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People of the Zongo

Author : Enid Schildkrout
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521040532
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book People of the Zongo written by Enid Schildkrout and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Schildkrout probes questions of ethnicity, religion, cultural change and the African national identity in this study of the immigrant community of Kumasi, Ghana's second largest city. She compares first- and second-generation immigrants - those born in their rural homelands, and those born in Ghana - in terms of their orientation to politics, to kinship, and to community participation. The author explores the meaning of ethnic identity for rural- and urban-born immigrants, and establishes certain generalizations about ethnicity based on these comparisons. The book discusses the issues of migration, particularly interregional migration; the position of the 'stranger'; questions of cultural change in modern Africa; the 'generational gap' in the African context; the questions of citizenship and national identity in Africa today, and the emergence of new identities, regional, national and religious. This book has importance not only as a local case study that gives a full description of West African urban life, but also as a theoretical reconsideration of ethnicity that has application outside the African context.

Diasporas and Ethnic Identities in Africa

Author : Uyilawa Usuanlele
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1666943320
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Diasporas and Ethnic Identities in Africa written by Uyilawa Usuanlele and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-05-06 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the enormous work on diasporas relating to Africa, the majority of this work focuses on trade diasporas located in West African groups, only mentioning the pre-colonial period in passing. Therefore, there is a need to redirect research on diasporas from within Africa to include non-economic diasporas during this time period. Diasporas and Ethnic Identity in Africa: The Edo ne Ekue among the Northeast Yoruba, 1485–1995 fills a gap by discussing the existence of diasporas in pre-colonial Africa that have been neglected by African scholars. Using the Edo ne Ekue as a case study, Uyilawa Usuanlele examines Edo people by shedding light on their political institutions, trading networks, and associations as autonomous and distinct within the Benin Kingdom. This book also discusses how the Edo ne Ekue simultaneously linked their institutions with the royal court of the Benin Kingdom at the expense of the local rulers of their host communities. Throughout this study, Usuanlele provides a better understanding of ethnic identity, state by state relations and their members outside their territorial boundaries to discover the dynamics of political, economic, and social changes within and between communities during and after pre-colonial times.

Our Own Way in This Part of the World

Author : Kwasi Konadu
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478005637
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Our Own Way in This Part of the World written by Kwasi Konadu and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kofi Dᴐnkᴐ was a blacksmith and farmer, as well as an important healer, intellectual, spiritual leader, settler of disputes, and custodian of shared values for his Ghanaian community. In Our Own Way in This Part of the World Kwasi Konadu centers Dᴐnkᴐ's life story and experiences in a communography of Dᴐnkᴐ's community and nation from the late nineteenth century through the end of the twentieth, which were shaped by historical forces from colonial Ghana's cocoa boom to decolonization and political and religious parochialism. Although Dᴐnkᴐ touched the lives of thousands of citizens and patients, neither he nor they appear in national or international archives covering the region. Yet his memory persists in his intellectual and healing legacy, and the story of his community offers a non-national, decolonized example of social organization structured around spiritual forces that serves as a powerful reminder of the importance for scholars to take their cues from the lived experiences and ideas of the people they study.

Ethnicity in Ghana

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349623377
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity in Ghana written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although African ethnicity has become a highly fertile field of enquiry in recent years, most of the research is concentrated on southern and central Africa, and has passed Ghana by. This volume extends many of the distilled insights, but also modifies them in the light of the Ghanaian evidence. The collection is multidisciplinary in scope and spans the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial contexts. A central contention of the volume is that, while there were significant regional variations, ethnicity was not purely a colonial `invention'. The boundaries of `we-groups' have constantly mutated from pre-colonial times, while European categorization owed much to indigenous ways of seeing. The contributors explore the role of European administrators and recruitment officers as well as African cultural brokers in shaping new identities. The interaction of gender and ethnic consciousness is explicitly addressed. The volume also examines the formulation of the national question in Ghana today - in debates over language policy and conflicts over land and chieftaincy.

Migrants and Strangers in an African City

Author : Bruce Whitehouse
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253000750
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Migrants and Strangers in an African City written by Bruce Whitehouse and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In cities throughout Africa, local inhabitants live alongside large populations of "strangers." Bruce Whitehouse explores the condition of strangerhood for residents who have come from the West African Sahel to settle in Brazzaville, Congo. Whitehouse considers how these migrants live simultaneously inside and outside of Congolese society as merchants, as Muslims in a predominantly non-Muslim society, and as parents seeking to instill in their children the customs of their communities of origin. Migrants and Strangers in an African City challenges Pan-Africanist ideas of transnationalism and diaspora in today's globalized world.

