African Studies Quarterly articles

Recent articles from African Studies Quarterly

Political Liberation and Decolonization in Africa: Lessons from Country Experiences.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Political Liberation and Decolonization in Africa: Lessons from Country Experiences. Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere and John Mukum Mbaku. Westport CT: Praeger, 2003. 373 pp. African scholars who have first hand experience of political developments in the continent since independence in the...

The challenge of globalization, labor market restructuring and union democracy in Ghana.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Introduction Studies on trade unions, especially those of the political economy approach, reiterate the importance of trade unions in arresting the excesses of globalization, such as the threat to the environment and increasing global poverty. [1] They also underscore trade unions'...

Stakeholder participatory processes and dialogue platforms in the Mazowe river catchment, Zimbabwe.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Introduction At the global level, issues of water scarcity and shifting natural resources management paradigms have helped to push water onto the priority list of international development agencies. In response to increasing water demand and changing global water resources management...

Medicine and anthropology in twentieth century Africa: Akan medicine and encounters with (medical) anthropology.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Introduction In twentieth century southern and eastern Africa, "traditional" medicine was the dominant healing system and often regarded as the more appropriate mode of treatment by specialists and recipients. [1] Stretching from Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, and Zambia to Cameroon,...

Who ruled by the spear? Rethinking the form of governance in the Ndebele state.(Report)
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION One of the earliest attempts to understand the ontology of African political systems and the forms of African governance is the collaborative anthropological work of M. Fortes and E. E. Evans-Pritchard. In this work, sweeping generalizations were made about diverse African...