TY - JOUR ID - 3029 T1 - Africa and international relations : assembling Africa, studying the world A1 - Abrahamsen,Rita Y1 - 2017/// KW - Africa KW - African studies KW - geopolitics KW - international relations RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 125 EP - 139 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.462, p.125-139. VL - 116 IS - 462 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This Research Note contributes to recent debates about Africa's place within the discipline of International Relations (IR). It argues that bringing Africa into IR cannot be simply a question of "add Africa and stir", as the continent does not enter the discipline as a neutral object of study. Instead, it is already overdetermined and embedded within the politics and structure of values of the academe, which are in turn influenced in complex ways by changing geopolitics. The present combination of IR's increased awareness of its own Western-centrism and Africa's position as the new "frontline in the war on terror" therefore harbours both opportunities and dangers, and bringing Africa into IR involves epistemological and methodological challenges relating to our object of study and political challenges relating to the contemporary securitization of Africa. The Research Note suggests that an assemblage approach offers a productive way of negotiating this encounter between IR and African Studies, making it possible to study Africa simultaneously as a place in the world and of the world, capturing the continent's politics and societies as both unique and global. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Ba;D4 M3 - 412403293 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw071 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3035 T1 - Africa's unholy migrants : mobility and migrant morality in the age of borders A1 - Bezabeh,Samson A. Y1 - 2017/// KW - attitudes KW - ethics KW - Ethiopia KW - Europe KW - illegal migration KW - international migration KW - migrants RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 1 EP - 17 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.462, p.1-17. VL - 116 IS - 462 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article sheds new light on the migration of Africans to the European Union by looking at how spatial mobility relates to migrant morality, informed by in-depth qualitative interviews with members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Paris. Although issues such as discrimination and exclusion are salient features of contemporary migration, the process of migration across space in the "age of borders" also forces migrants to appraise their shared moral values and ethical standards. Using migrant morality as an entry point, the article demonstrates how borders define migrant lives, irrespective of their legal status. The process of negotiating these borders leads to profound experiences of self-doubt, the testing and alteration of gender relations, and processes of self-evaluation and ethical self-fashioning that serve in both shaping migrant life as well as in producing forms of resistance. The article reveals how migrants are embedded in multi-layered experiences that are simultaneously personal, social, spiritual, and political. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Dd;C6 M3 - 412403161 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw046 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3058 T1 - African cosmopolitanism in the early modern Meditteranean: the diasporic life of Yohannes, the Ethiopian pilgrim who became a Counter-Reformation bishop A1 - Salvadore,Matteo Y1 - 2017/// KW - 1500-1599 KW - bishops KW - Catholic Church KW - Ethiopia KW - Ethiopians KW - Europe RP - NOT IN FILE JA - The Journal of African History: (2017), vol.58, no.1, p.61-83 : krt. VL - 58 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The article chronicles the diasporic life of the Cyprus-born Ethiopian priest Yoanns (1509-65), who, after traveling far and wide across Europe and to Portuguese India, eventually settled in Rome and served the papacy for over two decades. Rare language skills and a cosmopolitan coming of age enabled his remarkable ecclesiastical career as an agent of the Counter-Reformation. Shortly before an untimely death, Yoanns became the second black bishop and the first black nuncio in the history of the Roman Church, rare appointments that would not be accessible to black Africans again until the 20th century. His unique experience represents a significant addition to the available historiography on blacks in early modern Europe and calls into question some commonly held assumptions in African diaspora studies. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Dd;L2 M3 - 410495875 L3 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S002185371600058X ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3047 T1 - All drag, all the time : one night in Cape Town with Lola Fine A1 - Prince,Lindy Lee Y1 - 2017/// KW - LGBT KW - performing arts KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 122 EP - 136 JA - Anthropology Southern Africa: (2017), vol.40, no.2, p.122-136 : ill. VL - 40 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This photo essay discusses the ways in which a participant in a research project on the performance of gender embodies and becomes a performance character, as well as the different instantiations this takes in different contexts and situations. The photo essay discusses how Lola Fine, a drag performer, becomes the character of Lola Fine, and is solidified as such through the performative nature of getting into drag - applying makeup, putting on a dress and shoes, and so forth - as well as through interactions with different individuals in different contexts. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kf;K3 M3 - 411993445 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2017.1318709 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3060 T1 - All the Kabaka's wives: marital claims in Buganda's 1953-5 Kabaka Crisis A1 - Summers,Carol Y1 - 2017/// KW - Buganda polity KW - citizenship KW - colonial administration KW - identity KW - images KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 107 EP - 127 JA - The Journal of African History: (2017), vol.58, no.1, p.107-127. VL - 58 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - When Britain withdrew recognition from Kabaka Mutesa II in 1953, considering him disloyal for failure to advocate for the new governor's progressive initiatives, Buganda's response was distinctive and successful: mourning. Ganda wept publicly, and portrayed themselves as wives forcibly divorced from their king/husband. With the removal of Mutesa, they argued, Britain even violated its own alliance, or marriage, with Buganda. Metaphors of marriage and declarations of loyal wives proved successful in destabilizing imperial efforts to reshape power in Buganda to fit into a unified Uganda. Drawing on specific associations of love and politics associated with Ganda marriage, Ganda fought, successfully, to achieve Mutesa II's return and to ensure Buganda's distinctive political identity. In the process, though, they declared and institutionalized an identity as subjects of the Kabaka, abandoning ideas of citizenship through Bataka (clans) voiced by earlier activists and enacting troublesome precedents for proponents of Ugandan nationalism. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Hf;L3 M3 - 410495859 L3 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853716000645 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3054 T1 - Amagama enkululeko! : words for freedom : writing life under Apartheid A1 - Maserow,Joshua A1 - Sher,Daniel Y1 - 2017/// N1 - Met gloss KW - anthologies (form) KW - anti-apartheid resistance KW - literature KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 255 CY - Muizenburg PB - Cover2Cover U2 - w33 N2 - Colonialism and racial capitalism -- The making of Apartheid -- 'Black spots' and forced removals -- Repression and political quiet -- Black consciousness and the Soweto uprising -- Emergency and revolt SN - 1-928346-35-9 AV - AFRIKA 52051 Y2 - 2017/08/16/ M3 - 410687146 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3048 T1 - Community acceptability of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) in children under five years of age in Soweto, South Africa A1 - Ngwenya,Nonhlanhla Y1 - 2017/// KW - autopsy KW - children KW - death KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 108 EP - 121 JA - Anthropology Southern Africa: (2017), vol.40, no.2, p.108-121. VL - 40 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This interdisciplinary study, using qualitative and ethnographic research methods, collected data from 330 men and women in Soweto, South Africa, in order to understand the community acceptability of minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) in children who died under five years of age. The study found that the acceptability of MIAs depended on people's socio-cultural belief systems regarding death and afterlife; on power and gender dynamics within households; and on structural issues relating to the health care system and mortuary services. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kf;I1 M3 - 411993437 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2017.1348237 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3065 T1 - Congo : ambitions et d‚senchantements, 1880-1960 : carrefours du pass‚ au centre de l'Afrique A1 - Vellut,Jean Luc Y1 - 2017/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. [495]-503. - Met noten KW - articles (form) KW - Belgium KW - colonial administration KW - colonial history KW - Congo Free State KW - Democratic Republic of Congo KW - international relations RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 509 CY - Paris PB - Karthala U2 - w33 T3 - Hommes et soci‚t‚s, ISSN 0993-4294 SN - 2-8111-1799-7 pbk AV - AFRIKA 52406 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 409762148 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3051 T1 - Democracy as technopolitical future: delivery and discontent in a government settlement in the South African countryside A1 - Dubbeld,Bernard Y1 - 2017/// KW - attitudes KW - democracy KW - local government KW - rural areas KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE JA - Anthropology Southern Africa: (2017), vol.40, no.2, p.73-84 : krt. VL - 40 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper is concerned with how democracy is understood and experienced in a KwaZulu-Natal municipal administration and one of the settlements it governs. Considering that democracy has a range of popular meanings, and that in South Africa it has been tied to the promise of a better life, I explore how municipal officials have identified democracy with a technopolitical future in which experts evaluate poor communities and implement infrastructure as a mechanism of improvement. I also show how residents of the settlement have become disenchanted at what they experience as democracy's inability to deal with their basic everyday needs. Their disenchantment is directed not only at state officials, but at democracy as an ideal, and they articulate it most forcefully with a growing antipathy towards democratic rights perceived as intruding into the domestic sphere. In order to understand both the municipal state's approach to democracy and residents' reactions to it, I draw on recent work by Partha Chatterjee and James Ferguson to consider whether concepts of 'political society' and 'the left art of government' are helpful in theorising democratic governance in the South African countryside. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Kf;D1 M3 - 411993402 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2016.1238771 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3053 T1 - Des mondes oubli‚s : carnets d'Afrique A1 - Seignobos,Christian Y1 - 2017/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 308-310. - Met gloss., noten KW - Cameroon KW - Chad KW - drawing KW - fieldwork KW - geography KW - Niger KW - Nigeria KW - personal narratives (form) KW - pictorial works (form) RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 310 CY - Marseille PB - IRD U2 - w33 SN - 978-2-86364-315-0 (ParenthŠses) AV - AFRIKA 52404 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 410868361 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3057 T1 - Dreams and political imagination in colonial Buganda A1 - Earle,Jonathon L. Y1 - 2017/// KW - Buganda polity KW - dreams KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 85 EP - 105 JA - The Journal of African History: (2017), vol.58, no.1, p.85-105 : ill. VL - 58 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article explores the intellectual history of dreaming practices in the eastern African kingdom of Buganda. Whereas Muslim dissenters used their dreams to challenge colonial authority following the kingdom's late nineteenth-century religious wars, political historians such as Apolo Kaggwa removed the political practice of dreaming from Buganda's official histories to deplete the visionary archives from which dissenters continued to draw. Kaggwa's strategy, though, could only be pressed so far. Recently unearthed vernacular sources show that Christian activists, such as Erieza Bwete and Eridadi Mulira, continued to marshal their dreams and literacy to imagine competing visions of Buganda's colonial monarchy. Earlier scholars had argued that modernity and literacy would displace the political function of dreams. This article, by contrast, proposes that sleeping visions took on new, more complicated meanings throughout the twentieth century. Literacy offered new technologies to expound upon the political implications of dreams and a vast repository of symbols to enrich interpretative performances. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Hf;L3 M3 - 410495883 L3 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853716000694 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3063 T1 - E. P. Thompson, social history, and South African historiography 1970-90 A1 - Delius,Peter Y1 - 2017/// KW - historiography KW - social history KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 3 EP - 17 JA - The Journal of African History: (2017), vol.58, no.1, p.3-17. VL - 58 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - It is often suggested that the work of E. P. Thomson played a pivotal role in shaping South African historical writing and provided the foundations for a new school of social history. Thompson's writings - often refracted through many other texts - were one influence amongst many. This article, drawing on my own experiences of key moments of individuals and institutions, argues that the decisive and central role that is ascribed to his work does not accord with much more complex and localised realities. The article touches on numerous other influences that shaped the research and writing of succeeding cohorts of historians. It also suggests that while 'The Poverty of Theory' was an influential publication, it did not initiate new forms of research and writing, but rather contributed to debates that were already well underway. In conclusion, the usefulness of the category of social history is disputed, as in the South African context it lends to a lazy lumping together of a very diverse selection of historians and needs to be rethought or replaced. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Kf;L1 M3 - 410495824 L3 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853716000670 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3055 T1 - Fatima Meer : memories of love and struggle A1 - Meer,Fatima Y1 - 2017/// N1 - Met chron., noten KW - anti-apartheid resistance KW - autobiographies (form) KW - Indians KW - South Africa KW - women RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 259 CY - Cape Town PB - Kwela Books U2 - w33 SN - 978-0-7957-0788-9 AV - AFRIKA 52057 Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M3 - 410686573 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3038 T1 - Fresh challenges faced on the ground by the Kingdom of the Sky: a quest for peace, harmony and stability A1 - Saha,Tushar Kanti A1 - Gray,Rosemary Y1 - 2017/// KW - coalitions KW - coups d'‚tat KW - government KW - Lesotho KW - political stability RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 120 EP - 139 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.120-139 : tab. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article argues that Lesotho's landlocked position, which inhibits trade and results in enclaves of the poor, not only leads to its dependency on South Africa, but also contributes to its instability. It points out that destabilisation remains a problem in spite of Lesotho having served as an excellent model of peaceful transfer of power in a strengthened democratic arena under its 1993 Constitution, as the country had just celebrated 20 years of relative peace. However, despite the 1991 Windhoek Declaration military coups, violence, violation of both human rights and human security continue to contribute to instability in Lesotho, requiring the frequent intervention of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and especially so following the attempted coup in 2014. Lesotho's Coalition government, which is a prime-ministerial form of government, is discussed in some detail in this article. The role of peacekeeping forces is also examined. The article recommends demilitarisation as the only practical, viable and long term solution to the problem of recurring coups in this country. The authors conclude that a sustained campaign against corrupt activities by government, though laudable, has somewhat surprisingly served to weaken the foundation of the Coalition in Lesotho. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Kd;D2 M3 - 412393786 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1335705 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3052 T1 - Herder warfare in East Africa : a social and spatial history A1 - Oba,Gufu Y1 - 2017/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. [323]-346. - Met index, noten KW - East Africa KW - ecology KW - ethnic warfare KW - nomads KW - pastoralists KW - social life RP - NOT IN FILE EP - X, 357 CY - Winwick PB - White Horse Press U2 - w33 SN - 1-87426-796-0 AV - AFRIKA 52413 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 411848933 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3028 T1 - How abolishing school fees increased support for the incumbent in Burundi A1 - Travaglianti,Manuela Y1 - 2017/// KW - 2010 KW - Burundi KW - education fees KW - elections KW - primary education KW - voting RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 101 EP - 124 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.462, p.101-124 : ill. VL - 116 IS - 462 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article addresses the question of whether voters reward politicians for the provision of public goods by looking at citizens' responses to the provision of primary education in Burundi. It focuses on the abolition of primary school fees in 2005, using original data on district-level campaign rhetoric as well as access to and quality of public education. Based on these data, this article shows that in Burundi, the incumbent president extensively advertised the implementation of the policy during its campaign in the subsequent election in 2010 and that the voters did, in turn, respond with increased electoral support when access to public schools in their locality improved. It further shows that this process was not driven by ethnic and political affiliations, but rather cut across such identities. The positive impact of abolishing school fees was in fact equally strong in localities where the incumbent was not expected to win. An analysis of Afrobarometer survey data corroborates the mechanism at the individual level, indicating that satisfaction with the government education policy is strongly associated with support for the incumbent president. