African Studies

First published in 1956, Epitaph to Indirect Rule compares the old order of colonial government, represented by the Indirect Rule system, with the innovations of the more democratic administrative pattern introduced in the Eastern Region of Nigeria for...

This book investigates the experiences of women in Zimbabwe facing COVID-19 and GBV, arguing that the insights from this extremely tough period could be used as a springboard for positive legal, cultural and policy changes. The book will interest...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478031345Author Jordache A EllapenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Duke University PressPublisher Duke University PressWeight(grams) 445g

This volume provides an overview of fundamental or ‘grounding’ themes in African Cultural Studies, including the articulation of African cultural studies, the issue of Africa’s diaspora(s), African identity and identifications, and media studies in...

This volume focuses on the directions that African cultural studies has taken over the years and covers the following central themes: contemporary issues in African cultural studies; Gender and the making of identity; the dual discourses of Afropessimism...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478028109Author Jordache A EllapenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Duke University PressPublisher Duke University PressWeight(grams) 572g

While some academic attention has been paid to the impact of new digital technologies on African media in the colonial languages of English, French and Portuguese, there is a dearth of research into African language digital communication.This book...

Water into Bones explores the spiritual importance of water in Madagascar. Families in northern Madagascar conceptualize water as a spiritual realm where magical creatures and some ancestors live, and believe that infants are born with a special...

Set against critiques of neoliberal capitalism in the present, Infrastructural Attachments argues that the technopolitics of austerity have been the organizing logic of statecraft in Kenya since the late-nineteenth century, calling into question the...

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In recent years, youth migration across regional urban sites and national borders has radically reshaped West African societies and sparked a global debate on the legal and cultural processes of immigration. Along newly constructed international highways...

This book explores the crucial political and diplomatic issue of migration, which over the past decade, has become a central theme in relations between Africa and Europe. It discusses the diverse perspectives of African and European actors on migration...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350356726Author Stephanie S StarlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher Bloomsbury AcademicWeight(grams) 454g

This book presents an analysis of Johannesburg’s Kwa Mai Mai market, which was once known to regulars as 'a place of healing' and has experienced numerous changes of significant national transformation over time. It explores how the Kwa Mai Mai...

First Published in 1939 and reissued with a new preface in 1965, African Women presents a study of the Ibo women of Nigeria. The originality of the book lies in the fact that practically all the information is obtained from women and that throughout,...

This book considers how basic income could be used as a mechanism for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in African agrarian societies.African agrarian societies are among those most severely impacted by disasters, due to insufficient...

This book presents valuable insights into the realities faced by security personnel as they deal with life-threatening situations in a high-stress security environment. The causes and consequences of stress are explored, followed by a comprehensive...

The decade of 1980s was one of crisis for Africa. Neither African governments nor development agencies made a significant impact on the quality of life of rural people. The enormous range of contexts in Africa — social, economic, political, cultural, and...

Originally published in 1951, Nigerian Land Law and Custom (now with a new preface by Olusoji Elias), the first of its kind, is an excellent comparative study of the whole system of land tenure in Nigeria. There are, of course, a few anthropological...

This book leaves no stone unturned in its comprehensive examination of the complex challenges surrounding academic freedom in Africa.Drawing on diverse perspectives and methodologies, it delves into the historical, philosophical, legal, and...

Regional integration was identified many years ago as being critical to Africa’s quest to overcome its colonially induced underdevelopment. To encourage this, several potentially significant programmes or projects have been stillborn or inadequately...

This book explores sport communication in Africa and the African diaspora. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, it deepens our understanding of the importance of sport in African society as well as the profound and growing influence of the African...

Comprising critical writings in civil-military relations theory and research, this book of essays integrates the ideas and insights drawn from political science, particularly its subfields of comparative politics, theory and methodology both normative...

After centuries of colonial rule, the end of Angola's three-decade civil war in 2002 provided an irresistible opportunity for the government to reimagine the Luanda cityscape. Awash with petrodollars cultivated through strategic foreign relationships,...

This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immaterial forms of representation, commemoration, and memorialization. Recent waves of protest around the world have called for...

This book investigates the impact of commercial banks in Kenya right through from their origins, to their role during the colonial period, the process of adaptation following independence, and up to their responses to new challenges and economic policies...

Whilst there is an extensive body of research exploring the barriers to gender equality and female empowerment in high-income states, there are far fewer systematic analyses within lower-income settings. This book draws on extensive empirical data to...

This book calls for the institution of an African feminist philosophy of language, challenging existing debates and encouraging a move away from the Western gaze.The book begins with an analysis of the philosophical context of African feminism, and a...

After centuries of colonial rule, the end of Angola's three-decade civil war in 2002 provided an irresistible opportunity for the government to reimagine the Luanda cityscape. Awash with petrodollars cultivated through strategic foreign relationships,...

Written as a tribute to the revolutionary intellectual and leader Mzala Nxumalo, this book discusses the significance of his work in the context of contemporary South African left politics. It explores the history and struggle of the apartheid era that...

This book critically interrogates the notion of transformation in higher education, focusing on epistemological and structural issues in postcolonial and contemporary Africa.The book considers the multifaceted challenges facing higher education in the...

This book leaves no stone unturned in its comprehensive examination of the complex challenges surrounding academic freedom in Africa.Drawing on diverse perspectives and methodologies, it delves into the historical, philosophical, legal, and...