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Ethnic trajectories in Israel : comparing the "Bené Israel" and "Beta Israel" communities, 1950-2000 (2002)
G.J. Abbink
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Anthropos

In this article a comparative study is presented of the Indian and the Ethiopian Jews in Israel, immigrant communities that went through similar experiences of integration and accommodation in Israel, despite the time lag in their arrival. Elements of their history and...

Keywords: Country, Ethiopia, Falasha, history, identity, Israel
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Sharing a valley : the changing relations between agriculturalists and pastoralists in the Niger Valley of Benin (2002)
A. van Driel
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: animal husbandry, arable farming, Benin, farmers, theses (form)
Open access: Full text
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Annual report 2001 / African Studies Centre (2002)
Editors: A. Reeves; M.C.A. van Winden
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: African studies, annual reports (form), Netherlands
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Bibliography on the management of the environment and development in the West-African Sahel, 1985-1999 (2002)
J.W.M. van Dijk; E. Eijkman
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography
Added to database: 23 December 2011

On documenting Africa in the Netherlands (2002)
M.C.A. van Doorn
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African Research & Documentation

The only research and documentation centre in the Netherlands devoted exclusively to Africa is the Afrika-Studiecentrum (ASC) in Leiden. In this article the author gives a review of the work of this centre, also talking about its library and acquistions policy and about such...

Keywords: Africa, African studies collections, Netherlands
Added to database: 23 December 2011

The fate of an African 'chaebol:I" Malawi's Press Corporation after democratisation (2002)
J.K. van Donge
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The journal of modern African studies : a quarterly survey of politics, economics and related topics in contemporary Africa

Press Corporation, a large diversified Malawian company, was the personal property of Kamuzu Banda who ruled Malawi as a dictator for thirty years from independence in 1964. The history of Press is analysed in order to generate insights into the relationship between politics...

Keywords: Africa, history
Added to database: 23 December 2011

The evaluation of the Dutch Co-Financing Programme; synthesis study (2002)
A.H.M. Leliveld; N. van Niekerk; A. de Ruijter
Type of publication: Book
Added to database: 23 December 2011

University students' revolt, ethnic militia, and violence during political liberalization in Cameroon (2002)
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African studies review : the journal of the African Studies AssociationAfrican studies review

The political liberalization process in Cameroon was marked by protracted strike actions on the campus of the University of Yaounde during the period 1990-1996. Political liberalization provided space for students to organize and voice their multiple grievances about the poor...

Keywords: Cameroon, mobility, rebellions, students, violence
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Structural adjustment and trade unions in Africa: the case of Ghana (2002)
P.J.J. Konings
Editors: A.E. Fernández Jilberto; M. Riethof
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Labour relations in development
Keywords: Africa, Ghana, trade unions
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Anglophones or autochtones? (2002)
P.J.J. Konings
Editors: P.N. Nkwi
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The anthropology of Africa: challenges for the 21st century
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Exploring the Context of Service Provision in Senegal: Social dynamics and decentralisation in the Senegalese countryside (2002)
M.M.A. Kaag
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the international conference 'The Governance of Daily Life in Africa: Public and Collective Services and Their Users', Leiden, 22-25 May 2002
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Women's Issues in decentralization policy; An illustration of practices in Senegal (2002)
M.M.A. Kaag
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: EADI/GEMDEV
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Local manifestations of a globalising donor regime : 'good governance' in a Senegalese rural community (2002)
M.M.A. Kaag; L.B. Venema
Editors: D. Kooijman
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Conflict in a globalising world : studies in honour of Peter Kloos
Keywords: development cooperation, globalization, private aid, rural society, Senegal
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Bride wealth and household security in rural Zimbabwe (2002)
M. Dekker; H. Hoogeveen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal of African economies

This paper examines why Zimbabwean households pay bride wealth in instalments rather than a lump sum on the date of marriage. It also poses the question of why the type of cattle that has to be paid is not exactly specified. Starting from the observation that in rural...

Keywords: bridewealth, household budget, marriage, Rural, social networks, Zimbabwe
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Kapsiki beer dynamics (2002)
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Mega-Tchad
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Toerisme in Afrika (2002)
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Facta
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Why a twin is not a child: symbols in Kapsiki birth rituals (2002)
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Journal de la société des africanistes

On no continent are there as many twins as in Africa, and in no other area of Africa does the rate of twin births come near to that of West African countries like Nigeria, Benin and Togo, where the rate of twin births is over 2.5 per 1000. This article examines the position...

Keywords: Africa, birth rites, Cameroon, Country, Kapsiki, Nigeria, twins
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Pathways of fundamentalisation; the peculiar case of Mormonism (2002)
W.E.A. van Beek
Editors: G. ter Haar; J.J. Busuttil
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: The Freedom to do God's Will. Religious fundamentalism and social change
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Magie, mensenstreken (2002)
W.E.A. van Beek
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Antropologisch Tijdschrift
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

El Negro, El Niño, Witchcraft and the absence of rain in Botswana (2002)
J.B. Gewald
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies
Keywords: Botswana, communication, witchcraft
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

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