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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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 17 September 2024 English
At the height of its popularity in the late nineteenth century, absinthe reigned in the bars, cafés, and restaurants of France and its colonial empire. Yet by the time it …
medical history, and (North) African studies, such as the African Studies Association of the uk conference …
WEKH: Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub · 22 August 2024 English
businesses, majority-owned by women This report provides an update on the fluctuated from 17.7% in the first quarter, state of women’s entrepreneurship in 19.1% in the second quarter, 17.8% in …
Canadian Prairie Provinces. Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue canadienne des études africaines, 56(2) …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 9 April 2024 English
This report thus urges policymakers and practitioners to take seriously the gendered role of identity and socialization in their efforts to prevent the perpetration of conflict-related sexual violence and to …
Republic of Congo.” Journal of Contemporary African Studies 28, no. 2 (April 2010): 119–35. https://doi …
FRQSC: Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture · 14 February 2024 French
77 Tableau 24: Les pistes de pratiques pour les intervenants en soutien communautaire - Activités de soutien au dépistage précoce des risques à la santé chez les aînés et auprès …
Representation in Peri-Urban Harare, Zimbabwe. African Studies Quarterly, 15(1), 37-68. http://www.africa …
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 …
