Africa Bibliography 2011
Author : T. A. Barringer
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 31,17 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780748642830
Children and Youth in Africa
Author : Ntarangwi, Mwenda
Publisher : CODESRIA
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 33,87 MB
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 2869785879
Book Description
This annotated bibliography provides a summary of scholarly work on children and youth in Africa published between 2001 and 2011. It draws from journal articles, monographs, and book chapters. This rich resource for scholars presents publications with a wide range of approaches to child and youth studies. Some scholars question certain views of children especially when it comes to their own agency and full participation in socioeconomic production at the household level. The idea that children are vulnerable social subjects is the predominant view that shaped much of the research reported on in this volume. Western restrictions, on specific age limits, that govern children's participation in work or labour, whether paid or not, and the subsequent rights that go along with them are often not easily translatable to many African contexts. This creates a kind of separation between African and Western scholars in their study and understanding of children. The overwhelming focus of research published on HIV/AIDS and orphans, violence and child-soldiers, children's rights, and street children, demonstrates the continued interest regarding children as vulnerable and in need of adult protection. Focusing on the vulnerability of children in Africa appears to be a result of the construction of childhood in terms of modern (mostly) Western perceptions which are based on chronological age mainly. This book is very important for all scholars working on children and the youth in Africa.
Children and Youth in Africa
Author : Mwenda Ntarangwi
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 23,94 MB
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 286978600X
Book Description
This annotated bibliography provides a summary of scholarly work on children and youth in Africa published between 2001 and 2011. It draws from journal articles, monographs, and book chapters. This rich resource for scholars presents publications with a wide range of approaches to child and youth studies. Some scholars question certain views of children especially when it comes to their own agency and full participation in socioeconomic production at the household level. The idea that children are vulnerable social subjects is the predominant view that shaped much of the research reported on in this volume. Western restrictions, on specific age limits, that govern childrens participation in work or labour, whether paid or not, and the subsequent rights that go along with them are often not easily translatable to many African contexts. This creates a kind of separation between African and Western scholars in their study and understanding of children. The overwhelming focus of research published on HIV/AIDS and orphans, violence and child-soldiers, childrens rights, and street children, demonstrates the continued interest regarding children as vulnerable and in need of adult protection. Focusing on the vulnerability of children in Africa appears to be a result of the construction of childhood in terms of modern (mostly) Western perceptions which are based on chronological age mainly. This book is very important for all scholars working on children and the youth in Africa.
Funerals in Africa
Author : Michael Jindra
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857452061
Book Description
Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. This volume brings together scholars who have conducted research on funerary events across sub-Saharan Africa. The contributions offer an in-depth understanding of the broad changes and underlying causes in African societies over the years, such as changes in religious beliefs, social structure, urbanization, and technological changes and health.
African International Relations
Author : Mark W DeLancey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 45,40 MB
Release : 2019-06-28
Category :
ISBN : 9780367011185
Book Description
This thoroughly revised and updated bibliography contains annotated entries for international books and journal articles in the field of African international relations. Primarily covering works published since the first edition appeared in 1980, the listings retain the most important earlier works. References are organized under eleven broad subject headings, and all entries are cross-listed in detailed indices of place names, authors, and subjects. A substantial list of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms is also included.
Transformations in Slavery
Author : Paul E. Lovejoy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 36,39 MB
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1139502778
Book Description
This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. Paul E. Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the enslavement process and the marketing of slaves. He considers the impact of European abolition and assesses slavery's role in African history. The book corrects the accepted interpretation that African slavery was mild and resulted in the slaves' assimilation. Instead, slaves were used extensively in production, although the exploitation methods and the relationships to world markets differed from those in the Americas. Nevertheless, slavery in Africa, like slavery in the Americas, developed from its position on the periphery of capitalist Europe. This new edition revises all statistical material on the slave trade demography and incorporates recent research and an updated bibliography.
Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 2011-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309159687
Book Description
In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation explores the role of diversity in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce and its value in keeping America innovative and competitive. According to the book, the U.S. labor market is projected to grow faster in science and engineering than in any other sector in the coming years, making minority participation in STEM education at all levels a national priority. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation analyzes the rate of change and the challenges the nation currently faces in developing a strong and diverse workforce. Although minorities are the fastest growing segment of the population, they are underrepresented in the fields of science and engineering. Historically, there has been a strong connection between increasing educational attainment in the United States and the growth in and global leadership of the economy. Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation suggests that the federal government, industry, and post-secondary institutions work collaboratively with K-12 schools and school systems to increase minority access to and demand for post-secondary STEM education and technical training. The book also identifies best practices and offers a comprehensive road map for increasing involvement of underrepresented minorities and improving the quality of their education. It offers recommendations that focus on academic and social support, institutional roles, teacher preparation, affordability and program development.
Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
Author : Harold E. Raugh
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0810874679
Book Description
The Anglo-Zulu War was one of many colonial campaigns in which the British Army served as the instrument of British imperialism. The conflict, fought against a native adversary the British initially under-estimated, is remarkable for battles that included perhaps the most humiliating defeat in British military history-the Battle of Isandlwana, January 22, 1879-and one of its most heroic feats of martial arms-the defense of Rorke's Drift, January 22-23, 1879. While lasting only six months, it is one of the most examined, studied, and debated conflicts in Victorian military history. Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography is a research guide and tool for identifying obscure publications and source materials in order to encourage continued original and thought-provoking contributions to this popular field of historical study. From the student or neophyte to the study of the Anglo-Zulu War, its battles, and its opponents to the more experienced historian or scholar, this selected bibliography is a must for anyone interested in the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War.
Africa
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Book Description
Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books".
Dictionary of African Biography: Maal
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Africa
ISBN :
