Africa articles from January 2001

Africa archives from January 2001

RETHINKING ANCESTORS AND COLONIAL POWER IN MADAGASCAR.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT This article reconsiders the relationship between ancestors and colonial power through a comparative analysis of the mortuary rituals of two Malagasy peoples, the Betsimisaraka of the east coast and the Karembola of the deep...

WAYWARD PASTORAL GHOSTS AND REGIONAL XENOPHOBIA IN A NORTHERN MADAGASCAR TOWN.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT In the plantation region of the Sambirano Valley in north-west Madagascar the spirits of wandering foreign dead haunt the region's forests. They are the displaced ghosts of migratory Antandroy, drawn here in search of employment....

REINTERPRETING THE RURAL--URBAN CONNECTION: MIGRATION PRACTICES AND SOCIO-CULTURAL DISPOSITIONS OF BUHERA WORKERS IN HARARE.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT In the academic debate on labour migration and urbanisation in Southern Africa the persistence of links between urban workers and people in rural areas has proved a pertinent issue. As is implied by the term labour migration,...

WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE? EVIDENCES AND EXPLANATIONS OF CHANGING AGE--SEX RATIOS IN KAMPALA.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT In the second half of the twentieth century the population of Kampala grew substantially and the long-remarked surplus of men over women began to level out. These general trends are equally evident in other African cities, but...

BEING OF `ONE HEART': POWER AND POLITICS AMONG THE IRAQW OF TANZANIA.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT This article explores local understandings of and experience with democracy in an Iraqw community in northern Tanzania. At independence, President Julius Nyerere in his development of a one-party state, argued that democracy in...

THE CHADIAN TUBU: CONTEMPORARY NOMADS WHO CONQUERED A STATE.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT In the literature on pastoralist groups and the state, nomads are usually seen as increasingly marginalised today, whereas in the past nomads have often been described as `state builders'. But one interesting, if atypical, case...

Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford.(Review)
January 1, 2001... AHMED AL-SHAHI and JEREMY COOTE (eds), Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford 28, 1 (1997), special issue in memory of Godfrey Lienhardt. Oxford: Anthropological Society of Oxford, 1997, 141 pp., 8.50 [pounds sterling] (US$17.00),...

The Expansive Moment: anthropology in Britain and Africa, 1918-70.(Review)
January 1, 2001... JACK GOODY, The Expansive Moment: anthropology in Britain and Africa, 1918-70. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 242 pp., 37.50 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 45048 9 (hard covers), 13.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 45666 5...

Parallel Worlds: an anthropologist and a writer encounter Africa.(Review)
January 1, 2001... ALMA GOTTLIEB and PHILIP GRAHAM, Parallel Worlds: an anthropologist and a writer encounter Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994, 345 pp., US$17.00, ISBN 0 226 30506 6 (paperback). The books chosen for this review article show...

An Introduction to Social Anthropology: other people's worlds.(Review)
January 1, 2001... JOY HENDRY, An Introduction to Social Anthropology: other people's worlds. London: Macmillan, 1999, 263 pp., 42.50 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 333 74471 3 (hard covers), 13.99 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 333 74472 1 (paperback). The books...

Among the Anthropologists: history and context in anthropology.(Review)
January 1, 2001... ADAM KUPER, Among the Anthropologists: history and context in anthropology. London and New Brunswick NJ: Athlone Press, 1999, 224 pp., 45.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 485 11536 0. The books chosen for this review article show us less where...

Arguments with Ethnography: comparative approaches to history, politics and religion.(Review)
January 1, 2001... IOAN M. LEWIS, Arguments with Ethnography: comparative approaches to history, politics and religion. LSE monographs on Social Anthropology 70. London and New Brunswick NJ: Athlone Press, 1999, 184 pp., 45.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 485 19570...

La Cause des prophetes: politique et religion en Afrique contemporain, suivi de "La Lecon des prophetes" par Marc Auge.(Review)
January 1, 2001... JEAN-PIER DOZON, La Cause des prophetes: politique et religion en Afrique contemporain, suivi de "La Lecon des prophetes" par Marc Auge. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1995, 302 pp., FF 140.00, ISBN 2 02 020160 7. Dozon is well known for his...

Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe: a social history of the Hwesa people, c. 1870s-1990s.(Review)
January 1, 2001... DAVID MAXWELL, Christians and Chiefs in Zimbabwe: a social history of the Hwesa people, c. 1870s-1990s. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, for the International African Institute, 1999, 291 pp., 29.95, [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 7486 1129 0...

Seeing with Music: the lives of three blind African musicians.(Review)
January 1, 2001... SIMON OTTENBERG, Seeing with Music: the lives of three blind African musicians. Seattle WA: University of Washington Press, 1997, 230 pp., US $35.00, ISBN 0 295 97525 3. This is a detailed and highly readable study of three Limba musicians...

African Rhythm: a northern Ewe perspective.(Review)
January 1, 2001... KOFI V. AGAWU, African Rhythm: a northern Ewe perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 217 pp. (inc. CD), 45.00 [pounds sterling] (US $64.95), ISBN 0 521.48084 1. Mention African rhythm and most people will automatically...

