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Moving Through and Passing On

Author : Yaa P.A. Oppong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351504339
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Moving Through and Passing On written by Yaa P.A. Oppong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Fulani are one of West Africa's most populous and geographically dispersed ethnic groups. Commonly thought of as a pastoral people, primarily engaged in cattle herding, Fulani peoples are in reality highly differentiated in livelihood and patterns of mobility. Despite having a long history of residence in Ghana, Fulani are considered ""aliens"" in the eyes of the state and ""strangers"" by the various ethnic groups among whom they reside. Among Fulani themselves, differences of place, circumstance, and experience have generated parallel ambigoities on matters of identity and survival. In Moving Through and Passing On, Yaa P.A. Oppong focuses on the Fulani of the Greater Accra region to offer the first detailed account of the lives of this transnational community in Ghana.Based on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork, Oppong develops detailed case studies and draws upon over two hundred in-depth life histories to explore issues of mobility, survival, and identity among this spacially dispersed and diverse group. Using perspectives and insights gained from oral life histories, private and public ceremonies, and ethnic associations, she examines the sites and circumstances in which people profess to be the ""same"" or ""different"" from one another. The markers of Fulani identity-as recognized by Fulani and non-Fulani alike-are examined. Oppong also explores the factors that allow them, as a distinct ethnic category, to maintain and perpetuate this identity and viability in Greater Accra. The metaphoric analogy of ""construction sites"" is employed to define the explicit and implicit events and recurring processes through which people conceive of themselves as Fulani. These locations and contexts of action include ethnic associations, public gatherings, and common rites of passage. The recurring processes include genealogical reckoning of kinship and endogamous marriage transactions, and the ways in which ties of descent and filiation are used to enha"

Savannah Nomads

Author : Derrick J. Stenning
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783894738785
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Savannah Nomads written by Derrick J. Stenning and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1959 account of the Nomadic pastoral Fulani of Bornu, Northern Nigeria, begins with a brief historical sketch of the ancient kingdom of Bornu, and the Holy War of the nineteenth century and its repercussions. A detailed analysis of the family structure of the pastoralists (or Wodaabe) follows. The volume covers their organization into lineage groups, their forms of marriage and of inheritance, the status and functions of leaders in the lineage group and the cattle camps, and the central place the herds occupy in the social structure. The volume covers the impact on the traditional structure and way of life of the British administration, in particular the effects of the introduction of village headships and of new methods of taxation. A concluding chapter describes current plans for improving the general economy of the pastoralists, by developing various modifications of their methods of agricultural and animal husbandry, and by establishing forms of settlement.

The Crisis of Belonging and Ethnographies of Peacebuilding in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Author : Benjamin Maiangwa
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793628483
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Crisis of Belonging and Ethnographies of Peacebuilding in Kaduna State, Nigeria written by Benjamin Maiangwa and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the contested notions of territory and belonging in Nigeria, most especially among the Fulani and other ethnic groups in Kaduna. The book argues that these controversies center around Indigenous, nomadic, and autochthonous claims of belonging. The author identifies these differing notions of belonging as a major condition of violent conflicts in Kaduna and across various postcolonial societies. The author’s analysis demonstrates how dynamic ideological impetuses for these conflicts underscore broader issues of citizenship rights, nationhood, and local peacebuilding in Nigeria.

Honour in African History

Author : John Iliffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521837859
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (378 download)

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Download or read book Honour in African History written by John Iliffe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first published account of the role played by ideas of honour in African history from the fourteenth century to the present day. It argues that appreciation of these ideas is essential to an understanding of past and present African behaviour. Before European conquest, many African men cultivated heroic honour, others admired the civic virtues of the patriarchal householder, and women honoured one another for industry, endurance, and devotion to their families. These values both conflicted and blended with Islamic and Christian teachings. Colonial conquest fragmented heroic cultures, but inherited ideas of honour found new expression in regimental loyalty, respectability, professionalism, working-class masculinity, the changing gender relationships of the colonial order, and the nationalist movements which overthrew that order. Today, the same inherited notions obstruct democracy, inspire resistance to tyranny, and motivate the defence of dignity in the face of AIDS.

