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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 September 2007
Pentecostalism beyond belief: trust and democracy in a Malawian township.
September 22, 2007... ABSTRACT
The concept of belief, when applied in its strong sense, assumes an inner state that sets believers apart from non-believers. This article suggests that a concept of trust is more appropriate for the study of the religious...
The Teso insurgency remembered: churches, burials and propriety.
September 22, 2007... ABSTRACT
From 1986 to 1993 the Teso region of eastern Uganda experienced a violent insurgency. The insurgency was remembered as a time of brutality, when norms of respect and reciprocity were broken down. Younger men targeted and killed...
Practices of relatedness and the re-invention of duol as a network of care for orphans and widows in western Kenya.
September 22, 2007... ABSTRACT
Duol is a term used in reference to traditional Luo life to signify unity and solidarity within a lineage under the authority of the elders. This authority was most prominent in the pre-colonial period, and continued up to...
Violence, sacrifice and chiefship in Central Equatoria, Southern Sudan.
September 22, 2007... ABSTRACT
This article explores specific oral histories and chiefship debates in the aftermath of the SPLA war in two Southern Sudanese chiefdoms. It argues that these local histories reveal much about the historical relationship between...
The Cwezi-kubandwa debate: gender, hegemony and pre-colonial religion in Bunyoro, western Uganda.
September 22, 2007... ABSTRACT
The Cwezi-kubandwa cult was the most prominent form of religious belief in the interlacustrine region of East Africa during the pre-colonial period. It has long been regarded as providing ideological support to monarchical regimes...
What came first, the nation or the state? Political process in the Comoro Islands.
September 22, 2007... ABSTRACT
The widespread failure of the post-colonial state in Africa is often attributed to a lack of social and cultural unity, and hence of national identity, in the territories in question. In Europe the state has historically been...
Staffan I. Lindberg, Democracy and Elections in Africa.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... STAFFAN I. LINDBERG, Democracy and Elections in Africa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (pb $24.99 978-0-8018-8333-0; hb $55 978-0-8018-8332-3). 2006, 248 pp.
This book is a path-breaking and much-needed study of the role of...
Daniel Jordan Smith, A Culture of Corruption: everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... DANIEL JORDAN SMITH, A Culture of Corruption: everyday deception and popular discontent in Nigeria. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press (hp $27.95--0 691 12722 0). 2007, xvii + 263 pp.
Nigeria is famous for corruption, from the...
Giorgio Blundo, Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, N. Bako Arifari and M. Tidjani Alou, Everyday Corruption and the State: citizens and public officials in Africa.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... GIORGIO BLUNDO, JEAN-PIERRE OLIVIER DE SARDAN, N. BAKO ARIFARI and M. TIDJANI ALOU, Everyday Corruption and the State: citizens and public officials in Africa. London: Zed Books (pb 16.99 [pounds sterling]--1 84277 563 4; hb 55 [pounds...
Rosabelle Boswell, Le Malaise Creole: ethnic identity in Mauritius.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... ROSABELLE BOSWELL, Le Malaise Creole: ethnic identity in Mauritius. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books (hb US$80--1 84545 075 2). 2006, 236 pp.
Le malaise Creole (the Creole malaise) refers to the persistence of poverty, social problems...
Zekeria Ould and Ahmed Salem (eds), Les Trajectoires d'un etat-frontiere: espaces, evolution politique et transformations sociales en Mauritanie.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... ZEKERIA OUED and AHMED SALEM (eds), Les Trajectoires d'un etat-frontiere: espaces, evolution politique et transformations sociales en Mauritanie. Dakar: Conseil pour le Developpement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales en Afrique--CODESRIA...
Robert Rotberg (ed.), Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... ROBERT ROTBERG (ed.), Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa. Washington: Brookings Institution and World Peace Foundation (pb $19.95--978 0 8157 7571 3 and hb $49.95--978 0 8157 7570 6). 2005, viii+210
Over the past decade Rotberg has...
Alice Dinerman, Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Revisionism in Postcolonial Africa: the case of Mozambique, 1975-1994.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... ALICE DINERMAN, Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Revisionism in Postcolonial Africa: the case of Mozambique, 1975-1994. London: Routledge (hb $145-0415770173). 2006, 394 pp.
Following Mozambique's independence, the Frelimo regime...
Arnold Hughes and David Perfect, A Political History of The Gambia 1816-1994.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... ARNOLD HUGHES and DAVID PERFECT, A Political History of The Gambia 1816-1994. Rochester: University of Rochester Press (hb $90-1 58046 230 8). 2006, 540 pp.
Tiny, quiet Gambia is often overshadowed by larger African nations. In comparison...
Effa Okupa, Carrying the Sun on Our Backs: unfolding German colonialism in Namibia from Caprivi to Kasikili.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... EFFA OKUPA, Carrying the Sun on Our Backs: unfolding German colonialism in Namibia from Caprivi to Kasikili. Berlin: LIT (pb 14.94 [pounds sterling]-3 8258 7872 4). 2006, 433 pp.
With her imaginative and emotionally engaged style Effa Okupa...
John O. Udal, The Nile in Darkness: a flawed unity, 1863-1899.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... JOHN O. UDAL, The Nile in Darkness: a flawed unity, 1863-1899. Norwich: Michael Russell (pb 55.00 [pounds sterling]-0 85955 291 8). 2005, 699 pp.
This is the second volume of The Nile in Darkness, the first covering the much longer period...
Adam Jones and Peter Sebald (eds), An African Family Archive: the Lawsons of Little Popo/Aneho (Togo) 1841-1938.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... ADAM JONES and PETER SEBALD (eds), An African Family Archive: the Lawsons of Little Popo/Aneho (Togo) 1841-1938. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy. Fontes Historiae Africanae New Series No. 7. (hb 55.00 [pounds sterling]-9 780197...
James M. Burns, Flickering Shadows: cinema and identity in colonial Zimbabwe.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... JAMES M. BURNS, Flickering Shadows: cinema and identity in colonial Zimbabwe. Athens OH: Ohio University Press, Africa Series No. 77 (pb $28.00-0 89680 224 8). 2002, xxv + 278 pp.
In the tradition of Hortense Powdermaker and Kedmon Hungwe,...
Flora Veit-Wild, Writing Madness: borderlines of the body in African literature.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... FLORA VEIT-WILD, Writing Madness: borderlines of the body in African literature. Oxford: James Currey (pb 14.95 [pounds sterling]- 0 85255 583 0). 2006, 174 pp.
In a field where little criticism on the subject of madness exists, Flora...
Alain Ricard, The Languages and Literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... ALAIN RICARD, The Languages and Literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel (translated by Naomi Morgan). Oxford: James Currey, Trenton NJ: Africa World Press and Cape Town: David Philip (pb 15.95-[pounds sterling] 0 85255 581 4). 2004, 230 pp....