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 From 21 December to 18 January, the 35th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament, known in short as the 2025 AFCON or CAN 2025, was hosted by Morocco. Senegal won the tournament, beating Morocco.

This book is a rare history of how colonialism in southern Africa impacted cattle's subjective historical experiences. It explores major colonial impacts, including wagon labour, disease epidemics and veterinary infrastructure, but also the development of industrial slaughterhouses.

On 4 December Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal passed away. Van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal worked at the African Studies Centre from 1967 to 2002. Van Rouveroy’s main academic interests were African chieftaincy and customary law. He published books, articles and films about these topics.