance of Denmark and other countries. It is an independent institution, receiving an annual grant from the Danish Government, and governed by a research council of twenty members which met for the first time in March 1969. The Institute is at present engaged in formulating its research programme which will be of a multidisciplinary charac- ter relating mainly to five countries in Eastern Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi), to Ghana and also to India, Pakistan, and Thailand. Among the projects under consideration are: a study of development planning in East Africa; participation in research related to the rural development policy of Tanzania; a survey of the development problems of a sub-national region in Eastern Africa; and an analysis of the cultural development and cultural policy in one or more African states. Professor Thorkil Kristensen has been appointed as general director, and Cand. polit. Knud Erik Svendsen as research director of the Institute.

El Centro de Estudios, Documentacion e Informacion de Africa (CEDIA) A CENTRE for African studies in Madrid has been established by the secretariat of the Comisi6n de Misiones, under the direction of Fr. Manuel Gomez-Pallete, S.J., formerly director of the Colegio Mayor Nuestra Sefiora de Africa. The centre aims to provide information on all aspects of African life for the benefit of those engaged in research such as political, industrial, and commercial organizations, university personnel, missionaries, doctors, and technicians intending to work in Africa, and for Africans living in Spain. The work of the centre includes the holding of conferences, seminars, and study groups, direction of theses and studies, the carrying out of specialized projects and the preparation of notices, book reviews, documentation, and card indexes and of information for the press. CEDIA has a library of about 6,ooo volumes and is now acquiring books and periodicals of speci- fically African interest. The cards of the 7,5oo-volume library of the Colegio Mayor Nuestra Sefiora de Africa are at present being copied for CEDIA. Card indexes of information, documents, and photographs and of the library, arranged by authors, subjects (decimal

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classification), and with geography, ethnology, biography, and bibliography sections, are available. The address of the centre is: CEDIA, Jose Maraii6n 3, Madrid (3).

Third African Regional Conference of the International Social Security Association THE Reports and Documents of the Third African Regional Conference, held in Abidjan from 6 to 14 September 1968, have now been published (African Social Security Series, No. 5, Special Number 1968) by the General Secretariat of the International Social Security Association (I54, rue de Lausanne, Geneva). The conference was attended by nearly Ioo delegates and observers from 19 African countries, and representatives of the International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, International Organization of Employers, and the Pan-African Trade Union Organization.

Reports and Documents contains the texts of the speeches made at the opening and closing sessions of the conference, and the full texts of all the reports presented on the main themes of' Social Security and the National Economy in Developing Countries ', ' Prevention of Occupational Risks: Principles and Methods ', and the reports of the African Regional Committees on family allowances, medical care, and rehabilitation; general questions of social security administration; and old age, invalidity, and survivors' insurance. The reports are followed by a brief account of the discussions during the working sessions of the conference and the volume concludes with the recommendations adopted and the list of participants.

Secretaryship of the Institute MEMBERS of the Institute will be sorry to learn that Mrs. Wolfe resigned the Secretaryship at the end of November 1969. In sharing the Officers' regret that we shall no longer benefit from her valuable and much appreciated contribution to our work over the past eight years, they will join in wishing her every happiness. She is expecting a baby early in the New Year and will be moving to New York with her husband who is taking up a post there.

The Chairman has approved the appointment of Mrs. Wendy Hardcastle as Secretary of the Institute from December I969.

QUARTERLY CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES AND NEWS

THE Bibliography of Current Publications and the Notes and News Section, published quarterly in Africa, are also issued separately for filing and reference. Printed on one side of the paper, the individual items may be put on cards for cataloguing.

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