Africa Today articles from September 2007

Africa Today archives from September 2007

Changes and continuities: implementation of gender equality in a South African high school.
September 22, 2007... The 1996 constitution of the Republic of South Africa establishes a range of rights, including the right to gender equity. Careful observation shows that gender equity in South African education is far from being achieved. There is no education...

Britton, Hannah Evelyn. 2005. Women in the South African Parliament: From Resistance to Governance.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Britton, Hannah Evelyn. 2005. WOMEN IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT: FROM RESISTANCE TO GOVERNANCE. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 198 pp. $35.00 cloth). With its 2003 election, Rwanda catapulted to the top of the list of countries...

Kuhanen, Jan. 2005. Poverty, Health and Reproduction in Early Colonial Uganda.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Kuhanen, Jan. 2005. POVERTY, HEALTH AND REPRODUCTION IN EARLY COLONIAL UGANDA. Joensuu, Finland: University of Joensuu Publications in the Humanities. 434 pp. paper. We are fortunate that Jan Kuhanen's work comes to us quickly because of...

Lwanda, John. 2005. Politics, Culture and Medicine in Malawi: Historical Continuities and Ruptures with Special Reference to HIV/AIDS.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Lwanda, John. 2005. POLITICS, CULTURE AND MEDICINE IN MALAWI: HISTORICAL CONTINUITIES AND RUPTURES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIV/AIDS. Zomba, Malawi: Kachere Series. 397 pp. $31.00 paper). Malawi struggles with one of the highest HIV/AIDS...

Rachel Murray. 2004. Human Rights in Africa: from the OAU to the African Union.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Rachel Murray. 2004. HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA: FROM THE OAU TO THE AFRICAN UNION. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 34 pp. $85.00 cloth). This book explains the integration of human rights in African politics by analyzing the...

Soares, Benjamin F. 2005. Islam and the Prayer Economy: History and Authority in a Malian Town.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Soares, Benjamin E. 2005. ISLAM AND THE PRAYER ECONOMY. HISTORY AND AUTHORITY IN A MALIAN TOWN. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 306 + xiv pp., $70.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper). Historians and political scientists have long noted the...

Steinhart, Edward L. 2006. Black Poachers, White Hunters: A Social History of Hunting in Colonial Kenya.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Steinhart, Edward L. 2006. BLACK POACHERS, WHITE HUNTERS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF HUNTING IN COLONIAL KENYA. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. 248 pp. $42.96 cloth/, $26.95 paper/. This volume is the latest contribution to the literature on...

West, Harry. 2003. Kupilikula: Governance and the Invisible Realm in Mozambique.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... West, Harry. 2003. KUPILIKULA: GOVERNANCE AND THE INVISIBLE REALM IN MOZAMBIQUE. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 362 pp. $62.50 cloth), $25.00 paper). Good anthropology is always wonderful to read, and West's study of the...

Post-9/11 U.S. foreign aid, the millennium challenge account, and Africa: how many birds can one stone kill?(foreign policy, povert alleviation and international security)
September 22, 2007... President George Bush presented one of his major post-9/11 foreign-aid initiatives--the Millennium Challenge Account--as a tool for counteracting global poverty and international terrorism. The policy is based on the view that poverty and...

Western education's impact on Northern Igbo gender roles in Nsukka, Nigeria.
September 22, 2007... This article analyzes gender perspectives at two secondary schools in Nsukka, Nigeria. It analyzes gender-role changes or perceptions of change based on students' reported interactions in formal education settings. It summarizes gender issues...

Conjunction and disjunction: afforestation and conservationism in Central Nyanza District, Kenya, 1940-1957.
September 22, 2007... Conservationism has generally been seen as the factor that motivated the implementation of environmental policies in colonial Africa. The claim has been that these policies were implemented to improve climatic conditions, protect water...

From the OMPADEC to the NDDC: an assessment of state responses to environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.(Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission, Niger Delta Development Commission)
September 22, 2007... This article evaluates state responses to environmental insecurity in the Niger Delta. It analyzes the performance of the OMPADEC and the NDDC as the most outstanding institutional responses to a deepening crisis and contradictions of the delta...

Survival and social reproduction strategies in Angolan cities.
September 22, 2007... To survive and ensure social reproduction, families in urban Angola have developed strategies to meet the demands of daily life. The fundamental principles of these strategies are to concentrate and share resources among family members and...