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The 1976-1992 civil war which opposed the Government of Frelimo and the Renamo guerrillas (among other actors) is a central event in the history of Mozambique. Aiming to open up a new era of studies of the war, this book re-evaluates this period from a number of different local perspectives in an attempt to better understand the history, complexity and multiple dynamics of the armed conflict.

This is the latest volume in the African Dynamics series. In this volume scholars from Southern Africa and Europe take a refreshing look at (the history of) nature conservation in Southern Africa. On the basis of overwhelming scientific evidence, they suggest that we should enter a new phase in nature conservation: sentient conservation. For although the subjectivity of people has been rendered visible in earlier publications on histories of conservation in Southern Africa, the subjectivity of animals is hardly ever seriously considered or explicitly dealt with.

Annual meeting of the Leiden African Studies Assembly (LeidenASA). Keynote speaker Amanda Hammar (Centre for African Studies, University of Copenhagen) will talk about the production of knowledge in and about Africa. The programme also includes the award ceremony for the winner of the Africa Thesis Aaward 2018, Cynthia Olufade (University of Ibadan, Nigeria). All welcome!

People categorise the entities and properties that make up the terrain and water worlds which humans live in and exploit differently. In this presentation, Mercy Klugah explores the vocabulary used in the categorisation of the physical environment in Asᴐgli Ewe. She also examines how the different geographical entities are named more generally as well as locally.