Africa Spectrum

1997 - 2009

from Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg
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Volume 44, issue 1, 2009

From the Editors’ Desk pp. 5

Andreas Mehler and Henning Melber

New Nationalism and Xenophobia in Africa – A New Inclination? pp. 7-18

Norbert Kersting

“New” Nationalism and Autochthony – Tales of Origin as Political Cleavage pp. 19-38

Morten Bøås

Discrimination, Despoliation and Irreconcilable Difference: Host-Immigrant Tensions in Brazzaville, Congo pp. 39-59

Bruce Whitehouse

Africa for Africans or Africa for “Natives” Only? “New Nationalism” and Nativism in Zimbabwe and South Africa pp. 61-78

Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo

Ethiopian Nationalism: An Ideology to Transcend All Odds pp. 79-97

Belachew Gebrewold

Who to Blame and What’s to Gain? Reflections on Space, State, and Violence in Kenya and South Africa pp. 99-110

Loren Landau and Jean Misago

New Nationalism and Development in Africa pp. 111-123

Dirk Kohnert

Review: Manfred Schulz (ed.): Entwicklungsträger in der DR Kongo. Entwicklungen in Politik, Wirtschaft, Religion, Zivilgesellschaft und Kultur (2007) pp. 125-127

Peter Ay

Review: Wolbert G. C. Smidt, Kinfe Abraham (eds.): Discussing Conflict in Ethiopia. Conflict Management and Resolution (2007) pp. 128-130

Ulrich Braukämper

Review: Hans Eric Stolten (ed.): History Making and Present Day Politics. The Meaning of Collective Memory in South Africa (2007) pp. 131-134

Rita Schäfer

Review: Christoph Haferburg: Umbruch oder Persistenz? Sozialräumliche Differenzierungen in Kapstadt (2007) pp. 135-138

Theo Rauch

Review: Holger Stoecker: Afrikawissenschaften in Berlin von 1919 bis 1945. Zur Geschichte und Topographie eines wissenschaftlichen Netzwerkes (2008) pp. 139-140

Katrin Bromber

Volume 43, issue 3, 2008

The growing influence of Civil Society actors in African development processes pp. 309-332

Walter Eberlei

This article examines the strengths and weaknesses of Ake’s contribution to the social sciences and knowledge production in Africa. It discusses the relevance of Ake’s works for adapting the intellectual legacies of Marxist scholarship to understanding the political economy and social history of contemporary Africa. It also highlights the shortcomings noted in his orientation, and dispositions to expatriate knowledge generally, and the Western social science in particular. Given his advocacy of the need to reconstruct existing disciplinary fields following uniquely African critiques and interpretations, the study presents Ake’s works as a corrective intervention to Euro-centrism and advocates the practice of ‘non-hierarchical’ ‘cross-regional’ ‘dialogue’, in which neither the North nor the South is taken as the paradigm against which ‘the other’ is measured and pronounced inadequate pp. 333-351

Jeremiah O. Arowosegbe

The China Shop Phenomenon: Trade Supply within the Chinese Diaspora in South Africa pp. 353-370

Rachel Laribee

Algeria as a Destination of Migrants – A Comparative Study of Sub-Saharan and Chinese Migrants pp. 371-392

Dalila Nadi

Volume 43, issue 2, 2008

Do African parties contribute to democracy? Some findings from Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria pp. 175-201

Sebastian Elischer

Clientelism and social structure: an analysis of patronage in Yoruba social thought pp. 203-224

Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale

Rites of passage overseas? – On the sojourn of Mozambican students and scholars in Cuba pp. 225-244

Hauke Dorsch

Education policy and transnationalism in post-colonial Angola – Angola’s cooperation with Cuba and the challenges it poses pp. 245-268

Christine Hatzky

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