Dutch anthropology of Sub-Saharan Africa in the 1970s

Aim of this research report is to present a picture of anthropological work on sub-Saharan Africa as undertaken in the Netherlands during the 1970s. After an introduction follows, in section 2, a discussion of the discipline and its predicaments. In section 3 the author discusses the resources and background of Africanist anthropology in the Netherlands. Section 4 is a succinct presentation of the current Dutch work, while, in section 5, some general trends as well as blind spots are identified. (This study also appeared in: Current issues in anthropology: the Netherlands / ed. by Peter Kloos and H.J.M. Claessen, 1981, p. 45-84.)