Africa articles from January 1998

Africa archives from January 1998

Researching social capital in Africa.
January 1, 1998... Research in different disciplines has sparked curiosity about the relationship between social capital, economic development, and good government (Coleman, 1991; Putnam, 1993). Roughly stated, the theories suggest that where people of different...

'First the forest': conservation, 'community' and 'participation' in south-west Cameroon.
January 1, 1998... References to community participation and participatory appraisal have become near-mandatory in development and environment policies and project planning. In line with this `new' valuation of people, notions of community and forms of local...

The chief, the mine captain and the politician: legitimating power in northern Ghana.
January 1, 1998... The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out. [Proverbs 10: 9, quoted as the bottom line of the Ghanaian Chronicle, May 1997] In a recent article on power, legitimacy and democratisation...

Discourse and its disclosures: Yoruba women and the sanctity of abuse.
January 1, 1998... It is not uncommon for those who live amongst primitive peoples to come across `obscenity' in speech and action. This `obscenity' is often not an expression by an individual uttered under great stress and condemned as bad ...

Rationalising culture: youth, elites and masquerade politics.
January 1, 1998... Morton-Williams (1956) outlines the cult structure of the egungun masquerade societies of the Awori and Egbado territories of south-western Nigeria. He describes the various roles and status attached to each position in the formal structure of...

The politics of the 1996 cerebronspinal meningitis epidemic in Nigeria.
January 1, 1998... The child's eyes, the pupils of which were tiny and showed a tendency to squint. The pulse raced. Muscular contractions developed, and an incipient rigidity of the neck. It was cerebro-spinal meningitis... [T. Mann, Dr ...

The Making of Modern Ethiopia, 1896-1974.
January 1, 1998... TESHALE TIBEBU, The Making of Modern Ethiopia, 1896-1974. Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press 1995, 273 pp., 12.99 [pounds sterling] ($16.95), ISBN 1 56902 000 9. Given the contemporary debates in and about Ethiopia,--particularly on the political...

Rethinking Education in Ethiopia.
January 1, 1998... TEKESTE NEGASH, Rethingking Education in Ethiopia. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1996, 118 pp., 12.95 [pounds sterling] (140 kroner), 91 7106 383 8. Given the contemporary debates in and about Ethiopia,--particularly on the political...

An Economic History of Ethiopia I, The Imperial Era, 1941-74.
January 1, 1998... SHIFERAW BEKELE (ed.), An Economic History of Ethiopia I, The Imperial Era, 1941-74. Dakar: CODESRIA, 1995, 342 pp., 14.95 [pounds sterling] ($27.00), ISBN 2 86978 042 7. Distributed by ABC, Oxford. Given the contemporary debates in and about...

Eritrea and Ethiopia: From Conflict to Co-operation.
January 1, 1998... AMARE TEKLE (ed.), Eritrea and Ethiopia: from conflict to co-operation. Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press, 1994, 239 pp., $16.95, ISBN 0 932415 97 0. Given the contemporary debates in and about Ethiopia,--particularly on the political articulation...

Trading Places: Alternative Models of Economic Co-Operation in the Horn of Africa.
January 1, 1998... Trading Places: alternative models of economic co-operation in the Horn of Africa. Uppsala: Life and Peace Institute/PENHA, 1996, 150 pp., ISBN 91 87748 31 2. Given the contemporary debates in and about Ethiopia,--particularly on the political...

East and Northeast Africa Bibliography.
January 1, 1998... HECTOR BLACKHURST, East and Northeast Africa Bibliography. London: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 315 pp., ISBN 0 8108 3090 6. Given the contemporary debates in and about Ethiopia,--particularly on the political articulation of regional and linguistic...

Britain and the Egyptian Nationalist Movement, 1936-52.
January 1, 1998... HODA GAMAL ABDEL NASSER, Britain and the Egyptian Nationalist Movement, 1936-52. Reading: Ithaca Press, 1994, 375 pp., 30.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 86372 177 X. This book presents itself as a history of British policies in Egypt during the...

Ethiopia Photographed: Historic Photographs of the Country adn Its People Taken Between 1867 adn 1935.
January 1, 1998... R. PANKHURST and D. GERARD, Ethiopia Photographed: historic photographs of the country and its people taken between 1867 and 1935. London: Kegan Paul International, 1996, 168 pp., 55.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 7103 0504 4. This book by...

Religion and Politics in East Africa: the Period Since Independence.
January 1, 1998... HOLGER BERNT HANSEN and MICHAEL TWADDLE (eds), Religion and Politics in East Africa: the period since independence. London: James Currey, 1995, 35.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 385 4 hard covers, 12.95 [pounds sterling], 0 85255 384 6...

