African Studies Quarterly articles from March 2006

African Studies Quarterly archives from March 2006

Colonial policies and women's participation in public life: the case of British Southern Cameroons.
March 22, 2006... Abstract: Much of the literature on colonial policies towards women has highlighted the ways that these policies spread Western notions of domesticity and narrowed the space available for African women to participate in public life. Drawing...

The political economy of oil in equatorial Guinea.
March 22, 2006... Abstract: This paper analyzes the political economy of oil in Equatorial Guinea, one of Africa's newest and most important oil producers. It begins with a brief history of the country and its recent experience with oil-led development. The...

Markets and Morality: American Relations with Tanzania.(AT ISSUE)
March 22, 2006... Tanzania has never been high on the list of official US relationships in Africa. And for America, this has probably not been a major problem; the two countries are economically and socially very different. Chronically poor, Tanzania has...

The French Encounter with Africans: White Response to Blacks, 1530-1880.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The French Encounter with Africans: White Response to Blacks, 1530-1880. William B. Cohen. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003. 360 pp. The French Encounter with Africans provides a review of French thinking about race and slavery...

Counter - Colonial Criminology: A Critique of Imperialist Reason.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Counter-Colonial Criminology: A Critique of Imperialist Reason. Biko Agozino. London: Pluto, 2003. 281 pp. This book will undoubtedly provide much discussion in criminological circles, but it should not be confined to such a narrow field....

African Francophone Cinema.(Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan African Film)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... African Francophone Cinema. Samba Diop. New Orleans: University Press of the South, 2004. 106 pp. Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan African Film. Melissa Thackway. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Oxford:...

Phases of Conflict in Africa.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Phases of Conflict in Africa. Rose Kadende-Kaiser and Paul J. Kaiser, eds. Toronto: De Sitter Publications, 2005. 184 pp. Africa has been afflicted by serious armed conflicts perhaps more than any other region on the planet. It is however...

Swahili Modernities. Culture, Politics, and Identity on the East Coast of Africa.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Swahili Modernities. Culture, Politics, and Identity on the East Coast of Africa. Pat Caplan and Farouk Topan, eds. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2004. 270 pp. A photograph of a young woman wearing a greenish veil and holding a mobile...

Peoples' Spaces and State Spaces: Land and Governance in Mozambique.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Peoples' Spaces and State Spaces: Land and Governance in Mozambique. Rosemary Elizabeth Galli. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2003. 313 pp. Peoples' Spaces and State Spaces examines the ways in which Mozambicans have lost land rights and...

Tourism in the New South Africa: Social Responsibility and the Tourist Experience.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Tourism in the New South Africa: Social Responsibility and the Tourist Experience. Garth Allen and Frank Brennan. London: I.B. Tauris, 2004. 305 pp. Social scientists, Garth Allen and Frank Brennan, have essentially created two...

Uncertain Safari: Kenyan Encounters and African Dreams.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Uncertain Safari: Kenyan Encounters and African Dreams. Allan M. Winkler. Lanham, MD (USA): Hamilton Books, 2004. 149pp. It is always a pleasant surprise to find a book that is written about one's own experiences. Many of us have taught or...

No Peace, No War: An Anthropology of Contemporary Armed Conflicts.(At War's End: Building Peace After Civil Conflict)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... No Peace, No War: An Anthropology of Contemporary Armed Conflicts. Paul Richards, ed. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2005. 214 pp. At War's End: Building Peace After Civil Conflict. Roland Paris. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,...

The Politics of Humanitarian Organizations Intervention.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Politics of Humanitarian Organizations Intervention. Lanham. Obiaga Ndubisi. University of America Press, 2004. 120 pp. Interventions by humanitarian organizations in conflict settings are mainly premised on the moral principle and the...

A History of Inequality in South Africa, 1652-2002.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... A History of Inequality in South Africa, 1652-2002. Sampie Terreblanche. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 2002. 527 pp. Sampie Terreblanche has the erudition and unique insights into both sides of the political divide in South...

Laduma! Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Laduma! Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa. Peter Alegi. Scottsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2004. 221 pp. Can soccer explain the world -or at least South African history? (1) Peter Alegi's ambitious,...

In Rwanda We Say... The Family That Does Not Speak Dies (Video Documentary).(Video recording review)
March 22, 2006... In Rwanda we say... The Family that does not speak dies (Video Documentary). Anne Aghion, Director. Brooklyn, NY: First Run-Icarus Films, 2004. 54 min. There has been much interest in the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda lately due to the ten year...

'Letting Them Die': Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... 'Letting Them Die': Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail. Catherine Campbell. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003. 214pp. The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread. Daily, the epidemic's toll is felt by families, communities,...

In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960. Christaud Geary. London: Philip Wilson, 2002. 128 pp. This book, based on a wonderful exhibit originally organized at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, has...

The Syntax of Chichewa.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Syntax of Chichewa. Sam Mchombo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 149 pp. The Syntax of Chichewa is a thorough description of Chichewa syntactic structures. It is informed by extensive research based on various aspects of...

Energy Services for the Urban Poor in Africa: Issues and Policy Implications.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Energy Services for the Urban Poor in Africa: Issues and Policy Implications. Kebede, Bereket and Ikhupuleng Dube (eds.). London: Zed Books, Ltd in association with African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN), Nairobi, Kenya, 2004. 297pp....

Continent of Mothers, Continent of Hope: Understanding and Promoting Development in Africa Today.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Continent of Mothers, Continent of Hope: Understanding and Promoting Development in Africa Today. Skard Torild. New York: Zed Books Ltd., 2003. 260 pp. In this book, Skard draws on her rich experience working and living in Central and West...