Africa articles from March 2005

Africa archives from March 2005

Sex, death and the fate of the nation: reflections on the politicization of sexuality in post-apartheid South Africa.
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT Unexpectedly, sexuality has become one of the principal sites of contestation in post-apartheid South Africa. This paper demonstrates and accounts for the politicization of sex and sexuality in South Africa since 1994. The first...

Going home? Belonging and burial in the era of aids.(mortuary practice in Uganda)
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT In Eastern Uganda, a married woman should be buried at her husband's home, raising questions such as: which husband? were they really married? These questions become urgent when a woman dies at the home of her parents or brothers,...

'Kachinja are coming!': encounters around medical research work in a Kenyan village.
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT When conducting medical field research in a Luo village in western Kenya, my colleagues and I were occasionally suspected of being blood-thieves, locally called kachinja. The article contextualizes these blood-stealing accusations...

Whose uNkulunkulu?(of Africa)
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT UNkulunkulu was a term taken up by certain missionaries in Natal as synonymous with the Christian God. Though the idea of uNkulunkulu is now well entrenched in African as well as missionary Christian theology, historically the...

'In the beginning was the land': the appropriation of religious themes in political discourses in Zimbabwe.
March 22, 2005... ABSTRACT As the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe worsened between 2000 and 2003, the state embarked on an intense propaganda campaign. Facing an increasingly popular opposition, the state adopted a two-pronged strategy of...

Erik Gilbert, Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar 1860-1970.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... ERIK GILBERT, Dhows and the Colonial Economy of Zanzibar 1860-1970. Oxford: James Currey (pb 15.85 [pounds sterling]-0 85255 485 0; hb 45.00 [pounds sterling] -0 85255 486 9); Athens: Ohio University Press (pb US$26.95-0 8214 1558 1; hb...

Allen F. Isaacman and Barbara S. Isaacman, Slavery and Beyond: the making of men and Chikunda ethnic identities in the unstable world of South-Central Africa, 1750-1920.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... ALLEN F. ISAACMAN and BARBARA S. ISAACMAN, Slavery and Beyond: the making of men and Chikunda ethnic identities in the unstable world of South-Central Africa, 1750-1920. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann (pb US$29.95--0 325 00260 6; hb US$99.95--0 325...

Charles M. Good Jr., The Steamer Parish: the rise and fall of missionary medicine on an African frontier.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... CHARLES M. GOOD JR., The Steamer Parish: the rise and fall of missionary medicine on an African frontier. University of Chicago Geography Research Paper Number 244. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press (pb US$30.00, 21.00 [pounds...

Walter Hawthorne, Planting Rice and Harvesting Slaves: transformations along the Guinea-Bissau coast, 1400-1900.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... WALTER HAWTHORNE, Planting Rice and Harvesting Slaves: transformations along the Guinea-Bissau coast, 1400-1900. Portsmouth NH: Heinemann (pb US$27.95--0 325 07049 0; hb US$59.95--0 325 07050 4). 2003, 258 pp. In recent years a number of...

Clifton Crais, The Politics of Evil: magic, state power and political imagination in South Africa.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... CLIFTON CRAIS, The Politics of Evil: magic, state power and political imagination in South Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (hb 50.00 [pounds sterling], US$65.00--0 521 81721 8; African edition available in limited markets only: pb...

James Barber, Mandela's World: the international dimension of South Africa's political revolution 1990-99.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... JAMES BARBER, Mandela's World: the international dimension of South Africa's political revolution 1990-99. Oxford: James Currey (pb 14.95 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 876 7; hb 45.00 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 877 5); Cape Town: David Philip (pb...

Luise White, The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo: texts and politics in Zimbabwe.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... LUISE WHITE, The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo: texts and politics in Zimbabwe. Bloomington: Indiana University Press (pb US$15.95, 12.95 [pounds sterling]--0 253 21608 7; hb US$39.95, 33.00 [pounds sterling]--0 253 34257 0). 2003, 128 pp....

Paul Landau and Deborah Kaspin (eds), Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... PAUL LANDAU and DEBORAH KASPIN (eds), Images and Empires: visuality in colonial and postcolonial Africa. Berkeley: University of California Press (pb US$24.95, 15.95 [pounds sterling] - 0 520 22949 5; hb US$60.00, 38.95 [pounds sterling] - 0...

Isabel Hofmeyr, The Portable Bunyan: A Transnational History of "The Pilgrim's Progress".(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... ISABEL HOFMEYR, The Portable Bunyan: a transnational history of The Pilgrim's Progress. Princeton: Princeton University Press (pb $22.95, 14.95 [pounds sterling]--0 691 11656 3; hb US$65.00, 41.95 [pounds sterling]--0 691 11655 5). 2004, 314...

Margaret J. Daymond, Dorothy Driver, Sheila Meintjes, Leloba Molema, Chiedza Musengezi, Margie Orford and Nobantu Rasebotsa (eds), Women Writing Africa: The Southern Region, vol. 1.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... MARGARET J. DAYMOND, DOROTHY DRIVER, SHEILA MEINTJES, LELOBA MOLEMA, CHIEDZA MUSENGEZI, MARGIE ORFORD and NOBANTU RASEBOTSA (eds), Women Writing Africa: volume 1--the southern region. New York: The Feminist Press at the City University of New...

Bernth Lindfors (ed.), Africa Talks Back: Interviews with Anglophone African Authors.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... BERNTH LINDFORS (ed.), Africa Talks Back: interviews with anglophone African authors. Trenton NJ and Asmara: Africa World Press (pb US$29.95, 21.99 [pounds sterling]--0 86543 966 4). 2002, 434 pp. This volume of interviews with anglophone...

Anita Jacobson-Widding, Chapungu: The Bird that Never Drops a Feather, Male and female identities in an African society.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... ANITA JACOBSON-WIDDING, Chapungu: the bird that never drops a feather. Male and female identities in an African society. Uppsala Studies in Cultural Anthropology 28. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis (pb no price given--91 554 4638 8)....

Stephen Ellis and Gerrie Ter Haar, Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... STEPHEN ELLIS and GERRIE TER HAAR, Worlds of Power: religious thought and political practice in Africa. London: C. Hurst & Company (pb 16.50 [pounds sterling]--1 85065 734 3; hb 45.00 [pounds sterling]--1 85065 735 1). 2004, 263 pp. This...

Patrick O. Alila and Poul Ove Pedersen (eds), Negotiating Social Space: East African Micro Enterprises.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... PATRICK O. ALILA and POUL OVE PEDERSEN (eds), Negotiating Social Space: East African micro enterprises. Trenton NJ: Africa World Press (pb US$29.95, 21.99 [pounds sterling]--0 86543 964 8; hb US$89.95--0 8654 3963 X). 2001, 353 pp. Micro...

Daniel Mkude, Brian Cooksey and Lisbeth Levey, Higher Education in Tanzania: A Case Study.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... DANIEL MKUDE, BRIAN COOKSEY and LISBETH LEVEY, Higher Education in Tanzania: a case study. Oxford: James Currey (pb 9.95 [pounds sterling] - 0 85255 425 7); Dares Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota. 2003, pp. 114. The past few years have witnessed a...