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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 Downloads
Andreas Mehler and Henning Melber
New Nationalism and Xenophobia in Africa – A New Inclination? pp. 7-18 Downloads
Norbert Kersting
“New” Nationalism and Autochthony – Tales of Origin as Political Cleavage pp. 19-38 Downloads
Morten Bøås
Discrimination, Despoliation and Irreconcilable Difference: Host-Immigrant Tensions in Brazzaville, Congo pp. 39-59 Downloads
Bruce Whitehouse
Africa for Africans or Africa for “Natives” Only? “New Nationalism” and Nativism in Zimbabwe and South Africa pp. 61-78 Downloads
Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo
Ethiopian Nationalism: An Ideology to Transcend All Odds pp. 79-97 Downloads
Belachew Gebrewold
Who to Blame and What’s to Gain? Reflections on Space, State, and Violence in Kenya and South Africa pp. 99-110 Downloads
Loren Landau and Jean Misago
New Nationalism and Development in Africa pp. 111-123 Downloads
Dirk Kohnert
Review: Manfred Schulz (ed.): Entwicklungsträger in der DR Kongo. Entwicklungen in Politik, Wirtschaft, Religion, Zivilgesellschaft und Kultur (2007) pp. 125-127 Downloads
Peter Ay
Review: Wolbert G. C. Smidt, Kinfe Abraham (eds.): Discussing Conflict in Ethiopia. Conflict Management and Resolution (2007) pp. 128-130 Downloads
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 Downloads
Rita Schäfer
Review: Christoph Haferburg: Umbruch oder Persistenz? Sozialräumliche Differenzierungen in Kapstadt (2007) pp. 135-138 Downloads
Theo Rauch
Review: Holger Stoecker: Afrikawissenschaften in Berlin von 1919 bis 1945. Zur Geschichte und Topographie eines wissenschaftlichen Netzwerkes (2008) pp. 139-140 Downloads
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
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