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La radicalisation, symptome d'une crise de la jeunesse pastorale? (2017)
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Grain de sel : la revue d'inter-réseaux développement rural
Keywords: pastoralism, radicalism, West Africa, youth
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Mediated political agency in contested Africa (2017)
M.E. de Bruijn
Editors: L. Hjorth; H. Horst; A. Galloway; G. Bell
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The Routledge companion to digital ethnography
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 31 January 2018

The mobile phone and society in South Sudan: a critical historical-anthropological approach (2017)
I. Brinkman; J.C. Both; M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of African Media Studies

This article outlines the development of mobile telephony in the nascent Republic of South Sudan (ROSS). We focus specifically on Juba, during turbulent times from the end of the second Sudanese Civil War in 2005 to just after independence in 2011. We highlight the...

Keywords: Juba, mobile phones, mobile telephony, South Sudan
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Youth between state and rebel (dis)orders: contesting legitimacy from below in Sub-Sahara Africa (2017)
M.E. de Bruijn; J.C. Both
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Small wars & insurgencies

The Sahel has gained attention in international politics as one of the central theatres in the war on terrorism. International actors in this war seek alliances with states in the region, reinforcing the latter's military strength and their legitimacy from outside. At the...

Keywords: Chad, Mali, Subsaharan Africa, youth
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Croquemort : a biographical journey in the context of Chad (2017)
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Bridging humanities

This project captures the story of Didier Lalaye a.k.a. Croquemort, slam artist and medical doctor from Chad, between 2013 and 2016. Following his path during this period involves exploring many itineraries that crossed the same scenario, going far beyond what both the...

Keywords: Chad
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Stamps surrender to mobile phones: reading the communication ecology of erstwhile West Cameroon (2017)
M.E. de Bruijn; W.G. Nkwi
Editors: W.E.A. van Beek; J.C.M. Damen; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The face of Africa: essays in honour of Ton Dietz
Keywords: Cameroon, mobile phones, postage stamps
Added to database: 31 January 2018

An ethnographic study on mobile money attitudes, perceptions and usages in Cameroon, Congo DRC, Senegal and Zambia (2017)
M.E. de Bruijn; I.C. Butter; A.S. Fall
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, mobile phone, money, Senegal, Zambia
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Collaboration and competition: market queens, trade unions and collective action of informal workers in Ghana's Makola Market (2017)
T.D. Hendriks
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Interface: a journal for and about social movements

This paper focuses on informal workers in Makola Market, Accra (Ghana), and the ways in which they organize for collective action. Ghana has a longhistory of trade and this makes for well-developed and culturally embedded local institutions that have organized and represented...

Keywords: Ghana, informal sector, trade unions, workers
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Das städtische Afrika im Foku : Zu Gast am Afrika-Kongress in Basel (2017)
T.D. Hendriks
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Afrika-bulletin
Keywords: Africa, African studies, Europe
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Roots & Routes: wat voormalig straatkinderen ons leren over 'thuis' (2017)
T.D. Hendriks
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: informal settlements, Malawi, rural-urban migration, street children, youth
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Straatjongeren kunnen ook een thuis hebben (2017)
T.D. Hendriks
Type of publication: Other
Keywords: informal settlements, Malawi, rural-urban migration, street children, youth
Added to database: 31 January 2018

Cyclone resilient landscape "the case of Vatomandry, Madagascar (2017)
E. Bergstra; R. Hornman
Type of publication: Book

Abstract: Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, has to deal with cyclones every year. The impact of a cyclone can be devastating, leaving areas with houses damaged, floods and damaged crops. The aftermath has an even greater impact.The floods increase the...

Keywords: Madagascar
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 30 January 2018

Gods of the East, gods of the West : a Dogon carthography (2017)
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: W.E.A. van Beek; J.C.M. Damen; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The face of Africa: essays in honour of Ton Dietz
Keywords: Africa, Dogon
Added to database: 28 January 2018

Une religion en dissolution (2017)
E. Guitard; W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Rites et religions dans le bassin du lac Tchad
Keywords: Africa, religion
Added to database: 28 January 2018

Introduction. Image, espace communauté (2017)
W.E.A. van Beek; E. Guitard
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Rites et religions dans le bassin du lac Tchad
Keywords: African religions, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, power, religion, rituals, social change, society
Added to database: 28 January 2018

On the road to immortality : the African car (2017)
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: M. Verne; P. Ivanow; M. Treiber
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Körper, Technik, Wissen : Kreativität und Aneignungsprozesse in Afrika. In des Spuren Kurt Becks
Keywords: cars
Added to database: 28 January 2018

Ju/'hoansi lodging in a Namibian Conservancy: CBNRM, tourism and increasing domination (2017)
S. Koot; W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Conservation and Society

Following Ingold's dwelling perspective, the world comes into being because an organism/person is continuously interacting with his/her environment through bodily activity. Ingold contrasts dwelling with building; in the latter, people construct the world cognitively before...

Keywords: bushmen, Namibia, natural resource management, tourism
Added to database: 28 January 2018

A contested ritual of unity: the Herero Red Flag Day (2017)
W.E.A. van Beek; J.B. Gewald; P. Kaapama
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of ritual studies
Keywords: Namibia
Added to database: 28 January 2018

Review of Patrick Desplat and Terje Østebø, 'Muslim Ethiopia : the Christian legacy, identity politics and Islamic reformism" London : Palgrave-Macmillan, 2013) (2017)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Review
In: Islamic Africa
Keywords: book review (form), Ethiopia, Islam
Added to database: 28 January 2018

Review of Zeleke Eresso, 'Faith at the crossroads : religious syncretism and dispute settlement in Northern Ethiopia. A study of Sufe shrine in North Eastern Ethiopia" Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2015) (2017)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Review
In: Islamic Africa
Keywords: book review (form), Ethiopia, Islam
Added to database: 28 January 2018

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