Submitted: Friday, April 24, 1998 Dr. Charles Geshekter Professor of History Department of History California State University Chico, California 95929 USA phone: 530-898-6718 fax: 530-343-5632 e-mail: cgeshkter@facultypo.csuchico.edu Modern African history; Somali social and economic history; South African history; critical re-appraisals of AIDS in Africa; female circumcision in Somalia; African filmmaking