Freedom in Fulani Social Life

Author : Paul Riesman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226717432
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Freedom in Fulani Social Life written by Paul Riesman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-08-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Riesman's Freedom in Fulani Social Life is based upon his two years of residence among the Jelgobe, a group of semi-nomadic Fulani of the Sahel in Upper Volta, western Africa. Since its original publication, this classic study has profoundly influenced the field of anthropology through its re-examination of the enthnographer's personal input on his research. "Freedom in Fulani Social Life richly documents how the ethnographer's own personal and cultural background is implicated in the research process. . . . For this reason, [Riesman's] book will be of paramount interest to all ethnographers."—Philip L. Kilbride, Reviews in Anthropology "A remarkably well-written and insightful account of Fulani life. . . . In addition to using the conventional approaches of participating in and observing the daily activities of the Jelgobe . . . Riesman enriches his account by examining his personal feelings about particular incidents."—Library Journal "An interesting and provocative study."—Choice At the time of his death in 1988, Paul Riesman was an anthropologist who taught at Carleton College.

Essays on the Land, Ecotheology, and Traditions in Africa

Author : Benjamin Abotchie Ntreh
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532682034
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Essays on the Land, Ecotheology, and Traditions in Africa written by Benjamin Abotchie Ntreh and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-08-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores how African Christians in Ghana can think eco-theologically about the nexus of mining, waste pollution, water pollution, and land degradation. In 2017, the government of Ghana banned illegal mining and declared war against any activity that does not complement environmental protection and conservation of natural resources. The Christian church needs academic resources to support the campaign against the destruction of the land, water bodies, and environment. The papers presented generate theological imaginations in shaping the political campaign against the destruction of the land and the environment. Reflection on areas related to the theme includes: "The Concept of Land in the Bible"; "The Christian Church and the Galamsey Menace in West Africa"; "The Fulani Cattle Headsmen and Care for the Land"; "The Bible and the Environment: Towards an Agenda for Eco-theology in African Theological Institutions"; "Stewardship of the Land"; "The Menace of Mining in Ghana"; "Destruction of Water Bodies in Ghana"; and "The Menace of Plastic Waste in Ghana." This volume will serve as a textbook for theological students, the church, and other governmental agencies.

Old Age in African Literary and Cultural Contexts

Author : Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527571157
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Old Age in African Literary and Cultural Contexts written by Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a wide range of indigenous, postcolonial, gender and racial lenses, African writers have provided perspectives on various aspects of old age in the context of African literatures and cultures. This book illustrates how African literary and linguistic representations, ranging from short stories, novels and film to drama and theatre, give expression to ideas about old age. The perspectives offered here provide essential knowledge in understanding the uses of dichotomous age-related categories, such as old-young, elderly male-elderly female, and foreign-indigenous, which generally result in prejudice. Using ageism as its central theme, the contributions draw attention to the ambiguity associated with elderly people in African society who are often highly venerated for their wisdom, but also stereotyped because of their advanced age. However, as the book demonstrates, old age is also deeply valorised in some traditional African contexts, where older adults are regarded as indispensable members of society. It will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers, and students of African studies, applied theatre studies, gerontology, postcolonialism, sociolinguistics, sociology and anthropology.

Pastoralists of the West African Savanna

Author : Mahdi Adamu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429817797
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Pastoralists of the West African Savanna written by Mahdi Adamu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 undergoing with urbanisation, increased central government control and the spread of market relations. The papers are in both English and French and include historical studies of aspects of the history of Adamawa, the Fulani, the Twareg, the Shuwa Arabs and the Koyam in pre-colonial times. There is also a survey of the state of Fula language studies and the variety of Fula literature; discussions of the changing nature of pastoralism and the nomadic way of life in Cameroon, Senegal and Nigeria, including the effects of drought.

Public Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : John Fulton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040154840
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Public Health in Sub-Saharan Africa written by John Fulton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-07 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating collection shines a social epidemiological spotlight on the key public health issues affecting sub-Saharan Africa today. Beginning with the legacy of colonial rule, this book outlines the complex interplay between population health and a range of social, economic, and cultural factors. It shows how social epidemiological methods can offer a deeper understanding of population health and features chapters on a range of infectious diseases that continue to have a devastating impact on the region, including Sickle Cell Disease, HIV/AIDS, Leprosy, and Ebola. The final section of this book includes a series of case studies in which social epidemiological methods have been used to explore specific public health issues. Providing a timely overview of the relationship between social systems and human biology in the region, this important book will interest students and researchers across Public Health, Medicine, and African Studies.

