African Seminars: Scholarship from the International African Institute – serie
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17 produkter
Feeding African Cities
Studies in Regional Social History
Av Jane Guyer
Inbunden, 2018
2198 kr
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Originally published in 1987, this book traces the broad outlines of urban food policy, drawing attention to the limited knowledge of regional social history. Urban food supply systems in Africa have developed very fast, in the midst of societies in which food production was not in general oriented …
Feeding African Cities
Studies in Regional Social History
Av Jane Guyer
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Originally published in 1987, this book traces the broad outlines of urban food policy, drawing attention to the limited knowledge of regional social history. Urban food supply systems in Africa have developed very fast, in the midst of societies in which food production was not in general oriented …
Professionalisation of African Medicine
Av Murray Last, G. L. Chavunduka
Inbunden, 2018
2198 kr
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Originally published in 1986, this book draws upon a range of authors to reflect wide interest in systematising traditional medicine, and to include material on significant instances of regulation or organisation. It was the first book to study the efforts of traditional healers and their newly …
Professionalisation of African Medicine
Av Murray Last, G. L. Chavunduka
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Originally published in 1986, this book draws upon a range of authors to reflect wide interest in systematising traditional medicine, and to include material on significant instances of regulation or organisation. It was the first book to study the efforts of traditional healers and their newly …
Migrants No More
Settlement and Survival in Mambwe Villages, Zambia
Inbunden, 2018
2134 kr
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Originally published in 1988, this book documents genealogical developments which, together with changes in agricultural production, religious ethic, politics, gender relations, patterns of solidarity and trade were local adjustments to the economic crisis of the 1970s and 80s in Zambia. The book …
Migrants No More
Settlement and Survival in Mambwe Villages, Zambia
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Originally published in 1988, this book documents genealogical developments which, together with changes in agricultural production, religious ethic, politics, gender relations, patterns of solidarity and trade were local adjustments to the economic crisis of the 1970s and 80s in Zambia. The book …
Transformations of African Marriage
Av David Parkin, David Nyamwaya
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Originally published in 1987, this book shows that there is still considerable continuity in the practices and ideas of marriage in Afican against a background of social and economic change. This book discusses the diverse marriage forms in Africa and explores the different systems some of which …
Patrons and Power
Creating a Political Community in Metropolitan Lagos
Inbunden, 2018
2134 kr
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Originally published in 1986, this urban political ethnography focusses on Mushin, a large suburb of metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria. It explores the mechanisms which bridge the various social categories to bring about political interaction. The book traces the development of Mushin from a collection …
Patrons and Power
Creating a Political Community in Metropolitan Lagos
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Originally published in 1986, this urban political ethnography focusses on Mushin, a large suburb of metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria. It explores the mechanisms which bridge the various social categories to bring about political interaction. The book traces the development of Mushin from a collection …
Identities on the Move
Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya
Inbunden, 2018
2134 kr
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Originally published in 1989, this book examines how the inter-ethnic relationships of the clans of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuye and some Somalis of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia came about. It also examines the uses to which these inter-ethnic relationships are put: for example in …
Pastoralists of the West African Savanna
Selected Studies Presented and Discussed at the Fifteenth International African Seminar held at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, July 1979
Av Mahdi Adamu, A. H. M. Kirk-Greene
Inbunden, 2018
2134 kr
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Originally published in 1986, this volume deals with various aspects of the life of the pastoralists who live in the area between what was Senegambia and Cameroon. It analyses the changing relations between pastoralists and agricultural peoples, and the changes that pastoral societies are …
Pastoralists of the West African Savanna
Selected Studies Presented and Discussed at the Fifteenth International African Seminar held at Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, July 1979
Av Mahdi Adamu, A. H. M. Kirk-Greene
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Originally published in 1986, this volume deals with various aspects of the life of the pastoralists who live in the area between what was Senegambia and Cameroon. It analyses the changing relations between pastoralists and agricultural peoples, and the changes that pastoral societies are …
Housing Africa's Urban Poor
Inbunden, 2018
2134 kr
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Originally published in 1990, this book reveals the extent to which petty landlordism is developing not just in the African urban settlements that have sprung up but in government-sponsored low-cost housing estates. The first part of the book traces African governments' changing responses to urban …
Housing Africa's Urban Poor
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Originally published in 1990, this book reveals the extent to which petty landlordism is developing not just in the African urban settlements that have sprung up but in government-sponsored low-cost housing estates. The first part of the book traces African governments' changing responses to urban …
Transformations of African Marriage
Av David Parkin, David Nyamwaya
Inbunden, 2018
2134 kr
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Originally published in 1987, this book shows that there is still considerable continuity in the practices and ideas of marriage in Afican against a background of social and economic change. This book discusses the diverse marriage forms in Africa and explores the different systems some of which …
Identities on the Move
Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya
Häftad, 2020
561 kr
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Originally published in 1989, this book examines how the inter-ethnic relationships of the clans of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuye and some Somalis of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia came about. It also examines the uses to which these inter-ethnic relationships are put: for example in …
African Seminars
Scholarship from the International African Institute
2018
17961 kr
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Originally published between 1986 and 1989 the 8 volumes in this set reflect the research and debate surrounding many issues for the African economy, society and culture and as such make a vital contribution to effective development, both rural and urban. They re-issue key titles from the …
