Continuity and Change in African Cultures
Author: William Russell Bascom
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 324
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Published: 1959
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Eugene L. Mendonsa
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 448
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book looks at the political economy of the Sisala of Northern Ghana, showing how the creation of their society was influenced from the very beginning by the world system -- primarily through slave raiding. Mendonsa shows how their society continues to be influenced by the global economy today, and how such contacts with the outside world are altering their ability to survive in the savanna as farmers. The two main foci of the book are: (1) How outside influences (agricultural inputs, consumer goods, cash-cropping, and urban markets) have affected and changed the relationships between elders, women, and young men, as elders attempt to control the labor of their subordinates within the context of the gerontocracy that functions as the political economy of their society. (2) Dependency on petroleum, petroleum-driven machinery, imported fertilizer, and other chemicals. This is a tenuous position for Sisala farmers, many of them being subordinates -- women and young men -- who have become involved in cash-cropping. Mendonsa proposes a more sustainable form of farming in animal-traction technology and gives data to show how such technology and organic methods such as composting, green manuring, and intercropping can provide a sustainable base for the ongoing nature of Sisala society.
Author: William Russell Bascom
Publisher: Books on Demand
Published: 1958
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780608093802
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Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9780758126009
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Leon E. Clark
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780938960454
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Volume 2 of Through African Eyes, we are introduced to African societies and cultures in all of their richness and diversity. Coming of age, family values, changing gender roles, rites of passage, the search for identity in a modern world, and many other aspects of African life are skillfully woven into a coherent narrative under the overarching themes of continuity and change.
Author: Ruth Ginio
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2006-12-01
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 080325380X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Before the Vichy regime, there was ostensibly only one France and one form of colonialism for French West Africa (FWA). World War II and the division of France into two ideological camps, each asking for legitimacy from the colonized, opened for Africans numerous unprecedented options. French Colonialism Unmasked analyzes three dramatic years in the history of FWA, from 1940 to 1943, in which the Vichy regime tried to impose the ideology of the National Revolution in the region. Ruth Ginio shows how this was a watershed period in the history of the region by providing an in-depth examination of the Vichy colonial visions and practices in fwa. She describes the intriguing encounters between the colonial regime and African society along with the responses of different sectors in the African population to the Vichy policy. Although French Colonialism Unmasked focuses on one region within the French Empire, it has relevance to French colonial history in general by providing one of the missing pieces in research on Vichy colonialism. Ruth Ginio is a research fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of articles in International Journal of African Historical Studies, Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine, Cahiers d'etudes africaines, and several other journals.
Author: Leon E. Clark
Publisher: Apex Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780938960454
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Volume 2 of Through African Eyes, we are introduced to African societies and cultures in all of their richness and diversity. Coming of age, family values, changing gender roles, rites of passage, the search for identity in a modern world, and many other aspects of African life are skillfully woven into a coherent narrative under the overarching themes of continuity and change.
Author: T. Falola
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-08-20
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1137444134
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism.