Africa articles from June 2005

Africa archives from June 2005

Carrefour de la joie: popular deconstruction of the African postcolonial public sphere.
June 22, 2005... ABSTRACT African postcolonial rulers have made of the public sphere a space where through the production of violence and coercion they attempt to bring their subjects' bodies under an endless process of tight discipline, subordination and...

Fishing in troubled waters: disquettes and thiofs in Dakar.
June 22, 2005... ABSTRACT This discussion traces metaphors of consumerism, commoditized sex and sexified commodities that proliferate throughout urban Africa, signalling the intensifed globalization of images of desire and opportunity, on the one hand, and...

The mortuary sphere, privilege and the politics of belonging in contemporary Cameroon.
June 22, 2005... ABSTRACT Concern with new modes of accountability has foregrounded the politics of belonging, giving prominence to the concepts of autochthony and allogeny. In Cameroon, this has provoked a shift in policy-making from an earlier...

Christianity and the proliferation of ancestors: changes in hierarchy and mortuary ritual in the Cameroon Grassfields.
June 22, 2005... ABSTRACT During the twentieth century, the 'death celebration' became arguably the most important cultural event throughout much of the Western Grassfields of Cameroon. The growth of this ritual festival occurred in the context of major...

Islam, mondialisation et crise identitaire dans le royaume bamoun, Cameroun.(effects of globalization on islam )
June 22, 2005... RESUME Cet article porte sur les effets induits de la mondialisation sur l'islam dans le royaume bamoun au Cameroun. En effet, depuis l'introduction de l'islam dans ce royaume au debut du dix-neuvieme siecle, islam et ethnicite s'y sont...

Fertility's fires and empty wombs in recent Africanist writing.(Contingent Lives: Fertility, time, and aging in West Africa)(Infertility around the Globe: New thinking on childlessness, gender, and reproductive technologies)(Kinshasa in Transition: Women's education, employment, and fertility)(Managing Motherhood, Managing Risk: Fertility and Danger in West Central Tanzania)(Politics of the Womb: Women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya. Berkeley and London)(Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town)(Those Who Play with Fire: Gender, fertility, and transformation in East and Southern Africa)(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... DENISE ROTH ALLEN, Managing Motherhood, Managing Risk: fertility and danger in west central Tanzania. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (pb US$24.95, 16.00 [pounds sterling]-0 472 03027 2; hb US$65.00, 37.00 [pounds sterling]-0 472 11284...

Emmanuel Akyeampong, A. Adu Boahen, Nancy Lawler, T. C. McCaskie and Ivor Wilks (eds), 'The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself' and Other Writings.(by Otumfuo and Nana Agyeman Prempeh I)(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... EMMANUEL AKYEAMPONG, A. ADU BOAHEN, NANCY LAWLER, T. C. MCCASKIE and IVOR WILKS (eds), 'The History of Ashanti Kings and the Whole Country Itself' and Other Writings, by Otumfuo, Nana Agyeman Prempeh I. Oxford: Oxford University Press, for the...

Ivor Agyeman-Duah, Between Faith and History: A Biography of J. A. Kufuor.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... IVOR AGYEMAN-DUAH, Between Faith and History: a biography of J. A. Kufuor. Trenton NJ: Africa World Press (hb 17.99 [pounds sterling]--1 59221128 3). 2003, 168 pp. John Agyekum Kufuor's lire story leading up to the Ghanaian presidency in...

Mahir Saul and Patrick Royer, West African Challenge to Empire: culture and history in the Volta-Bani anticolonial war.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... MAHIR SAUL and PATRICK ROYER, West African Challenge to Empire: culture and history in the Volta-Bani anticolonial war. Oxford: James Currey (pb 16.95 [pounds sterling]-0 85255 479 6; hb 45.00 [pounds sterling]-0 85255 474 5); Athens: Ohio...

Nkparom C. Ejituwu and Amakievi O. I. Gabriel (eds), Women in Nigerian History: The Rivers and Bayelsa States Experience.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... NKPAROM C. EJITUWU and AMAKIEVI O. I. GABRIEL (eds), Women in Nigerian History: the Rivers and Bayelsa States experience. Port Harcourt: Onyoma Research Publications (pb 21.95 [pounds sterling], US$35.95-9 7836 1221 2). 2003, 342 pp. In...

Lynn M. Thomas, Politics of the Womb: women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... LYNN M. THOMAS, Politics of the Womb: women, reproduction, and the state in Kenya. Berkeley and London: University of California Press (pb US$24.95, 15.95 [pounds sterling]-0 520 23540 1; hb US$65.00, 41.95 [pounds sterling]-0 520 22450 7)....