Pastoralists under Pressure?

Author : Victor Azarya
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004491708
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Pastoralists under Pressure? written by Victor Azarya and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the work of a number of leading specialists of the Fulbe (Fulani, Peul), the largest and most widespread group of pastoralists in West Africa. The collection deals with a wide variety of subjects, ranging from ethnicity and identity, ecology and politics, and social transformation and takes us to such diverse settings across the African continent as urban Nigeria, dryland West and Central Mali, the Aadamaawa plateau in Cameroon, the Guinean highlands, the Ivorian savannah, the Central Sudan, Northern Benin and the Senegal valley. This volume shows that the Fulbe are a fascinating example for the comparative study of social change, and ecological and cultural adaptation by discussing contemporary changes in Fulbe society and the amazing variety of settings in which they are able to survive.

Masks and Staffs

Author : Michaela Pelican
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1782387293
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Masks and Staffs written by Michaela Pelican and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cameroon Grassfields, home to three ethnic groups – Grassfields societies, Mbororo, and Hausa – provide a valuable case study for the anthropological examination of identity politics and interethnic relations. In the midst of the political liberalization of Cameroon in the late 1990s and 2000s, local responses to political and legal changes took the form of a series of performative and discursive expressions of ethnicity. Confrontational encounters stimulated by economic and political rivalry, as well as socially integrative processes, transformed collective self-understanding in Cameroon in conjunction with recent global discourses on human, minority, and indigenous rights. The book provides a vital contribution to the study of ethnicity, conflict, and social change in the anthropology of Africa.

Peoples on the Move

Author : David J. Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903689059
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Peoples on the Move written by David J. Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the most comprehesive source of information on all the nomadic peoples of the world. Maps help you to locate these nomadic people groups, many of them unevangelized; black and white photographs enable you to visualize them, and people profiles and bibliographic data facilitate research."--Back cover.

Etiquette and Taboos around the World

Author : Ken Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440838216
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Etiquette and Taboos around the World written by Ken Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interesting resource for learning about the cultural differences and characteristics of people across the globe, this encyclopedia covers the "do's" and "don'ts" of a breadth of countries and major ethnic groups. Readers of this one-volume reference will gain useful knowledge of what travelers should and shouldn't do when in countries outside of the United States. After a general introduction, approximately 100 alphabetically arranged entries cover topics such as greeting and meeting, appearance and dress, table manners, body language, social situations and hospitality, verbal communications, business etiquette, religious etiquette, gift-giving, and even "netiquette" regarding social media. Sidebars and images throughout make the text more accessible and engaging, and additional readings at the end of each entry as well as the bibliography offer opportunities for further research on the subject. The content also directly supports the National Geography Standards and the AP Human Geography curriculum for high school students as they learn about the cultural differences and characteristics of people in major ethnic groups across the globe.

Nigerian Gods

Author : Erubu Otobo
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9786020464
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Gods written by Erubu Otobo and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigerian Gods is an enlightening and sobering review of the impact of the introduction of the three main Abrahamic religions on Nigeria's traditional religions, culture and way of life, viewed through the prism of its eleven largest and two of the smallest ethnic groups. Kome Otobo, gives here a factual and acute description and presentation of the main characteristics of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria - historical background and socio-political structures, demography, traditional religions, differing impacts of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and major occupations and modes of existence - which should serve to propel all to a fuller assessment of the complexities of the directions which a Post-Covid-19 World is tending rapidly, ethnically and racially exploited differences jumping to the fore to question erstwhile dominant political ideologies and political arrangements based on them.

Human Rights and Community-led Development

Author : Ben Cislaghi
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 147441981X
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights and Community-led Development written by Ben Cislaghi and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides cross-disciplinary perspectives on the study of animals in humanities

African Seminars

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429812760
Total Pages : 2446 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book African Seminars written by Various Authors and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 2446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 International African Library and the International African Seminars and address themes of direct relevance to contemporary Africa on topics as diverse as medicine, migration, housing, pastorialism and marriage.

Fulani

Author : Pat I. Ndukwe
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823919826
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Fulani written by Pat I. Ndukwe and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 1995-12-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history, traditions, culture, and religion of the Fulani, who held political, religious, and military power over parts of western Africa for several centuries and still live in many countries there.