International African Library – serie
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13 produkter
Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town
Häftad, 2003
447 kr
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This study of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition. Fertility transition theory and modernisation theory from which it derives have not explained why …
Ethnicity and the Making of History in Northern Ghana
Av Carola Lentz
Inbunden, 2006
1883 kr
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Drawing on two decades of research this social and political history of North-Western Ghana traces the creation of new ethnic and territorial boundaries, categories and forms of self-understanding, and represents a major contribution to debates on ethnicity, colonialism and the ‘production of …
Man-Leopard Murders
History and Society in Colonial Nigeria
Inbunden, 2007
1341 kr
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This book is an account of murder and politics in Africa, and an historical ethnography of southern Annang communities during the colonial period. Its narrative leads to events between 1945 and 1948 when the imperial gaze of police, press and politicians was focused on a series of mysterious deaths …
Philosophising in Mombasa
Knowledge, Islam and Intellectual Practice on the Swahili Coast
Av Kai Kresse
Inbunden, 2007
2192 kr
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Philosophising in Mombasa provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. In this historically established Muslim environment, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, philosophy is investigated as social discourse and …
Masquerades of Modernity
Power and Secrecy in Casamance, Senegal
Inbunden, 2007
1331 kr
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How do those on the margins of modernity face the challenges of globalization? This book demonstrates that secrecy is one of the means by which a society on the fringe of modernity produces itself as locality. Focusing on initiation rituals, masked performances and modern art, this study shows that …
Beyond the State in Rural Uganda
Av Ben Jones
Inbunden, 2008
1507 kr
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In this innovative study, Ben Jones argues that scholars too often assume that the state is the most important force behind change in local political communities in Africa. Studies look to the state, and to the impact of government reforms, as ways of understanding processes of development and …
Pandemic Kinship
Families, Intervention, and Social Change in Botswana's Time of AIDS
Häftad, 2024
519 kr
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Shaped around the stories of one extended family, their friends, neighbours, and community, Pandemic Kinship provides an intimate portrait of everyday life in Botswana's time of AIDS. It challenges assumptions about a 'crisis of care' unfolding in the wake of the pandemic, showing that care - like …
Inventing an African Alphabet
Writing, Art, and Kongo Culture in the DRC
Av Ramon Sarró
Häftad, 2024
519 kr
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In 1978, Congolese inventor David Wabeladio Payi (1958–2013) proposed a new writing system, called Mandombe. Since then, Mandombe has grown and now has thousands of learners in not only the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also France, Angola and many other countries. Drawing upon Ramon Sarró's …
Youth, Pentecostalism, and Popular Music in Rwanda
Inbunden, 2025
1526 kr
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Youth, Pentecostalism, and Popular Music in Rwanda offers fascinating insight into the lived experiences of young people in Rwanda through ethnographic analysis of the ambiguities and ambivalences that have accompanied the country's rapid post-genocide development. Andrea Mariko Grant considers how …
Bus Station Hustle
Transport Work in Urban Ghana
Inbunden, 2025
1526 kr
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Bus stations are among the most prominent sites of social and economic activity in Africa. Integral to transport, trade, and exchange over distance, they provide livelihoods for large numbers of people. Through a detailed ethnography of one of Ghana's busiest long-distance bus stations, Michael …
Love and Violence in Sierra Leone
Mediating Intimacy after Conflict
Inbunden, 2025
1493 kr
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In the decades following the civil war that took place in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002, new laws were passed to rebuild the state, and to prevent rape, teenage pregnancy and domestic violence. In this ethnography, Luisa T. Schneider explores the intricate semantic, empirical and socio-legal …
Islam and the Prayer Economy
History and Authority in a Malian Town
Häftad, 2005
396 kr
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At a time when so-called fundamentalism has become the privileged analytical frame for understanding Muslim societies past and present, this study offers an alternative perspective on Islam. In an innovative combination of anthropology, history, and social theory, Benjamin Soares explores Islam and …
Art, Performance and Ritual in Benin City
Av Charles Gore
Inbunden, 2007
1186 kr
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This book explores the roles of contemporary urban shrines and their visual traditions in Benin City. It focuses on the charismatic priests and priestesses who are possessed by a pantheon of deities, the communities of devotees, and the artists who make artifacts for their shrines. The visual arts …
