TY - JOUR ID - 4172 T1 - China-Cameroon relations : fortunes and limits of an old political complicity A1 - Cabestan,Jean Pierre Y1 - 2015/// KW - Cameroon KW - China KW - foreign policy KW - international economic relations KW - international relations RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 67 EP - 91 JA - South African Journal of International Affairs: (2015), vol.22, no.1, p.67-91 : tab. VL - 22 IS - 1 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Since the 1990s, the Sino-Cameroonian relationship has grown rapidly. Today, China plays a key role in Cameroon's economic development, particularly in regards to infrastructure projects. However, in the last few years, Yaound‚'s partnership with Beijing has encountered an increasing number of obstacles. Behind the warm pro-China rhetoric, the Cameroonian government has become more willing to rebalance their country's external relations, in favour of both its traditional partners and other emerging economies. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Gc;D4 M3 - 392767414 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2015.1014930 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4171 T1 - Cook, eat, man, woman : understanding the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, nutritionism and its alternatives from Malawi A1 - Patel,Raj Y1 - 2015/// KW - agricultural development KW - food security KW - Malawi KW - nutrition policy RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 21 EP - 44 JA - The Journal of Peasant Studies: (2015), vol.42, no.1, p.21-44 : ill. VL - 42 IS - 1 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The Group of Eight Countries (G8) launched the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition to improve nutritional outcomes through private sector involvement in agricultural development. The accession of Malawi to the Alliance reveals the assumptions behind the intervention. The authors show that while the New Alliance may seem to have little to do with nutrition, its emergence as a frame for the privatization of food and agriculture has been decades in the making, and is best understood as an outcome of a project of nutritionism. To highlight the failings of the approach, they present findings from the Soils, Food and Healthy Communities Initiative in northern Malawi, which has demonstrated success in combatting malnutrition through a combination of agroecological farming practices, community mobilization, women's empowerment and changes in intrahousehold gender dynamics. Contrasting a political economic analysis of the New Alliance alongside that of the Soils, Food and Healthy Communities Initiative shows the difference between a concern with the gendered social context of malnutrition, and nutritionism.The authors conclude with an analysis of the ways that nutrition can play a part in interventions that are inimical, or conducive, to freedom. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/01/12/ M1 - Jb;E5 M3 - 392769239 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2014.971767 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4170 T1 - Green grabbing and the dynamics of local-level engagement with neoliberalization in Tanzania's wildlife management areas A1 - Green,Kathryn E. A1 - Adams,William M. Y1 - 2015/// KW - community participation KW - national parks and reserves KW - Tanzania KW - wildlife protection RP - NOT IN FILE JA - The Journal of Peasant Studies: (2015), vol.42, no.1, p.97-117 : fig., krt. VL - 42 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper analyzes the politics and struggles ongoing within wildlife management areas (WMAs) in Tanzania to discuss the dynamics of neoliberalization of the wildlife sector. The authors discuss neoliberalization as a new political-economic context within which the ongoing politics of natural resource management are played out, and focus on green grabbing as an expression of these politics. They discuss how local-level actors are engaged in these processes, often in strategic ways, to negotiate their roles within WMAs and address green grabbing by the state. Secondly, they discuss an example of the politics of land control and local-level actors: enactment of accumulation by dispossession within a WMA. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/01/12/ M1 - He;J2 M3 - 392769263 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2014.967686 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4169 T1 - Savoirs et reconnaissance dans les soci‚t‚s africaines A1 - Moity-Maizi,Pascale Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Met bibliogr., noten KW - Burkina Faso KW - Central African Republic KW - communication KW - C“te d'Ivoire KW - dance KW - education KW - indigenous knowledge KW - medical education KW - Senegal KW - Subsaharan Africa KW - Togo RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 211 CY - Paris PB - Karthala U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available T3 - Hommes et soci‚t‚s, ISSN 0290-6600 N2 - · partir d'une analyse de situations de transmission et d'‚laboration de savoirs observ‚es dans diff‚rentes r‚gions du continent, cet ouvrage ‚tudie les relations entre connaissance et reconnaissance, les enjeux qu'elles r‚vŠlent, les relations qui les activent ainsi que leurs traductions professionelles et sociales. Contributions: Introduction. Les dimensions politiques des savoirs et la quˆte de reconnaissance dans les soci‚t‚s africaines globalis‚es (Pascale Moity-Maizi); Du don au tarif. Les rapports sociaux d'apprentissage (S‚n‚gal, C“te d'Ivoire, Togo) (Fabio Viti); Les experts dans la construction des savoirs scolaires au S‚n‚gal. L'‚ducation … l'environnement sous l'‚gide de l'approche par les comp‚tences (Sophie Lewandowski); Un problŠme de reconnaissance, une provocation ‚pist‚mologique. L'apprentissage de la m‚decine conventionnelle en Centrafrique (Andrea Ceriana Mayneri); Entre connaissances chor‚graphiques et reconnaissance professionnelle. Les danseurs burkinabŠ en quˆte de savoirs reconnus … l'‚chelle locale et internationale (Sarah Andrieu); Controverses dans la circulation et la transmission des savoirs et savoir-faire de conception. Les activit‚s d'innovation au Burkina Faso (Ignace Medah); Circulation de savoirs entre Europe et Afrique. Les enjeux de la reconnaissance (Melissa Blanchard); Bois sacr‚s ou aires prot‚g‚es? Sacralisation des espaces forestiers et savoirs locaux dans un village komono (Burkina Faso) (Cristiano Lanzano). [R‚sum‚ ASC Leiden] SN - 2-8111-1387-8 pbk AV - AFRIKA 48823 Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Ea;G1 M3 - 393708683 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4182 T1 - 'The testimony must begin at home' : the life of salvation and the remaking of homes in the East African revival in Southern Uganda, c. 1930-1955 A1 - Bruner,Jason Y1 - 2014/// KW - Christianity KW - colonial administrators KW - colonial period KW - family KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 309 EP - 332 JA - Journal of Religion in Africa: (2014), vol.44, no.3-4, p.309-332. VL - 44 IS - 3-4 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The late colonial era in Uganda was not an easy time to keep families intact. Colonial officials, missionaries, and concerned East Africans offered their diagnoses of the problems and prescriptions for responding to the dilemma. In this context, Balokole Anglican revivalists articulated new patterns and ideals of family life. These new patterns of family life were not uniform across Uganda or East Africa, but they did share common characteristics that were derived from the spiritual disciplines and religious beliefs of the Balokole revival. As such, this essay argues that the revival movement was not simply a new message of eternal salvation or primarily a form of dissent, but rather a means through which a group of African Christians sought to address quotidian domestic problems and concerns of late-colonial East Africa. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Hf;B1;C8 M3 - 398504814 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4190 T1 - (In)visible diasporan returnee communities : silences and the challenges in studying trans-atlantic history in Ghana A1 - Essien,Kwame Y1 - 2014/// KW - Ghana KW - historiography KW - return migration KW - social history RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 63 EP - 99 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.63-99 ; foto's. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This work calls attention to the obscured history of nineteenth-century diaspora returnee-communities in the Gold Coast, now Ghana, and its relevance to the study of reverse migrations in the twenty-first century. The author examines several factors that contributed to the historical invisibility of returnees, and how ongoing transatlantic interactions and exchanges within present-day Ghana help bring this historical development to light. The author asserts that returnees have made constructive efforts to make significant social and political contributions to society, by building on their experiences and expertise gained abroad. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;L3 M3 - 398404437 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4180 T1 - Between ontological transformation and the imagination of tradition : girls' puberty rituals in twenty-first century Botswana A1 - Verner,Pnina Y1 - 2014/// KW - Botswana KW - girls' initiation KW - modernization KW - rituals KW - traditions RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 355 EP - 385 JA - Journal of Religion in Africa: (2014), vol.44, no.3-4, p.355-385 : fig. VL - 44 IS - 3-4 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The paper contrasts two puberty rituals in Botswana: the Tswapong puberty ritual, the 'mothei', conceived of as effecting an ontological change in being and personhood, with the newly invented Kgatla puberty ritual. The latter, it is argued, while reflecting authority and embracing a collective tribal identity, lacks the ordeals of death and rebirth inherent in the 'mothei' ritual. The author proposes that rituals may lose aspects of their ontological inscription of gendered personhood and subjectivity while assuming new political or policy-related functions. The paradox highlighted is that despite endowing girls with 'dignity' and moral agency within a 'society of women', Tswapong girls are increasingly refusing to be initiated in the face of 'modern times', backed by teachers who regard the ritual as archaic, while concurrently southern Tswana Kgatla are enthusiastically mobilizing mass girls' initiations under the supervision of Kgatla royals with political agendas. The paper reflects on these apparent paradoxes of cultural authenticity as rituals change, hybridize, and are reinvented. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Kc;C4;H0 M3 - 398506094 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4192 T1 - Black board struggles : teacher unionism under the 'democratic' Rawlings regime 1992-2000 A1 - Amoako,Samuel Y1 - 2014/// KW - 1990-1999 KW - Ghana KW - teachers KW - trade unions RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 7 EP - 38 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.7-38. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Samuel Amoako's contribution examines union activism among teachers in Ghana during the Rawlings regime to highlight the challenges to workers and unions during the transition from military to democratic rule. The transition to democratic rule presented both opportunities and challenges to teachers and their unions. The new legal and political institutional framework did permit labour pluralism, allowing some graduate teachers, who found the GNAT (Ghana National Association of Teachers) unable to fight for their interests, to break off to found their own association. While this seemed to cause a fragmentation in the teachers' front, this development did not in fact cause any immediate set-back for organised teachers. What became the bane of organised teachers was the government's insensitivity to their demands. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;E4 M3 - 398402809 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4193 T1 - Contemporary literature of Africa : Tijan M. Sallah and literary works of The Gambia A1 - Raji,Wumi A1 - Sallah,Tijan M. Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Kora notes: Tijan M. Sallah and the development of Gambian literature, an edited collection of essays principally on the writings of Tijan M. Sallah Bibliogr.: p. [247]-255 . - Met index, noten KW - Gambia KW - literary criticism KW - literature KW - poetry RP - NOT IN FILE EP - X, 268 CY - Amherst, NY PB - Cambria Press U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The first part of this collective volume delves into the background of Gambian literature with a discussion of works by leading Gambian authors, such as Lenrie Peters, Ebou Dibba and Tijan Sallah. The book then turns the focus on Tijan Sallah, exploring his growth and development as a writer and providing critical analyses of his major works. While some of the chapters take the works together in a general thematic and stylistic discussion, others provide an in-depth analysis of specific works. Some of the chapters adopt a linguistic approach; another two locate the works within the trend of ecopoetry, an emerging genre of nature poetry; one explores Sallah's poems of convalescence, pointing out their therapeutic nature; yet another employs the theory of phenomenology in carrying out an investigation of Sallah's poetry in comparison with the works of other major African poets. The final chapter is a detailed interview with Sallah. It sheds light on his life, and shows how his Gambian background influences his writings. Chapters: Introduction (Wumi Raji); Gambian fictions (Stewart Brown); An unusual growth : the development of Tijan M. Sallah's poetry (Tanure Ojaide); Themes and styles in the poetry of Tijan M. Sallah (Pierre Gomez); Rhythm in Tijan Sallah's "Share" : a metrical phonology approach (Demola Jolayemi); Tijan Sallah's Kora land : a stylistic analysis of "The Elders are Gods" (Tunde Ayodabo); The ecopoetics of Tijan M. Sallah : Gambian values and Sufi presence (Victoria Arana); Return to roots : dialectics of cultural development in the poetry of Tijan Sallah (Sylvie Coly); Tijan Sallah's "Sahelian Earth" : Africa's rebirth (Charles Larson); Exile and return : the poetry and fiction of Tijan Sallah (Samuel Garren); African economics as a short story : Tijan Sallah's "The unfortunate choice" (Santayanan Devarajan); Poetry as therapy : Tijan Sallah's "Harrow poems" (Enajite Ojaruega); "Stanley meets Mutesa" : post colonial consciousness and Africa's continuing dialogue with the West (Femi Dunmade); The amphibian's dilemma : an interview with Tijan M. Sallah (Wumi Raji). [ASC Leiden abstract] SN - 1-604-97867-8 AV - AFRIKA 49453 Y2 - 2015/01/12/ M1 - Fe;K2 M3 - 397756038 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4184 T1 - Cosmopolitanism : why nineteenth century Gold Coast thinkers matter in the twenty-first century A1 - Brizuela-Garcia,Esperanza Y1 - 2014/// KW - Ghana KW - ideologies KW - intellectuals RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 203 EP - 221 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.203-221. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper interrogates cosmopolitanism in the Gold Coast through the writings of Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford, John Mensah Sarbah and Carl Christian Reindorf. It explains that the literature on these nineteenth-century Gold Coast writers reveals an alternative narrative, one that is more firmly rooted in an understanding of the historical conditions that elicited and encouraged the ideas and works of these men. Ultimately, the author argues that the Gold Coast writers' written work offers examples of what she calls a tradition of cosmopolitan thinking. The questions that these authors addressed, as well as their strategies, illustrate a long tradition of cosmopolitan thinking that speaks to the challenges facing modern Ghana, and Africa more generally. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;L3 M3 - 39848953X ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4202 T1 - D‚veloppement local en Afrique subsaharienne : une compr‚hension … travers des ‚tudes de cas A1 - Bagaoui,Rachid A1 - Soumahoro,Moustapha Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Met bibliogr., noten KW - Benin KW - Cameroon KW - C“te d'Ivoire KW - decentralization KW - economic development KW - Guinea KW - microfinance KW - popular participation KW - rural areas KW - Subsaharan Africa KW - urban development RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 263 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available T3 - tudes africaines N2 - Face … un processus de globalisation mondialis‚, le d‚veloppement local est devenu un paravent pour une gouvernance territoriale ax‚e sur la satisfaction et l'am‚lioration des conditions de vie des acteurs locaux. Ce nouvel id‚al de d‚veloppement est porteur d'une forme de d‚mocratie participative et de responsibilisation face aux enjeux locaus. Mais dans le contexte africain, que signifie le d‚veloppement local? Doit-il ˆtre une simple adaptation aux transformations actuelles dans le monde ou doit-il ˆtre porteur d'un germe de "specificit‚" africaine? · partir des ‚tudes de cas, des practiciens, des chercheurs et des professeurs offrent les fruits de leurs r‚flexions sur les diff‚rentes formes de pratiques du d‚veloppement … l'‚chelle locale tant en milieu urbain que rural. Les contributions sont regroup‚es en quatre parties: 1. Remise en cause de la notion de d‚veloppement; 2. Faire face au modŠle centralisateur et exogŠne; 3. Revalorisation des savoirs traditionnels et nouveaux; 4. Les initiatives locales : des regards inquiets. Titres: Un nouveau paradigme pour en finir avec le d‚veloppement : initiatives pour l'am‚lioration de la vie (Os‚e Kamga); Les vecteurs ‚tatiques … l'‚preuve de la d‚marginalisation du nord-est ivorien (r‚gion de Zanzan) (Kambir‚ Bebe et Kamagat‚ Sanaliou); Faillite de la caf‚iculture comme moteur du d‚veloppement local … l'ouest du Cameroun : le‡ons … tirer de trois d‚cennies d'encadrement coop‚ratif du monde rural (1960-1990) (Fran‡ois Nkankeu, C‚lestin Kaffo et Elat); La politique de d‚veloppement en C“te d'Ivoire : l'example de la ville de Taabo (Gogb‚ T‚r‚); Aire prot‚g‚es et d‚veloppement local : ‚tude contextuelle des relations espaces-ressources-soci‚t‚s en Afrique (Marie Fall); L'obsession d'une vie ext‚rieure et son impact sur la culture bamil‚k‚ : l'exemple de la chefferie Bangou … l'ouest du Cameroun (Igor Njombissie); Anciens, adultes et jeunes dans le processus de d‚veloppement local : conflit ou possible synergie? Le cas du paysan toura en C“te d'Ivoire (Moustapha Soumahoro, Golou V‚ronique Ouahou et Rachid Bagaoui); Questionner le d‚veloppement rural … travers la microfinance : regards crois‚s sur les perceptions et les strat‚gies de territorialisation d'acteurs dans les paysanneries camerounaises (Herv‚ Tchekot‚); La red‚finition de la vision du d‚veloppement en Afrique : une analyse du capital social chez les femmes de Conakry (Fatoumata Traor‚); Contr“le citoyen de l'action publique dans le contexte de la d‚centralisation au B‚nin : exp‚rience de la commune de Dogbo (Adolphe Codjo Kpatchavi). [R‚sum‚ ASC Leiden] AV - AFRIKA 48156 Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ea;E1 M3 - 381183777 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4185 T1 - Different ideas of borders and border construction in Northern Ghana : historical and anthropological perspectives A1 - Casentini,Giulia Y1 - 2014/// KW - 1900-1949 KW - boundaries KW - Dagomba KW - Ghana KW - Konkomba KW - Nanumba KW - traditional polities RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 177 EP - 202 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.177-202. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - In this article, the author reconstructs the British process of demarcating borders in the eastern part of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, the contemporary Northern Region of Ghana, during the first half of the twentieth century. She is particularly concerned with districts in which Konkomba, Nanumba and Dagomba predominated. Building from archival, ethnographic, and oral sources, she explores contemporary conceptions of borders and their historical context and evolution. The author focuses on spatial and territorial issues; that is to say, how the contemporary international border and internal boundaries have been delimited and constructed through the imposition of European models and the interaction of different local representations and perceptions of space. Her goal has been to understand how and through what process local political equilibriums became so fragile. She also gives prominence to the agency of African chiefs and leaders, which is too often neglected when one talks about African boundaries. