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 Conference paper |
 Leiden University catalogue |
| Title: | Africanists on Africa: current issues |
| Editors: | Chabal, Patrick Skalník, Peter |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Pages: | 305 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Berlin |
| Publisher: | LIT Verlag |
| ISBN: | 3643106823; 9783643106827 |
| Geographic terms: | Africa Benin Cape Verde Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Nigeria Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa |
| Subjects: | political conditions social conditions conference papers (form) 2009 |
| Abstract: | Most of the contributions in this volume were presented at the international conference 'Viva Africa 2009', which was held in Hradec Králové (Czech Republic). The aim was to contribute to a better understanding of current issues in Africa as seen by professional Africanists. Topics of discussion include the primacy of the State (Peter Skalník, Patrick Chabal); redefining Africa's place in world affairs (Vladimir Arseniev); political parties in Africa (Vlastimil Fiala) and Ghana (Jan Prouza); the role of Nanun chiefs in politics and development in Ghana (Peter Skalník); tradition-based reconciliation rituals in post-war Sierra Leone (Katerina Werkman); mercenaries in pre- and postcolonial Africa (Richard Bradshaw and Ibrahim Ndzesop); Ethiopian federalism (Jan Záhorik); Somalia's political history (Alemayehu Kumsa); corruption and conspiracies in the South African lowveld (Isak Niehaus); Cape Verdean national identity (Jan Klíma); street children and post-working child transitions in Kenya (Philip L. Kilbride); heritage, tourism and nationbuilding in South Africa (Hana Horáková); the transformation of Venda-speaking labour migrants into religious leaders (Vendula Rezácová); the South African microcredit industry (Stephné Herselman); vocational training in the 'informal sector' in Benin (Daniel Künzler); and dating in Port Harcourt, Nigeria (Jana Bayerlová). [ASC Leiden abstract] |