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Writing contemporary histories of Africa (2001)
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the African Studies Association of the USA
Keywords: Africa, African studies, history
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Fit to Print? Comparing Standards of News (2001)
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Harvard International Review
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Gedachten over Afrika (2001)
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiekInternationale spectator

Dit essay gaat in op lange-termijnperspectieven voor Afrika. De auteur stelt dat in het Westen de Afrikaanse situatie te vaak gezien wordt in het licht van een evolutieschema, waaruit ook de begrippen 'ontwikkeling' en 'vooruitgang' zijn afgeleid. Wanneer...

Keywords: Africa, future, political systems
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Les guerres en Afrique de l'Ouest: le poids de l'histoire (2001)
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Afrique contemporaine : documents d'Afrique noire et de Madagascar

Pour analyser les conflits qui ont lieu actuellement en Afrique de l'Ouest il faut remonter loin dans l'histoire. Il convient d'examiner la période antérieure aux indépendances qui datent, pour la plupart, des années 1960. Tandis que les conflits constatés dans...

Keywords: civil wars, history, West Africa
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Mystical weapons: some evidence from the Liberian war (2001)
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of religion in Africa

During the civil war in Liberia (1989-1997), many participants, as well as local journalists, used terms such as 'sorcery', 'witchcraft', 'voodoo', 'juju' and 'African science' to describe certain techniques used by fighters....

Keywords: civil wars, Islam, Liberia, magic, witchcraft
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Sierra Leone (2001)
S. Ellis
Editors: N. Tellegen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Afrika-expertbijeenkomst: Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Congo, Rwanda
Keywords: Ghana, Mali
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War in West Africa (2001)
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs

West Africa, affected by war since the outbreak of hostilities in Liberia in 1989, is peering into an abyss of violence. The various theatres of war in the region are connected in ways characteristic of a new generation of wars, like those in central Africa and central Asia....

Keywords: Africa, civil wars, Country, diaspora, violence, West Africa
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Identiteit, strijd en continuïteit in trans-modern Afrika : een kritisch-realistische benadering (2001)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Book

In deze inaugurele rede besteedt de auteur aandacht aan drie thema's: strijd, identiteit et continuïteit in Afrika. Hij richt zich met name op het verschijnsel van de opkomst van neo-etnische bewegingen in Afrika die een nieuwe combinatie van elementen vertegenwoordigen...

Keywords: Continuity, identity, Lectures (form), Modernism (culture)
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De Hoorn van Afrika: op weg naar vrede? (2001)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Internationale spectator : tijdschrift voor internationale politiekInternationale spectator

Na ruim twee jaar oorlog verrasten Ethiopië en Eritrea de wereld met ondertekening van een vredesovereenkomst in Algiers, onder bemiddeling van de OAE. Hoewel er nu sprake is van een soort vredesproces - of beter 'onderhandelingsproces' - is verzoening nog ver weg....

Keywords: Eritrea, Ethiopia, international politics, peace treaties, war
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African studies in the Netherlands: a brief survey (2001)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African research and documentation : the journal of the African Studies Association of the UK and the Standing Commission [Conference] on Library Materials on AfricaAfrican research and documentation

This article describes the origins, the development as well as the current situation of African Studies in the Netherlands. Despite the interesting though limited corpus of travel writing, colonial ethnography, and missionary testimony in Dutch, the scholarly study of Africa...

Keywords: Africa, African studies, ASC, ethnography, Netherlands
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Creating borders: exploring the impact of the Ethio-Eritrean war on the local population (2001)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Africa : journal of the International African InstituteAfrica

After more than two years of bloody warfare, the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a peace accord in Algiers on 12 December 2000. Although the peace accord paved the way for negotiations and a delineation of the Ethio-Eritrean border, political stability in the region is...

Keywords: boundaries, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ethnic relations, peace
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Ecology and power in the periphery of Maasina : the case of the Hayre in the nineteenth century (2001)
M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The journal of African history

This article explores political tensions between successive 19th-century rulers of the inland delta of the Niger in central Mali - the Fulbe Diina (1818-1864) and the Futanke (1864-1893) - and the pastoral interests of the Fulbe chiefdoms on the eastern periphery of the area...

Keywords: Fulani, history, Mali, natural resource management, traditional polities
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Cultures of travel : Fulbe pastoralists in central Mali and Pentecostalism in Ghana (2001)
M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk; R.A. van Dijk
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; D.W.J. Foeken; R.A. van Dijk
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Mobile Africa : changing patterns of movement in Africa and beyond

In the literature on population mobility, mobility has generally been seen as a temporary phenomenon. However, in many instances, mobility rather than sedentarity is the norm. This is illustrated in the present chapter by two case studies of so-called 'cultures of travel...

Keywords: Africa, Baptist Church, Fulani, Ghana, Mali, migration, mobility, Pentecostalism
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Rapport de synthèse étude évaluation de la contribution des OCF néerlandaises à la construction de la société civile au Mali (2001)
M.E. de Bruijn; J.W.M. van Dijk; S. Konimba
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: Mali
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Mobile Africa : an introduction (2001)
M.E. de Bruijn; R.A. van Dijk; D.W.J. Foeken
Editors: M.E. de Bruijn; R.A. van Dijk; D.W.J. Foeken
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Mobile Africa : changing patterns of movement in Africa and beyond

The case studies in this book on mobility in sub-Saharan Africa critically discuss dichotomous interpretations of mobility and reject the idea that migration indicates a breakdown in society. They adopt the approach that sedentary and mobile worlds converge and that mobility...

Keywords: Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, identity, Kenya, Mali, migration, mobility, Pentecostalism, refugees, Rural, Subsaharan Africa, Tanzania, workers, Zimbabwe
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Mali, een land van vele werkelijkheden (2001)
M.E. de Bruijn
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Afrika expert bijeenkomst, Ghana, Mali, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Congo, Rwanda
Keywords: Ghana, Mali
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Gentle giants or obstinate mutineers: African mutinies in the Netherlands East Indies (2001)
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the African Studies Association, Houston, USA, 18 November, 2001
Keywords: African studies, Netherlands
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De verschuivende identiteit van de Belanda Hitam: Nederlands, Indisch of Afrikaans? (2001)
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Indische Studiedagen, Pasar Malam, The Hague 16 June 2001
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The black Dutchmen: Africans and Indo-Africans in the Netherlands East Indies (2001)
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the conference 'Past and Present of Dutch-Ghanaian Relations", The Hague 7 November, 2001
Keywords: Netherlands
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Legitimacy and generational conflict in the UDF : the struggles behind the struggle (2001)
W.M.J.van Kessel
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Transformation : critical perspectives on Southern Africa

In terms of national politics, the UDF focused on protest against apartheid and on popularizing the programme and leadership of the banned ANC, simultaneously developing an increasingly radical agenda for social change in South Africa. But how was the political programme of...

Keywords: Africa, apartheid, change, national liberation movements, politics, protest, rebellions, religion, Rural, social change, South Africa, United Democratic Front, youth
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