African Studies
African studies is the study of Africa, especially the continent's cultures and societies (as opposed to its geology, geography, zoology, etc.). The field includes the study of Africa's history (Pre-colonial, colonial, post-colonial), demography (ethnic groups), culture, politics, economy, languages, and religion (Islam, Christianity, traditional religions). A specialist in African studies is often referred to as an "africanist". A key focus of the discipline is to interrogate epistemological approaches, theories and methods in traditional disciplines using a critical lens that inserts African-centred ways of knowing and references. Africanists argue that there is a need to "deexoticize" Africa and banalise it, rather …
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Wilson Center Canada · 31 January 2024 English
We have multiple essays across the publication that focus on AGOA’s impact and renewal, as well as changing trade dynamics in Africa and globally, including the expansion of BRICS and …
an associate professor at the Department of African Studies, Social Sciences University of Ankara, TÜRKİYE … Daniel Maweu Lee is a doctoral candidate in African Studies and Research at Howard University. He is a …
Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 5 November 2023 English
The question is what is the impact of GESS on income of the beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in the study area? What are the influences of socio economic characteristics of farmers …
Agricultural Sector in Nigeria. Journal of African Studies and Development. Vol.4, No.2, pp.51-59 UNICEF …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2023 English
Anti-blackness has until recently been a taboo topic within Arab society. This began to change when Nader Kadhem, a prominent Arab and Muslim thinker, published the first in-depth investigation of …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2023 English
In 2014–15, the Ethiopian government, together with many academics and observers, was surprised by the outbreak of anti-government protests, as large-scale public contestation of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front …
Ethiopia, 1991–2011.’ Journal of Eastern African Studies 5 (4): 681–701, https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055 … State-Centred Struggles.’ Journal of Contemporary African Studies 30 (1): 35–47. Civil Society Activism under … HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control.’ Northeast African Studies 7 (2): 35–57. Pellerin, Camille Louise. 2019a … (Dis)embedded Autonomy?’ Journal of Modern African Studies 57 (4): 589–612. Praeg, Bertus. 2006. Ethiopia … Restructuring of Ethiopia.’ Journal of Eastern African Studies 5 (4): 716–32. Subramaniam, Mangala. 2009. …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 10 July 2023 English
This report uncovers the evolution, functions, and potential of national investment laws. It analyzes 70 laws, identifies their seven main functions, and explores how they've been shaped by policy objectives …
regulations in Africa. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 2(2), 300– 303, at 302. 25 Articles 1–7, …
Pathways to Prosperity · 28 March 2023 English
In contrast, the goal of increasing the availability of housing that is of adequate quality or the goal of reducing the unemployment rate for immigrants suggest the types of policies …
Canadian Prairie Provinces. Canadian Journal of African Studies, 56(2), 363–381. 133 Mahabir, D. F., O’Campo …
Pathways to Prosperity · 28 March 2023 French
Il peut s’agir de la disponibilité d’écoles pour les francophones dans la communauté locale, de programmes complets pour les apprenants de l’anglais et du français dans les écoles, de la …
Canadian Prairie Provinces. Canadian Journal of African Studies, 56(2), 363–381. 133 Mahabir, D. F., O’Campo …
Wilson Center Canada · 10 March 2023 English
5 Sampling of Notable Fellows and Scholars of the Center 6 Fellows at the Center Fellows at the Wilson Center work on projects that are relevant to contemporary policy issues …
American Political Science Association and the African Studies Association. In FY 2023 and FY 2024 SAR plans …
CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 3 February 2023 English
experts, contributed to that repair the wounds the people they serve in this influence measure: the of centuries of industrial the governance of the CCPA National Office CCPA earned 16,000 …
the grip of its worst of Afroamerican and African Studies by these corporate polluters and food crisis …
CLD: Centre for Law and Democracy · 3 November 2022 English
While it is phenomena, namely the adoption and relatively easy to track the adoption of the implementation of legal guarantees legal guarantees for this right, assessing for access to information—increasingly …
in Western Nigeria’, The Journal of Modern African Studies, 29/3 (1991), pp. 457–80, <https://doi.org/10 …
