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A scholarly journal devoted to the study of African societies and cultures. Editorial emphasis is placed on an interdisciplinary approach to African studies by the inclusion of topics in social sciences, history, the environment, and life sciences. Each i
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Africa archives from March 1998
Dissident perspectives on Zimbabwe's post-independence war.
March 22, 1998... A much neglected perspective on Zimbabwe's post-independence war is that held by its insurgents, the so-called dissidents. The experience of dissidents has been little explored, in part because of the difficulty of doing so until recently but...
"Why we fight": voices of youth combatants in Sierra Leone. (includes interviews with combatants)
March 22, 1998... Young people are the major participants in most wars. In the African civil wars of the last twenty years combatants have become increasingly youthful. Some forces are made up largely of young teenagers. Combatants may sometimes be as young as 8...
Child marriages in Rwandan refugee camps.
March 22, 1998... One of the things that attracted my attention while working in the Rwandan refugee camps in Tanzania was the marriages of very young adolescents: girls as young as 13-14 married boys of 14-15 years, boys they often did not even know. The...
Making children, making chiefs: gender, power and ritual legitimacy.
March 22, 1998... Scholars have long recognised and dealt uneasily with the rather elusive nature of power and legitimacy in African societies. Some time ago we were told that:
An African ruler is not to his people merely a person who can enforce his
...
Towards a conceptual framework of household coping: reflections from rural West Africa.
March 22, 1998... All too often, rural development policies and programmes are a hasty response to crisis and political exigency. For instance, when drought occurs, the large-scale distribution of food aid is a rapid and routine policy reaction. At best, policy...
Women Pay the Price: Structural Adjustment in Africa and the Caribbean.
March 22, 1998... GLORIA T. EMEAGWALI (ed.), Women Pay the Price.' structural adjustment in Africa and the Caribbean. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 1995, 250 pp., 12.50 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 86543 429 8 (paperback).
In the closing moments of the...
African Women and Development: A History.
March 22, 1998... MARGARET C. SNYDER and MARY TADESSE, African Women and Development: a history. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press; London: Zed Books, 1995, 239 pp., 00.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 1 85649 299 0 (hard covers), [pounds sterling], ISBN 1...
Women Wielding the Hoe: Lessons from Rural Africa for Feminist Theory and Development Practice.
March 22, 1998... DEBORAH FAHY BRYCESON (ed.), Women Wielding the Hoe.' lessons from rural Africa for feminist theory and development practice. Oxford: Berg, 1995, 282 pp., 14.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 1 85973 073 6 (paperback).
In the closing moments of...
Kampala Women Getting By: Well-Being in the Time of AIDS.
March 22, 1998... SANDRA WALLMAN, Kampala Women Getting By: well-being in the time of AIDS. London: James Currey, 1996, 248 pp., 35.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 8214 1159 4 (hard covers), 14.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 0 85255 241 6 (paperback).
In the...
The Legal Status of Women and Poverty in Tanzania.
March 22, 1998... MAGDALENA K. RWEBANGIRA, The Legal Status of Women and Poverty in Tanzania. Research Report 100, Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1996, 58 pp., 5.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 91 7106 391 9 (paperback).
In the closing moments of the...
Anthropologie de developpement: essai en socioanthropologie du changement social.
March 22, 1998... JEAN-PIERRE OLIVIER DE SARDAN, Anthropologie de developpement: essai en socioanthropologie du changement social. Paris: Karthala/APAD, 1995, 221 pp., ISBN 2 86537 589 7.
The aim of this book is to emancipate the anthropology of development....
The Study of Religions in Africa: Past, Present and Prospects.
March 22, 1998... JAN PLATVOET, JAMES COX and JACOB OLUPONA (eds), The Study of Religions in Africa: past, present and prospects. Cambridge: Roots & Branches, 1996, 393 pp., SEK 282, ISBN 0 9525772 2 4.
This book consists of the proceedings of a conference of...
Colonialism in the Congo Basin, 1880-1940.
March 22, 1998... SAMUEL H. NELSON, Colonialism in the Congo Basin, 1880-1940. African series, No. 64, Athens, Oh.: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1994, 291 pp., 22.50 [pounds sterling], ISBN
Nelson reconstructs the colonial experiences of the...
Changing the Rules: The Politics of Liberalization and the Urban Informal Economy in Tanzania.
March 22, 1998... AILI MARI TRIPP, Changing the Rules: the politics of liberalization and the urban informal economy in Tanzania. Berkeley, Cal., Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 1997, 282 pp., 38.00 [pounds sterling] ($48.00), ISBN 0 520...
Domination or Dialogue? Experiences and Prospects for African Development Co-Operation.
March 22, 1998... KJELL HAVNEVIK and BRIAN VAN ARKADIE (eds), Domination or Dialogue? Experiences and prospects for African development co-operation. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 1996, 130 pp., 12.95 [pounds sterling], ISBN 91 7106 384 6.
As is well...
Western Sahara.
March 22, 1998... ANTONIO G. PAZZANITA, Western Sahara. World Bibliographical Series 190, Oxford: ABC-Clio Press, 1996, 260 pp., 49.00 [pounds sterling], ISBN 1 85109 256 0.
Following their bibliography of Eritrea (vol. 181) the 190th volume in Clio's World...