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Hb;D2;G1 M3 - 412403307 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw066 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3066 T1 - Magnifying perspectives : contributions to history: a Festschrift for Robert Ross A1 - Pea,Iva A1 - Ross,Robert A1 - Vink,Nel de Y1 - 2017/// N1 - Met literatuuropgave KW - Africa KW - Angola KW - festschrifts (form) KW - Ghana KW - history KW - Nigeria KW - social history KW - South Africa KW - Zambia RP - NOT IN FILE EP - VI, 348 CY - Leiden PB - African Studies Centre Leiden U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available T3 - ASCL occasional publication ; 26 N2 - Magnifying Perspectives is a festschrift for Robert Ross, Emeritus Professor of African History at Leiden University. The contributions have been written by the students and colleagues of Robert Ross, reflecting his broad-ranging thematic and geographical research interests. Individual chapters cover topics such as slavery, gender and gossip, but also reflect an eye for detail in narrating about mosquitoes, semaphores and pineapples. Big themes such as race and imperialism are tackled by paying attention to language, material objects and the powerful role of individuals in shaping history. Contributions on all parts of the African continent, from Nigeria and Mali to Angola and South Africa, as well as Britain and Australia are included. This book attempts to do justice to the unique approach to African history which Robert Ross advocated, an approach which emphasises the complexity and dignity of human nature by placing it at the centre of historical writing. Contributions: 1. Introduction: Contributions to History (Jan-Bart Gewald and Iva Pea); 2. A Respectable Age (speech by Prof. R.J. Ross, on the occasion of his retirement as professor of History of Africa at Leiden University, 19 September 2014); 3. "My Favourite Source Is the Landscape": An Interview with Robert Ross (Jan-Bart Gewald and Alicia Schrikker); 4. Does Gender Matter? Wihelmine Stompjes, the Moravian Missionaries and Gendered Power Relations on the North Eastern Cape Frontier (Anne Kelk Mager); 5. Blackening my White Friends to Make my Black Friends Look White: William Shaw, John Philip, and the Mercurial Political Landscape of Missionary Work in the Eastern Cape (Fiona Vernal); 6. Slavery, Race and Citizenship: The Ambiguous Status of Freed Slaves at the Cape in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (Susan Newton-King); 7. Insult and Identity in the late Eighteenth-Century Cape Colony (Nigel Worden); 8. Resembling "The More Racy Type of Comic Opera": Scandal and the Cultural History of Imperial Politics (Kirsten McKenzie); 9. Awad el Djouh: A Story of Slave Trade in the Mid Twentieth Century (Baz Lecocq); 10. Colonial Courts, Mosquitoes and other Nuisances in the Gold Coast (1888-1934) (Dmitri van den Bersselaar); 11. Domesticating the Imperial Railroads: Perception and Appropriation of the Railroads in Early Colonial Northern Nigeria (Shehu Tijjani Yusuf): 12. Unrelenting Scholars: Ulama Engagement with Western education in Ilorin (Sakariyau Alabi Aliyu); 13. Settlers, Semaphores and Speculators: The Remnants of War in Contemporary South Africa (Jan-Bart Gewald); 14. Porters in the Angolan Nationalist War (1961-1974) (Inge Brinkman); 15. The Enchantment of Weber's Iron Cage: Financialisation and Insurance in South Africa (Erik B„hre); 16. Subverting the Standard View of the Cape Economy: Robert Ross's Cliometric Contribution and the Work it Inspired (Johan Fourie); 17. Between Success and Failure: The Mwinilunga Pineapple Canning Factory in the 1960s and 1970s (Iva Pea); 18. Livingstone in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia): Historical Sketch of a British Colonial Town, 1897-1924 (Bernard K. Mbenga); 19. Defiant Protest or Pure Exhibitionism? Nudity as Dress in Yoruba Culture (Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi). [ASC Leiden abstract] SN - 978-90-5448-159-1 paperback AV - AFRIKA 51686 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Ba;L1 M3 - 408676981 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3061 T1 - Nonconformity in Africa's cultural history A1 - Peterson,Derek R. Y1 - 2017/// KW - Bible KW - Christianity KW - cultural history KW - Kenya KW - religious movements KW - South Africa KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 35 EP - 50 JA - The Journal of African History: (2017), vol.58, no.1, p.35-50. VL - 58 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article uses E. P. Thompson's last book - Witness against the Beast (1993) - as an occasion to claim oddity, peculiarity, and nonconformity as subjects of African history. Africa's historians have been engaged in an earnest effort to locate contemporary cultural life within the longue dur‚e, but in fact there was much that was strange and eccentric. Here I focus on the reading habits and interpretive strategies that inspired nonconformity. Nonconformists read the Bible idiosyncratically, snipping bits of text out of the fabric of the book and using these slogans to launch heretical and odd ways of living. Over time, some of them sought to position themselves in narrative structures that could authenticate and legitimate their dissident religious activity. That entailed experimentation with voice, positionality, and addressivity. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Kf;Ha;B1 M3 - 410495840 L3 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853716000657 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3045 T1 - Of demons and angels: the international gaze on electoral democracy in Africa A1 - Zondi,Siphamandla Y1 - 2017/// KW - Africa KW - election monitoring KW - neocolonialism RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 7 EP - 21 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.7-21. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article reflects on the role of international election observers in African elections, following the so-called wave of democratisation at the end of the Cold War. When analysed against the role of the 'international' as a geopolitical entity and the construction of the political as an epistemic heritage of the West, international observation comes across as a western gaze over the gale of democratisation sweeping through Africa. This observation is not motivated by meeting the expectations and aspirations of generations of Africans who have been waiting for and working towards freedom, but by the convergence of elite interests locally and abroad. The article therefore suggests that international observation of Africa in a neo-colonised post-colonial environment raises suspicions of imperialist designs to impose on Africa the manner in which it must organise the political arena, and the kind of democracy that it should pursue. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Ba;D1 M3 - 412393719 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1333300 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3036 T1 - On amorphous terms, terrorism and a feeble judiciary: analysing the dissenting judgment in 'Maseko v Prime Minister of Swaziland and Others' (2016) A1 - Dube,Angelo A1 - Nhlabatsi,Sibusiso Y1 - 2017/// KW - constitutionalism KW - freedom of assembly KW - freedom of association KW - freedom of speech KW - jurisprudence KW - legislation KW - supreme courts KW - Swaziland KW - terrorism RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 157 EP - 175 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.157-175. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - On 16 September 2016, the Swaziland High Court delivered judgment in the matter between Maseko and Others v Prime Minister of Swaziland and Others [2016] SZHC 180, in which it declared certain provisions of the Suppression of Terrorism Act (2008); and the Sedition and Subversive Activities Act (1938) as unconstitutional. The Declaration followed a constitutional challenge, based on the applicants' freedom of expression, assembly and association. The judgment was unprecedented in the Swaziland context, given that of the four applicants, three were political activists and one was a Human Rights lawyer. All four have been in frequent collision with the government over their political opinions. Two judges ruled in favour of the applicants, whilst the third one ruled against them. The judgment was a sharp departure from past decisions, where the courts often ruled in favour of the state, leaving many litigants without a remedy. The ruling marked the first time a Swazi court had declared the Swaziland Constitution a living document. However commendable the main judgment, the dissenting opinion raises several constitutional questions that need to be addressed. This article therefore, critically analyses the dissenting opinion of Justice Hlophe, and seeks to demonstrate that his approach is antithetical to constitutionalism, and is irreconcilable with accepted notions of Bill of Rights litigation. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Kg;F1 M3 - 412393808 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1337865 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3046 T1 - On reading about Lola Fine's night on the town A1 - Reid,Graeme Y1 - 2017/// KW - LGBT KW - performing arts KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 137 EP - 141 JA - Anthropology Southern Africa: (2017), vol.40, no.2, p.137-141. VL - 40 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This is a commentary on Lindy-Lee Princes photographic essay about gender and drag featuring Cape Town performance artist Lola Fine. Bibliogr., note, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kf;K3 M3 - 411993453 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2017.1338143 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3034 T1 - Politicization and resistance in the Zimbabwean national army A1 - Maringira,Godfrey Y1 - 2017/// KW - deserters KW - military personnel KW - punishment KW - Zimbabwe RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 18 EP - 38 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.462, p.18-38. VL - 116 IS - 462 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - While the dominant discourse in Zimbabwe on and about soldiers is that they are perpetrators of political violence, this does not always reflect the lived experiences of soldiers who joined the army in post-independence Zimbabwe. Based on army deserters' narratives emerging from 44 life history interviews and two focus groups, this article argues that not all soldiers have been supportive of President Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF. Rather, ZANU-PF had to work quite hard to ensure the political loyalty of its soldiers, who often resisted and challenged ZANU-PF political coercion. The barracks constituted a site in which "military professionalism" and "politics" were at loggerheads. The article analyses the ways in which these army deserters were spied on, punished, demoted, and detained: practices which they all contend were politicized by partisan commanders in the barracks. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Hf;D2 M3 - 41240317X L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw055 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3044 T1 - Progress and challenges of consolidating the African state: consolidation indicators and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance A1 - Nyambi,Samuel Y1 - 2017/// KW - Africa KW - African agreements KW - African Union KW - democracy KW - governance KW - State RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 22 EP - 43 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.22-43 : tab. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Since independence, there have been some improvements in political development in African states in respect to the prevalence of democracy, recognition of the rule of law, reduction in unconstitutional changes of governments, regular, transparent, free and fair elections, and a conducive environment for doing business. This article proposes a range of 'consolidating indicators' that can be used to measure the consolidation of the African State in light of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG). Consolidation indicators examined include the level of internal integration/disintegration of the state, the degree and nature of peace, the nature of democracy and elections and of governance systems, levels of capacity, the social fabric of the state as well as issues concerning women and youth. The use of consolidation indicators is a new effort to address issues of contingency and preventive planning, with the aim of having more peaceful and progressive African states. Characterising African states, based on various consolidation indicators, is an important and relevant endeavour, especially because the concept of the 'consolidation of the African State' is under-researched, with a paucity of a clear assessment. The discussion highlights the importance of the ACDEG and notes the increasing recognition by African states of the importance of democratic values and practices to the continent. Understanding the progress and challenges of consolidating the African State will help policy makers to strengthen the implementation of ACDEG, in pushing African states towards realising the African Union (AU) Africa Agenda 2063. This article takes an Afrocentric approach by discussing the positive role of regional and continental institutions in promoting and strengthening democracy and governance in Africa. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Ba;D1 M3 - 412393727 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1333292 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3032 T1 - Property, conservation, and enclosure in Karura Forest, Nairobi A1 - Manji,Ambreena Y1 - 2017/// KW - capitals KW - forests KW - Kenya KW - urban environment RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 186 EP - 205 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.463, p.186-205. VL - 116 IS - 463 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article tells the story of the urban Karura forest in Nairobi in order to explore access to and control of green spaces in an African city at a time of rapid, haphazard urbanization. Using insights from critical legal geography, it shows that although in strictly legal terms Karura forest remains properly gazetted public land, it continues to exclude citizens in important ways. This is because of a neoliberal conception of security that has promoted the exercise of significant private power over public space. The article examines the powerful ideas that were deployed to achieve the enclosure of the forest. Ideas of ecological guardianship were mobilized in tandem with arguments that the forest must be made "safe and secure". A number of devices (fences, paths, trails, and signposts) played important property functions. This case study provides important insights into the politics of access to green space and to questions of social justice at a time of rapid urban change, not just in Kenya but more widely. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Hc;C5 M3 - 412403269 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adx006 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3030 T1 - Questioning "Fees must fall" A1 - Hodes,Rebecca Y1 - 2017/// KW - South Africa KW - student movements RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 140 EP - 150 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.462, p.140-150 : foto. VL - 116 IS - 462 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This briefing is based on the author's experiences of teaching and research on five university campuses in South Africa, the Universities of Cape Town, Fort Hare, Rhodes, Walter Sisulu, and the Witwatersrand, between March 2015 and October 2016. Students and staff members at these universities participated in the "Fees must fall" movement in vastly different ways. This briefing describes the diversity within this movement, based on observations at public gatherings, and interviews and discussions with university staff, students, and their families. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Kf;G1 M3 - 412403285 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw072 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3026 T1 - Re-examining the early years of anti-retroviral treatment in South Africa : a taste for medicine A1 - Steinberg,Jonny Y1 - 2017/// KW - AIDS KW - health care KW - patients KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 60 EP - 79 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.462, p.60-79. VL - 116 IS - 462 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has become a ubiquitous feature of South African life. By early 2015, three million people had begun ART in South Africa. In the light of widespread positive responses to the availability of treatment, early ethnographies that stressed suspicion, fear, and resentment need to be revisited. In this article, the author re-examines his own data on an early encounter between the technologies of ART and the population of a rural district in the Eastern Cape province. He also returns to Didier Fassin's ethnography in which he placed ordinary people's responses to AIDS in a history of suspicion and resentment. The article focuses in particular on the support groups that ART users formed and argues that they were the sites of creative responses to ART in which ordinary people, primarily women, bent the new technologies and esoteric languages they encountered to an array of endogenous purposes. The article concludes that ART was incorporated into a politics of hopeful expectation rather than a politics of resentment. