Northeast African Studies 15 No 2

IN THIS ISSUE Articles Enrico Ille, "The Nuba Mountains between Coercion and Persuasion during Mahdist Rule (1881-98)" Meron Zeleke, "Cosmopolitan Youth Religious Movements in Ethiopia: Ethiopian Orthodox Täwahədo Youth as Vanguard and Self-Appointed Masters of Ceremony" Antonio M. Morone, "The Unsettled Southern Ethiopian- Somali Boundary on the Eve of Decolonization: Political Confrontation and Human Interactions in the Ogaadeen Borderland" Hannah Whittaker, "A New Model Village? Nairobi Development and the Somali Question in Kenya, c. 1915-17" In Memoriam Faisal Roble, "Remembering Said S. Samatar" Book Review Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa: From Honor to Respectability, by Elisabeth McMahon, reviewed by Chris Conte

IN THIS ISSUE Articles Fikru Negash Gebrekidan, "Ethiopia in Black Studies from W. E. B. Du Bois to Henry Louis Gates, Jr." Hugo Ferran, "The Musical Expression of Identity in Maale Patrilineal Society (Southern Ethiopia)" Carolina De Rosis, "The Organization of the Fight against HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: Rallying around Afflictions" Kevin K. Frank, "Ripeness and the 2008 Djibouti-Eritrea Border Dispute" Virginia Luling, Anita S. Adam, "Continuities and Changes: Marriage in Southern Somalia and the Diaspora" InMemoriam Mohamed Haji Mukhtar, "A Remembrance of Salah Mohamed Ali and Aw Jama Umar Isse: The Passing of a Generation in Somali Studies" Forum Messay Kebede, "The Ethiopian Student Movement: A Rejoinder to Bahru Zewde's The Quest for Socialist Utopia" Bahru Zewde, "Response to Messay Kebede's Rejoinder" Book Reviews Localising Salafism: Religious Change among Oromo Muslims in Bale, Ethiopia, by Terje Østebo, reviewed by Haggai Erlich The Conscript: A Novel of Libya's Anticolonial War, by Gebreyesus Hailu, translated by Ghirmai Negash, reviewed by Carmela Garritano British Somaliland: An Administrative History, 1920-1960, by Brock Millman, reviewed by Lidwien Kapteijns Regional Integration, Identity, and Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa, edited by Kidane Mengisteab and Redie Bereketeab, reviewed by Joseph L. Venosa

IN THIS ISSUE Articles Fantahun Ayele, "The Northwestern Command's Response to Insurgent Assaults on Dabat, Ethiopia" Serge D. Elie, "Communal Identity Transformation in Soqotra: From Status Hierarchy to Ethnic Ranking" Esubalew Belay Fanta, "The British on the Ethiopian Bench: 1942-1944" A. Osman Farah, "The Justice of Improving Security and Confronting Poverty: The Role of Transnational NGOs and Communities in Somalia" Review Essay Christopher Day, "The Sudans: Macrohistory and Micropolitics" Book Reviews The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia 1300-1700, by Mohammed Hassen, reviewed by Ezekiel Gebissa Linguistic, Oriental and Ethiopian Studies in Memory of Paolo Marrassini, edited by Alessandro Bausi, Alessandro Gori, and Gianfrancesco Lusini, reviewed by Grover Hudson Islamic Law, Gender and Social Change in Post-Abolition Zanzibar, by Elke Stockreiter, reviewed by Nathalie Arnold Koenings In Memoriam Paulos Milkias, "Richard Pankhurst (1927-2017)"