Environment and History: the Taming of Nature in the USA and South Africa.
January 1, 1998... WILLIAM BEINART and PETER COATES, Environment and History: the taming of nature in the USA and South Africa. London: Routledge, 1995, 129 pp., 6.99 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 415 11468 3 paperback. This comparison of the environmental histories...

Society in Zimbabwe's Liberation War.
January 1, 1998... BHEBE NGWABI and TERENCE RANGER (eds), Society in Zimbabwe's Liberation War. Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1995, 250 pp., 5.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 908307 37 3. This is the second of two volumes to emerge from the...

Health and Structural Adjustment in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe.
January 1, 1998... LEON A. BUJLMAKERS, MARY T. BASSET and DAVID M. SANDERS, Health and Structural Adjustment in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe. Research Report 101, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1996, 78 pp., 5.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 1104 8425, ISBN 91 7106 393...

Terms of Trade adn Terms of Trust: The History and Context of Pre-Colonial Market Production Around the Upper Zambezi and Kasai.
January 1, 1998... ACHIM VON OPPEN, Terms of Trade and Terms of Trust: The History and Contexts of Pre-colonial Market Production around the Upper Zambezi and Kasai. Studien zur afrikanischen Geschichte 6, Munster and Hamburg: Lit Verlag, 1994, 473 pp., DM 68.80,...

Documenting Kano `Market' Literature.
January 1, 1998... From the earliest period of the production of printed Roman script books in the north of Nigeria, a primary concern was the economics of book production. The conundrum was how to break out of the `chicken and egg situation' whereby it was not...

Guide to Africa Bibliography.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... Scope and coverage This bibliography records publications on Africa of interest to students of Africa, principally in the social and environmental sciences, development studies, humanities and arts. Some items from the medical, biological...

PERIODICALS LIST.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... ACARM newsletter Accounting, business and financial history Acta archaeologica Acta sociologica Acta tropica Addiction Adolescence Adult basic education Africa Africa (Istituto Italo-Africano) Africa development Africa...

AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... General 1 Afrika zwischen Agonie und Aufbruch, Munchen Bayerische Landescentrale fur politische Bildungsarbeit 1998, 190 pp 2 Aas, N., Auseinandersetzung mit zeitgenossischer afrikanischer Kunst jenseits von...

LUSOPHONE AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... Bibliography 783 Villa-Alvarez, F., An Annotated bibliography of works in Portuguese and Spanish on lusopheon Africa, Africana journal, 17, 1998 206-214 Current Affairs 784 Malaquias, A.V., UN Peace operations in...

NORTH AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... Agriculture No Entry See also: 794 Demography 791 Jain, P.C., Population and development: trends in North Africa, Africa Quarterly, 38, 4 1998 59-78 Economics See also: 811 792 Longuenesse, E., Maroc, ...

HORN OF AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... Current Affairs 1086 Horn of Africa. in Hampton, J. (ed), Internally displaced people: a global survey, pp. 76-87 (item 156) Environment 1087 Markakis, J., London Sage Resource conflict in the Horn of Africa,...

EAST AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... Anthropology See also: 1354 1298 Galaty, J.G., The Maasai ornithorium: tropic flights of avian imagination in Africa, Ethnology, 37, 3 1998 227-238 1299 Kurimoto, E. Simonse, S., (eds) Conflict, age & power in ...

WEST AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... General 1795 Chilson, P., Athens, GA University of Georgia Press Riding the demon: on the road in West Africa, 1998, 195 pp 1796 Macintosh, D., Travels in the white man's grave, Glasgow Neil Wilson 1998, 192 pp 1797...

WEST CENTRAL AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... Anthropology 2707 Komatsu, K., The Food cultures of the shifting cultivators in Central Africa: the diversity in selection of food materials, African study monographs, Suppl. 25, 147-177 1998 2708 Sato, H., Folk...

CENTRAL AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... Anthropology 2826 Dupre, M-C., Douze recits d'origine chez les Teke tsayi du Congo ou la memoire fragmentee, Civilisations, 46, 1-2 1998 109-140 2827 Hewlett, B.S., Culture and early infancy among Central African ...

SOUTHERN AFRICA.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... General 3103 Isaacson, R., South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho, London Cadogan 1998, 576 pp Agriculture See also: 3142, 3104 Challenges facing agriculture in Southern Africa: a conference report....

ISLANDS.(Bibliography)
January 1, 1998... Zoology 4228 Sinclair, I. Langrand, O., Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles and the Comoros, Cape Town Struik 1998, 184 pp CAPE VERDE General 4229 Filho,...