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Afrika Spectrum

1997 - 2008

from Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg
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Volume 43, issue 1, 2008

Pastoral conflicts and state-building in the Ethiopian lowlands pp. 19-38
Tobias Hagmann and Alemmaya Mulugeta
Political history of the Afar in Ethiopia and Eritrea pp. 39-66
Yasin Mohammed Yasin
Productivity of refugee camps: social and political dynamics from the Somaliland-Ethiopia border (1988–2001) pp. 67-90
Luca Ciabarri
Newspapers in Hargeysa: Freedom of speech in post-conflict Somaliland pp. 91-114
Markus V. Höhne

Volume 42, issue 3, 2007

The promise and perils of water reforms: Perspectives from Northern Ghana pp. 419-437
Wolfram Laube
Appropriate ‘governance-technology’? – Somali clan elders and institutions in the making of the ‘Republic of Somaliland’ pp. 439-459
Marleen Renders
Selecting therapies in Benin: making choices between informal, formal, private and public health services pp. 461-481
Thamar Klein
German-African research co-operation: practices, problems and policies pp. 483-505
Veronika Fuest

Volume 42, issue 2, 2007

Autonomy or security: the negotiation of family norms in Sudanese families pp. 167-194
Ulrike Schultz
Valentine’s Day in Kumasi, Ghana: sexuality and changes in intergenerational relations pp. 195-218
Astrid Bochow
Yakuba’s new life – on the changes of child fosterage among the rural Fée (Mokollé) in northern Benin pp. 219-249
Jeannett Martin
‘My baby is my paper!’– Family ties of Nigerian female migrants on their way to Europe pp. 251-273
Kristin Kastner
Normative images of the family for Africa: the UN Convention and the African Charter on the rights of the child pp. 275-300
Ulrike Wanitzek
Nigeria’s ‘manifest destiny’ in West Africa: dominance without power pp. 301-321
Daniel C. Bach

Volume 42, issue 1, 2007

Appropriating the mosque: women's religious groups in Khartoum pp. 5-27
Salma A. Nageeb
'We don't want equality; we want to be given our rights': Muslim women negotiating global development concepts in Senegal pp. 29-48
Nadine Sieveking
Diamantenhandel und der Krieg in Kongo/Zaire [The diamond trade and the war in Congo/Zaire] pp. 49-71
Volker Kaul
Conflict mediation in decolonisation: Namibia's transition to independence pp. 73-94
Henning Melber and Christopher Saunders
Lake Kivu's methane gas: natural risk, or source of energy and political security pp. 95-110
Martin Doevenspeck
Wahlen in der DR Kongo 2006 [The elections in DR Congo 2006] pp. 111-123
Eckart Rohde

Volume 41, issue 3, 2006

Editorial. The other game: the politics of football in Africa pp. 325-330
Susann Baller
Through the prism of sports: why should Africanists study sports? pp. 331-349
Bea Vidacs
Soccer, science, and sorcery: causation and African football pp. 351-369
Michael. G. Schatzberg
Local-global processes: linking globalization, democratization, and the development of women's football in South Africa pp. 371-392
Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak
Migrations and trade of African football players: historic, geographical and cultural aspects pp. 393-414
Raffaele Poli
The Football Heritage Complex: history, tourism, and development in South Africa pp. 415-426
Peter Alegi
Wenn der Präsident zum Kicken bittet: Fußballcartoons aus Ostafrika [Football cartoons from East Africa] pp. 427-442
Jigal Beez
Les enjeux sociaux et politiques du ballon rond. Mobilisation populaire autour de l'équipe nationale de football de Côte d'Ivoire en 2005-2006 [Social mobilization around the Ivory Coast's national team from 2005-2006] pp. 443-453
Bechie Paul N'guessan

Volume 41, issue 2, 2006

Gedenken, Geschichte und Versöhnung in Südafrika und Zimbabwe pp. 155-174
Christoph Marx
Memories of revolution: Zur Deutungsgeschichte einer Revolution (Sansibar 1964) pp. 175-197
Roman Loimeier
Accounting for disaster: Memories of war in Mozambique pp. 199-219
Elísio Macamo
La forêt, les ancêtres et le marché. Perceptions locales de la forêt et de ses changements au Nord-Bénin pp. 221-248
Katrin Langewiesche
Out of the 'memory hole': Alternative narratives of the Eritrean revolution in the diaspora pp. 249-271
Bettina Conrad
Ein demokratischer Versuch zuviel - zurück zur bewährten Diktatur? Äthiopien ein Jahr nach den Parlamentswahlen pp. 273-284
Wolbert G. C. Smidt
Konferenzbericht: ‚German and Ethiopian Contributions to Conflict Management and Resolution', 11./12. Nov. 2005, Goethe Institut, Addis Abeba pp. 285-287
Werner-Dieter Klucke

