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 …
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24 July 2024 English
Indeed, it is sad to expect that refugees would come from war zones in the wider Middle East and Africa, so when the UNHCR notes that 42% of the world’s …
Refugee Survey Quarterly, The Journal of North African Studies, Cultures & Conflits (in French), Contexto …
IFRI: Institut Français des Relations Internationales · 17 July 2024 English
I. Taylor, “Chinese Interest in Nigeria’s Oil and the American Context”, Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines , Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 391-404, available at: www.jstor …
the American Context”, Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines … Oil-Rich Niger Delta”, Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol … Petroleum Refining”, Journal of Contemporary African Studies, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2022, pp. 511-525.the currency …
DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 20 June 2024 English
Afghanistan’s turbulent checkpoint history Checkpoints and the transit taxes that can be levied at them have been central to the vagaries of Afghan state formation and conflict—and are crucial to …
Implications for Research, Journal of Modern African Studies, 1-13. Bandula-Irwin, Tanya, Gallien, Max … the degree of PhD, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. DIIS WP SERIES …
CPED: Centre for Population and Environmental Development · 16 June 2024 English
Team members are working on the various aspects of the collected data which hopefully will, in the first instance, guide the implementation of the pilot intervention programme during the remaining …
Florida, Sahel Research Group, Centre for African Studies, University of Florida McKune, S. L., and J …
ACCORD: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes · 14 June 2024 English
Yet the effectiveness of the political participation of these groups as well as the capacity of the state to authentically relate and respond to needs at the communal level varies …
traditional resurgence in Africa. Journal of Modern African Studies, 40(3), pp.345–368. Fallers, L.A. (1964) Populism … Ugandan politics. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 15(2), pp. 173–18. Politics of Growth and …
ACCORD: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes · 14 June 2024 English
The concept of agency demystifies notions of ‘victimhood’ and helplessness, as it denotes the ability and capability of individuals to rise above the constraints of social structures, rules and situations …
Front/Sierra Leone, The Journal of Modern African Studies, 36(2), pp. 203–235. Abdullah, I. and Muana … Cultures: African Youth and Public Space." African Studies Review, 46(1), pp. 1–12. Drummond-Mundal, L … 1997 Liberian Elections’. Journal of Modern African Studies, 37(3), pp. 431–455. Heninger, L. and McKenna … the Mano River Basin area. Journal of Modern African Studies. 42(3), pp. 437–463. Sawyer, A. (2005) Beyond …
ACCORD: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes · 14 June 2024
The president and vice-president are elected by the abunzi committees and the secretary of the abunzi is also the secretary of the cell. [...] In the oath, the mediator acknowledges …
Reflections on the crisis in the Great Lakes. African Studies Quarterly, 1(3), pp. 5–22. Malesivic, S. (2007) … Arusha: Gacaca justice in post-genocide Rwanda. African Studies Quarterly, 8(1), pp. 57–76. United Nations …
ACCORD: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes · 14 June 2024 English
It is further argued that the manipulation of youth by elite actors of all persuasions, the fragility and economic plight of the state, the lack of coherent commitment by international …
Front/Sierra Leone. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 36, pp. 203–235. Amnesty International. (2011) … policing in Sierra Leone? Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 23, pp. 371–390. Bangura, Y. (1997) Understanding …
ACCORD: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes · 14 June 2024 English
However, the society 124 Customary mediation in resource scarcities and conflicts in Sudan: Making a case for the Judiyya continues to be highly militarised and polarised7 and conflicts between and …
footage, recorded 22 August 2011. Centre for African Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Siddig …
ACCORD: African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes · 14 June 2024
Worthy of note in this regard is the organisation’s interventions in the conflicts in Sudan, Somalia and the Republic of South Sudan that resulted in the conclusion of respectively: the …
African problems’. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 31 (1), pp. 117–138. African Union 2021. The …
