African Studies
African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, etc.). The field includes the study of Africa's history (Pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial), demography (ethnic groups), culture, politics, economy, languages, and religion (Islam, Christianity, traditional religions). A specialist in African studies is often referred to as an "africanist". A key focus of the discipline is to interrogate epistemological approaches, theories and methods in traditional disciplines using a critical lens that inserts African-centred ways of knowing and references. Africanists argue that there is a need to "deexoticize" Africa and banalise it, rather …
WikipediaPublications
World Bank Group · 5 November 2024 English
Blue Carbon ecosystems, as powerful carbon sinks, can play a vital role in supporting economies, jobs, and livelihoods. For these reasons, the World Bank Group prepared the flagship report Unlocking …
stages, only available via regional (West African) studies. While Ghana has substantial salt marsh ecosystems …
UN-Habitat: UN Human Settlements Programme · 4 November 2024 English
Gender in transformers: A study of private sector innovation in the climate change, agriculture, and natural resource poli- waste. [...] https:// corporations and climate adaptation: are we asking the change: …
ijar.v12i2.1391 collide. Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue Surminski, S. (2016). Multinational and …
1 November 2024 English
The pattern of a high level of gender inequality in the workforce in the MENA region persists despite significant progress in women’s health and education in the region. [...] On …
She is Research Fellow at NTU-SBF Centre for African Studies (CAS) in Singapore, the Economic Research Forum …
RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 30 October 2024 English
Generalisation and the People of the Book Although some Qur’ānic verses condemn certain beliefs of the People of the Book, as Farid Esack notes, the Qur’ān “naturally dealt only with …
Qur’an,” Bulletin of School of Oriental and African Studies 71.2 (2008): 221-237, 223-224. 28 Abou El Fadl … Qur’an,” Bulletin of School of Oriental and African Studies 71.2, 221-237. Saeed, Abdullah, 2012, “Pre-Modern …
DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 29 October 2024 English
How Kurdish smugglers navigate checkpoints
Cross-Border Trade in Africa, The Journal of Modern African Studies 54(1): 145–69. Dunn, E. C., and Cons, J. …
Amnesty International · 23 October 2024 Spanish
In this report, Amnesty International has documented how the threats and presence of various forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) against LGBTQ people, in a context of criminalization, and the …
Nonconforming Sexualities in Africa”, 2013, African Studies Review, Volumen 56, Ejemplar 2, pp. 31-45 …
Amnesty International · 23 October 2024 French
In this report, Amnesty International has documented how the threats and presence of various forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) against LGBTQ people, in a context of criminalization, and the …
Nonconforming Sexualities in Africa”, 2013, African Studies Review, Volume 56, Numéro 2, pp. 31-45. 11 …
Amnesty International · 23 October 2024 English
In this report, Amnesty International has documented how the threats and presence of various forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) against LGBTQ people, in a context of criminalization, and the …
Nonconforming Sexualities in Africa”, 2013, African Studies Review, Volume 56, Issue 2, pp. 31-45. 11 … rights in Uganda’s “Gay Death Penalty’’’, 2012, African Studies Review, Volume 55, Issue 2. 54 Stephen O. … Nonconforming Sexualities in Africa”, 2013, African Studies Review, Volume 56, Issue 2, pp. 31-45; Richard …
IEJ: Institute for Economic Justice · 22 October 2024 English
The analysis presented here aims to inform policy making and interventions that enhance the role of the care economy in South Africa’s development and social well-being, particularly in the wake …
multigenerational households. Journal of Southern African Studies, 45(6), pp. 1017-1032. Button, K., Moore, E … Struggles in South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 48(1), pp. 43-60. Trafford, Z., and Swartz …
Policy Exchange · 22 October 2024 English
Through bilateral relationships, the Commonwealth, the G20, the Five Power Defence Arrangements, the UK Mission to ASEAN, policyexchange.org.uk | 9 The Myth of the ‘Global South’ and our imminent accession …
Global South, which is co-run by the Centre of African Studies, Centre of Development Studies, Centre of Latin …