Sustainability and Communities of Place

Author : Carl A. Maida
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845450168
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability and Communities of Place written by Carl A. Maida and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of sustainability holds that the social, economic, and environmental factors within human communities must be viewed interactively and systematically. Sustainable development cannot be understood apart from a community, its ethos, and ways of life. Although broadly conceived, the pursuit of sustainable development is a local practice because every community has different needs and quality of life concerns. Within this framework, contributors representing the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, geography, economics, law, public policy, architecture, and urban studies explore sustainability in communities in the Pacific, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, and North America. Contributors: Janet E. Benson, Karla Caser, Snjezana Colic, Angela Ferreira, Johanna Gibson, Krista Harper, Paulo Lana, Barbara Yablon Maida, Carl A. Maida, Kenneth A. Meter, Dario Novellino, Deborah Pellow, Claude Raynaut, Thomas F. Thornton, Richard Westra, Magda Zanoni Carl A. Maida is a professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles. A medical anthropologist, he has conducted ethnographic fieldwork on health and the environment in metropolitan Los Angeles. Previous publications include Pathways Through Crisis: Urban Risk and Public Culture (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008), Children and Disasters (Routledge, 1999), and The Crisis of Competence: Transitional Stress and the Displaced Worker (Routledge,1990).

Distance Forum

Author : Eric Nketiah
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1456789260
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Distance Forum written by Eric Nketiah and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distance Forum Vol. 1 is acolleciton of academic writings across disciplines. It discusses some of the issues that engage the attention of contemporary scholars because of their implication for development. among the collections are: Esther Yeboah Danso-Wiredu's "Intermediate meand of transport (IMT): A Possible Solution to Rural Transportation Problems in Ghana?" W.J. Donkoh(PhD.) et al's "The Ipact of Colonial Labour Policy on Female Migrationfrom Northern Ghana to Asante" Emannuel Sarfo and Berlinda Mensah's "I'm not interested: A Case Study of Female Students Refusals from Men." Pauline Bassey Edet's "Predictive Contributions of Parental Educational Level, Family Type and School Influence on Drop out: Implicaitons for Counselling". Franklin Egyir's "The Impact of Colonial Exploitation on Africa in the Twenty-first century Revisited: A Young Scholar's Perspective" Nicholas imbeah's "Using Festivals to Promote Tourism: A case of Aboakyer and Bakatue in the Central Region of Ghana." These and many more are some of the write-ups in this book.

The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire

Author : Michael G. Schatzberg
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253206947
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire written by Michael G. Schatzberg and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Electoral Politics and Africa's Urban Transition

Author : Noah L. Nathan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108693652
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Electoral Politics and Africa's Urban Transition written by Noah L. Nathan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two aspects of contemporary urban life in Africa are often described as sources of political change: the emergence of a large urban middle class and high levels of ethnic diversity and inter-ethnic social contact. Many expected that these factors would help spark a transition away from ethnic competition and clientelism toward more programmatic elections. Focusing on urban Ghana, this book shows that the growing middle class and high levels of ethnic diversity are not having the anticipated political effects. Instead, urban Ghana is stuck in a trap: clientelism and ethnic voting persist in many urban neighborhoods despite changes to the socio-economic characteristics and policy preferences of voters. Through a unique examination of intra-urban variation in patterns of electoral competition, Nathan explains why this trap exists, demonstrates its effects on political behavior, and explores how new democracies like Ghana can move past it.

Burkina Faso

Author : Pierre Englebert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429981562
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Burkina Faso written by Pierre Englebert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor even by the standards of West Africa and landlocked at the edge of the Sahel, Burkina Faso—the “Land of Men of Dignity”—has been plagued by political instability since independence from France in 1960. The country has suffered five military coups, the last of which cost the life of the outspoken and charismatic leader Thomas Sankara, who had waged war on poverty, corruption, and illiteracy. Yet Burkina’s growth was surprisingly strong during the 1980s, as it made the best of its meager assets in cotton, gold, and livestock. The country is also fortunate in its relative lack of ethnic conflict, and the several religions practiced—Islam, Christianity, and animism— peacefully coexist. Burkina has earned mixed reviews on the international stage, however, fighting two wars with Mali and supporting Taylor’s rebels in the Liberian civil war. In this textured introduction to Burkina Faso, Pierre Englebert highlights the historical and contemporary factors that account for the country’s instability; considers the ethnic, religious, and social contours of the Burkinabé polity; examines in depth the country’s economic policies and prospects; and analyzes Burkina’s external relations. Looking toward the next millennium, he concludes by assessing the chances of the apparent recent drive toward a more democratic system.