Volume 41, issue 1, 2006

Le premier ministre dans les mutations politiques des Etats d'Afrique francophone. Retour sur des expériences de formalisation d'un rôle et d'un ordre politiques pp. 7-34
Luc Ngwé
Pitfalls of parliamentary democracy in Botswana pp. 35-53
David Sebudubudu and Bertha Z. Osei-Hwedie
Beyond the state police in urban Uganda and Sierra Leone pp. 55-76
Bruce Baker
The history and future of African Rice. Food security and survival in a West African war zone pp. 77-93
Paul Richards
Indikatoren einer nachhaltigen kommunalen Entwicklung in den Großstädten Afrikas: Das Beispiel Dakar pp. 95-106
Andreas Frank
French historiography on Africa: A historical and personal contextualisation pp. 107-126
Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch

Volume 40, issue 3, 2005

Editorial: African Studies: why, what for and by whom? pp. 369-376
Henning Melber
African Studies, Europe & Africa pp. 377-402
John Lonsdale
Betwixt and between. An anthropologist's perspective on the history of African Studies in Germany pp. 403-427
Peter Probst
Researching Africa south of the Sahara. A sociologist's perspective pp. 429-444
Dieter Neubert
Mehr Entwicklungshilfe ist nicht genug: Zielgerichtete Unterstützung armer afrikanischer Länder mit guter Regierungsführung? pp. 445-470
Peter Nunnenkamp
Area studies and comparative politics: Africa in context pp. 471-484
Patrick Chabal
Classic ethnology and the socio-anthropology of public spaces. New themes and old methods in European African Studies pp. 485-497
Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
Writing and teaching national history in Africa in an era of global history pp. 499-519
Toyin Falola
Teaching African history in South Africa. Post-colonial realities between evolution and religion pp. 521-534
Julie Parle and Thembisa Waetjen
Presidential elections in Guinea Bissau 2005. A stabilizing factor in a fragile democracy or only a spot test of the state of affairs? pp. 535-546
Nuno Vaz and Iris Cordelia Rotzoll

Volume 40, issue 2, 2005

Editorial: Politics of xenophobia pp. 175-179
Dirk Kohnert
Madams and Maids in Southern Africa: coping with uncertainties, and the art of mutual zombification pp. 181-196
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Arithmétique ethnique et compétition politique entre Kotoko et Arabes Choa dans le contexte de l'ouverture démocratique au Cameroun pp. 197-220
Saï bou Issa
Wer sind die Dyula? Ethnizität und Bürgerkrieg in der Côte d'Ivoire pp. 221-240
Katja Werthmann
Fremde und Fremdheit in afrikanischen Gesellschaften: ein Vergleich von Mbuti, Dogon, Dyula und dem städtischen Senegal pp. 241-266
Till Förster
Le linge sale se lave en famille. La gestion pragmatique des sources de violence 'xénophobe' dans le jeu politique au Bénin pp. 267-297
Nassirou Bako-Arifari
From the Herero to the Holocaust? Some remarks on the current debate pp. 300-308
Birthe Kundrus
From Genocide to Holocaust? Structural parallels and discursive continuities pp. 309-317
Reinhart Kössler
Parlamentswahlen in Äthiopien pp. 319-330
Wolbert G. C. Smidt

Volume 40, issue 1, 2005

Citizenship and resource control in Nigeria: the case of minority coummunities in the Niger Delta pp. 5-28
Jeremiah I. Dibua
Compliance and defiance to national integration in Barotseland and Casamance pp. 29-59
Pierre Englebert
The 'Dominant Party Debate' in South Africa pp. 61-82
Roger Southall
Was kommt nach dem Staatszerfall? Die Gewaltordnungen in Uganda seit 1986 pp. 83-113
Klaus Schlichte
Umgang externer Akteure mit der neuen Friedens- und Sicherheitsarchitektur Afrikas pp. 115-124
Stephan Klingebiel
Mozambique's tainted parliamentary and presidential elections (December 2004) pp. 125-137
Andrea E. Ostheimer
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