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