Northeast African Studies 19 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 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)"