Africa articles from March 2006

Africa archives from March 2006

Remembering to forget: chosen amnesia as a strategy for local coexistence in post-genocide Rwanda.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT More than a decade after the genocide, Rwanda's local communities remain severely affected by the experience of the violence and horror. This is reflected in the way people remember their past, as well as in what they choose to...

Roadblock ethnography: negotiating humanitarian access in Ituri, Eastern Dr Congo, 1999-2004.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT Based on field research carried out in 2004, this article focuses on how Ituri-based Congolese relief workers negotiate humanitarian access with roadblock militias. Experiences and testimonies highlight the importance of...

Legacies of slavery in North-West Uganda: the story of the 'One-Elevens'.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT This article outlines the history of a people known as 'Nubi' or 'Nubians', northern Ugandan Muslims who were closely associated with Idi Amin's rule, and a group to which he himself belonged. They were supposed to be the...

Wars of the past and war in the present: the Lord's Resistance Movement/Army in Uganda.
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT War has ravaged Acholiland in northern Uganda since 1986. The Ugandan army is fighting the Lord's Resistance Movement/Army (LRM/A) rebels. Based on anthropological fieldwork, the article aims at exemplifying the ways in which...

Youth, the TANU Youth League and managed vigilantism in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1925-73.(Tanganyika African Nationalist Party)
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT This article examines the role of male youth in the political history of Dar es Salaam. 'Youth', as a category of opposition to elders, became important during the inter-war period as it was inhabited by educated African...

Life on the hill: students and the social history of Makerere.(University College Ibadan)
March 22, 2006... ABSTRACT How will history judge British late-colonial efforts to export its model of higher education to Africa? In this article I challenge any simple interpretation of the 'Asquith Commission' university colleges--such as Makerere or...

Colin Murray and Peter Sanders, Medicine Murder in Colonial Lesotho The Anatomy of a Moral Crisis.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... COLIN MURRAY and PETER SANDERS, Medicine Murder in Colonial Lesotho: the anatomy of a moral crisis. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International Africa Institute, London (hb 50.00 [pounds sterling]--0 7486 2285 4). 2005, 512 pp....

John Iliffe, Honour in African History.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... JOHN ILIFFE, Honour in African History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, African Studies Series (pb, 16.99 [pounds sterling]--0521 546850; hb 45.00 [pounds sterling]--0521 83785 5). 2005, 404 pp. The 'Concluding questions' which end...

Robin Law, Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving 'Port' 1727u1892.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... ROBIN LAW, Ouidah: the social history of a West African slaving 'port': 1727-1892. Oxford: James Currey (pb 18.95 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 497 4; hb 50 [pounds sterling]--0 85255 498 2); Athens: Ohio University Press (pb US$29.95--0 8214 1572...

Elisha P. Renne, Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... ELISHA P. RENNE, Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute (pb 19.95 [pounds sterling]--0 7486 1815 5). 2003, 280 pp. Beginning with a deceptively simple question...

Toyin Falola (ed.), Nigeria in the Twentieth Century.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... TOYIN FALOLA (ed.), Nigeria in the Twentieth Century. Durham NC: Carolina Academic Press (hb US$90.00--0 89089 129 X). 2002, 1064 pp. This is a heavy volume in several respects. Its physical weight is enormous, the number of topics covered...

Gloria Chuku, Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... GLORIA CHUKU, Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960. New York: Routledge (hb US$ 80.00--0415972108). 2005, 245 pp. Chuku's study of the first half of the last century is well-written and solidly...

Pierluigi Valsecchi, I signori di Appolonia: poteri e formazione dello Stato in Africa occidentale fra xvi e xviii secolo.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... PIERLUIGI VALSECCHI, I signori di Appolonia: poteri e formazione dello Stato in Africa occidentale fra xvi e xviii secolo. Rome: Carocci (pb 19.30 [euro]--88 430 2146 X). 2002, 345 pp. It is a curious fact that the early history of the Gold...

Roy M. Dilley, Islamic and Caste Knowledge Practices Among Haalpulaar 'en in Senegal: Between Mosque and Termite Mound.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... ROY M. DILLEY, Islamic Knowledge and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaar'en in Senegal: between mosque and termite mound. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International Africa Institute, London (pb 19.95 [pounds sterling]--0...

