African Studies Quarterly articles from September 2006

African Studies Quarterly archives from September 2006

African imaginations of moral economy: notes on indigenous economic concepts and practices in Tanzania.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2006... Abstract: In response to economic influences emanating from abroad, African people have always created unique socioeconomic relationships and ideas. Examining four well-known Swahili words, utani, chama, ujamaa, and ujanja, this paper offers...

"Earning among friends": business practices and creed among petty traders in Tanzania.
September 22, 2006... Abstract: This paper analyzes how petty street traders called Machinga have created unique credit transactions in response to the political and socio-economical transformation after the economic liberalization of Tanzania. The credit...

The economy of affection and local enterprises in Africa: empirical evidence from a network study in Burkina Faso and Senegal.(Survey)
September 22, 2006... Abstract: This paper, based on the results of a quantitative and qualitative survey, investigates the role that networks play in the construction sector in Burkina Faso and Senegal. The aim of this study is to uncover the effects of the economy...

Introduction and overview to the special issue on Africa's moral and affective economy.
September 22, 2006... The purpose of this special issue is to allow a better insight and appreciation of Japanese scholarship on Africa. Japanese academics interested in Africa have been actively studying various aspects of African rural life. Agricultural...

The changing practices of kibarua employment: a case study of the Sagara, Tanzania.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2006... Abstract: This article analyzes the process in which the "economy of affection" in rural Africa transforms the nature of wage labor and thereby induces a phenomenon we may call "communal sharing of cash" among African peasants, through a case...

Engendering Human Rights: Cultural and Socio-Economic Realities in Africa.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Engendering Human Rights: Cultural and Socio-Economic Realities in Africa. Obioma Nnaemeka and Joy Ezeilo, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 320 pp. Nnameka and Ezeilo provide a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary overview of how context...

Practicing History in Central Tanzania: Writing, Memory, and Performance.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Practicing History in Central Tanzania: Writing, Memory, and Performance. Gregory H. Maddox with Ernest M. Kongola. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2006. 178 pp. Gregory Maddox's book, Practicing History in Central Tanzania, is good example of...

Talk Left Walk Right: South Africa's Frustrated Global Reforms.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Talk Left Walk Right: South Africa's Frustrated Global Reforms. Patrick Bond. Scottsville, South Africa: University of Kwazulu Natal Press, 2004. 266 pp. Patrick Bond is one of the most prolific and insightful political economists writing...

Mandela's World: The International Dimension of South Africa's Political Revolution, 1990-99.(Thabo Mbeki's World: The Politics and Ideology of the South African President)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Mandela's World: The International Dimension of South Africa's Political Revolution, 1990-99. James Barber. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004. 256 pp. Thabo Mbeki's World: The Politics and Ideology of the South African President. Sean...

From beer to money: labor exchange and commercialization in eastern Uganda.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2006... Abstract: This paper discusses how labor exchange and social ties among the Sabiny in eastern Uganda have changed with increased commercialization in the area. It explains the rationale for the original "beer party system" and how labor...

Moral economy as emotional interaction: food sharing and reciprocity in highland Ethiopia.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2006... Abstract: In peasant studies, many anthropologists have taken the view that the peasant economy has some salient cultural traits distinct from the rational choice of neoclassical economics. This view has been criticized by political economists...

Is Violence Inevitable in Africa? Theories of Conflict and Approaches to Conflict Prevention.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Is Violence Inevitable in Africa? Theories of Conflict and Approaches to Conflict Prevention. Patrick Chabal, Ulf Engel, and Annamaria Gentili (eds). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005. 245 pp. Is Violence Inevitable...

Labor exchange systems in Japan and DR Congo: similarities and differences.(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2006... Abstract: In this essay, I attempt a comparison of two labor exchange systems employed respectively by Japanese and Congolese (Tembo) peasants. The Japanese system is known as yui, while the Tembo system is called likilimba. Yui and likilimba...

The French Imperial Nation-State: Negritude and Colonial Humanism between the Two World Wars.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... The French Imperial Nation-State: Negritude and Colonial Humanism between the Two World Wars. Gary Wilder. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. 386 pp. Here's a fresh exploration of colonial overrule through the prism of social...

Famine That Kills: Darfur, Sudan (Revised Edition).(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan (Revised Edition). Alex De Waal. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. 258 pp. 'It is deeply sad that Darfur should not only be a textbook study of famine, but of genocide as well.' (Alex De Waal) ...