Nigel Eltringham, Accounting for Horror: Post-Genocide Debates in Rwanda.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... NIGEL ELTRINGHAM, Accounting for Horror: post-genocide debates in Rwanda. London and Sterling VA: Pluto Press (pb 15.99 [pounds sterling], US$24.95--0 7453 2000 7; hb 50.00 [pounds sterling], US$79.95--0 7453 2001 5). 2004, 232 pp. In the...

Jean-Pierre Chretien, The Great Lakes of Africa: Two Thousand Years of History.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... JEAN-PIERRE CHRETIEN, The Great Lakes of Africa: two thousand years of history. Translated by Scott Strauss. New York: Zone Books (hb US$36.00, 23.95 [pound sterling]--1 890951 34 X). 2003, 503 pp. Chretien's subject is a region in which...

Lael Brainard, Carol Graham, Nigel Purvis, Steven Radelet and Gayle E. Smith, The Other War: Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... LAEL BRAINARD, CAROL GRAHAM, NIGEL PURVIS, STEVEN RADELET and GAYLE E. SMITH, The Other War: global poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account. Washington DC: Center for Global Development/Brookings Institution Press (pb US$18.95--0 8157 1115...

Munyae Mulinge and Pempelani Mufune (eds), Debt Relief Initiatives and Poverty Alleviation: Lessons From Africa.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... MUNYAE MULINGE and PEMPELANI MUFUNE (eds), Debt Relief Initiatives and Poverty Alleviation: lessons from Africa. African Century Publications, no. 13. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (pb R120.00, 25.95 [pounds sterling], US$42.95--0...

John Makum Mbaku and Suresh Chandra Saxena (eds), Africa at the Crossroads: Between Regionalism and Globalization.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... JOHN MAKUM MBAKU and SURESH CHANDRA SAXENA (eds), Africa at the Crossroads: between regionalism and globalization. Westport CT and London: Praeger (hb US$99.95, 56.99 [pounds sterling]--0 275 98020 0). 2004, 466 pp. Mbaku and Saxena's...

Stephen John Stedman and Fred Tanner (eds), Refugee Manipulation: War, Politics, and the Abuse of Humanitarianism.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... STEPHEN JOHN STEDMAN and FRED TANNER (eds), Refugee Manipulation: war, politics, and the abuse of humanitarianism. Washington DC: Brookings Institute Press (pb US$18.95--0 8157 8091 5; hb US$46.95--0 8157 8090 7). 2003, 224 pp. This book...

Harri Englund and Francis B. Nyamnjoh (eds), Rights and the Politics of Recognition in Africa.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... HARRI ENGLUND and FRANCIS B. NYAMNJOH (eds), Rights and the Politics of Recognition in Africa. London: Zed Books (pb 18.95 [pounds sterling], $28.50--1 84277 283 X; hb 55.00 [pounds sterling], US$85.00--1 84277 282 1). 2004, 283 pp. The...

Harri Englund (ed.), A Democracy of Chameleons: Politics and Culture in the New Malawi.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... HARRI ENGLUND (ed.), ,4 Democracy of Chameleons: politics and culture in the new Malawi. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute (pb 220 kr, 16.95 [pounds sterling], 22.00 [euro]--91 7106 499 0). 2002, 208 pp. For those who attended it, the...

Janet Roitman, Fiscal Disobedience: An Anthropology of Economic Regulation in Central Africa.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... JANET ROITMAN, Fiscal Disobedience: an anthropology of economic regulation in Central Africa. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press (pb US$15.95, 12.95 [pounds sterling]-0 691 11870 1; hb US$59.50, 38.95 [pounds sterling]-0 691 11869 8)....

Catherine Boone, Political Topographies of the African State: Territorial Authority and Institutional Choice.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... CATHERINE BOONE, Political Topographies of the African State: territorial authority and institutional choice. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press (pb 19.99 [pounds sterling], US$28.99--0 521 53264 7; hb 50.00 [pounds sterling]--0...

Bruce Berman, Dickson Eyoh and Will Kymlicka (eds), Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... BRUCE BERMAN, DICKSON EYOH and WILL KYMIACKA (eds), Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa. Oxford: James Currey (pb 18.95 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 860 0; hb 50.00 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 861 9); Athens: Ohio University Press (pb US$28.95--0...

Tony Hodges, Angola: Anatomy of an Oil State.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... TONY HODGES, Angola: anatomy of an oil state. Oxford: James Currey (pb 12.95 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 874 0). 2004, 236 pp. Angola's three decades of war have served as a laboratory for scholars seeking an explanation for the persistence...

James Suzman, 'Things from the Bush': A Contemporary History of the Omaheke Bushmen.(Book Review)
June 22, 2005... JAMES SUZMAN, 'Things from the Bush': a contemporary history of the Omaheke Bushmen. With an introduction by Robert J. Gordon. Basel Namibia Studies Series 5. Basel: Schlettwein Publishing (hb CHF 48.00-3 908193 06 0). 2000, 191 pp. In...