Tarik Dahou, Entre parente et politique: developpement et clientelisme dans le Delta du Senegal.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... TARIK DAHOU, Entre parente et politique: developpement et clientelisme dans le Delta du Senegal. Paris: Karthala/Enda Graf Sahel (pb 26.00 [euro]--2-84586-586-4). 2004, 334 pp. The historicity of the political faction is carefully treated...

Michel Izard, Moogo: l'emergence d'un espace etatique ouest-africain au XVIe siecle.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... MICHEL IZARD, Moogo: l'emergence d'un espace etatique ouest-africain au XVIe siecle. Paris: Karthala, (pb 29.00 [euro]--2 84586 449 3). 2003, 394 pp. In his elaborate introduction, Michel Izard expresses his scepticism as to the...

Wim Van Binsbergen, Intercultural Encounters: African and Anthropological Lessons towards a Philosophy of Interculturality.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... WIM VAN BINSBERGEN, Intercultural Encounters: African and anthropological lessons towards a philosophy of interculturality. Munster: Lit Verlag (pb 40.90 [euro]--3 8258 6783 8). 2003, 610 pp. This book brings together a series of articles...

Graham Furniss, Orality: The Power of the Spoken Word.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... GRAHAM FURNISS, Orality: the power of the spoken word. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (hb 45.00 [pounds sterling]--1 4039 3404 5). 2004, 188 pp. This is a dense and fascinating book, building on a rich experience and a great variety of...

Opoku Agyeman, The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism: The Case of the All-African Trade Union Federation.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... OPOKU AGYEMAN, The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism: the case of the All-African Trade Union Federation. Lanham: Lexington Books (hb US$131.00-0 7391 0620 1). 2003, 392 pp. At a moment when African leaders and Africa watchers are...

Margaret Hardiman, Konkonuru. Life in a West African Village. The Impact of Socio-Economic Change on Rural Communities.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... MARGARET HARDIMAN, Konkonuru: life in a West African village--the impact of socio-economic change on rural communities. Accra: Ghana Universities Press (pb 14.95 [pounds sterling]--9964 3 0291 6). 2003, 244 pp. (Distributed by African Books...

Alan Barnard (ed.), Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... ALAN BARNARD (ed.), Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology. Oxford: Berg (pb 16.99 [pounds sterling]--1 85973 825 7; hb 50.00 [pounds sterling]--1 85973 820 6). 2004, 278 pp. Alan Barnard is the editor of what he bills as...

Gisela Geisler, Women and the Remaking of Politics in Southern Africa: negotiating autonomy, incorporation and representation.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... GISELA GEISLER, Women and the Remaking of Politics in Southern Africa: negotiating autonomy, incorporation and representation. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (pb, US$37.50, 28.00 [euro], 19.95 [pounds sterling]--91 7106 515 6). 2004, 241...

Susan Hunter, Who Cares? AIDS in Africa.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... SUSAN HUNTER, Who Cares? AIDS in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (pb 13.99 [pounds sterling]--1403936153). 2003, 247 pp. This book is a frank discussion of the serious threat which HIV/AIDS poses for the future of humanity and of our...

Anthony Butler, Contemporary South Africa.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... ANTHONY BUTLER, Contemporary South Africa. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan (pb US$22.95--0 333 71519 5; hb US$ 69.95--0 333 71518 7). 2004, 208 pp. Anthony Butler sets himself a stern challenge: to provide an accessible and...

Adrian Guelke, Rethinking the Rise and Fall of Apartheid.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... ADRIAN GUELKE, Rethinking the Rise and Fall of Apartheid. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan (pb 18.99 [pounds sterling]--0 333 98123 5; hb 55.00 [pounds sterling]--0 333 98122 7). 2005, 272 pp. This book is billed as a 'much...

Florence Ebam Etta and Sheila Parvyn-Wamahiu (eds), The Experience with Community Telecentres.(Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa: Networking Institutions of Learning - SchoolNet, vol. 3)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... FLORENCE EBAM ETTA and SHEBA PARVYN-WAMAHIU (eds), The Experience with Community Telecentres, 'Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa' series, Volume 2. Ottawa/Dakar: IDRC/CODESRIA (pb 14.95 [pounds sterling]/CAN...