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;L3 M3 - 398489254 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4200 T1 - Du droit de la sant‚ et de la s‚curit‚ au travail en Afrique subsaharienne A1 - Auvergnon,Philippe Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Met noten KW - French-speaking Africa KW - health insurance KW - labour law KW - occupational accidents insurance KW - occupational safety KW - Subsaharan Africa KW - work environment RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 282 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available T3 - tudes africaines N2 - Le droit de la sant‚-s‚curite au travail a ‚t‚ historiquement r‚f‚r‚, en Afrique subsaharienne, en grande partie … celui des pays colonisateurs. Certains pans du 'corpus' normatif constitu‚ au nord … la fin du XIXe siecle ont ‚t‚ "transf‚r‚s" au sud. Il en est all‚ ainsi, pour certains pays africains francophones, avec le Code du travail des territoires d'Outre-mer de 1952. · la suite des Ind‚pendances, les droits nationaux du travail ont connu des ‚volutions sensiblement diff‚rentes, en fonction de l'orientation politique prise par chacun des pays. Cependant, leurs dispositions concernant la sant‚ et de la s‚curit‚ au travail paraissent avoir souvent fait exception, demeurant quasiment en leur "‚tat colonial". Ce domaine, pourtant au cur de tout droit du travail n'a pas fait l'objet d'un investissement particulier, d'innovations ou d'avanc‚es majeures. La sant‚ et la s‚curit‚ n'ont certes pas ‚t‚ gomm‚es des Codes du travail. Mais, de maniŠre g‚n‚rale, les l‚gislations s'en sont tenues … quelques affirmations, au mieux quant aux responsabilit‚s de l'employeur ou aux notions de maladie ou d'accident professionnels. Dans cet ouvrage collectif, des juristes de travail, africains et non africains, font l'analyse de la situation et des ‚volutions en cours. Ils examinent les contenus formels et les difficult‚s concrŠtes de mise en uvre du droit de la sant‚ et de la s‚curit‚ en Afrique subsahariennen francophone. Contributions: Avant-propos (Philippe Auvergnon); Les risques professionnels en C“te d'Ivoire (Nanga Silu‚); La modernisation du droit des risques professionnels au Cameroun (Pierre Etienne Kenfack); Le difficile "embossage" du droit de la sant‚ et de la s‚curit‚ au travail au B‚nin (Chrysal Aguidioli K‚noukon); La sant‚ et la s‚curite au travail au Togo (Komi Wolou); La protection contre les risques professionnels dans la fonction publique au Burkina Faso (Paul Kiemde); Les obligations de l'employeur en matiŠre de sant‚ en R‚publique D‚mocratique du Congo (Patty Kalay Kisala); Le rŠglement des litiges relatifs aux accidents du travail au S‚n‚gal (Mohamed Bachir Niang); Du droit … la sant‚ et … la s‚curit‚ du salari‚ gabonais (Augustin Emane); Le droit malien de la sant‚ et de la s‚curit‚ au travail … l'‚preuve des r‚alit‚s de l'‚conomie informelle (Ousmane Oumarou Sidib‚); Les zones franches d'exportation en Afrique subsaharienne : quelles implications normatives en matiŠre de s‚curit‚ et de sant‚ au travail? (Elise Panier); Le projet de l'OHADA relatif au droit du travail : une r‚f‚rence pour les droits de la sant‚ et de la s‚curit‚ au travail en Afrique subsaharienne? (Philippe Auvergnon); Le droit … la sant‚ et … la s‚curit‚ au travail comme fondation du chantier de la pr‚vention (Claude Donald Louiselle). [R‚sum‚ ASC Leiden] SN - 2-343-04548-8 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49104 Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Ea;E4;F1 M3 - 393545997 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4183 T1 - Free people, slaves and pawns in the Western Gold Coast : the democracy of dependency in a mid-nineteenth-century British archival source A1 - Valsecchi,Perluigi Y1 - 2014/// KW - 1849 KW - censuses KW - Ghana KW - historical sources RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 223 EP - 246 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.223-246 : ill. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - In 1849, the Acting Governor and Judicial Assessor of the British settlements on the Gold Coast, James Coleman Fitzpatrick, forwarded to the Colonial Office two tables providing an estimate, or rough census, of the population of Dixcove and Appolonia, two polities in the western Gold Coast (now Ghana), which, at the time, were under some form of British influence. The tables included details about territorial subdivisions, men, women, children and slaves and pawns (listed under the same headings). The document with the tables can be found in the Colonial Office papers, original correspondence, in the National Archives of the United Kingdom. Considering the period and the area it deals with, the document is indeed a very rare source both in terms of historical demography and the history of personal dependency and slavery in this section of the Gold Coast. This article presents an analysis of the two tables as windows to the status of slaves and pawns in the western Gold Coast within the colonial archives. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;L3 M3 - 398490775 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4191 T1 - Global economic crisis and socio-economic vulnerability : historical experience and lessons from the 'lost decade' for Africa in the 1980s A1 - Adjei,Prince Osei-Wusu A1 - Kyei,Peter Ohene A1 - Afriyie,Kwadwo Y1 - 2014/// KW - 1980-1989 KW - Africa KW - economic recession KW - Ghana KW - structural adjustment RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 39 EP - 61 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.39-61. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This study of Ghana's economy during the so-called "lost decade" of the 1980s explores the effects of the global economic crisis and Ghana's embrace of structural adjustment. It pleads for effective social intervention programmes, particularly for the benefit of poor and vulnerable groups, to lessen the impact of the food and financial crises on children and care-givers. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;E1 M3 - 398403201 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4174 T1 - Impact of regional road infrastructure improvement on intra-regional trade in ECOWAS A1 - Akpan,Uduak Y1 - 2014/// KW - economic models KW - ECOWAS KW - infrastructure KW - trade KW - West Africa RP - NOT IN FILE JA - African Development Review: (2014), vol.26, no.S1, p.64-76 : graf., krt., tab. VL - 26 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This study employs the gravity model of trade to examine the impact of improving the quality of a regional road infrastructure in the ECOWAS sub-region, from its current level to the level of roads in South Africa, on intra-regional trade. The study augments the traditional gravity model to include variables for language, common border and road quality. The positive difference in per capita GDP of trading partners is also included to test the Linder hypothesis. The parameters in the model are estimated using the random-effect model and the result shows that such improvement will lead to a US$356.06 million (4.97 per cent) increase in intra-regional trade relative to the 2012 level, ceteris paribus. Moreover, the ancillary benefits of improvement in road quality in terms of increased movement of factors of production will foster further intra-regional trade in the medium and long terms. To enhance the benefits of the improvement in the road quality, ECOWAS governments needs to put in place other soft infrastructures to fast-track the achievement of the objectives of the ECOWAS trade liberalization scheme. However, increasing the quality of roads demands huge financial investment, thus a cost-benefit trade-off must be carefully considered. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/03/12/ M3 - 398895384 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12093 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4201 T1 - Les mouvements sociaux en Afrique de l'Ouest : entre les ravages du lib‚ralisme ‚conomique et la promesse du lib‚ralisme politique A1 - Sylla,Ndongo Samba Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Met bibliogr., noten KW - action groups KW - Burkina Faso KW - Cape Verde KW - C“te d'Ivoire KW - democracy KW - Ghana KW - Guinea KW - Guinea-Bissau KW - liberalism KW - Liberia KW - Mali KW - Mauritania KW - Niger KW - protest KW - Senegal KW - Sierra Leone KW - social change KW - social justice KW - State-society relationship KW - student movements KW - West Africa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 453 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Le m‚contentement vis-…-vis du lib‚ralisme dans ses dimensions … la fois ‚conomique et politique est le ressort des nombreux soulŠvements populaires et manifestations qui ‚maillent la vie politique de la r‚gion ouest-africaine. Malgr‚ leur ambiguit‚ et leurs limites, ces luttes s'inscrivent dans la perspective de mettre un terme … une double d‚connexion: celle des citoyens et les "repr‚sentants" et celle entre l'‚conomie et la soci‚t‚ - entre ce que le Capital veut et ce … quoi les peuples aspirent. Des ‚tudes sur les mouvements sociaux dans douze pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest sont rassembl‚es dans ce volume collectif. PremiŠre partie: Mouvements sociaux et lib‚ralismes. Comprendre les mouvements sociaux dans la Sierra Leone contemporaine (Ibrahim Abdullah); Mobilisations collectives et r‚surgence de la question de l'esclavage en Mauritanie (2007-2013) (Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem); Mouvements sociaux et luttes d‚mocratiques au Lib‚ria (George Klay Kieh); La mondialisation n‚olib‚rale et les mouvements sociaux au Ghana : le cas Ashaiman (Kojo Opoku Aidoo); D'o— souffle le vent en Afrique de l'Ouest ? Les mouvements sociaux dans une perspective comparative (Claus-Dieter K”nig). DeuxiŠme partie: Mouvements sociaux et quˆte d'autonomie. Pourquoi et comment se mobilise-t-on en C“te d'Ivoire? (Francis AkindŠs, Moussa Fofana et S‚verin Yao Kouam‚); Les mouvements sociaux et la recherche d'alternatives au Burkina Faso (Lila Chouli); Crise de la "d‚mocratie repr‚sentative" et ‚mergence de nouvelles formes de luttes : le cas du Mali (Issa N'Diaye); Entre les crises et la r‚pression : la r‚surgence des mouvements sociaux en Guin‚e Bissau (Fernando Leonardo Cardoso et Fod‚ Man‚). TroisiŠme partie: Les ambiguit‚s de la soci‚t‚ civile. Les luttes sociopolitiques au Niger (2007-2013) (Souley Adji); Entre crise de la repr‚sentation, crise de repr‚sentativit‚ des mouvements sociaux et propagande m‚diatique: quelle place pour les citoyens s‚n‚galais? (Modou Diome); Les mouvements sociaux au Cap-Vert: processus, dynamiques et vicissitudes (Cl udio Alves Furtado); La Guin‚e … la crois‚e des chemins (Alpha Amadou Bano Barry). [R‚sum‚ ASC Leiden] SN - 2-296-99862-3 AV - AFRIKA 48858 Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Fa;C1 M3 - 393469433 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4188 T1 - Protecting the environment for the present and future generations : REDD+ and the reversal of deforestation in Ghana A1 - Arhin,Albert A. A1 - Adam,Mohammed Anwar Sadat Y1 - 2014/// KW - deforestation KW - forest management KW - forest policy KW - Ghana KW - reform RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 131 EP - 156 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.131-156 : tab. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper is informed by the understanding that politics and the interests that shape policy are of fundamental importance to policies such as REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus conservation, sustainable forest management and carbon stock enhancement). The aim of this paper is to explore the political economy of forestry reforms in Ghana with a focus on highlighting their implications and lessons for the REDD+ mechanism. The paper begins with an overview of the ideational anchor of REDD+ at the global level and domestic levels. The second section sketches out some of the legislative and policy reforms undertaken to address deforestation and degradation over the past few decades. This is followed by a discussion of some of the reasons why deforestation has still continued in spite of the reforms. The paper then draws implications for the ongoing reforms under REDD+. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;J2 M3 - 398485976 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4179 T1 - Ritual formation of peaceful publics : sacrifice and syncretism in South Sudan (1991-2005) A1 - Kane,Ross Y1 - 2014/// KW - Christianity KW - conflict resolution KW - Dinka KW - Nuer KW - rituals KW - South Sudan KW - syncretism RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 386 EP - 410 JA - Journal of Religion in Africa: (2014), vol.44, no.3-4, p.386-410. VL - 44 IS - 3-4 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - During the most violent days of Sudan's civil war in the 1990s, a peacemaking initiative known as People-to-People Peacemaking emerged to address ongoing conflict perpetuated by rival Dinka and Nuer rebel movements. The ritual of bull sacrifice, a central feature of the peace process, sealed peace between Nuer and Dinka and formed public alliances between church leaders and kinship authorities represented by elders and chiefs. Joining indigenous and Christian practices in a single ritual space allowed inclusive participation by a variety of actors, many of whom interpreted the ritual quite differently. Utilizing various methods of ritual analysis, this essay suggests that a seemingly religious ritual enabled new forms of political action, previously unavailable through rebel movements' politics or kinship politics. While rebel leaders often perpetuated political power by manipulating ethnic sentiments, elders and Christian leaders developed forms of politics based on peaceful coexistence and shared identity between Dinka and Nuer. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Di;D2 M3 - 398520992 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4197 T1 - The Indian Ocean : oceanic connections and the creation of new societies A1 - Sheriff,Abdul A1 - Ho,Engseng Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Papers originally presented at a conference organized by the Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute (ZIORI), August 2008 Met index, noten KW - contract labour KW - identity KW - Indian Ocean KW - slavery KW - social history KW - society KW - Swahili language KW - trade KW - Zanzibar RP - NOT IN FILE EP - XVIII, 307 CY - London PB - Hurst & Company U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The Indian Ocean, connecting the Mediterranean and the South China Sea, was the first venue of global trade. Part I ('Oceanic movements and connections') of this collective volume presents the diversity of the peoples who have traversed the Indian Ocean and explores their relationships by tracing their tangible movements and connections. The second part 'Migrations and the formation of new societies' revisits Indian Ocean socio-historical phenomena such as slavery, indentured labour, the Swahili language and Muslim charity. Chapters: Globalisation with a difference: an overview (Abdul Sheriff); Maritime trade, political relations and residential diplomacy in the world of the Indian Ocean (Ravi Arvind Palat); Mapping the Indian Ocean world of Gulf merchants c. 1870-1960 (Fahad Ahmad Bishara); Between Pori, Pwani and Kisiwani: overlapping labour cultures in the caravans, ports and dhows of the Western Indian Ocean (Stephen J. Rockel); The question of slavery in Indian Ocean world history (Gwyn Campbell); Indentured labour in the Indian Ocean and the creation of new societies (Vijayalakshmi Teelock); The state of Swahili civilisation: Swahili language and society, Indian Ocean antecedents and anthropological research (Mohamed Bakari); Cosmopolitanism or exclusion? Negotiating identity in the expressive culture of contemporary Zanzibar (Paola Ivanov); Identity and citzenship amoung the Comorians of Zanzibar, 1886-1963 (Iain Walker); Philanthropy and trust in the Straits of Melaka: diversities in civil and global approaches to nationhoods (Wazir Jahan Karim). [ASC Leiden abstract] SN - 1-8490-4427-9 AV - AFRIKA 49315 Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - La;C2 M3 - 396545580 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4187 T1 - The Kusasi-Mamprusi conflict in Bawku : a legacy of British colonial policy in Northern Ghana A1 - Longi,Felix Y.T. Y1 - 2014/// KW - ethnic conflicts KW - ethnic relations KW - Ghana KW - Kusasi KW - Mamprusi KW - social history RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 157 EP - 176 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.157-176. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper examines the genesis of the Mamprusi-Kusasi conflict in Bawku (Ghana). It discusses the settlement histories of the two groups and their pre-colonial traditional political structures, the colonial intrusion and the changes made to the existing political structures and implications to Mamprusi-Kusasi relations. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;L3 M3 - 398486328 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4189 T1 - The ritualization of the self in Ghanaian gospel music A1 - Carl,Florian Y1 - 2014/// KW - church music KW - Ghana KW - religious songs RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 101 EP - 129 JA - Ghana Studies: (2014), vol.17, p.101-129. VL - 17 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article provides a performance-oriented analysis of popular Christianity and gospel. The author examines the various forms of gospel music in Ghana and richly illustrates the interface between ritual and media. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M1 - Ff;K3 M3 - 398404755 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4181 T1 - Ugandan born-again Christians and the moral politics of gender equality A1 - Boyd,Lydia Y1 - 2014/// KW - Christianity KW - family KW - gender inequality KW - gender relations KW - norms KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 333 EP - 354 JA - Journal of Religion in Africa: (2014), vol.44, no.3-4, p.333-354. VL - 44 IS - 3-4 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - In recent years Ugandan born-again Christians have regularly engaged in forms of social protestagainst homosexuality, in support of youth sexual abstinencethat they characterize as acts in defense of the African family. At the center of these protests was an overriding concern with the effects of a global discourse of rights-based gender equality on Ugandan cultural norms. Drawing on long-term fieldwork in a born-again church in Kampala, this article examines the underlying moral conflict that shapes born-again women's and men's rejections of gender equality. At the center of such conflicts were concerns about the ways rights-based equality undermined other models for moral personhood and gendered interdependence that existed in Uganda, models that were characterized as essential for social stability and personal well-being. This conflict is analyzed in relation to a broader sense of moral insecurity that pervaded discussion of gender and family life in Kampala. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Hf;B1;C1 M3 - 398505624 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4227 T1 - A linguistic study of reduplication in Sesotho A1 - Ekanjume-Ilongo,Beatrice Y1 - 2013/// KW - Lesotho KW - linguistics KW - Sotho language KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 27 EP - 34 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.27-34. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Sesotho, a language spoken in Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland, makes use of partial and complete reduplication. Reduplication has various functions in Sesotho, including: emphasis, diminutive formation and echoic expression. It also marks plurality, completeness, originality, intensity and frequency. Like English (Ghomeshi et al., 2004, p. 308), Sesotho has so-called contrastive reduplication. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Kd;K1 M3 - 395035244 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4221 T1 - A socio-cultural and linguistic analysis of postcolonial Christian naming practices in Zimbabwe A1 - Mashiri,Pedzisai A1 - Chabata,Emmanuel A1 - Chitando,Ezra Y1 - 2013/// KW - Christianity KW - names KW - values KW - Zimbabwe RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 163 EP - 173 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.163-173. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article presents an analysis of names given to children of Christian parents in the postcolonial period. The corpus of names analysed provides evidence that, unlike in pre-independence Zimbabwe, when they were discouraged, African names have become a part of Christian nomenclature in post-independence Zimbabwe. These post-colonial African names bear resemblance to traditional African names in that a lot of them are meaningful. They reflect the name-giver's Christian beliefs, celebrate Christian values and express thankfulness to God. The study reveals the revitalisation of a tradition in which naming is a deliberate linguistic act that is intimately linked with values, traditions, hopes, fears and events in people's lives. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Je;K1 M3 - 39530606X ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4214 T1 - Access to justice for victims of sexual violence in post conflict situations in Africa A1 - Nyirinkindi,Laura Y1 - 2013/// KW - access to justice KW - Africa KW - sexual offences KW - victims KW - war crimes RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 214 EP - 236 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.214-236. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - As national, legal and judicial systems in Africa take on the responsibility for prosecuting international crimes in post-conflict situations, the focus on their competence and commitment to right these wrongs intensifies. Most African states are faced with barriers that range from legal and institutional, to social and political, hindering the fulfilment of their obligation. The result has been a limited or, arguably, complete lack of access to justice for victims of these crimes, particularly those crimes involving sexual violence, whose complexity and the cultural restrictions surrounding them in most African communities present unique challenges to both the state and the victims in the quest for justice in post-conflict contexts. While several African countries have signed and ratified international and legal instruments whose frameworks provide comprehensive structures to address justice for victims of sexual violence, many have not domesticated such instruments in order to make them suitable to their local contexts and enforceable by victims through judicial and other means. Where such steps may have been taken, the political will to prosecute perpetrators of such crimes remains minimal. A number of African states have engaged traditional justice mechanisms as avenues of transitional justice, with the mechanisms based on cultural, patriarchal and societal structures, but here, victims of sexual violence face exclusion and structural and attitudinal barriers to attaining meaningful access to justice. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/01/12/ M1 - Ba;F1 M3 - 398506981 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4225 T1 - Cacophony in unison: translation strategies in achieving 'singability' in the Silozi and Citonga versions of the Zambian national anthem A1 - Wakumelo,Mildred Nkolola Y1 - 2013/// KW - Lozi language KW - political songs KW - Tonga language (Zambia,Zimbabwe) KW - translation KW - Zambia RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 65 EP - 80 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.65-80 : tab. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper examines the strategies that were employed in the translation of the Zambian national anthem from English into two Zambian languages, Silozi and Citonga. The author shows that the translators have primarily aimed for the translations to be 'singable', which has led them to compromise in the field of semantics. Prosodic structures of the versions match to a large extent, but in terms of content and meaning the Silozi and Citonga anthems, in several instances, bear little relationship to the English version. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Jd;K1 M3 - 395298849 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4223 T1 - Establishing a university records management programme: a case study of the University of Namibia A1 - Matangira,Violet A1 - Katjiveri-Tjiuoro,Mercia A1 - Lukileni,Ndahambelela Hertha Y1 - 2013/// KW - archives KW - educational management KW - Namibia KW - universities RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 103 EP - 117 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.103-117 : tab. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Records management is crucial to all organizations including universities. Unless records are managed efficiently, it is not possible to conduct business effectively, and to account for what has happened in the past or to make good decisions about the future. This article reports on the University of Namibia (UNAM) records management project, which takes as point of departure that records need to be systematically and continuously managed throughout their life-cycle in an integrated manner. The project aims at organizing record-keeping at the university in accordance with international archival standards. It was found that the most important single factor determining the success of a records management programme was the active support of senior management. Sound policies, well-crafted guidelinesand a very practical implementation plan are crucial as well. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Ke;G1 M3 - 395303311 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4213 T1 - Hiding my shame : the rape of men as weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo A1 - Kwesiga,Arnold Y1 - 2013/// KW - Democratic Republic of Congo KW - men KW - sexual offences KW - Uganda KW - war crimes RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 237 EP - 264 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.237-264. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Sexual violence - whether in peace time or during conflict situations - is one of the most horrific acts experienced by both women and men. However, such violence has traditionally been associated with women as the victims and men as the perpetrators. The invisibility of men and boys as (non)survivors has greatly impeded their access to both legal and psychosocial services. This article based on examples from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda reveals that sexual violence against men is a strategic weapon and has nothing to do with either the victim's or the perpetrator's sexual orientation. Most of this violence is intended to disempower, humiliate and attack the dignity of the victims as men, but it is also strategically used in recruitment drives by rebels and as a means of torture and a way of acquiring information. There is a need to look into male sexual violence within conflict and post-conflict settings. Further study should explore the issue of culture and silence and how gender ideologies and power inequalities have greatly been employed in conflict situations in order to perpetuate the rape of men. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/01/12/ M1 - Gj;F1 M3 - 398507104 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4208 T1 - Human rights implications of Shell's activities in Nigeria : revisiting the case of the Ogoni community A1 - Ogwezzy,Michael C. Y1 - 2013/// KW - environmental degradation KW - human rights KW - Niger Delta conflict KW - Nigeria KW - Ogoni KW - petroleum industry RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 351 EP - 382 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.351-382. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The history of oil exploration and production in Ogoniland is a long, complex and often painful one that has become seemingly intractable in terms of its resolution and future direction. Ogoniland has a tragic history of pollution from oil spills to deliberate contamination of the environment through 24-hour gas flares by the oil companies. If the revelation by the report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released in August 2011 entitled: "Environmental Assessment of Ogoniland" is anything to go by, then the Transnational Oil Corporations and the Federal Government of Nigeria should have a re-think about the whole commercial venture of oil exploration and exploitation in order to save the succeeding generations of Niger Deltans, particularly the Ogonis from going into extinction. It was stated in its summary recommendation among other issues that the environmental restoration of Ogoniland is possible but may take between 25 to 30 years with initial cost implications of US$1.bn to be contributed by the oil industry and the Government of Nigeria. This article examines the human rights implications of unchecked oil exploration activities by Shell Petroleum Development Company in Ogoniland, taking into consideration the historical, economic, socio-political and legal factors that have contributed to this sordid state of affairs. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Fn;F1 M3 - 398507473 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4229 T1 - Inflation and stock market development in Namibia: evidence from co-integration and error correction modelling A1 - Kaakunga,Esau K. A1 - Matongela,Albert M. Y1 - 2013/// KW - financial market KW - gross national product KW - inflation KW - Namibia RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 1 EP - 14 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.1-14 : graf., tab. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This study looks at the relationship between inflation and stock market development in Namibia, using econometric techniques of co-integration and error correction modelling. It was found that an increase of the real gross domestic product impacts positively on stock market development in Namibia, in particular on market capitalization and the value of traded domestic shares. The results also indicate that the relationship between stock market development indicators and inflation is insignificant. The author recommends that Namibia should place emphasis on policies that promote the gross domestic product, and, in spite of the insignificant relationship between stock market indicators and inflation, continue to pursue a monetary policy that ensures a low and stable inflation. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Ke;E3 M3 - 395033349 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4226 T1 - Land and racial domination in Zimbabwe: an African-centred critical analysis of selected post-2000 Zimbabwean-authored novels A1 - Magosvongwe,Ruby A1 - Nyamande,Abner Y1 - 2013/// KW - land conflicts KW - land reform KW - land tenure KW - novels KW - Zimbabwe RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 35 EP - 50 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.35-50. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The process and aftermath of the African-led land occupations of white-owned commercial farms in Zimbabwe from the late 1990s onwards have rocked racial relations in the country and the controversies arising from them have culminated in socio-economic and political instability that threatens to spill into and destabilise other SADC countries as well. It is against this backdrop that the article makes an African-centred analysis of selected post-2000 Zimbabwean authored novels that narrativise the land experiences in the country. Novels discussed are Tsitsi Dangarembga's 'The book of not' (2006); Eric Harrison's 'Jambanja' (2006); John Eppel's 'Absent: the English teacher' (2009) and Mashingaidze Gomo's 'A fine madness' (2010). Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Je;K2 M3 - 395287103 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4222 T1 - Land use practices in Caprivi's changing political environment A1 - Colpaert,Alfred A1 - Matengu,Kenneth A1 - Poloj„rvi,Katja Y1 - 2013/// KW - agricultural history KW - land use KW - Namibia KW - subsistence farming RP - NOT IN FILE JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.141-162 : ill., krt., tab. VL - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper gives an account of developments that led to present land use practices and their effects on the eco-system in the eastern parts of Caprivi (Namibia) and presents a case study of the Salambala conservancy. The paper is based on both fieldwork and literature, including government reports. For the case study of Salambala, aerial pictures taken in 1970, 1996 and 2006 have been analyzed. In the pre-colonial period (pre-1890), the early inhabitants of east of the Kwando River were hunters and gatherers. Climatic and hydrological conditions enabled the first Bantu communities to practice settled subsistence agriculture in the 18th and 19th centuries, a time when the Lozi and the Kololo kings ruled this area. Its location between perennial rivers made eastern parts of Caprivi good and easily defensible grazing area, but the prevalence of malaria and cattle diseases made the area less tempting for European and South African farmers. Due to its remoteness German (18901915) and South African (19151990) colonial administrations exercised little influence on land use and agricultural practices. Land use in East Caprivi remained characterized by small-scale subistence farming practiced in a traditional way on communal land. The authors identify seven factors that have contributed to the way the land is used until the present. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Ke;D2 M3 - 395305403 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4211 T1 - Legal justification for statuory control of access to IVF services in Nigeria : a pragmatic perspective A1 - Yusuff,Abdulwasiu Ojo Y1 - 2013/// KW - infertility KW - legislation KW - Nigeria KW - reproductive health RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 287 EP - 305 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.287-305. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), one of the methods of medically assisted reproductive technology (ART), has become the procedure of choice for the infertile or those who are involuntarily childless who can afford it in Nigeria, as in other parts of the world. Many stakeholders are, however, oblivious of some legally contentious issues raised by or surrounding this procedure. Among many such issues this article focuses on whether or not grounds exist to statutorily regulate or streamline who can access or provide IVF services. Such a step may affect or impact upon expressions of constitutional or other private rights and thus must be legally justifiable. This article finds that justification, not only in the peculiarities of the science of IVF itself but also, in the protection of the best interests of the consumers and qualified providers of the procedure and more importantly children that may result from accessing the procedure. The preservation of cherished or valued legal and traditional concepts of marriage and the family may also provide some justification for control of access and overall regulation of ART. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Fn;F1 M3 - 398507260 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4206 T1 - NGOs, politics and government in Uganda : a dicey relationship A1 - Nassali,Maria Y1 - 2013/// KW - legislation KW - NGO KW - State-society relationship KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 404 EP - 435 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.404-435. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article interrogates the NGO / State relationship using a human rights framework, emphasizing the point that the right to freedom of association is inherent and necessary for improving the welfare of society and furthering democracy. However, in Uganda the law is geared much more towards the control of NGOs' political actions than it is directed to facilitating their independent space for effective oversight. Government essentially views NGOs as inputs in its development agenda. The article makes a case for NGOs' political consciousness because the protection of human rights serve to constrain the abuse of power. NGOs complement government by expanding pluralism and diversifying opinions as well as enabling citizens to participate in decisions that affect their lives and to hold it accountable in the struggle for societal transformation. Ultimately, the fate of NGOs depends on the coherence of their voice in defending their own rights through self regulation, to circumvent undue erosion of NGO autonomy by the State. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Hf;D2 M3 - 398507619 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4228 T1 - Remembering or re-membering?: life-writing and the politics of narration in Morgan Tsvangirai's autobiography 'At the Deep End' (2011) A1 - Moyo,Tamsanqa Y1 - 2013/// KW - autobiography KW - politicians KW - Zimbabwe RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 15 EP - 26 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.15-26. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The authors argue that, in his autobiography, Morgan Tsvangirai's analysis of events is compromised by his view of himself as a possible leader in Zimbabwe. History and characters are judged according to how they relate to him and his political career, and he positions himself at the epicentre of Zimbabwean politics, as the only true democrat and consensus-builder. Tsvangirai guides the reader to see characters and events from his own perspective, presenting the white settlers as exploiters and oppressors, and Mugabe as a villain. Tsvangirai's party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was often branded as a 'terrorist' organisation by the ruling ZANU PF, and Tsvangirai portrays himself as a passive victim of the State and the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) apparatus. The authors argue that, for much of the time, Tsvangirai "re-members" his narrative account in order to suit the political situation of 2011. The authors find nonetheless that the book is important as a well-researched account that complements other works on Zimbabwean history. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Je;D2 M3 - 395034426 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4205 T1 - Revisiting Uganda's peacekeeping role in Liberia (1994-1995) A1 - Apuuli,Kasaija Phillip Y1 - 2013/// KW - African peacekeeping forces KW - Liberia KW - peacekeeping operations KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 436 EP - 450 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.436-450. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Between 1994 and 1995, Ugandan troops served in the Economic Community Military Cease-fire Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) established by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to carry out peacekeeping operations in Liberia. The motivation for Uganda's involvement in ECOMOG was partly rooted in President Museveni's belief that Africa should find solutions to her own problems - a philosophy enshrined in the outcome document of the Conference for Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA) held in Kampala in 1991. In the end, Uganda's participation in the ECOMOG mission faced so many challenges that the country was forced to withdraw from it in July 1995. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Hf;D4 M3 - 398507716 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4232 T1 - ScŠnes des genres au Maghreb : masculinit‚s, critique queer et espaces du f‚minin/masculin A1 - Gronemann,Claudia A1 - Pasquier,Wilfried Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Met lit. opg KW - cinema KW - French language KW - gender KW - gender roles KW - homosexuality KW - images KW - literature KW - Maghreb KW - masculinity KW - Northern Africa KW - popular music RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 339 CY - Amsterdam [etc.] PB - Rodopi U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available T3 - Francopolyphonies, ISSN 1574-2032 ; 11 N2 - Ce volume collectif examine les manifestations du genre dans diff‚rentes formes d'expression artistique de l'espace franco-maghr‚bin. Il r‚unit les r‚flexions et analyses de sp‚cialistes en litt‚rature, linguistique et cin‚ma dans le but d'‚clairer la fonction structurante des mythes g‚n‚riques et de souligner l'impact social des images et de codes genr‚s ainsi que leur incidence dans les diff‚rents champs artistiques. L'ouvrage, qui aborde en outre la musique rai et des traditions iconographiques et culturelles interroge ainsi l'ensemble des modes de cr‚ation, r‚‚criture, subversion ou perp‚tuation des mythes. Contributions: Introduction (Claudia Gronemann et Wilfried Pasquier). I. Construction d'espace et du genre: Villes imp‚n‚trables, villes de 'fitna' : la ville sexu‚e chez Yasmina Khadra et Assia Djebar (Trudy Agar); Les (mur)mur(e)s de cette f‚minit‚ d‚test‚e dans 'Nos silences' de Wahiba Khiari (Emilie Notard); Le d‚sert comme emblŠme du non-lieu de la femme : Isabelle Eberhardt et sa construction de soi en musulman nomade (Irmgard Scharold); 'Quand il n'est pas la, elle danse ...' : transgressions de r“les de genre et d'espaces chez Malika Mokeddem, Leila Marouane et Maissa Bey (Birgit Mertz-Baumgartner); Le d‚sert de la ville ou la l‚gende de Romulus et R‚mus revisit‚e. Bernard-Marie KoltŠs et sa piŠce "alg‚rienne" (Doris Ruhe). II. Intersections et traditions du masculin/feminin: Passages de genres et travers‚e(s) du "texte maghr‚bin" (Mourad Yelles); La violence du texte fondateur : Abdelk‚bir Khatibi et la question du corps en Islam (Rachid Boutayeb); (Un)Doing gender dans le rai? L'auto-repr‚sentation et l'h‚t‚ro-repr‚sentation des genres (Gabriele Birken-Silverman); Le sexe de l'‚criture et son rapport a l'histoire, dans le roman alg‚rien (Charles Bonn). III. Masculinit‚s: D‚construction d'un mythe : la virilit‚ au Maghreb (Denise Brahimi); 'Omar Gatlato' de Merzak Allouache (1977): une ‚tude de cas sur le masculin (Claudia Gronemann); Les 1001 ann‚es de la nostalgie de Rachid Boudjedra, un laboratoire du genre ? (Wilfried Pasquier); IV. L'hybridite et "queer": R‚cits homo‚rotiques et r‚cits au f‚minin dans la litt‚rature marocaine (Khalid Zekri); "La m‚lancolie des genres" ou l'‚criture hybride (Sonia Zlitni-Fitouri); Maghr‚binit‚ et homosexualit‚. · propos du long-m‚trage 'Le Fil' (Mehdi Ben Attia, 2010) (Renaud Lagabrielle). V. Paroles d'‚crivain: Les "Odyss‚ennes" de Habib Tengour (Regina Keil-Sagawe / Habib Tengour). [R‚sum‚ ASC Leiden] SN - 978-90-420-3606-2 AV - AFRIKA 49012 Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Ca;K2;K3 M3 - 355031841 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4212 T1 - Self determination and resource control under Nigeria's federal system A1 - Chegwe,Emeke Y1 - 2013/// KW - legislation KW - natural resources KW - Nigeria KW - self-determination RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 265 EP - 286 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.265-286. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Currently there is no legal basis to justify the demand for regional control of resources in Nigeria. But whether this fact represents the democratic feelings or the federative expectations of all Nigerians is a different question altogether. There are so many provisions in so many laws which repetitively say the same thing about the centralization of the control of resources. This is an indication that an unaffected legislator far withdrawn from the danger and volatile nature of the Nigerian Federation is at work, churning out laws that in every democratic and federative sense, are preposterous and unashamedly exploitative. It is therefore clear that the issues of resource control and fiscal federalism are more jurisprudential than juristic, which calls for a patriotic and equitable re-examination of Nigerian fiscal policy and demands unflinching patriotism in the search for answers. What Nigeria needs is not just development in the sense of house and bridge building, but a noticeable leap in the standard of living in the country. People and not federal accounts must be the object of improvement. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/01/12/ M1 - Fn;F1 M3 - 398507163 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4224 T1 - Socio-economic determinants of obesity of Namibian women in the reproductive age group: a binary logistic regression model A1 - Pazvakawambwa,Lilian A1 - Tjipueja,Werner Y1 - 2013/// KW - Namibia KW - women's health RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 81 EP - 93 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.81-93 : tab. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Obesity leads to reduced life expectancy and increases the likelihood of a wide range of diseases. Obesity also lowers the self-esteem and has negative consequences on the cognitive and social development of a person. World-wide, obesity is a leading yet preventable cause of death. This cross sectional study examined the obesity status of women in the reproductive age group (age 15-49) in Namibia and identified socio-economic factors associated with obesity, by fitting a binary logistic regression model to a stratified multistage cluster sample of 9804 women's data from the Namibia National Health and Demographic Survey (NDHS) of 2006-2007. The independent variables, chosen on the basis of literature review and availability of data in the NDHS, included the total number of children born to the woman, the age of the woman at first birth, her place of residence, the woman's current occupation, current age of the woman, her highest level of education, her partner's educational level, the women's economic status, contraceptive use, smoking habits and religion. Several factors that bear a relationship to obesity wer identified. The authors recommend that policy and intervention programs to reduce obesity focus, amongst others, on encouraging women to delay child-bearing. Smoking was inversely related to obesity, nevertheless, women should be encouraged to stop smoking because of its other devastating health effects. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Ke;I1 M3 - 395302633 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4203 T1 - The educational consequences of teenage pregnancy in the Kavango Region A1 - Nekongo-Nielsen,Haaveshe A1 - Mbukusa,Nchindo R. Y1 - 2013/// KW - adolescents KW - dropouts KW - Namibia KW - pregnancy KW - pupils RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 51 EP - 64 JA - Journal for studies in humanities and social sciences: (2013), vol.2, no.2, p.51-64 : foto's, graf., tab. VL - 2 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - In this paper the authors discuss the pregnancy prevalence among learners in the Kavango region. The paper is an extract from a national study on dropout which collected data from three regions: Kavango, Kunene and Omaheke. The findings on teenage pregnancy reported in this article are from the Kavango region only. In the period 2005-2009, the Kavango region was in the top three of regions with the highest dropout rates, with a high number of female learners dropping out due to pregnancy (46% of the drop outs). In order to gain insight into the high incidence of pregnancy and school drop out, interviews were conducted at 58 schools with 131 dropout learners (72 female and 59 male), 138 teachers, 41 school principals and 2 parents. It was found that the problem lay not only with the pupils, but also with the parents, teachers, school managers and other adults in society, who failed to create a safe and supporting atmosphere for learning. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Ke;C1 M3 - 398763747 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4210 T1 - The environment and sustainable utilization of natural resources in Nigeria : a human rights perspective A1 - Abe,Oyeniyi O. Y1 - 2013/// KW - environmental law KW - environmental management KW - international law KW - natural resources KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 306 EP - 329 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.306-329. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article is an exposition of the age-long battle between the effects of transnational corporations' activities in developing countries such as Nigeria and the infringement of rights of the inhabitants of the extraction areas. The article analyses the principles of international environmental law and creates an exception under international human rights law which demands that companies can now be held culpable for acts committed in violation of norms of customary international law. The efficacy of international instruments in achieving these rights is highlighted, considering the fact that the Constitution has failed in realizing the importance of environmental justice in the development of the country. The work juxtaposes the rights which inure to individuals by virtue of being human with the demand for extraction of natural resources vis-…-vis the responsibility of transnational corporations in the exploitation of such resources. The work recommends that Nigeria must recognize the right to a clean and healthy environment as a justiciable right. Not only must there be the means to implement these rights, there must also be adequate and responsible enforcement mechanisms in place. Government must not only be serious but be manifestly seen to be so. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Fn;F1 M3 - 398507333 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4215 T1 - The International Criminal Court and 'Lubanga' : a feminist critique and 'jus cogens' A1 - Engle,Eric Allen Y1 - 2013/// KW - child soldiers KW - Democratic Republic of Congo KW - International Criminal Court KW - international criminal law KW - war crimes RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 161 EP - 181 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.161-181. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Charles Lubanga, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was tried before the International Criminal Court (ICC) and found guilty of the war crime of recruiting and using child soldiers. Despite procedural missteps, the Lubanga decision further anchors the prohibition of child soldiers and child auxiliaries under international law. Feminist criticisms of Lubanga misapprehend the potential of 'Lubanga' to attain the types of legal victories feminists strive for. While one can criticize the decision from a procedural point of view, it methodically strengthens the prohibition of child soldiery. This prohibition is another step towards a jus cogens prohibition of child soldiers, child auxiliaries, and child sex workers. 'Lubanga' contributes to a coherent jus cogens and sets the stage for the extension of its logic into other wrongs committed to children. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/01/12/ M1 - Gj;F2 M3 - 398491968 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4209 T1 - The national industrial court and the settlement of industrial disputes in Nigeria A1 - Agbana,J.O. A1 - Alayinde,Z.O. Y1 - 2013/// KW - labour courts KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 330 EP - 350 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.330-350. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - In any relationship (including employer and employee), disputes cannot be ruled out. In fact, there has been an astronomical increase in the number of employment law cases in recent times in Nigeria as compared to the situation in the past. The government cannot afford to allow trade disputes to be afflicted by the problem of delay in the administration of justice, with which regular courts in Nigeria are characterized considering the adverse effects it will surely have on the economic interests of the country. This, among others, precipitated finding a way out when Nigeria toed the line of some advanced countries by establishing a specialized court called the National Industrial Court (NIC). The article examines the powers, jurisdiction and composition of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Fn;F1 M3 - 398507392 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4207 T1 - The trial of civilians in Uganda's military courts : interrogating the reasons and constitutionality A1 - Naluwairo,Ronald Y1 - 2013/// KW - military courts KW - rights of the accused KW - trials KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 383 EP - 403 JA - East African Journal of Peace & Human Rights: (2013), vol.19, no.2, p.383-403. VL - 19 IS - 2 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article interrogates the major reasons advanced to justify the trial of civilians by Uganda's military courts. It also examines the constitutionality of the jurisdiction given to these courts over civilian persons. The reasons given to justify the trial of civilians in military courts range from the corrupt civilian justice system and its sluggishness to dispose of cases to the need to protect civilian judicial officers against dangerous criminals and the need to guarantee national security in an over-militarized state. Sound as they may appear, these reasons are not compelling enough to justify the trial of civilians by Uganda's military courts. The jurisdiction given to these courts over civilians is also not only constitutionally questionable but is inconsistent with international human rights law. The power given to military courts over civilians encroaches on the jurisdiction of civil courts and undermines their authority. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/02/12/ M1 - Hf;F1 M3 - 398507562 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4233 T1 - Wangechi Mutu : a fantastic journey A1 - Mutu,Wangechi A1 - Schoonmaker,Trevor Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, 21st March, 2013-21st July, 2013 Bibliogr.: p. 165-166 KW - artists KW - exhibition catalogues (form) KW - Kenya KW - visual arts RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 167 CY - Durham, NC PB - Nasher Museum of Art U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Wangechi Mutu: a fantastic journey' organized by the Nasher museum of Art at Duke University in Durham (North Carolina, United States). Contents: Foreword (Sarah Schroth); Curator's acknowledgements (Trevor Schoonmaker); Artist's acknowledgements (Wangechi Mutu); A fantastic journey (Trevor Schoonmaker); Wangechi Mutu's family tree (Kristine Stiles); The Gikuyu mythos vs. the cullud grrrl from out of space, a Wangechi Mutu feature (Greg Tate); A conversation (Wangechi Mutu and Trevor Schoonmaker); A fantastic journey at the Nasher museum of Art; Wangechi Mutu: selected biography; Contributors; Exhibition checklist; Wangechi Mutu: selected bibliography; Biography reproduction credits. [ASC Leiden abstract] SN - 978-0-938989-36-3 AV - AFRIKA A12257 Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M1 - Hc;K3 M3 - 353767573 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4243 T1 - Child slaves in the modern world A1 - Campbell,Gwyn A1 - Miers,Suzanne A1 - Miller,Joseph Calder Y1 - 2011/// N1 - Met index, noten KW - abolition of slavery KW - Central Africa KW - children KW - Ghana KW - Madagascar KW - Senegal KW - slavery KW - social history KW - South Africa KW - West Africa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - VI, 281 CY - Athens, OH PB - Ohio university press U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This collection of essays is the second of two volumes to examine the experiences of children in slavery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The essays expose the global victimization of child slaves from the period of abolition of legal slavery in the nineteenth century to the human rights era of the twentieth century. The first essay in section I 'Child slaves in the era of abolition' follows the African children liberated in the 'Amistad' incident (1843): "All we want is make us free": the voyage of La Amistad's children through the worlds of the illegal slave trade (Benjamin N. Lawrance). Five other historical essays in this section are located in Africa: Children and bondage in imperial Madagascar, ca. 1790-1895 (Gwyn Campbell); Children and slavery in the Western Sudan (Martin Klein); Slavery and guardianship in postemancipation Senegal: colonial legislation and minors in tutelle, 1848-1905 (Bernard Moitt); British magistrates and unfree children in early colonial Gold Coast, 1874-1899 (Trevor R. Getz); The redemption of child slaves by Christian missionaries in Central Africa, 1878-1914 (William G. Clarence-Smith). In section II 'Child slaves in the modern era', one essay deals specifically with Africa: Strategic agents: adolescent prostitutes in Cape Town, South Africa (Zosa de Sas Kropiwnicki). The four other articles in this section are: "This is nothing but slavery": child domestic labor in the modern context (Jonathan Blagbrough); Girls as domestic slaves in contemporary France (Philip Whalen and Malika id' Salah); Children, slavery, and soldiering (Sarah Maguire); Contemporary child slavery (Mike Dottridge). [ASC Leiden abstract] SN - 978-0-8214-1959-5 AV - AFRIKA 49460 Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M3 - 339998970 ER - TY - CHAP ID - 4245 T1 - Raw encounters : Chinese managers, African workers, and the politics of casualization in Africa's Chinese enclaves A1 - Lee,Ching Kwan Y1 - 2010/// KW - China KW - foreign investments KW - labour relations KW - mining KW - Tanzania KW - Zambia RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 127 EP - 153 U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This chapter examines one of the preeminent logics of global capital flow-the pursuit of flexible labor regimes, as a window through which to explore the interaction between Chinese investments and African communities. Casualization, alternatively termed 'informalization', 'precarious employment', and 'nonstandard jobs' in the academic literature, has become a global problem, afflicting even the advanced industrialized world. In Africa it is being discussed with great urgency among trade unionists whenever Chinese investment is the subject, even though casualization plagues all kinds of foreign investment projects. This study analyzes the respective "politics of casualization" in the Chambishi Mine on the Copperbelt, Zambia, and the Tanzania-China Friendship Textile Mills in the port city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] AV - AFRIKA 46392 Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M3 - 398652287 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4256 T1 - Narrating the Nile : politics, cultures, identities A1 - Gershoni,Israel A1 - Hatina,Meir Y1 - 2008/// N1 - Versus titelpagina : Essays in honor of Haggai Erlich : a tribute to professor Erlich on the occation of his retirement from Tel Aviv University Bibliogr.: p. 245-259, publ. by Haggai Erlich: p. 239-244. - Met index, noten KW - 2006 KW - cinema KW - conference papers (form) KW - culture KW - Egypt KW - Ethiopia KW - festschrifts (form) KW - international relations KW - literature KW - Nile River KW - political conditions KW - social conditions KW - Sudan KW - water management RP - NOT IN FILE EP - VIII, 275 CY - Boulder, CO PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This volume in honour of Prof. Haggai Erlich on the occasion of his retirement from Tel Aviv University was conceived at a workshop organized in Tel Aviv (Israel) in 2006. It offers a collection of studies that focus on the major Nile countries - Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia -, not only as separate entities, but also from a transnational perspective, elaborating on such questions as 'what are the relations between land and water and the human experiences that evolved in the Nile region?'. Within the common framework of the Nile Valley, the authors explore a variety of cultures, voices and narratives. They look into economic, social and political issues, but also investigate ideological and cultural developments as reflected in literature and the arts. Contributions: Introduction (Israel Gershoni and Meir Hatina). Part 1: Egypt and Ethiopia : history and remembering history. The closest Egyptian-Ethiopian relationship: the Mamluk Sultanate (Michael Winter); Found in translation: the Egyptian impact on Ethiopian Christian literature (Steven Kaplan); Politics of memory: Ahmad Urabi's account of the war in Ethiopia, 1876 (Meir Hatina). Part 2: Egypt and Sudan: unity and national self-determination. Swimming against the nationals current: the Egyptian communists and the unity of the Nile Valley (Rami Ginat); US policy toward the unity of the Nile Valley, 1945 - 1952 (John Voll). Part 3. The Nile Valley and collective identities. At the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris: Egyptian intellectuals in Iraq, 1919-1939 (Orit Baskin); River blindness: black and white identity in early Nasserist cinema (Joel Gordon); Umm Khulthum at the American University in Cairo: a study in the clash of Christianities (Heather J. Sharkey). Part 4. Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan: dissonance and rapprochement. Managing the water of the Nile: basis for cooperation? (Robert Collins); Ethiopia and Sudan: conflict and cooperation in the Nile Valley (David H. Shinn). Part 5. Conclusion. Narrating the Nile (Meir Hatina and Israel Gershoni). [ASC Leiden abstract] SN - 978-1-588-26591-3 hbk : œ37.50 AV - AFRIKA 49525 Y2 - 2015/04/12/ M3 - 311417469 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4275 T1 - [Malawi archive] A1 - Benda-Beckmann,Franz von Y1 - 1967/// KW - courts KW - customary law KW - legal pluralism KW - legal systems KW - Malawi KW - personal archives (form) RP - NOT IN FILE EP - xx CY - [S.l.] PB - author U1 - Aanwezig: doos 1-3, plaatsing onder de letter V (i.v.m. ruimtegebrek).;Archief Franz von Benda-Beckmann. U2 - w49 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Archival material from Professor Franz von Benda-Beckmann (1941-2013), notably field notes written and publications collected during his research on legal pluralism in Malawi in 1967. Franz von Benda-Beckmann obtained his PhD in law with his dissertation 'Rechtspluralismus in Malawi: Geschichtliche Entwicklung und heutige Problematik' (Legal Pluralism in Malawi: Historical development and contemporary problems) at the University of Kiel in 1970 (see call number AFRIKA 6738). In 1981, he was appointed professor for law and rural development in developing countries at Wageningen University. The archive contains handwritten notes in English and German about the Malawian legal systems and legislation (court decisions, notes of his conversations with Local Court Chairmen). Furthermore, the archive includes copies of National Assembly Debates (Hansard) of the Parliament of Malawi (1967,1969), an incomplete edition of the Laws of Nyasaland in Force on the 1st Day of January, 1957, ordinances of the Malawian Government (1964-1969) and annual reports of the Ministry of Justice. [ASC Leiden Abstract] AV - AFRIKA I-10 Y2 - 2015/11/30/ M3 - 398099049 ER -