City Life in Africa

Author : Katja Werthmann
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000603008
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book City Life in Africa written by Katja Werthmann and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-27 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces readers to the anthropology of urban life in Africa, showing what ethnography can teach us about African city dwellers’ own notions, practices, and reflections. Social anthropologists have studied city life in Africa since the early 20th century. Their works have addressed a number of questions that are relevant until today: What happens to rural people who move to the city? What kinds of livelihoods do they pursue? How does city life affect moralities and practices connected with gender roles, marriage, parenthood, and intergenerational relations? In which social situations are ethnic and other collective identifications relevant? How do people make a home in the city? What forms of authority and leadership become relevant in urban governance? How do people talk about city life? This book asks what anthropologists have come to learn about Africans’ views on city life. It provides a critical acclaim of ethnographies in English, French, and German and elucidates anthropology’s contribution to understanding city life in Africa. It highlights the significance of female, African and Diaspora scholars for an emerging urban anthropology of Africa. The chapters are organized according to everyday activities of city dwellers: moving, connecting, governing, working, dwelling, and wayfinding. The book will be an essential read for students and researchers of social anthropology, African and urban studies, but also for professionals in research and development organizations, thinktanks, and other institutions concerned with urban Africa.

Reliving the Past

Author : Olivier Zunz
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469611236
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Reliving the Past written by Olivier Zunz and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five historians uncover the ties between people's daily routines and the all-encompassing framework of their lives. They trace the processes of social construction in Western Europe, the United States, Latin America, Africa, and China, discussing both the historical similarities and the ways in which individual history has shaped each area's development. They stress the need for a social history that connects individuals to major ideological, political, and economic transformations.

The Abandoned Narcotic

Author : Ron Brunton
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521373753
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (737 download)

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Download or read book The Abandoned Narcotic written by Ron Brunton and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1989 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Ron Brunton attempts to explain the strange geographical distribution of kava, a narcotic drink once widely consumed by south-west Pacific islanders.

The Bedouin of Cyrenaica

Author : Emrys L. Peters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052138561X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book The Bedouin of Cyrenaica written by Emrys L. Peters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together Emrys Peters' major writings on the Bedouin of Libya.

The Anthropology of Numbers

Author : Thomas Crump
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521438070
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Anthropology of Numbers written by Thomas Crump and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-10-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numbers are an important feature of almost all known cultures. In this detailed anthropological study, Thomas Crump examines how people from a wide range of diverse cultures, and from different historical backgrounds, use and understand numbers. By looking at the logical, psychological and linguistic implications, he analyses how numbers operate within different contexts. The author goes on to consider the relationship of numbers to specific themes, such as ethnoscience, politics, measurement, time, money, music, games and architecture. The Anthropology of Numbers is an original contribution to scholarship, written in a clear and accessible style. It will be of interest to anthropologists who study cognition, symbolism, primitive thought and classification, and to those in adjacent disciplines of psychology, cognitive science and mathematical social science.

The Making of the Modern Greek Family

Author : Paul Sant Cassia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521400817
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Modern Greek Family written by Paul Sant Cassia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1991 study deals with a specific set of institutions in nineteenth-century Athens. Relying on matrimonial contracts, travellers' accounts, memoirs and popular literature, the authors show how distinctive forms of marriage, kinship and property transmission evolved in Athens in the nineteenth century. These forms then became a feature of wider Greek society which continued into the twentieth century. Greece was the first post-colonial modern nation state in Europe whose national identity was created largely by peasants who had migrated to the city. As Athenian society became less agrarian, a new mercantile group superseded and incorporated previous elites and went on to dominate and control the new resources of the nation state. Such groups developed their own, more mobile, systems of property transmission, mostly in response to external pressures of a political and economic character. This is a persuasive piece of detective work which has advanced our knowledge of modern Greece. It is a model for scholarship on the development of family and other 'intimate' ideologies where nation states encroach upon local consciousness.

Strategies and Norms in a Changing Matrilineal Society

Author : Ladislav Holý
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521303001
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Strategies and Norms in a Changing Matrilineal Society written by Ladislav Holý and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the changes in the kinship patterns of the Toka of South Zambia as they shifted their form of production from hoe agriculture to ox-drawn plowing. Confronts several theoretical issues of current anthropology including the nature of descent, and the distinction and relationship between descent groups and categories.