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 …

Wikipedia

Publications

RESEP: Research on Socio-Economic Policy · 20 September 2023 English

Instead, it is an intricate tapestry of the child’s own genetic make- up, skills and abilities, interwoven with the experiences and teachings received from surrounding social and cultural groups.” And: …

longest shortest). • Patterning knowledge. South African Studies: Preschool predictors of academic performance performance Language and Maths Slide 7: South African Studies: Preschool predictors of academic performance


ODI: Overseas Development Institute · 20 September 2023 English

Shifting national policy has governed how and where refugees live, and what rights and status they are afforded – with significant repercussions for the nature and quality of social relations …

of Burundian refugees in Tanzania’ Critical African Studies 10(1): 108–125 (https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392


Urban Institute · 19 September 2023 English

Since 2021, the Partnering for Vaccine Equity (P4VE) program, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has addressed racial and ethnic disparities in adult COVID-19 and influenza …

is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in African studies with a focus on public policy at Howard University


IDOS: German Institute of Development and Sustainability · 14 September 2023 English

This policy brief presents gaps and challenges involved in addressing climate change and human mobility in cities. Although actors recognize the nexus of climate change and human mobility and the …

for a policy review. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 47(2), 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909611422324


ODI: Overseas Development Institute · 13 September 2023 English

The findings also reveal a clear need to advance the collective knowledge on how to address current and future climate-related losses and damages, including: • better quantification of Loss and …

Business School and School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Burkett, M. (2016) ‘Reading


SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 12 September 2023

Inhaltsverzeichnis > Israel / Palästina > Palästina / Palästinenser > Israel > Israel - arabische Länder > Israel / Libanon / Syrien > Libanon > Syrien > Irak > Jordanien …

288 S. Lia Brozgal In: The Journal of North African Studies (online first), 09.2023, 4 S. Preview und Download


GDP Center: BU: Global Development Policy Center · 12 September 2023 English

This is 64 percent of kins-Nanjing Center and a BA the World Bank’s $264.15 billion in sovereign loans to Africa and almost five times the African Devel- in Political Science …

Economics Affairs and a certifi- cate in African Studies Figure 1: Chinese Loans to Africa, 2000-2022


RVI: Rift Valley Institute · 12 September 2023 English

While the declared intention was to put the proceeds of privatization towards servicing the monumental debt load incurred by the ailing industry, in the long-term the transfer of operations to …

the Lower Omo Valley’, Journal of Eastern African Studies 5/1 (2011). 10 Felix Girke, ‘Homeland, Boundary lowlands of Ethiopia’, Journal of Eastern African Studies 13/4 (2019). https://addisstandard.com/ana lowland transformation’, Journal of Eastern African Studies 16/3 (2022). 34 See: Ethiopian Sugar Industry Ill-Being in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley’, African Studies Review 61/1 (2018). Rift Valley Institute | Irrigation Developments: Volume I – Report’, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford, October 2012


SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 12 September 2023 German

Inhaltsverzeichnis > Horn von Afrika / Ostafrika > Somalia > Somalia / Äthiopien > Äthiopien / Jemen / Saudi-Arabien > Äthiopien > Dschibuti > Sudan > Niger > Mali / …

Regionalforschung (Afrika) Ten challenges in reconfiguring African Studies Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni In: Review of African


COSSA: Consortium of Social Science Associations · 11 September 2023 English

Department of Education’s International Education and Foreign Language Studies account in the Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill approved by the Subcommittee before the recess. [...] The economic …

Submitted by the following 32 organizations: African Studies Association Alliance for International Exchange


View more