The Path of a Genocide: the Rwanda crisis, from Uganda to Zaire.(Review)
January 1, 2001... HOWARD ADELMAN and ASTRI SUHRKE (ers), The Path of a Genocide: the Rwanda crisis, from Uganda to Zaire. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstimtet (London: Africa Book Centre; North America: Transaction Publishers), 1999, 414 pp., 34.95 [pounds...

Comprehending and Mastering African Conflicts: the search for sustainable peace and good governance.(Review)
January 1, 2001... ADEBAYO ADEDEJI (ed.), Comprehending and Mastering African Conflicts: the search for sustainable peace and good governance. London: ACDESS/Zed Books, 1999, 000 pp., 50.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 1 85649 762 3 hard covers, 16.95 [pounds...

Elections and Conflict Management in Africa.(Review)
January 1, 2001... TIMOTHY SlSK and ANDREW REYNOLDS (eds), Elections and Conflict Management in Africa. Washington DC: US institute of Peace Pre.ss, 1998, US $14.95, ISBN 1 878379 79 8. There is clearly an urgent need for further study of the instances and...

Roots in the African Dust: sustaining the drylands.(Review)
January 1, 2001... MICHAEL MORTIMORE, Roots in the African Dust: sustaining the drylands. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, 219 pp., 37.50 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 45173.6 hard covers, 13.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 45785 8 paperback. ...

Hometown Associations: indigenous knowledge and development in Nigeria.(Review)
January 1, 2001... REX HONEY and STANLEY OKAFOR (eds), Hometown Associations: indigenous knowledge and development in Nigeria. IT Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1998, 168 pp., 19.95 [pounds sterling]...

Playing on the Mother-ground: cultural routines for children's development.(Review)
January 1, 2001... DAVID LANCY, Playing on the Mother-ground: cultural routines for children's development. New York: Guilford Press, 1996, 240 pp., US $39.95, ISBN 1 57230 142 2 hard covers, US $19.95, ISBN 1 57230 215 1 paperback. Every parent knows the...

Men own the Fields, Women own the Crops: gender and power in the Cameroon grassfields.(Review)
January 1, 2001... MIRIAM GOHEEN, Men own the Fields, Women own the Crops: gender and power in the Cameroon grassfields. Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 252 pp., ISBN 0 299 14674 X. One of the charms of this book is the self-evident way in...

Education in the Development of Tanzania.(Review)
January 1, 2001... LENE BUCHERT, Education in the Development of Tanzania, 1919-1990. London: James Currey, 1994, 192 pp, 14.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 709 4. This volume comprises four chapters which address general changes in educational policy and...

Misreading the African Landscape: society and ecology in a forest-savanna mosaic.(Review)
January 1, 2001... JAMES FAIRHEAD and MELISSA LEACH, Misreading the African Landscape: society and ecology in a forest-savanna mosaic. African Studies Series 90. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 354 pp., 50.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 521 56353 4...

Beyond Control: immigration and human rights in a democratic South Africa.(Review)
January 1, 2001... J. CRUSH (ed.), Beyond Control: immigration and human rights in a democratic South Africa. Kingston, Ont.: IDASA/Queen's University, 1998, 189 pp., ISBN 1 874864 63 2. Debate over immigration policy reform in South Africa, to which this...

Le Cercle de kaolin: Boson et inities en Cote d'Ivoire.(Review)
January 1, 2001... VERONIQUE DUCHESNE, Le Cercle de kaolin: Boson et inities en Cote d'Ivoire. Paris: Institut d'ethnologie, 1996, 371 pp, FF 180.00, ISBN 2 85265 124 6. La lecture de cette these est particulierement indigeste. Elle est redigee avec lourdeur...

Lying Abroad: Diplomatic Memoirs.(Review)
January 1, 2001... HARRY BRIND, Lying Abroad: Diplomatic Memoirs. London and New York: Radcliffe Press, 1999, 260 pp., 24.50 [pounds sterling] , ISBN 1 86064 377 9. The author joined the colonial service in 1950 straight after his National Service. His first...

Ngugi and African Postcolonial Narrative: the novel as oral narrative in multigenre performance.(Review)
January 1, 2001... F. ODUN BALOGUN, Ngugi and African Postcolonial Narrative: the novel as oral narrative in multigenre performance. Quebec: World Heritage Press, 1997, 180 pp., ISBN 1 896064 06 X. In this study of the connection between the modeRN African...

Mauritius: its Creole language. The ultimate phrase book and dictionary. English--Creole dictionary.(Review)
January 1, 2001... JACQUES K. LEE, Mauritius: its Creole language. The ultimate phrase book and dictionary. English-Creole dictionary. London: Nautilus Publishing, 1999, 160 pp., 7.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 9511296 2 7. The author, a Mauritian based in...

BOOKS RECEIVED.(Bibliography)
January 1, 2001... Adeeko, A. Proverbs, Textuality, and Nativism in African Literature. Gainesville FL and London: University Press of Florida, 1998, 154 pp., 39.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 8130 1562 6. Arnold, Guy, Historical Dictionary of Civil Wars in...