NYAME AKUMA

Benin

Report on the 1996 field season: Savi, Republic of Benin
      Kenneth G. Kelly..................................................................................................................2

Burkina Faso

Continuation des recherches archéologiques au nord du Burkina Faso: campagne de 1995
      Ralf Vogelsang....................................................................................................................6

Cameroon

Preliminary results of fieldwork done by the "Ceramic and Society Project" in Cameroon,
      December 1995-March 1996
      Olivier P. Gosselain, A. Livingstone Smith, H. Wallaert, G. Williams Ewe and
      M. Vander Linden..............................................................................................................11

Ethno-marketing of pottery: fieldwork in the Faro department, northern Cameroon
      Marc Vander Linden and O. P. Gosselain..........................................................................18

Ethiopia

The B.U./I.U.O. archaeological excavations at Bieta Giyorghis (Aksum, Ethiopia):
      a preliminary report on the 1996 field season
      Kathryn A. Bard, M. C. Di Blasi, R. Fattovich, A. Manzo, C. Perlingieri and
      L. Crescenzi........................................................................................................................21

The B.I.E.A. Aksum excavations, 1995
      David Phillipson................................................................................................................24

Ghana

A Middle Stone Age component at the Birimi site, Northern Region, Ghana
      Alicia Hawkins, J. Casey, D. Godfrey-Smith and A. C. D'Andrea........................................34

Recent excavations of Adansemanso
      Brian Vivian.......................................................................................................................37

Libya

Taming Barbary sheep: wild animal management by Early Holocene hunter-gatherers
      at Uan Afuda (Libyan Sahara)
      Savino Di Lernia and M. Cremaschi..................................................................................43

Madagascar

Stone enclosures, political frontiers and monumental tombs: survey in Androy 1996
      Mike Parker Pearson, K. Godden, G. Heurtebize, Ramilisonina and Retsihisatse................55

Mali

Découverte récente d’un site stratifié holocène à Oundjougou, Mali:
      résultats des deux missions préliminaires
      Eric Huysecom...................................................................................................................59

Tanzania

Report on excavations at the Swahili site of Pujini, Pemba Island, Tanzania
      Adria LaViolette.................................................................................................................72

News items..............................................................................................................................84

Program of the 13th Biennial Meeting of SAfA, Poznan.......................................................85

Abstracts of the 13th Biennial Meeting of SAfA, Poznan......................................................89