Journal of West African History 3, No. 2

IN THIS ISSUE

Editor's Note
Nwando Achebe, "Uwa Umu-Nwanyi: The World of Women, The World of Women’s Children"

Articles
Timothy D. L. Nevin, "In Search of the Historical Madam Suakoko: Liberia’s Renowned Female Kpelle Chief"
Andrew Apter, "Queer Crossings: Kinship, Marriage, and Sexuality in Igboland and Carriacou"
Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué, "Intellectual Housewives, Journalism, and Anglophone Nationalism in Cameroon, 1961–1972"

Conversations
Lisa A. Lindsay, "Male Daughters, Female Husbands at Thirty"
Leslie Anne Hadfield, "Understanding African Marriage and Family Relations from South Africa to the United States"
Marion G. Mendy, Assan Sarr, "The Ambiguity of Gender: Ifi Amadiume and the Writing of Gender History in Igboland"
Lorelle Semley, "When We Discovered Gender: A Retrospective on Ifi Amadiume’s Male Daughters, Female Husbands: Gender and Sex in an African Society"
Abosede George, “A Philosopher with a Plan: Reflections on Ifi Amadiume’s Male Daughters, Female Husbands"
Ifi Amadiume, "Gender Field Experience, Method and Theory"

The Teaching Scholar
Judith A. Byfield, "Becoming Classic: 'Sitting on a Man' at Forty-Five"
Akosua Adomako Ampofo, "'Sitting on a Man': Forty Years Later"
Ndubueze L. Mbah, "Judith Van Allen, 'Sitting on a Man,' and the Foundation of Igbo Women’s Studies"
Denise Walsh, "Making It Ethical to Study Africa: The Enduring Legacies of 'Sitting on a Man'"
Emily Lynn Osborn, "Man Sitting with Judith Van Allen"
Lynda R. Day, "Judith Van Allen and the Impact of Her Article '"Sitting on a Man": Colonialism and the Lost Political Institutions of Igbo Women' in the Classroom"
Judith Van Allen, "Politics and the Writing of 'Sitting on a Man'"

Book Reviews
Shi’i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal, reviewed by Shobana Shankar
Africa and France: Postcolonial Cultures, Migration, and Racism, reviewed by Abou B. Bamba
“Life Not Worth Living”: Nigerian Petitions Reflecting an African Society’s Experiences during World War II, reviewed by Oliver Coates