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Kf;I1 M3 - 412403323 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw026 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3027 T1 - State-led housing delivery as an instrument of developmental patrimonialism : the case of post-war Angola A1 - Croese,Sylvia Y1 - 2017/// KW - Angola KW - housing policy KW - patronage KW - rental housing RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 80 EP - 100 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.462, p.80-100. VL - 116 IS - 462 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article examines state-led housing delivery in post-war Angola as an instrument of developmental patrimonialism. It draws on a growing literature on political settlements to highlight the role of rents, informal institutions, and power arrangements in managing political stability and economic growth. In the case of post-war Angola, key forms of rent distribution take place at the level of the presidency through the centralized use of actors and institutions that emerged historically outside of the ambit of regular government structures. These involve foreign business allies and special state agencies such as the state oil company Sonangol that respond exclusively to the Angolan president. While this has kept regular state institutions weak, the approach has been successful in terms of fast-tracking public investments that are important for rent distribution to key constituencies while keeping political competition at bay. The case of a resource-rich country such as Angola provides insight into the context-specific ways in which developmental patrimonialism translates into practice and the actors, interests, and institutions driving state-led housing delivery. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Gb;D2 M3 - 412403315 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw070 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3042 T1 - Straining without training? : capacity-related problems facing African election executives and officials A1 - Maphunye,Kealeboga J. Y1 - 2017/// KW - Africa KW - education KW - election management bodies KW - elections KW - management RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 55 EP - 75 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.55-75. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article argues that the empowerment of election officials and executives is usually overlooked, understated or simply ignored; yet elections cannot be conducted without plans in place to improve their efficiency and effectiveness; especially through training. As one of the foremost mechanisms for improving elections, training is crucial to organisational performance enhancement. However, training for election officials and executives is fairly new in many African countries. Generally incorporated in generic university or vocational institute courses globally, training is usually offered as a special tailor-made module for polling officials in western countries. Even then, it rarely covers the severe conditions election officials regularly face, especially in Africa. This article examines these issues based on a review of the extant literature, conceptual and theoretical reflection on election management, and practical interaction with some election authorities who participated as trainees in the Unisa Management of Democratic Elections in Africa (MDEA) course (2012-2014). The article concludes that the training of election officials and executives poses challenges for Africa; partly because some election management bodies (EMBs) prefer to 'strain' rather than effectively train their members to ensure sustainable performance, and partly because others prefer short-term irrelevant training that undermines their organisational goals. These hurdles need to be overcome if Africa is to address its election-related challenges. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Ba;D1 M3 - 412393743 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1333282 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3039 T1 - Technology transformation and changing demographic patterns: perspectives for Africa's future elections A1 - Mutanga,Shingirirai Savious Y1 - 2017/// KW - Africa KW - elections KW - management KW - technology RP - NOT IN FILE JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.107-119 : fig., graf., krt. VL - 12 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The last decade of the 21st century has so far seen many important elections on the African continent. These elections offer windows for the development of democracy and freedom throughout the continent. The same period has been characterised by a burgeoning population, estimated to be over one billion. The rapid growth in population has fuelled a quick growth in the number of eligible voters. Around the same period, another increase has been under way: evolving new technology penetration in electoral management systems. The introduction of innovative technologies into the electoral management systems (prior, during and post-election) has raised both interest and concerns. This review article provides insights into, and a critique of the role of emerging technologies in Africa's electoral managements systems. The article taps on some of the best practices of modern technology applications in the electoral process. Some of the areas of focus in this article include constituency delimitation, political party registration, voter registration, voting operations and stakeholder engagements. The discussion denotes a rising recognition and use of new technologies in these areas to improve efficiency, ensure credibility of democratic processes and reliability of election results. The literature engages with a mixture of successes and failures, improvements and challenges, innovations and obstacles in the context of countryspecific electoral systems technological applications. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Ba;D1 M3 - 412393778 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1333284 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3043 T1 - The clash of ideologies: notions of multiparty (liberal) democracy versus African systems A1 - Mulaudzi,Phalandwa Abraham Y1 - 2017/// KW - chieftaincy KW - democracy KW - governance KW - South Africa KW - traditional rulers RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 44 EP - 54 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.44-54. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - In South Africa traditional leaders, 'aka' (also known as) chiefs or collaborators, had hoped that the new liberation political environment would retain and safeguard their deeply embedded cultural practices and values, which had existed for centuries, but had been partly violated during the colonial era. However, the new liberation era brought with it notions of liberal democracy - characterised by concepts of meritorious selections, based on democratic elections -, a practice that further marginalised and frustrated hereditary cultural norms and practices, upon which the pillars and identities of each ethnic group or community were based. In discussing the complex and interlocking interests, epochs of colonial and postcolonial experience, the introduction of 'foreign' meritorious notions that dispensed with the craved hereditary positions, the chiefs, traditional leaders and former collaborators appear to have been forced to abandon the liberation project and take up the issue of their survival as custodians of customs and chiefdoms; even against the messaging coming from the new political classes. Inevitably, this has created new tensions in the political governance of urban and rural communities, by elected officials who have either failed or succeeded to coopt traditional leaders. This article argues for a balance between democracy and traditional leadership that can inform modern electoral processes and modernise the cultural practices and eliminate unnecessary conflict and tensions. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Kf;D2 M3 - 412393735 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1333310 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3050 T1 - The dynamics and digitisation of religious testimonies: a case of prophetic ministries in Botswana A1 - Faimau,Gabriel Y1 - 2017/// KW - Botswana KW - information technology KW - Pentecostalism KW - prophets RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 85 EP - 95 JA - Anthropology Southern Africa: (2017), vol.40, no.2, p.85-95. VL - 40 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - A major element in the religious practice of believers in prophetic Christianity is the sharing of religious testimonies. Focusing on prophetic ministries in Botswana, this paper examines the nature and function of religious testimonies and the dynamics of their digitisation and online circulation. It explores the ways in which religious testimonies mediate or extend the reach of prophetic ministries. Using data collected through fieldwork observation, in-depth interviews and digital ethnography, I argue that the sharing of testimony within Pentecostal Christian circles can be described as a system of institutional performance that aims to direct the spiritual development of believers, reinforce the central place and authority of a prophet and advance the institutional identity of a prophetic ministry. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kc;B1 M3 - 411993410 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2017.1333439 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3041 T1 - The management of democratic elections in Africa (MDEA) programme at the university of South Africa: is this the right path towards African solutions? A1 - Msila,Vuyisile A1 - Matjila,Lesibana Y1 - 2017/// KW - African agreements KW - Africanization KW - education KW - elections KW - management KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 76 EP - 90 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.76-90. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - There have been a number of initiatives in Africa to rid the continent of political instability, conflict, poverty and disease. Many have argued that aid from the West has helped Africa in many ways - from stopping wars, to food relief and rescuing the African environment. Yet others have slated Western involvement which they contend, frequently leaves Africans dependant rather than capable of solving their own problems. In line with the pan-Africanist and the African Union (AU) ideals, there is now a realisation by Africans that there is a need to find African solutions to African challenges and problems. This review article explores the University of South Africa's (Unisa's) Management of Democratic Elections in Africa (MDEA) programme, by looking at its objectives and the reason why it must be labelled a Programme, its mandate, which is in line with the brief of the AU and pan-Africanist ideals. The article focuses on how Unisa's programme responds to the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG); and how it has attempted to facilitate knowledge for peace in Africa, through empowering electoral officials from various African states. The article concludes by looking at the successes and limitations of the Programme over a five-year period, from its inception in 2011. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Kf;D1 M3 - 412393751 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1340004 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3033 T1 - The neo-liberal incentive structure and the absence of the developmental state in post-apartheid South Africa A1 - Ansari,Shaukat Y1 - 2017/// KW - development KW - economic policy KW - liberalism KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 206 EP - 232 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.463, p.206-232. VL - 116 IS - 463 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Despite initial promises of a Keynesian-inspired redistribution programme by the African National Congress, macroeconomic policy making in South Africa has been shaped largely by market orthodoxy ever since the 1996 Growth, Employment, and Redistribution programme was unveiled by the finance ministry. The article draws on econometric analysis combined with interviews, and a rich body of literature that focuses on the economic incentives underwriting state industrial policies, in order to highlight the causal mechanisms responsible for the persistence of neo-liberal orthodoxy in South Africa over a 20-year period. It argues that the failure of the developmental state to materialize during the post-apartheid era can be attributed to a convergence of interests between the national treasury, the business sector, and global financial actors. More specifically, it shows that capital account liberalization reduced the exchange rate risk for international investors by strengthening the rand, thereby generating a decline in South Africa's 10-year bond yield and facilitating the treasury's access to international finance at reduced interest rates. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Kf;E1 M3 - 412403250 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw074 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3031 T1 - The politics of governing oil in Uganda : going against the grain? A1 - Hickey,Sam A1 - Izama,Angelo Y1 - 2017/// KW - government policy KW - oil companies KW - petroleum KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 163 EP - 185 JA - African Affairs: (2017), vol.116, no.463, p.163-185. VL - 116 IS - 463 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The capacity and commitment of Uganda to govern its oil in developmental ways has generally been discussed through a new institutionalist prism that focuses on the dangers of the "resource curse". This article argues that the developmental potential of oil in Uganda can be better understood through a political settlements framework that goes beyond a focus on institutional form to examine how deeper forms of power and politics shape oil governance. Drawing on in-depth primary research, the authors focus in particular on the extent to which the interplay of interests and ideas within Uganda's ruling coalition has enabled the government to protect its national interest during negotiations with international oil companies. However, the dynamics of Uganda's political settlement raise serious doubts as to whether the impressive levels of elite commitment and bureaucratic capacity displayed to date will withstand the intensifying pressures that will accompany the eventual commencement of oil flows. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Hf;D2;E6 M3 - 412403277 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw048 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3037 T1 - The role of peace journalism in the deconstruction of elections and the "national question" in Nigeria A1 - Adebayo,Joseph Olusegun Y1 - 2017/// KW - elections KW - ethnicity KW - journalism KW - Nigeria KW - peacebuilding KW - political stability RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 140 EP - 156 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.140-156. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Nigeria, a very fragile country, is constantly teetering towards dissolution. For several decades post-independence, the country has been plagued by protracted disputations among the diverse ethnic nationalities, which have been attributed to the inadvertent merger of the Northern and Southern protectorates in 1914 by the British colonialists. Since the merger, there has been intense unrest among the various ethnic groups with tensions for greater resource control and self-determination. The country has also witnessed the intense politicisation of religion in ways that have continued to aggravate the deepening antagonism between Christians and Muslims, further broadening already existing fault lines. The longdrawn-out bickering has led to calls for a renegotiation of the terms of cohabitation among the various ethnic nationalities; and this has given rise to the "national question", a term used to describe the quest to review the dilemmas associated with accommodating multiple-identity communities within the framework of a single, integrated, national political system. This article argues that traditional media reportage of the "national question" in Nigeria has been more divisive than uniting. The article proposes the adoption of a peace journalism approach to reporting the "national question" to ensure that members of the various ethnic nationalities consider and value non-violent responses to conflict. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Fn;A4 M3 - 412393794 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1333298 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3062 T1 - The spinning Jenny and the sorting table: E. P. Thompson and workers in industrializing Europe and Southern Africa A1 - Higginson,John Y1 - 2017/// KW - historiography KW - labour history KW - Southern Africa KW - working class RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 19 EP - 33 JA - The Journal of African History: (2017), vol.58, no.1, p.19-33 : ill. VL - 58 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The most compelling aspect of E. P. Thompson's work for labour historians of Southern Africa is his contention that class is a fluent group relationship or 'happening' - something workers do, in addition to what employers and the state impose upon them. However, by the 1970s, Thompson recognized that his earlier claim also had to resonate with other key assumptions about working class aspirations; especially the need of a shared group consciousness to be more meaningful for individuals than the laws of the state. The principal weakness of Thompson's for African historians, however, is the absence of a more explicit discussion about the demise of the English peasantry in his work. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Ka;L1 M3 - 410495832 L3 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853716000591 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3056 T1 - The survival con: fraud and forgery in the Republic of Biafra, 1967-70 A1 - Daly,Samuel Fury Childs Y1 - 2017/// KW - fraud KW - Nigeria KW - Nigerian-Biafran War RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 129 EP - 144 JA - The Journal of African History: (2017), vol.58, no.1, p.129-144. VL - 58 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Over the course of the Nigerian Civil War (1967-70), many people in the secessionist Republic of Biafra resorted to forgery, confidence scams, and other forms of fraud to survive the dire conditions created by Nigeria's blockade. Forgery of passes and other documents, fraudulent commercial transactions, and elaborate schemes involving impersonation and racketeering became common in Biafra, intensifying as the Biafran government's ability to enforce the law diminished. Using long-neglected legal records from Biafra's courts and tribunals, this study traces the process by which deception emerged as a practice of survival in wartime Biafra - a process with important implications for the growth of fraud (known as '419' after the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code) in reintegrated postwar Nigeria. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Fn;D2 M3 - 410495891 L3 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853716000347 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3064 T1 - Vozes do universo rural : reescrevendo o estado em µfrica A1 - Florˆncio,Fernando A1 - Dias,Alexandra Magn¢lia Y1 - 2017/// KW - Africa KW - civil society KW - political participation KW - rural society KW - social change KW - State-society relationship RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Lisboa PB - Gerpress U1 - Free access. U2 - w33 SN - 989-960945-5 pbk AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M3 - 410259047 L3 - https://books.openedition.org/cei/189?format=toc ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3049 T1 - What else can we do? : strategies and negotiations around place and space in the case of undocumented Zimbabwean migrant workers in Botswana A1 - Galvin,Treasa Y1 - 2017/// KW - Botswana KW - illegal migration KW - migrant workers KW - social conditions KW - Zimbabweans RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 96 EP - 107 JA - Anthropology Southern Africa: (2017), vol.40, no.2, p.96-107. VL - 40 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Restrictive immigration laws, enhanced border controls, the criminalisation of migrants, punitive deportation practices and a lack of respect for the right to asylum have become a common feature of the contemporary world. In the face of these increasingly restrictive state practices and intolerant local responses to migrants, rates of human mobility continue to grow and ever larger numbers of people experience daily life through an 'undocumented' status. In the midst of prejudice and intolerance, those labelled 'undocumented' shape their daily lives by living within but not as part of their host societies. Based on fieldwork among Zimbabwean migrant workers in Botswana, this paper examines the differential meanings they attach to borders and boundaries, the strategies they employ to negotiate daily life and the ways in which place and space are interconnected in their lives. The paper argues that undocumented migrants experience their state of existence as a dynamic, ever-changing world and a reality that is focused on negotiating the present, and that this is a normal rather than abnormal response to the context in which they live. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kc;E4 M3 - 411993429 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23323256.2017.1327820 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3059 T1 - Whigs and hunters: the path not taken A1 - White,Luise Y1 - 2017/// KW - Africa KW - historiography KW - social history RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 51 EP - 59 JA - The Journal of African History: (2017), vol.58, no.1, p.51-59. VL - 58 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - E. P. Thompson's Whigs and Hunters has had an enormous impact on African historiography in its articulation of the relationship between property and law and the subsequent criminalization of customary practices. Some of the other themes in this book - indistinct bands of law-breaking peasants, people and animals, notions of the wild, and the near impossibility of commonplace judicial murder in peacetime - have not been taken up. This article argues for a broader engagement with this book and to remind African historians that the many facets and eras of Thompson's scholarship should encourage a more flexible reading of his work. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Ba;L1 M3 - 410495867 L3 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853716000669 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3040 T1 - Whither peacebuilding? : a reflection on post-conflict African experiences A1 - Khadiagala,Gilbert M. Y1 - 2017/// KW - Africa KW - conflict resolution KW - peacebuilding RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 91 EP - 106 JA - International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: (2017), vol.12, no.1, p.91-106. VL - 12 IS - 1 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Peacebuilding is a key concept in efforts to reconstruct African states emerging from conflicts. At heart, it captures the whole array of activities associated with state-and nation-building in addition to building the foundations for local ownership of these processes. Popularised by the UN Secretary-General Boutros-Boutros Ghali in the early 1990s, peacebuilding has evolved alongside peacemaking and peacekeeping in the reconstruction repertoire. This article suggests that while there is considerable scepticism about the utility of peacebuilding in contemporary conflict resolution efforts, African experiences have, since the 1990s, provided solid lessons to both local and international actors on how to rebuild states, societies, polities, and economies. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M1 - Ba;D1 M3 - 41239376X L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2017.1333283 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3072 T1 - A slave who would be king : oral tradition and archaeology of the recent past in the upper Senegal river basin A1 - Altschul,Jeffrey H. A1 - Thiaw,Ibrahima A1 - Wait,Gerald A. Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 311-314. - Met index KW - archaeology KW - oral traditions KW - river basins KW - Senegal RP - NOT IN FILE EP - X, 314 CY - Oxford PB - Archaeopress Publishing Ltd U2 - w33 T3 - Archaeopress archaeology N2 - Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Methodology -- Regulatory Framework of the SCHP -- International Regulatory Framework -- Senegalese Regulatory Framework -- Site Significance -- Project Chronology and Summary Results -- Report Organization -- ch. 2 Environment and Culture History in Southeastern Senegal -- Environmental Setting -- Geologic Background -- Cultural Setting -- Paleolithic Assemblages -- Neolithic Assemblages -- The Iron Age and Historical Period -- Ethnography of Southeastern Senegal -- Research Questions -- Paleolithic -- Neolithic -- The Iron Age and Historical Periods -- ch. 3 Village Histories and Ethnography within the Oromin Sabodala Concession -- Objectives and Methodology -- Culture History and Affiliation in the OJVG Concession -- Phase 1 The Time of the Bassari -- Phase 2 The Soumare Soninke Period -- Phase 3 The Cissokho Lineage Period -- Village Histories and Settlement Dynamics -- Society and Social Organization -- Malinke Society -- Peul Society -- Chieftaincy -- Merchants -- Healers -- Endogamous Craft Specialists -- Blacksmiths and Potters -- Griots -- Slave Descendants -- Cultural Heritage -- Public Ceremonies and Festivals -- Sacred Sites -- Industrial Mining and Local Community: Opportunities and Concerns -- Conclusion -- ch. 4 Archaeological Field Methods -- Pedestrian-Survey Methodology -- Detailed Site Mapping -- Site Test Excavations -- Summary -- ch. 5 Archaeological Survey and Test-Excavation Results -- Material Culture and Features -- Material Culture -- Feature Types and Functions -- Site Types -- Resource-Processing Sites -- Field Houses -- Site 129 -- Site 133 -- Site 155 -- Farmsteads -- Site 11 -- Site 78 -- Site 79 -- Site 147 -- Site 149 -- Site 151 -- Hamlets and Villages -- Hamlets (Example Site 77, with Site 153, and Site 130) -- Site 77, with 153 -- Site 130 -- Villages (Example Sites 71, 123, and 156) -- Site 71 -- Site 123 -- Site 156 -- Polity Centers -- Sites 8, 9, 10, 11, 78, and 79 -- Ideological/Sacred Sites -- Site 1 -- Site 157 -- Excavation of Feature 1 -- Excavation of Feature 3 -- Discussion of Site Settlement Types and Distribution -- ch. 6 Artifact Analyses -- Ceramic Sampling and Analysis Procedures -- Method for Analyzing Body Sherds -- Plain Sherds -- Slip -- Plastic Impression -- Subtractive Motifs -- Twine Impressions -- Cord-Wrapped Stick -- Carved Wood Roulette -- Incision -- Channeling -- Other subtractive motifs -- Additive Motifs -- Multiple Attributes and Unidentified Motifs -- Method for Analyzing Rim Sherds -- Rim Attributes and Morphology -- Simple Rims -- Everted Rims -- Collared Rims -- Other Rims -- Results of Ceramic Analysis -- Small Finds -- Conclusion -- Lithic Analysis -- Field Collection Strategy and Analytical Procedures -- Results -- Lithic Tools from Test Excavations -- Lithic Material from Surface Contexts -- Debris -- Flakes -- Cores -- Handaxes -- Milling Implements -- Grinding Slabs -- Pestles -- Pierres a Cupules -- Traces of Wear on Milling Implements -- Hammerstones -- Axes -- Miscellaneous -- Conclusions -- ch. 7 Geoarchaeological Investigations -- Introduction -- Preliminary Buried-Site Model -- Methods -- Field Methods -- Laboratory Methods -- Results -- Backhoe Trenching -- Proposed Freshwater-Reservoir Area -- Proposed Haul-Road Alignment -- Summary and Discussion -- Buried-Site Probability -- Association of Landforms and Archaeological Sites -- Conclusions -- ch. 8 Where Are the Sites, and Why Are They There? A Methodological Exercise in Archaeological Predictive Modeling -- The History of Predictive Modeling -- Inductive versus Deductive Models -- The SCHP Predictive Models -- Buried-Sites Model -- Surface-Sites Model -- Combined-Sensitivity Map -- Summary -- Why Are Sites Located Where They Are? The Case for Agent-Based Modeling -- Conclusions -- ch. 9 Settlement Dynamics in Beledougou in the Second Millennium A.D. -- Beledougou in Context -- Continuity in Settlement -- Settlement Dynamics -- Masato: The Archaeology of a West African Polity Centre -- Sabodala and Internal Frontiers -- The Past Living in the Present -- ch. 10 Summary -- Significance Evaluations -- Sacred and Traditional Resources -- Archaeological Sites -- Impact Analysis -- Appendix A Gazetteer of Sites -- Appendix B Gazetteer of Features and Sites -- Appendix C Ceramic Decorative Techniques -- Appendix D Ceramic Rim Sherd Data -- References Cited -- Agricultural-Soil Productivity of the Oromin Joint Venture Group -- Concession, Senegal -- Introduction -- Methods -- Field Methods -- Analytical Methods -- Results -- Evaluation of Agricultural-Soil Productivity for the OJVG Concession -- Agricultural Management in Mamakhono -- Traditional Malinke Agriculture -- Agricultural Field Study -- Assessment of Mining Effects on Agricultural Systems -- OJVG Concession -- Mamakhono -- Summary and Recommendations SN - 1-7849-1351-0 pbk AV - AFRIKA A12601 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 410780766 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3069 T1 - AERC's Project on 'Capital Flight from Africa' A1 - Ndikumana,L‚once Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Met bibliogr., noten, samenvattingen KW - Africa KW - Burkina Faso KW - Cameroon KW - capital KW - capital movements KW - Congo (Brazzaville) KW - Ethiopia KW - Kenya KW - Madagascar KW - tax evasion KW - Zimbabwe RP - NOT IN FILE PB - Blackwell U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available T3 - African development review, ISSN 1467-8268 ; vol. 28, no. S1 N2 - This special issue is based on AERC's research project on 'Capital Flight from Africa'. It consists of eight case studies on the causes and effects of capital flight from Africa. Contributions: Causes and effects of capital flight from Africa: lessons from case studies (L‚once Ndikumana); Fiscal policy and capital flight in Kenya (Dianah Ngui Muchai, Joseph Muchai); Why is there capital flight from developing countries? The case of Madagascar (Olivier Tiarinisaina Ramiandrisoa, Eric Jean Michel Rakotomanana); Capital flight and its determinants: the case of Ethiopia ( Alemayehu Geda, Addis Yimer); Capital flight and trade misinvoicing in Zimbabwe (Marko Kwaramba, Nyasha Mahonye, Leonard Mandishara); The institutional environment and the link between capital flows and capital flight in Cameroon (Jean-Marie Gankou, Marius Bendoma, Mouss‚ Ndoye Sow); Natural resources and capital flight in Cameroon (Hans Tino Ayamena Mpenya, Clarisse Metseyem, Boniface Ngah Epo); Capital flight from Burkina Faso: drivers and impact on tax revenue (Ameth Saloum Ndiaye, Alain Siri); Impact of capital flight on public social expenditure in Congo-Brazzaville (Andr‚ Moulemvo). [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Ba;E3 M3 - 412023822 L3 - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/afdr.v28.S1/issuetoc ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3081 T1 - Archaeological evidence for modes of air supply into iron smelting furnaces in the African Great Lakes region A1 - Lyaya,Edwinus C. Y1 - 2016/// KW - archaeology KW - Great Lakes region KW - iron forging RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 362 EP - 379 JA - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: (2016), vol.51, no.3, p.362-379 : ill. VL - 51 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - One of the themes that have attracted archaeologists attention is the mechanism by which iron smelting furnaces were supplied with air. Earlier studies on this theme were largely undertaken using expensive laboratory and experimental methods. Unfortunately, insufficient attention was paid to ethnographic and archaeological data while reconstructing air supply modes. This paper presents and discusses archaeological field evidence for determining modes of air supply into smelting furnaces. The archaeological evidence was gathered through survey and through ethnographic and excavation methods. The paper argues that beyond the almost unheard of survival of bellows in the archaeological record and laboratory and experimental methods, it is possible to establish the modes of air supply employed in iron smelting furnaces using flared and non-flared tuyŠre proximal ends, frequent evidence for multiple tuyŠres being fused together, furnace size and height and tuyŠre-mould slags. It is therefore vital for archaeologists to search for clues about furnace air supply while doing fieldwork in order to identify techniques of precolonial metal production and thus explain the reasons for such technological choices. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 407972013 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2016.1210365 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3091 T1 - Capital Inflows and economic growth in Nigeria : the role of macroeconomic policies A1 - Nwosa,Philip Ifeakachukwu A1 - Akinbobola,Temidayo Oladiran Y1 - 2016/// KW - capital movements KW - economic development KW - economic models KW - foreign investments KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 277 EP - 290 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.277-290 ; graf., tab. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This study examined the role of macroeconomic policies (monetary, fiscal and trade policies) in the relationship between capital inflows (proxy by foreign direct investment, foreign aid and international workers' remittances) and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1970 to 2013. The study employed Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Bound co-integration technique. The study found that macroeconomic policy plays a fundamental role in the relationship between capital inflows and economic growth in Nigeria. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Fn;E3 M3 - 407466509 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12205 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3074 T1 - Counterterrorism and counterinsurgency in Somalia : assessing the campaign against Al Shabaab A1 - Jones,Seth G. A1 - Liepman,Andrew A1 - Chandler,Nathan Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 71-80. - Met bijl., index, noten KW - foreign intervention KW - Islamic movements KW - Somalia KW - terrorism KW - United States RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Santa Monica, CA PB - RAND U1 - Free access. U2 - w33 N2 - Preface -- Box, Figures, and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Research Design -- Outline of the Report -- Chapter 2. The Evolution of al Shabaab: Phase One: Ideological and Historical Origins, 1960s-2005 -- Phase Two: Proto-Insurgency, 2005-2007 -- Phase Three: Rebirth and the Rise of the Islamists, 2007-2009 -- Phase Four: The Heyday of al Shabaab, 2009-2011 -- Phase Five: Retreat and Adaptation, 2011-2016 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. The Weakening of al Shabaab: Strategic Options -- The Decline of al Shabaab -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. Recommendations -- APPENDIX: Data Collection Sources and Notes -- About the Authors -- References -- Index. "This report analyzes the U.S. and allied campaign against the al Qa'ida-linked terrorist group al Shabaab in Somalia, examines what steps have been most successful against the group, and identifies potential recommendations. It concludes that, while al Shabaab was weakened between 2011 and 2016, the group could resurge if urgent steps are not taken to address the political, economic, and governance challenges at the heart of the conflict. This study finds that a tailored engagement strategy which involved deploying a small number of U.S. special operations forces to conduct targeted strikes, provide intelligence, and build the capacity of local partner forces to conduct ground operations--was key in degrading al Shabaab. Still, progress in Somalia is reversible in the absence of continued and consistent pressure and political, economic, and social reforms. Today's terrorism and insurgency landscape defies easy solutions, with challenges from the Islamic State, al Qa'ida, and other groups across the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. While there has been a significant focus on how and why the U.S. and other Western governments have failed to degrade terrorists and insurgents in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya, and other countries, there has been far less attention on successful efforts to degrade groups. In Somalia, there has been limited progress. The challenge will be preventing a reversal"--Publisher's description SN - 0-8330-9481-5 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M3 - 410352241 L3 - http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR1500/ RR1539/RAND_RR1539.pdf ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3089 T1 - Do Basel III higher common equity capital requirements matter for bank risk-taking behaviour? : lessons from South Africa A1 - Adesina,Kolade Sunday A1 - Mwamba,John Muteba Y1 - 2016/// KW - banks KW - economic models KW - fiscal policy KW - risk KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 319 EP - 331 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.319-331 : tab. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper examines the role of common equity capital in determining the risk-taking behaviour of banks in South Africa. Using system GMM, the results show that higher common equity capital is associated with lower bank risk. Additionally, the results show that there is a negative and significant relationship between business cycles and bank risk, while the relationship between bank market power and risk is positive and significant. The findings remain robust after using alternative measures of bank risk. On the whole, this study recommends that an increase in common equity capital should be coupled with control of bank market power to achieve the goal of curtailing excessive risk appetite of banks. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kf;E3 M3 - 407466525 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12208 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3088 T1 - Does information sharing promote or detract from bank returns : evidence from Ghana A1 - Kusi,Baah Aye Y1 - 2016/// KW - banks KW - economic models KW - Ghana KW - information behaviour KW - profit RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 332 EP - 343 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.332-343. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This study examines the effect of information sharing through credit reference bureaus (CRBs) on the profitability of banks in Ghana. We adopt a Prais-Winsten panel regression for 25 banks across four years to examine the empirical relations. We establish that information sharing through CRBs is positively related to bank profitability. This implies that as banks use the services of CRBs (indicating information sharing) they are able to boost their profitability. This is because information sharing can lead to an increase in interest income by reducing incomplete and false information which in turn leads to a reduction in collateral constraints. Further, information sharing reduces information asymmetry by lowering the evaluation (adverse selection) and monitoring costs (moral hazard) associated with the lending proposition. The major implications of our findings are that sharing information across banks is important for the profitability of the banking system as a whole. In this regard, it would be useful to find more efficient and cost-effective ways to provide information sharing services to banks and other non-bank financial institutions. We recommend that the laws that mandate the gathering of credit information be expanded to include credit data from tax agencies, utility agencies and court rulings on financial matters. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Ff;E3 M3 - 407466533 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12209 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3090 T1 - External debt and growth dynamics in Nigeria A1 - Adamu,Ibrahim Mohammed A1 - Rasiah,Rajah Y1 - 2016/// KW - economic development KW - economic models KW - external debt KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 291 EP - 303 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.291-303 : graf., tab. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper investigates the dynamic effects of external debt on economic growth in Nigeria from 1970 through 2013. We begin by constructing an external debt sustainability index using principal component analysis to capture the overall effects of external debt indicators on economic growth. The empirical analysis is based on the ARDL bound test. The results show a long-run cointegration relationship between the variables. While external debt exerts an adverse effect of -0.069 per cent on growth in the long run, the external debt sustainability index shows a positive effect of 0.072 per cent and 0.024 per cent on growth in the long and short run. The findings suggest the government should reduce its expenditure and mobilize revenue through domestic sources to invest in projects with a high rate of return to enable debt repayment and stimulate growth. To maintain debt ratios within a manageable threshold so as to avoid being debt trapped, foreign loans should only be contracted on concessional terms. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Fn;E3 M3 - 407466517 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12206 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3092 T1 - Fiscal incidence in Tanzania A1 - Younger,Stephen D. A1 - Myamba,Flora A1 - Mdadila,Kenneth Y1 - 2016/// KW - inequality KW - poverty KW - social security KW - Tanzania KW - taxation RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 264 EP - 276 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.264-276 : graf., tab. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - We use methods developed by the Commitment to Equity and data from the 2011/12 Household Budget Survey to assess the effects of government taxation, social spending and indirect subsidies on poverty and inequality in Tanzania. We also simulate several policy reforms to assess their distributional consequences. We find that Tanzania redistributes more than expected given its relatively low income and inequality, largely because both direct and indirect taxes are more progressive than in other countries. Tanzania's nascent conditional cash transfer program has an excellent targeting mechanism. If the program were expanded to a size that is typical for lower-middle income countries, it could reduce poverty significantly. On the other hand, electricity subsidies are regressive despite attempts to make them more pro-poor with a lifeline tariff. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - He;E3 M3 - 407466495 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12204 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3068 T1 - HIV/AIDS sero-prevalence and socio-economic status : evidence from Uganda A1 - Kasirye,Ibrahim Y1 - 2016/// KW - AIDS KW - economic models KW - sexuality KW - social status KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 304 EP - 318 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.304-318 ; tab. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Although Uganda reported large reductions in HIV/AIDS prevalence during the 1990s, recent evidence suggests that the country's rate of new HIV infections is on the rise. Motivated by Uganda's reversal of fortunes regarding HIV/AIDS control, this study explores the factors that are correlated with sexual behaviour and the risk of HIV infection using a unique dataset of 19,534 individuals from the 2011 Uganda AIDS Indicator Survey. This survey tested individuals 15-49 years of age for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. We estimate probit models for the correlates of risky sexual behaviours that can lead to HIV infection, such as having concurrent sexual partners. In addition, we estimate models for correlates of the risk of testing HIV positive. We find that higher education attainment and access to health facilities are important for adopting safe sexual behaviour, as well as reducing the risk of testing HIV positive. Among HIV infected couples, we find that women have a higher rate of discordance, which is at odds with the low rates of self-reported extra-marital sexual behaviour. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Hf;C1 M3 - 412025779 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12207 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3080 T1 - Imperceptible realities: an ethnoarchaeological perspective on the acquisition, ownership and management of cattle by women in southeastern Zimbabwe A1 - Shenjere-Nyabezi,Plan Y1 - 2016/// KW - archaeology KW - cattle KW - women KW - Zimbabwe RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 380 EP - 402 JA - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: (2016), vol.51, no.3, p.380-402 : ill. VL - 51 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Cattle have always featured prominently in archaeological and historical studies of the Farming Communities of southern Africa. Research concerns have included their role in subsistence economies as well as their social and political importance. Cattle represented wealth and status that were usable as a springboard to political power by individuals with the ability to accumulate more herds than others. At the heart of all this discourse has been the tendency to associate and link cattle with men. This has led to the development of archaeological interpretive models where an intricate relationship is drawn between men, power and cattle. In many of these models, little consideration has been given as to how cattle herds may have been acquired, their ownership or the politics of their disposal. Based on recent ethnoarchaeological inquiries in eastern Zimbabwe, this paper questions the assumed dominance of men in the cattle world of the archaeological past. It is argued that women were active participants in the acquisition of cattle and in their ownership, all the way through to their disposal. While this may not be immediately visible in the archaeological record, there is a need for archaeologists also to associate women with cattle in the past. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 407972021 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2016.1220054 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3083 T1 - Iron Age fauna from Sibudu Cave in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa A1 - le Roux,Andreas A1 - Badenhorst,Shaw Y1 - 2016/// KW - archaeology KW - fauna KW - Iron Age KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 307 EP - 326 JA - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: (2016), vol.51, no.3, p.307-326 : ill.tab. VL - 51 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper provides the results of a recent analysis of fauna from the Iron Age layers from Sibudu Cave in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Over 47,000 identified and unidentified specimens are present in the sample. Faunal material was accumulated naturally, through non-human predators and human occupants visiting the site. The fauna indicates that domestic animals as well as hunted game were consumed. There is also some indication that the cave was utilised for religious purposes. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 407971998 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2016.1213576 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3078 T1 - L'‚tranger parmi les siens : compilation, confrontation civilisationnelle, soucis d'une communaut‚, trajectoire A1 - Niass,Sidi Lamine Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Met noten KW - journalism KW - journalists KW - personal narratives (form) KW - politics KW - press KW - Senegal RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 260 CY - Dakar PB - Harmattan U2 - w33 N2 - L'auteur, pr‚sident du groupe de presse s‚n‚galais Wal Fadjri, t‚moigne ici de son sentiment "d'Etranger parmi les siens". Il navigue entre deux types de soci‚t‚s. L'une orientale, arabo-islamique qui reste, pour lui, la terre promise, le rˆve de son cur. Il l'imagine, de loin, tel un eldorado. L'autre soci‚t‚ est sa terre natale, o— il retrouve cette mˆme solitude auprŠs des siens. Polarisant les regards, il devient un acteur incontournable dans son pays. Il s'agit d'un clin d'il … toute la Umma pour des retrouvailles SN - 2-343-09887-5 pbk AV - AFRIKA 51985 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 408134623 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3076 T1 - L'Œle de La R‚union et la France : un lien … renforcer A1 - Maillot,Hugues Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Met noten KW - development KW - France KW - government KW - overseas territories KW - R‚union RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 98 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w33 SN - 2-343-09739-9 pbk AV - AFRIKA 51984 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 40975658X ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3075 T1 - L'int‚gration des connaissances et l'innovation dans les pays du Sud : cas des ‚conomies du Maghreb A1 - Djeflat,Abdelkader Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Met bibliogr., noten KW - 2015 KW - Algeria KW - conference papers (form) KW - innovations KW - Northern Africa KW - pharmaceutical industry KW - technology RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 267 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w33 N2 - Au moment de l'effondrement des rentes miniŠres et p‚troliŠres, l'innovation et l'‚conomie du savoir sont plus que jamais au centre de la probl‚matique du d‚veloppement des pays du Sud. Les regards crois‚s Nord-Sud et pluridisciplinaires que porte cet ouvrage tentent de r‚pondre … la question centrale de l'innovation et de la connaissance comme facteurs intangibles essentiels pour la croissance. Introduction (Abdelkader Djeflat); Du transfert de technologie … l'‚conomie du savoir dans les pays du Maghreb : trajectoire et perspectives … travers le cas de l'Alg‚rie (Abdelkader Djeflat). Partie 1. Entreprises, systŠme d'information et d'innovation (contributions de Youcef Mebbani, Badr Jelil, Younes Belfellah); Partie 2. Innovation et sant‚ et d‚veloppement de l'industrie pharmaceutique (contributions de Abdelkader Djeflat, Abdelkader Hamadi, Djamila Barr-Bouyoucef); Partie 3. SystŠmes d'innovation, r‚seaux et chaŒnes de valeur et processus d'innovation (contributions de Kerim Karmeni, Olivier de la Villaremois, Abdel Beldi, Faysal Mansouri, Ouardia Laoudj) SN - 2-343-08300-2 pbk AV - AFRIKA 51708 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Ca;E1 M3 - 410229555 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3070 T1 - Longthroat memoirs : soups, sex and Nigerian taste buds A1 - Aribisala,Yemisi Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 358 KW - cookery books (form) KW - eating customs KW - food preparation KW - Nigeria KW - personal narratives (form) RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 357 CY - Abuja PB - Cassava Republic Press U2 - w33 N2 - Longthroat Memoirs presents a sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian food, lovingly presented by the nation's top epicurean writer. As well as a mouth-watering appraisal of the cultural politics and erotics of Nigerian cuisine, it is also a series of love letters to the Nigerian palate. From innovations in soup, fish as aphrodisiac and the powerful seductions of the yam, Longthroat Memoirs examines the complexities, the peculiarities, the meticulousness, and the tactility of Nigerian food. Nigeria has a strong culture of oral storytelling, of myth creation, of imaginative traversing of worlds. Longthroat Memoirs collates some of those stories into an irresistible soup-pot, expressed in the flawless love language of appetite and nourishment. A sensuous testament on why, when and how Nigerians eat the food they love to eat; this book is a welcome addition to the global dining table of ideas SN - 1-911115-26-X (London) AV - AFRIKA 52411 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 411848666 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3093 T1 - Nigeria : should the government float or devalue the Naira? A1 - Eregha,Perekunah Y1 - 2016/// KW - currencies KW - economic models KW - monetary policy KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 247 EP - 263 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.247-263 : tab. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The recent rapid fall in oil prices and its impacts on foreign exchange earnings and reserves in Nigeria has resulted in a number of internal and external imbalances putting serious threat to the stability of the economy. This study therefore examines whether devaluation or floating exchange rate regime is an option to consider given the recent challenges in the nation's policy space. A behavioural equilibrium exchange rate approach is used to determine the extent of exchange rate misalignment complemented with a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model to examine the impact of currency devaluation on trade balance, domestic output and inflation. The result reveals the existence of an overvalued currency misalignment in recent times; while there is weak evidence to support that devaluation will improve the trade balance. Hence, floating the currency will be an adequate policy option given the current reality. This is expected to boost investors' confidence, creates needed automatic adjustment mechanism and makes the tradable goods sector more competitive, resulting in more favourable external balances. However, this requires a concerted effort at boosting the nation's supply capacity through implementation of structural reforms in both oil and the non-energy sector to diversify Nigeria's production and export base. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Fn;E3 M3 - 407466487 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12203 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3085 T1 - Ons Japie : die boereoorlogdagboek van Anna Barry A1 - Barry,Anna Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 197-200. - Met noten KW - Anglo-Boer wars KW - diaries (form) KW - girls KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 200 CY - Pretoria PB - Protea Boekhuis U2 - w33 SN - 978-1-485-30617-7 AV - AFRIKA 52052 Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M3 - 407608354 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3071 T1 - Re-finding African local assets and city environments : governance, research and reflexivity A1 - Shiino,Wakana A1 - Shiraishi,Soichiro A1 - Ondicho,Tom Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Met bibliogr., noten, samenvattingen KW - Africa KW - African studies KW - conference papers (form) KW - educational cooperation KW - Japan KW - Kenya KW - pastoralists KW - popular culture KW - research KW - social change KW - South Africa KW - Tanzania KW - Uganda KW - urban planning RP - NOT IN FILE EP - XVII, 289 CY - Fuchu PB - Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This volume is the result of two workshops held in Nairobi in 2011 and 2013 in a collaboration between Japanese and African researchers. The workshops were entitled "Approaches and methodologies of field research in Africa" (September 2011), and "Mobility, hybridity and the way to co-existence: re-structuring daily life in rural and urban African societies" (February 2013). In these workshops researchers attempted to "re-discover" Africa, through new approaches and angles, in line with the enormous social changes that took place on the continent in the last decades. Contributions: Researchers in 21st century Africa (Tom Gesora Ondicho); Co-researching by African and Japanese: the way we started and the way forward (Wakana Shiino); GIS framework for managing African slum societies: a case of Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya (Charles N. Mundia and Eunice W. Nduati); The powers of private cities: zoning technologies, neoliberal governmentality and citizenship in Johannesburg (Yohei Miyauchi); Conflict and the creation of peace (Itsuhiro Hazama); Tourism and Maasai of Kenya (Tom Gesora Ondicho); Participating in African popular culture as a researcher: a case of becoming a Karioki performer in Uganda (Midori Daimon); Differences of the methodologies findings: an overview (Oloka Michael Obbo); Ugandan sociologists met a Japanese anthropologist, experience of the decade (Paul Owora); Cooperative management of human-wildlife conflicts by multiple actors: case reports of daily practices among local residents in Kigoma region, Tanzania (Mariko Fujimoto); Maasai pastoralism today: reality after group ranch subdivision in southern Kenya (Toshio Meguro); Remote sensing-based evaluation of trends and impacts of land surface property changes in the Mara ecosystem in Kenya (Eunice W. Nduati and Charles N. Mundia); The elderly, spiritualism and social power among Buhororo tribal societies in Uganda (Ian Karusigarira); Endogenous development process of the farming system supported by the mutual labour exchange system: a case study among the Bena in southern Tanzania (Fumi Kondo); Performing Baakisimba dance during mass: negotiating, contesting and politicizing the 'sacred' in the Roman Catholic Church in Uganda (Sylvia Antonia Nannyonga-Tamusuza); Kenya's South Nyanza region: movements of the Luo and changes in residential patterns from the second half of the 19th century to the British colonial period (Wakana Shiino); Study trends of lecturers at the Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya (Tom Gesora Ondicho). [ASC Leiden abstract] SN - 4-86337-219-1 AV - AFRIKA 52043 Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Ba;C1 M3 - 410814954 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3095 T1 - Reinvestigation of Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, reveals Later Stone Age coastal habitation, early Holocene abandonment and Iron Age reoccupation A1 - Shipton,Ceri Y1 - 2016/// KW - archaeology KW - prehistory KW - Tanzania KW - Zanzibar RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 197 EP - 233 JA - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: (2016), vol.51, no.2, p.197-233 : ill. VL - 51 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The late Pleistocene and Holocene history of eastern Africa is complex and major gaps remain in our understanding of human occupation during this period. Questions concerning the identities, geographical distributions and chronologies of foraging, herding and agricultural populations - often problematically equated with the chronological labels Later Stone Age (LSA), Neolithic and Iron Age- are still unresolved. Previous studies at the site of Kuumbi Cave in the Zanzibar Archipelago of Tanzania reported late Pleistocene Middle Stone Age (MSA) and LSA, mid-Holocene Neolithic and late Holocene Iron Age occupations (Sinclair et al. 2006; Chami 2009). Kuumbi Cave considerably extends the chronology of human occupation on the eastern African coast and findings from the site have been the basis for the somewhat contentious identification of both a coastal Neolithic culture and early chicken, a domesticate that was introduced to Africa from Asia. The site therefore warrants further investigation. Here we report on a new excavation of the Kuumbi Cave sequence that has produced a suite of 20 radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates. Our results suggest that the caves stratigraphy is complex, reflecting taphonomic processes that present interpretive and dating challenges. Our assessment of the stratigraphic sequence demonstrates three phases of habitation, two of which reflect terminal Pleistocene occupation and are characterised by quartz microliths, bone points and the exploitation of terrestrial and marine species, and one of which reflects later reoccupation by AD 600. In this latter phase, Kuumbi Cave was inhabited by a population with a locally distinct material culture that included idiosyncratic Tana or Triangular Incised Ware ceramics and medium-sized limestone stone tools, but with a subsistence economy similar to that of the late Pleistocene, albeit with more emphasis on marine foods and smaller terrestrial mammals. Our results suggest that Kuumbi Cave may have been unoccupied for much of the Holocene, after Zanzibar became an island. Our findings also place into question earlier identifications of domesticates, Asian fauna and a mid-Holocene Neolithic culture at the site. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 405361041 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2016.1173308 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3086 T1 - Remittances and financial development : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa A1 - Williams,Kevin Y1 - 2016/// KW - economic development KW - economic models KW - financial market KW - remittances KW - Subsaharan Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 357 EP - 367 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.357-367 : tab. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper uses 5-year non-overlapping panel data for the period 1970-2013 to study the effect that remittances have on financial development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper further examines whether and how democratic institutions mediate the effect that remittances have on financial development. The panel estimates yield that remittances are significantly positively associated with financial development. The baseline estimates indicate that a 10 percent increase in remittances increases domestic private credit by 0.43 percent and the cumulative effect is around 1.84 percent. Democratic institutions do not significantly mediate the effect that remittances have on financial development in SSA. These results inform debates over remittances' role as an important source of development finance in SSA and suggest that policymakers can exploit the advantages of remittances by pursuing measures to ease the flows of remittances to the region. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Ea;E3 M3 - 40746655X L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12202 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3084 T1 - Revisiting the Kalahari debate in the highlands: ancient DNA provides new faunal identifications at Sehonghong, Lesotho A1 - Horsburgh,K.Ann A1 - Moreno-Mayar,Jos‚ Victor A1 - Gosling,Anna L. Y1 - 2016/// KW - archaeology KW - Lesotho KW - livestock RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 295 EP - 306 JA - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: (2016), vol.51, no.3, p.295-306 : ill., tab. VL - 51 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Large numbers of domestic stock have been reported among the faunal remains recovered from archaeological sites with predominantly forager-associated material culture in the highlands of Lesotho. These remains, in conjunction with the presence of artefacts of apparent agropastoralist origin, have led to the suggestion that either a process of neolithisation saw the adoption of livestock-keeping by traditionally foraging peoples, or that extensive contact and trade occurred between foraging groups in the mountains and distant agropastoralist communities. We present here ancient DNA evidence that the frequency of domestic stock in the faunal assemblages has been significantly overestimated and that, as a consequence, the nature of the relationships between highland foragers and agropastoralists has been misconstrued. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Kd;L2 M3 - 40797198X L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2016.1169041 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3073 T1 - Sacred rice : an ethnography of identity, environment, and development in rural West Africa A1 - Davidson,Joanna Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 217-235. - Met gloss., index, noten KW - climate change KW - customs KW - Diola KW - farmers KW - Guinea-Bissau KW - rice KW - social life RP - NOT IN FILE EP - XIII, 249 CY - New York [etc.] PB - Oxford University Press U2 - w33 T3 - Issues of globalization, Case studies in contemporary anthropology N2 - Introduction: sacred rice -- A rice complex -- Ampa Badji & Nho Keboral -- "We work hard" -- Cultivating knowledge -- Of rice and men -- Transgressive segregation revisited -- Jopai, and the limits of legibility -- Conclusions: structural uncertainty. Sacred Rice explores the cultural intricacies through which Jola farmers in West Africa are responding to their environmental and economic conditions given the centrality of a crop - rice - that is the lynchpin for their economic, social, religious, and political worlds. Based on more than ten years of author Joanna Davidson's ethnographic and historical research on rural Guinea-Bissau, this book looks at the relationship among people, plants, and identity as it explores how a society comes to define itself through the production, consumption, and reverence of rice. It is a narrative profoundly tied to a particular place, but it is also a story of encounters with outsiders who often mediate or meddle in the rice enterprise. Although the focal point is a remote area of West Africa, the book illuminates the more universal nexus of identity, environment, and development, especially in an era when many people--rural and urban - are confronting environmental changes that challenge their livelihoods and lifestyles. -- SN - 0-19-935868-0 pbk AV - AFRIKA 52203 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 410527149 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3067 T1 - Special Issue : mobility and African archaeology A1 - Ashley,Ceri Z. A1 - Antonites,Alexander A1 - Fredriksen,Per Ditlef Y1 - 2016/// KW - Africa KW - archaeology KW - mobility RP - NOT IN FILE PB - British Institute in Eastern Africa U2 - w33 T3 - Azania, ISSN 1945-5534 ; vol. 51, no. 4 N2 - The papers in this special issue of Azania derive from a Society of Africanist Archaeologists-sponsored session at the annual European Archaeological Association conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in September 2015. They cover mobility-related research in archaeology. Contributions: Mobility and African archaeology: an introduction (Ceri Z. Ashley, Alexander Antonites & Per Ditlef Fredriksen); The role of mobility in Saharan archaeological research (1960-present) (Marina Gallinaro & Stefano Biagetti); Shifting sedentism in the Upper Casamance (Senegal) (Sirio Can¢s Donnay); The mobilities turn and archaeology: new perspectives on socio-political complexity in thirteenth-century northern South Africa (Alexander Antonites & Ceri Z. Ashley); The mobility of memory: space/knowledge dynamics in rural potting workshops in Limpopo Province, South Africa (Per Ditlef Fredriksen & Foreman Bandama); The Green, Green Grass of Home: an archaeo-ecological approach to pastoralist settlement in central Kenya (Oliver J.C. Boles & Paul J. Lane); The mutability of mobility (Scott MacEachern); Movementality: a reflection on the experience of mobility (Akinwumi Ogundiran) AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 412404729 L3 - http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raza20/51/4 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3087 T1 - Technical change and total factor productivity growth in the Tunisian manufacturing industry : a Malmquist index approach A1 - Kalai,Maha A1 - Helali,Kamel Y1 - 2016/// KW - economic models KW - industry KW - productivity KW - technological change KW - Tunisia RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 344 EP - 356 JA - African Development Review: (2016), vol.28, no.3, p.344-356 : graf., tab. VL - 28 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The main objective of this study is to measure technical change and total factor productivity in the Tunisian manufacturing sector using the Malmquist index approach. Applying non-parametric frontiers techniques, we found that total factor productivity is decomposed on the basis of the technical efficiency variation and technological change for six manufacturing sectors. The results indicate that most sectors had very poor performance in terms of technological progress rate. In addition, any efficiency gain was proved to be, in large part, due to the improvement of technical rather than scale efficiency. Moreover, the total factor productivity improvement achieved, at an average rate of 1.93 per cent per year for the whole of the sample, is mainly due to the agricultural, food and chemical industries. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Cg;E6 M3 - 407466541 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12210 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3082 T1 - The archaeometallurgical reconstruction of early second-millennium AD metal production activities at Shankare Hill, northern Lowveld, South Africa A1 - Thondhlana,Thomas Panganayi A1 - Martin¢n-Torres,Marcos A1 - Chirikure,Shadreck Y1 - 2016/// KW - archaeology KW - Iron Age KW - mining KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 327 EP - 361 JA - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: (2016), vol.51, no.3, p.327-361 : ill., tab. VL - 51 IS - 3 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Mining and metallurgy have previously been cited as the sole activities that encouraged the permanent occupation of the agropastorally marginal region conventionally known as the northern Lowveld of South Africa prior to the nineteenth century. Archaeologists have previously documented more than 50 second-millennium AD settlements, associated with extensive evidence of metal production, around Phalaborwa in this region. Archaeometallurgical research was carried out at Shankare Hill, one of these Iron Age settlements with remarkable evidence of metal production, in order to reconstruct the extractive metallurgical activities represented at the site. To achieve this standard archaeological fieldwork procedures together with post-fieldwork laboratory studies were employed. This paper presents both the archaeological and archaeometric results that enabled the reconstruction, in great detail, of the various metal production activities from ore beneficiation to primary smelting and subsequent metal refining processes that took place at Shankare. Iron smelting debris, which significantly differed both microscopically and chemically from copper smelting slags, was documented at middens with exclusive metal production debris, whilst copper production debris, which included mostly crushed furnace slag and secondary refining ceramic crucible fragments, was confined to low density scatters and domestic middens. The Palabora Igneous Complex, whose unique ore signature is well documented in the geological literature, was identified as the source of both the copper and iron ores smelted at Shankare. Beyond the technological reconstruction, the results are used to discuss the role of metal production and exchange within the wider southern African archaeological context. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 407972005 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2016.1173309 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3077 T1 - The peculiars A1 - Thorpe,Jen Y1 - 2016/// KW - health centres KW - mental health KW - novels (form) KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 243 CY - Cape Town PB - Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd U2 - w33 N2 - "Phobias abound at the Centre for Improved Living, where Nazma goes for help. She's crazy about baking and desperately wants to become a pastry chef, but her fear of driving keeps her stuck working in a train-station kiosk, where she sells stale food to commuters while dreaming of butter croissants and fresh strudel. The Centre is also a lifeline for Sam, who is scared to death of being robbed and spends his days in his pyjamas in front of his computer, his house alarm always armed. Like the rest of the patients, Nazma and Sam want to face their fears, but will four weeks at the Centre be enough to change their lives? And will the two allow their budding romance to bloom without letting their phobias get in the way? Meanwhile, the Centre risks losing its funding, a fear that Ruby, the Centre's eccentric director, must face while she tries to manage the patients' fears. Set in a Cape Town as peculiar as its characters, The Peculiars is Jen Thorpe's heart-warming and humorous debut."-- SN - 1-485-90340-8 AV - AFRIKA Lit.10721 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 408141182 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3094 T1 - The Wadi Khashab ceremonial complex - a manifestation of cattle keepers in the Eastern Desert of Egypt before the end of the fifth millennium BC A1 - Osypiski,Piotr A1 - Osypiska,Marta Y1 - 2016/// KW - archaeology KW - cattle KW - Egypt KW - prehistoric graves RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 257 EP - 281 JA - Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: (2016), vol.51, no.2, p.257-281. VL - 51 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Despite suggestions of cattle keepers being present in the Eastern Desert of Egypt before the end of the fifth millennium BC there is still no archaeological evidence concerning settlement patterns and relations to the cultures of the Nile and Western Desert. Archaeozoological datasets have also been lacking for ancient herding models and animal metrics/morphology in the region. Research at Wadi Khashab provides new data with which to address these questions. Analysis of complete skeletons of cattle and sheep buried under stone mounds and fenced with symbolic zeriba (kraals) shows osteological features that refer to the animals behaviour and life-long migration in harsh environmental conditions. Applying the point-scale statistical method for osteometric values allows the Wadi Khashab animals to be compared with numerous ancient animal populations from the Nile Valley. The metrically most similar animals were those kept by the Bronze Age Kerma Culture of Nubia. The spatial relations of the site elements at Wadi Khashab - including the animal/human cemetery and megalithic installations that are set out along a southeast-northwest axis - allow us to suppose the simultaneous creation of the sacral complex there before the end of the fifth millennium BC. The site appears to have been plundered in the following millennium and a pottery find suggests another episode of human presence in the first half of the second millennium BC. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Dc;L2 M3 - 405361076 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2016.1186335 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3079 T1 - Tourisme autochtone et d‚veloppement en pays batwa : un nouveau d‚fi pour la R.D. Congo? A1 - Kalulambi Pongo,Martin Y1 - 2016/// N1 - Met bibliogr., noten KW - Democratic Republic of Congo KW - Pygmies KW - tourism KW - Twa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 222 CY - Paris PB - Karthala U2 - w33 T3 - Hommes et soci‚t‚s, ISSN 0993-4294 N2 - · ce jour, la rencontre touristique entre les visiteurs et les Batwa est r‚duite … des visites de sites et aux diverses expressions culturelles. Elle n'a d‚bouch‚ ni sur un tourisme culturel durable ni sur la "commodification" qui transforme ces ingr‚dients culturels en marchandises touristiques consommables et rentables. De quelle maniŠre les peuples pygm‚es de la RD Congo pourraient-ils enclencher un tourisme viable et b‚n‚fique sur un march‚ touristique congolais, aujourd'hui disput‚ par les op‚rateurs touristiques, les voyagistes ‚trangers et congolais ? Contributions: Propos liminaire (Martin Kalulambi Pongo et Jules Tsengele Ngoy); Introduction (Martin Kalulambi Pongo). 1. Tourisme culturel chez les Pygm‚es de la RD Congo (Crispin Maalu-Bungi); 2. Touriste en quˆte de culture et attraits touristiques sur l'axe Mbandaka-Bikoro (Jean-Pierre Donzo Bunza); 3. Domestiquer le tourisme culturel … Inongo et ses environs (Catherine Odimba Kombe); 4. Langues, identit‚ et tourisme culturel chez les Pygm‚es Batwa (Andr‚ Nyembwe Ntita); 5. Langues pygm‚es dans un contexte de d‚veloppement touristique (Isabelle Myriam Nsenga); 6. Tourisme autochtone et d‚veloppement en milieu batwa en RD Congo (Martin Kalulambi Pongo); 7. Projet de tourisme culturel en RD Congo. Savoirs locaux et enjeux de recherche (Jean Claude Mboka). Postface (Marie-Fran‡oise Gu‚don) SN - 2-8111-1727-X pbk AV - AFRIKA 51341 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M1 - Gj;E7 M3 - 408059729 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3103 T1 - Africa's past, our future A1 - Smythe,Kathleen R. Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Met bibliogr., index KW - Africa KW - history KW - society RP - NOT IN FILE EP - XI, 227 CY - Bloomington, IN [etc.] PB - Indiana University Press U2 - w33 N2 - The longue dur‚e -- Humanity's African origins -- Early subsistence : gathering-hunting and agriculture -- Early adaptation : climate change and pastoralism -- New ideas and tradition -- African institutions in the middle time frame -- Forms of political authority : heterarchy -- Forms of social organization : matriliny -- Recent history and politics -- African views on colonialism and development assistance (with Heidi Frontani) -- African contributions : economics, politics, and society (with Heidi Frontani) -- An African success story : Somaliland. Africa's Past, Our Future engages the history of the African continent through the perspective of global issues such as political instability, economic development, and climate change. Since the past may offer alternative models for thinking about our collective future, this book promotes an appreciation for African social, economic, and political systems that have endured over the long-term and that offer different ways of thinking about a sustainable future. Introducing readers to the wide variety of sources from which African history is constructed, the book's ten chapters cover human evolution, the domestication of plants and animals, climate change, social organization, the slave trade and colonization, development, and contemporary economics and politics SN - 0-253-01647-9 AV - AFRIKA 51904 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 410526010 ER - TY - JFULL ID - 3097 T1 - Awot‚l‚ : la revue des critiques cin‚ Awot‚l‚ : la revue des critiques cin‚, ISSN 2498-0226 Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Teksten in het Engels en Frans Verschijnt 3x per jaar KW - Africa KW - cinema KW - filmmakers KW - films RP - NOT IN FILE JA - Awot‚l‚ : la revue des critiques cin‚ U2 - No. 1 (2015) - ... w33 SN - 2498-0226 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 411847252 ER - TY - JFULL ID - 3098 T1 - Awot‚l‚ : la revue des critiques cin‚ Awot‚l‚ : la revue des critiques cin‚, ISSN 2498-0226 Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Teksten in het Engels en Frans Verschijnt 3x per jaar KW - Africa KW - cinema KW - filmmakers KW - films RP - NOT IN FILE JA - Awot‚l‚ : la revue des critiques cin‚ U2 - No. 1 (2015) - ... w33 SN - 2498-0226 AV - Elektronisch tijdschrift Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 411846620 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docx/411846620-1.pdf http://www.asclibrary.nl/docx/411846620-2.pdf http://www.asclibrary.nl/docx/411846620-3.pdf http://www.asclibrary.nl/docx/411846620-4.pdf ER - TY - ADVS ID - 3104 T1 - Borders A1 - Vugt,Jacqueline van Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Nederlands, Engels en Frans gesproken, ondertiteld in Nederlands of Engels Videoversie van de film: Nederland : Pieter van Huystee Film, 2013 KW - border control KW - boundaries KW - documentary films (form) KW - migrants KW - Netherlands KW - Nigeria KW - return migration KW - videos (form) RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [Amsterdam] PB - Cinema Delicatessen U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available T3 - IDFA's delicatessen N2 - This documentary film starts at the Schiphol Airport Detention Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Here we encounter the border between The Netherlands and Nigeria, through Clara, 16 years in the Netherlands. She is expelled, back to her country of origin, Nigeria. From Nigeria the filmmaker follows the route from Nigeria back to the Netherland, a route taken by many migrants. The subsequent borders are the protagonists; Nigeria-Niger-Burkina Faso-Mali-Senegal-Mauritania-Morocco-Spain-France-Belgium-the Netherlands. The borders change; the people, the light, the colours, the temperature, but the influence of power is always there. The anguish, the scary thrill, will posses you - being there - at the border. [Abstract reproduced from dvd-video] AV - AFRIKA AVM1760 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 394316010 L3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEhto2jYHg0 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3096 T1 - Caract‚ristiques socioculturelles et ‚conomiques Y1 - 2015/// RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 20 CY - [Nouakchott] PB - R‚publique Islamique de Mauritanie , Office National de la statistique (ONS) U2 - w33 AV - AFRIKA 52483 Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M3 - 412355337 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3101 T1 - Glorious legacy : the life and times of 'Bimbo Odukoya A1 - Odukoya,Taiwo Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Met bijl KW - biographies (form) KW - clergy KW - Nigeria KW - television KW - women RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 298 CY - Lagos PB - Grace Springs Africa Publishers U2 - w33 AV - AFRIKA 52046 Y2 - 2017/08/16/ M3 - 41081573X ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3100 T1 - Lonely roads : a novel A1 - Moore,William Ifeanyi Y1 - 2015/// KW - Nigeria KW - novels (form) RP - NOT IN FILE EP - VI, 270 CY - Lagos PB - Bookvine U2 - w33 SN - 978-978-94709-4-5 AV - AFRIKA Lit.10716 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 411310283 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3102 T1 - The King & the colony : a short history of the British possession of Lagos A1 - Shasore,Olasupo Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Vermelding op achterkant boek: This is an abridged young readers version of the author's: Possessed : a history of law and justice in the Crown Colony of Lagos Met gloss KW - colonial history KW - colonization KW - Great Britain KW - Lagos polity KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 82 CY - Lagos PB - Mango Books U2 - w33 N2 - The King and the colony tells the 19th century story of the Lagos Kingdom and how under British conquest it gave way to th Crown Colony of Lagos. A story of bravery, war and cooperation between two nations that would in turn lay the foundation for the creation of Nigeria SN - 978-94723-8-2 AV - AFRIKA 52045 Y2 - 2017/08/16/ M3 - 410815470 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3099 T1 - The spider's web A1 - Ehigiator,Dumebi Ezar Y1 - 2015/// KW - domestic violence KW - Nigeria KW - novels (form) RP - NOT IN FILE EP - VIII, 371 CY - Lagos PB - Origami Books U2 - w33 SN - 978-978-53425-3-6 AV - AFRIKA Lit.10719 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 41131422X ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3117 T1 - 'Ubuntu' as an axiological framework for human rights education A1 - Mkabela,Queeneth Nokulunga Y1 - 2014/// KW - citizenship education KW - human rights KW - indigenous peoples KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 283 EP - 291 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.283-291. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Increasing awareness has been drawn, in recent years, to the flaws of culturally irrelevant human rights education. Several factors, including a general lack of a culturally appropriate approach, a lack of integration of indigenous values, and the failure to provide human rights education that is responsive to community perspectives, have created a gap between the conceptualisation and practice of human rights by indigenous communities. So widespread is this feeling that parents are beginning to abdicate their roles of instilling values to their children and are blaming the system of education for introducing human rights education in schools which encourages unacceptable behaviour in communities. This article is concerned with a critical discussion and analysis of the key tenets of ubuntu and attempts to show how these can be utilised as an axiological framework for human rights education in South Africa. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Kf;G1 M3 - 395959551 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166448 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3107 T1 - An introduction to African philosophy A1 - Ekei,J.Chukwuemeka Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Met bibliogr., index, noten KW - Africa KW - ethics KW - philosophy KW - textbooks (form) RP - NOT IN FILE EP - XII, 232 CY - Awka PB - Pope John Paul II Major Seminary U2 - w33 SN - 978-93573-8-9 pbk AV - AFRIKA 52231 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 411280937 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3108 T1 - Contemporary state land matters in Nigeria : the case of Lagos State A1 - Okunnu,Femi Y1 - 2014/// N1 - 3#3rd ed Met bijl., index, noten KW - !294921923! KW - Lagos polity KW - land law KW - land tenure KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE EP - XIX, 386 CY - Lagos PB - Ecowatch Publications (Nig.) Ltd U2 - w33 SN - 978-94308-6-8 AV - AFRIKA 52059 Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M3 - 410828955 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3116 T1 - Contribution of indigenous knowledge practices to household food security : a case study of rural households in KwaZulu-Natal A1 - Ndwandwe,Sthembile A1 - Mudhara,Maxwell Y1 - 2014/// KW - food security KW - indigenous knowledge KW - small farms KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 271 EP - 282 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2 , p.271-282 : tab. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The use of indigenous knowledge is a viable livelihood strategy for poor rural households. A binomial logistic regression model was used to demonstrate the effect of Indigenous knowledge practices (IKPs) on food security. Food availability at household level was used as a measure of food security using as a proxy the maize produced in 100 randomly selected households from five villages in KwaZulu-Natal. The IKPs were identified in pest management, fertility management, weeding, land preparation, seed and post-harvest storage. Households were able to secure food for an average of three to six months, and the significant effect of IKPs on food security was observed. Indigenous Knowledge feeds households in rural areas and focusing policy efforts on finding ways of enhancing and encouraging a perspective shift to that of approaching IKPs as a local source of resilience when it comes to food availability and access, could bring about one of the options for creating food-secure households in South Africa. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Kf;I3 M3 - 39595956X L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166449 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3113 T1 - Ethical considerations surrounding the application of 'runyoka/lunyoka' (fidelity charm) in Zimbabwe A1 - Dewah,Peterson A1 - Mutula,Stephen Y1 - 2014/// KW - ethics KW - magic KW - marriage KW - ritual objects KW - spouses KW - Zimbabwe RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 215 EP - 230 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.215-230. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Cases of infidelity and cheating among married couples have characterised African traditional marriages. Consequently, indigenous intervention methods have been used to address issues related to immorality. One method that has been used in Zimbabwe to deal with men who prey upon other men's wives by seducing them is runyoka/lunyoka. Runyoka is an indigenous way of 'fencing' or 'locking' a spouse, usually wives, to prevent them from committing adultery. This is done without the knowledge of the victim. The article is based on a study that sought to explore ethical issues related to the use of runyoka/lunyoka. Using literature review and interviews the study identified more than 16 types of runyoka that are common among the Zimbabwean communities. Data were gathered from the internet and eight interviews held with some married women in urban Gweru. The major findings were that women detested the invasion of their privacy through constant surveillance by their husbands. Runyoka victims suffer swelling or continuous growth of private parts, in some cases male culprits experience perpetual erection or shrinking of manhood while females endure vagina disappearance. In other situations victims die a slow and painful death. There is also a breakdown of marriage among other social dislocations. The study concluded that spouses did not trust each other. However, the study recommends that married couples should give each other space for their privacy and in this way it builds trust. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Je;B2 M3 - 395959594 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166452 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3114 T1 - Indigenous knowledge systems and agricultural rural development in South Africa : past and present perspectives A1 - Buthelezi,N.N. A1 - Hughes,J.C. Y1 - 2014/// KW - agriculture KW - indigenous knowledge KW - legislation KW - research KW - rural development KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 231 EP - 250 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.231-250 : graf., tab. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Indigenous knowledge (IK) has formed the backbone of rural livelihoods for centuries. It preserved biodiversity and ensured long-term sustainability of natural resources. In South Africa and elsewhere, its survival was threatened by the arrival of Europeans and colonialism. The status and role of IK in South Africa with special emphasis on agricultural rural development are discussed. The article shows how colonialism and, more recently, apartheid impacted the IK of South African rural communities. The essential aspects critical to understanding IK for agricultural rural development, particularly in research, are considered. Lastly, the emergence of IK within the research and political domains in South Africa is explored. Although the South African government has made substantial progress towards promoting and protecting IK for the betterment of rural communities, there are still gaps and challenges. Politically these include the need for further legislation on intellectual property and general implementation of existing IK systems policies. In research, although many studies have been carried out on culture and ethnomedicine, other IK categories, notably soil and agriculture, have received insufficient attention. If maximisation of the contribution of IK is to be realised these need to be addressed as they are central to agricultural innovation and agricultural development. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Kf;E5 M3 - 395959586 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166451 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3105 T1 - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) framework for African traditional governance A1 - Coleman,Alfred Y1 - 2014/// KW - automation KW - indigenous knowledge KW - information technology KW - South Africa KW - traditional rulers RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 177 EP - 187 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.177-187 : ill., tab. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - A high percentage of the South African population depends on the governance of traditional leaders for social, economic and development projects. However, the duties of traditional leaders towards their people, and the government in power, are always marred by fundamental problems such as the issue of record keeping, management, as well as packaging and dissemination of indigenous information. This article investigated the roles and functions of traditional leaders, and how ICT is applied in the North West Province of South Africa. A case study approach was used. Nine participants were drawn from an entire population of traditional leaders who are chiefs, tribal councillors and headmen. Data was collected using semi-structured, open-ended interview questions, to inquire about their roles and functions as traditional leaders, types of ICT tools available to them as traditional leaders, and how these ICT tools are used to support their work processes. The findings revealed that traditional leaders perform functions which include protection of the rural local communities' customs, cultural values, laws, and provision of leadership to the people. It was further noted that there were computers in most traditional or tribal offices but were being used to write official letters and read emails. The routine work activities of the traditional leaders, such as the issue of record keeping, management of cases, accessibility of information from municipal offices, as well as the appropriate coding, packaging and dissemination of indigenous knowledge, were not executed by the use of ICT, but by paper base. These findings led to the proposal of an ICT Framework for African traditional governance which could assist traditional leaders to automate their work processes, and share information with municipal managers in district offices, to facilitate effective governance. In addition, the ICT framework is to provide a repository where all indigenous knowledge, rules and procedures are stored for future generations. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Kf;A4 M3 - 412022427 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166455 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3110 T1 - Justice denied : the role of forensic science in the miscarriage of justice A1 - Klatzow,David Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. [251]-263. - Met bijl., index KW - criminal law KW - judgments KW - police KW - punishment KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - IX, 274 CY - Cape Town PB - Zebra Press U2 - w33 SN - 1-7702-2694-X AV - AFRIKA 52050 Y2 - 2017/08/16/ M3 - 410688355 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3119 T1 - Perceptions of cremation as an alternative burial system among the Zulu people living in KwaZulu-Natal A1 - Zondi,Nompumelelo A1 - Zwane,Maria Y1 - 2014/// KW - funerals KW - images KW - South Africa KW - Zulu RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 300 EP - 310 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.300-310. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Africa is going through a tremendous and rapid change in every respect of human life; some of these changes being more circumstantial than otherwise. People are becoming increasingly detached from the corpus of their tribal traditional beliefs and practices. One of the changes pertains to cremation, an act of disposing of a deceased person's body by burning its remains. Zulu people, a major population group in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and a progeny of King Shaka Zulu are known to unwaveringly hold onto their cultural beliefs especially those that touch on the 'idlozi', living dead. HIV and AIDS pandemic in particular, have resulted in several deaths in the province calling for unconventional ways of disposing of dead bodies. A current debate on cremation as an alternative burial system at a time when municipal burial sites are increasingly becoming a scarcity thus becomes valid and critical. Municipalities are encouraging people to seriously consider cremation as an option to burial systems (Madlala, 2010: 1). In light of the circumstances highlighted above, we recently undertook a study whose aim was to explore the societal views on cremation amongst people of African descent in general and with special reference to the Zulu people living in KwaZulu-Natal and who was represented by Durban's largely populated areas (Zwane, 2011). This study was conducted in two areas; a semi-urban area represented by uMlazi and a rural area exemplified by Zwelibomvu. The researchers believed that this study was necessary as it would contribute in influencing society to review cremation for future decisions without feelings of coercion. Even though Umlazi residents are the most directly affected by burial land shortage, we thought including a rural area would also enhance the study so as to arrive at a balanced conclusion. This article, therefore reports on the findings of the study with reference to cremation as an alternative burial system amongst Zulu people. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kf;H0 M3 - 395959535 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166446 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3118 T1 - Perceptions of traditional healers on the treatment of diarrhoea in Vhembe District Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa A1 - Netshivhulana,Tshivhangwaho Austin Y1 - 2014/// KW - diarrhoea KW - healers KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 292 EP - 299 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.292-299 : graf., tab. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Diarrhoea illness has long been recognised as the cause of death of millions of people worldwide especially in developing countries (Nkwi, 1994). The disease is treated using western as well as traditional remedies. The knowledge of traditional healers and their practices can play an important role in building capacity to promote the appropriate home management of diarrhoea (Anokbonggo et al., 1990). Traditional healers around the world have different beliefs and understanding of diarrhoeal disease and its treatment. The aim of the project was to investigate the perception and concept of traditional healers on the treatment of diarrhoea in Vhembe district. Twenty traditional healers from two municipalities (Mutale and Thulamela) around Vhembe district were interviewed. Data was collected through interviews using questionnaires. Interviews were conducted with individuals in their own languages and later translated into English. According to Vhembe traditional healers, diarhoea is described as a disease which can lead to death as a result of excessive loss of water in a patient's body through vomiting and frequent visits to a toilet. Symptoms of diarrhoea include vomiting, loss of weight, and change in appearance of skin, face and eyes. Traditional healers of Vhembe district have a better understanding of diarrhoeal diseases. They mention different categories of diarrhoeal diseases. There is a lack of information when it comes to the description of diarrhoeal illness's on infants and children. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kf;I1 M3 - 395959543 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166447 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3111 T1 - Research ethics in Africa : a resource for research ethics committees A1 - Kruger,Mariana A1 - Ndebele,Paul A1 - Horn,Lyn Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Met bibliogr., gloss KW - Africa KW - ethics KW - handbooks (form) KW - medical research KW - professional ethics RP - NOT IN FILE EP - IX, 206 CY - Stellenbosch PB - Sun Press U2 - w33 N2 - Part I. Research ethics in Africa : 1. Introduction -- 2. History of research ethics in Africa -- 3. Mapping African Research Ethics Review Capacity (MARC) Project -- Part II. The Research Ethics Committee (REC) : 4. The REC meeting and REC member responsibilities -- 5. The REC Standard Operating Procedures in Africa -- 6. A stepwise approach to protocol review -- 7. Safety and adverse event monitoring -- 8. On-going monitoring of research, post REC approval -- Part III. Specific topics : 9. Informed consent in an African context -- 10. Risk-benefit assessment -- 11. Clinical trials -- 12. Research vulnerability -- 13. Children as research participants -- 14. Public health research (including community cluster randomised trials) -- 15. Traditional medicine research -- 16. Ethics review of social and behavioural research in an African context -- 17. Evaluating genetic and genomic research proposals in Africa -- 18. Payment of research participants -- 19. Community engagement -- 20. Ancillary care in research -- Part IV. Resources : 21. Guidelines for RECs reviewing US and EU funded research -- 22. Educational resources for research ethics -- 23. A self-assessment tool to assess operational characteristics of research ethics committees in developing countries -- Part V. Appendix : 24. Review form -- 25. Informed consent and assent templates -- 26. Glossary. "The aim of this book is to provide research ethics committee members with a resource that focuses on research ethics issues in Africa. The authors are currently active in various aspects of research ethics in Africa and the majority have been trained in the past by either the Fogarty International Center or Europe and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP) sponsored bioethics training programmes ..."--Publisher: https://africansunmedia.snapplify.com/product/ 9781920689315 SN - 1-920689-30-3 AV - AFRIKA 52263 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 408191651 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3112 T1 - The ethics of anonymity and confidentiality : reading from the University of South Africa Policy on Research Ethics A1 - Dube,Luyanda A1 - Mhlongo,Maned A1 - Ngulube,Patrick Y1 - 2014/// KW - ethics KW - research KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 201 EP - 214 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.201-214 : tab. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Orthodox research is guided by renowned ethical principles which are rooted in the philosophy of positivism. The positivist paradigm assumes that the researched are vulnerable and need to be protected from harm by disabling their identity. Adherence to these orthodox ethical norms is regarded as the litmus test of a virtuous research practice. Any deviance from these ethical norms is viewed as a serious violation of the research ethical code. However, whilst the significance of these ethical principles is renowned, there is a differing agenda driven by ethicists and some researchers that seek to question their ethicalness and universal appropriateness. This is based on the conviction that these principles are not attuned to other unique systems such as indigeneity. This article looks specifically at the ethicalness of the principles of anonymity and confidentiality as embodied in the Unisa Policy on Research Ethics (2007). This was a qualitative study informed by an interpretive philosophical paradigm that used document analysis as a method for assessing the ethicalness of anonymity and confidentiality as espoused in the University of South Africa (Unisa) Unisa Research Policy. This article concludes that although there is a discernible good intent from the institution detected from the Unisa Policy on Research Ethics (2007) stipulations, there is a lack of clarity or distinct direction towards the ethicalness of ethical codes. It recommends that Unisa needs to relook its' research ethical principles and align them with socio-political realities of the African indigenous milieu. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Kf;A2 M3 - 395959608 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166453 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3120 T1 - The marketing of isiZulu within the realm of multilingualism A1 - Pillay,Rama A1 - Zungu,P.J. Y1 - 2014/// KW - language usage KW - multilingualism KW - South Africa KW - Zulu language RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 311 EP - 324 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.311-324 : tab. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Although isiZulu has been accorded its rightful place by the constitution of the country, its elevation has been fraught with difficulties. One of the main forces that have stifled the promotion of isiZulu have been market forces. A language can be marketed if it has the potential to meet people's material needs. An important purpose of this article is to determine whether or not Zulu speakers are in favour of the greater use of isiZulu in society. The input of Zulu speakers is important in determining whether isiZulu is a viable linguistic product that could be marketed in a multilingual society. An empirical investigation which produced descriptive statistical data was undertaken. Data was collected by means of questionnaires from a random sample of Zulu speakers in selected private and public sector institutions. The findings indicate that isiZulu has the potential to be marketed in a multilingual society. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M1 - Kf;K1 M3 - 395959527 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166445 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3115 T1 - The role of rural subsistence farming cooperatives in contributing to rural household food and social connectivity : the case of Mwendo Sector, Ruhango District in Rwanda A1 - Mbanza,Sylvester A1 - Thamaga-Chitja,Joyce Y1 - 2014/// KW - agricultural cooperatives KW - Rwanda KW - subsistence farming RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 251 EP - 270 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.251-270 : ill., tab. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Subsistence agricultural cooperatives play an important role in improving household food security among rural households. In Rwanda, as in many African communities, traditional systems encompassing the concept of Ubuntu including ideas related to co-operation, solidarity, mutuality, reciprocity are evident in both the society and subsistence farming ideologies. The majority of the population resides in rural areas; mainly rely on subsistence farming in their smallholdings and participate in subsistence farming cooperatives. The main purpose of this article is to determine the rural subsistence farming cooperative success factors; highlight the benefits of participating in farming cooperatives and find out why some people do not participate in any farming cooperatives. This article focuses on maize, pineapple and peas cooperatives in the Mwendo Sector in Rwanda. A random sampling was used to select cooperatives and questionnaires were administered to 150 cooperative members in the study. Both key informant interviews and focus group discussions were used for data collection. Data was analyzed using cross-tabulation and content analysis. The results revealed that the factors influencing productivity of cooperative and household food security are the availability of agricultural equipment, agricultural inputs, age and level of education of cooperative members, training of cooperative members, cooperative organization government assistance and provision of extension services. The research also shows that cooperative members have an increased agricultural production, income, government assistance, easy market access and agricultural training. Increased agricultural production and income are both important to access dimensions of food security. Agricultural cooperatives also promote culture and unity in the locality through social and religious activities among cooperative members. Findings show that the unwillingness to be part of cooperative mismanagement; punitive measures and fear of seasonal hunger lead to non-participation in agricultural cooperatives. This is significant as it indicates departure from Ubuntu and co-operating principles that often characterize rural communities. Therefore, improving above-stated factors would improve participation in farming cooperatives. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Hd;E5 M3 - 395959578 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166450 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 3109 T1 - The role of social trust in social media and indigenous knowledge sharing A1 - Mkhize,Peter L. Y1 - 2014/// KW - indigenous knowledge KW - social conditions KW - social media KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 188 EP - 200 JA - Indilinga: (2014), vol.13, no.2, p.188-200 : tab. VL - 13 IS - 2 U2 - w33 U3 - Abstract available N2 - In the Information Age, knowledge is so important that it can be likened to a form of currency; hence most organisations now invest in technology-based knowledge-sharing platforms. Rather different knowledge-sharing platforms, such as imbizo and stokvels, exist in indigenous communities in South Africa, and support community development. The purpose of this article is to improve knowledge sharing using social media, by learning from indigenous knowledge sharing - thereby building social capital. Grounded theory analysis was used to extract contextual themes from interview transcripts collected from public sector employees who are involved in open source migration. The results reveal that social trust derived from competence, benevolence and integrity, emerges within communities of practice (CoP) in the same way as it does in indigenous knowledge sharing. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M1 - Kf;C1 M3 - 410767476 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC166454 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3106 T1 - Woes of Ikenga : fiction A1 - George,Ndubuisi Y1 - 2014/// KW - Nigeria KW - novels (form) RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 325 CY - Ibadan PB - Kraft Books Limited U2 - w33 T3 - Kraftgriots SN - 978-91819-9-X AV - AFRIKA Lit.10724 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 411457551 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3123 T1 - Aliments et denr‚es alimentaires traditionnels du Bandundu en R.D. Congo : r‚pertoire et composition en nutriments A1 - Mbemba Fundu di Luyuindu,Th‚ophile A1 - Remacle,Jos‚ Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 317-322. - Met noten KW - Democratic Republic of Congo KW - food KW - names KW - nutrition KW - nutritive value RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 322 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w33 SN - 2-343-01741-7 pbk AV - AFRIKA 51989 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 409247731 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3121 T1 - Les ateliers de: La construction du citoyen mauitanien du 21Šme siŠcle Y1 - 2013/// RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 25 CY - [Nouakchott] U2 - w33 AV - AFRIKA serie Y2 - 2017/08/15/ M3 - 412354845 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3122 T1 - Migration and conflict : the integration of Burkinabe migrants displaced from C“te d'Ivoire A1 - Riester,Andrea Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Zugl.: Martin-Luther-Universit„t Halle-Wittenberg, Diss., 2011 Bibliogr.: p. 178-203. - Met noten KW - Burkina Faso KW - C“te d'Ivoire KW - group identity KW - migrants KW - return migration KW - social integration RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 203 CY - K”ln PB - Rdiger K”ppe Verlag U2 - w33 T3 - Topics in interdisciplinary African studies ; v. 33 SN - 3-89645-903-1 pbk AV - AFRIKA 51905 Y2 - 2017/08/17/ M3 - 410527165 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3124 T1 - A coexistˆncia normativa entre o estado e as autoridades tradicionais na Ordem Jur¡dica Plural de Angolana A1 - Feij¢,Carlos Y1 - 2012/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 469-483. - Met noten KW - Angola KW - government KW - legal pluralism KW - traditional rulers RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 491 CY - Coimbra PB - Almedina U2 - w33 T3 - Teses de Doutoramento SN - 972-404731-8 AV - AFRIKA 51968 Y2 - 2017/08/18/ M3 - 411446142 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3125 T1 - Opportunities abound everywhere A1 - Adegboye,George Y1 - 2012/// KW - motivational literature KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE EP - VI, 302 CY - Ilorin PB - Feedwell Books U2 - w33 SN - 978-978-92927-7-6 AV - AFRIKA 52048 Y2 - 2017/08/16/ M3 - 410816507 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3126 T1 - Proposal to the women of the world : to stop win-lose mothers' momism A1 - Ebisike,Eze Y1 - 2010/// N1 - Omslagtitel Vermelding op omslag: Mercy Onyenaucheya Obodeti-Ebisike 1966-2010 : a victim of mothers' momism Bibliogr.: p. 259-261. - Met bijl., gloss KW - Nigeria KW - women's rights RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 268 CY - [Ibadan PB - ENIL Ltd.] U2 - w33 SN - 978-978-48901-4-4 AV - AFRIKA 52061 Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M3 - 410829455 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3127 T1 - L'tat en Afrique : la politique du ventre A1 - Bayart,Jean Fran‡ois Y1 - 2006/// N1 - Oorspr. uitg.: 1989 Met index, noten KW - decolonization KW - development KW - elite KW - ethnopsychology KW - political conditions KW - political sociology KW - State KW - states KW - Subsaharan Africa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 512 CY - [Paris] PB - Fayard U1 - Zie ook AFRIKA 18245. U2 - w33 T3 - L'espace du politique N2 - Dans cette analyse des caract‚ristiques de l'tat postcolonial en Afrique subsaharienne, l'auteur a r‚serv‚ une attention particuliŠre aux pays suivants: S‚n‚gal, Guin‚e, C“te d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nig‚ria, Cameroun, Congo, Zaire, Kenya et Tanzanie. La genŠse de l'tat postcolonial est retrac‚e en termes de formation d'une classe dominante et de recherche h‚g‚monique. Contrairement … la "th‚orie du joug" pour qui l'historicit‚ de l'Afrique est ramen‚e … celle du monde occidental qui l'avait plac‚e en situation de d‚pendance, l'auteur affirme l'h‚t‚rog‚nit‚ des exp‚riences historiques africaines. AprŠs ˆtre n‚ de l'occupation coloniale, l'tat a ‚t‚ l'objet de multiples pratiques de r‚appropriation qui l'ont ‚loign‚ du modŠle originel. En Afrique comme ailleurs, le politique se produit aussi "par le bas". R‚voltes, refus de certaines cultures ou sous-productivit‚, grŠves, abstentionisme ‚lectoral, migrations, recours … la sacralit‚, contrebande, ‚closion d'un secteur ‚conomique souvent qualifi‚ d'informel, habitat dit spontan‚, escapismes individuels ou collectifs, d‚linquance, critique du pouvoir par un humour corrosif ou par r‚f‚rence … une transcendance de nature religieuse ou messianique: des modes populaires d'action politique pŠsent sur le champ ‚tatique. Les strat‚gies des patrons de r‚seaux qui se structurent dans l'in‚galit‚ ont trait au captage des richesses, … leur accumulation ou … leur redistribution partielle. Comme telles, elles ne sont guŠre dissociables du processus de la recherche h‚g‚monique SN - 978-2-213-63079-3 AV - AFRIKA 52482 Y2 - 2017/08/16/ M3 - 317456237 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 3128 T1 - The path of Justice Chike Idigbe A1 - Sampson,Ekong Y1 - 1999/// N1 - Met bijl., index, noten KW - biographies (form) KW - judges KW - Nigeria KW - supreme courts RP - NOT IN FILE EP - XIII, 292 CY - Lagos PB - Distinct Universal Limited U2 - w33 SN - 978-33791-1-9 AV - AFRIKA 52060 Y2 - 2017/08/14/ M3 - 410829153 ER -