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The political elite of Imerina and the revolt of the "Menalamba": the creation of a colonial myth in Madagascar, 1895-1898 (1980)
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: The journal of African history

The revolt of the Menalamba occurred over a wide area of central Madagascar, mostly in the kingdom of Imerina, in the two years following the French invasion of Madagascar in 1895. A mysterious aspect has always been the question of who, if anyone was its leader. The official...

Keywords: anticolonialism, history, Madagascar, Menalamba revolt, Merina polity
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Preliminary studies on some aspects of Kikuyu food habits (1980)
J.C. Hoorweg; R. Niemeijer
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Ecology of food and nutrition

Description of a research project. The studies cover general aspects of Kikuyu food habits such as foods presently in use, the classification of foods and food preferences for children. The emphasises is on the methods employed in these studies which can also be used...

Keywords: children, food, Kenya, Kikuyu, Rural
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

The impact of nutrition education at three health centres in Central Province, Kenya (1980)
J.C. Hoorweg; R. Niemeijer
Type of publication: Book

This report contains an account of a study of the effects of nutrition education as given at three health centres in different ecological zones in Central Province, Kenya. Two groups of mothers in similar social and economic situations were selected for interviewing: frequent...

Keywords: children, education, food, Kenya, nutrition education
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

The nutritional impact of the Pre-School Health Programme at three clinics in Central Province, Kenya (1980)
J.C. Hoorweg; R. Niemeijer
Type of publication: Book

Abr. sum.: Contains an account of a study of the effects of the Pre-School Health Programme at three clinics in different ecological zones in Central Province, Kenya. Two groups of mothers were selected for interviewing: recent entrants and longtime participants. The study...

Keywords: children, food, Kenya, nutrition education
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Review of "Madagascar Rediscovered" by Mervyn Brown (1979)
S. Ellis
Type of publication: Review
In: The journal of African history
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Added to database: 03 April 2012

Family life training centres, Kenya, 1978 (1979)
J.C. Hoorweg; R. Niemeijer
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: food, Kenya, Kikuyu
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Intellectual abilities and protein-energy malnutrition : acute malnutrition VS. chronic undernutrition (1979)
J.C. Hoorweg; J.P. Stanfield
Editors: J. Brozek
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: Behavioral effects of energy and protein deficits

Three groups of Ugandan children (20 in each group) and one comparison group of 20 children were examined between 11 and 17 years of age. The children in the first three groups had suffered from energy-protein malnutrition 10 to 16 years previously when they were hospitalised...

Keywords: children, education, malnutrition, Uganda
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Evaluation of nutrition education in Africa : community research in Uganda, 1971-1972 (1979)
J.C. Hoorweg; I. McDowell
Type of publication: Book

Nutrition education is widely accepted as an important means of improving the health of young children in developing countries. Based on research carried out in Uganda in 1971-1972, this book shows how studies of changes in knowledge and attitudes can provide unique insights...

Keywords: Africa, children, Country, developing countries, education, food, nutrition education, Uganda
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Politiek bewustzijn en aktie van mijnwerkers in Ghana (1979)
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Sociologische Gids

Bijdrage tot het debat over het proces van klassevorming onder de Afrikaanse arbeiders in de grote buitenlandse bedrijven en staatsondernemingen die aan het industrialisatie-proces in Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara gestalte geven, aan de hand van een studie van de arbeiders...

Keywords: class formation, Ghana, miners
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

The importance of trade unions: a contribution to the debate on the labouring poor and urban class formation in Africa (1979)
P.J.J. Konings
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Manpower and unemployment research
Keywords: Africa
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Anciens et nouveaux droits fonciers chez les Diola et leurs conséquences pour la répartition des terres (1979)
G.S.C.M. Hesseling; J.M. van der Klei
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: African Perspectives
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Smallholder farming in Kiambu, Muranga and Kirinyaga districts of Central Province, Kenya, with special reference to the three research areas (1979)
H.A. Meilink
Type of publication: Book
Keywords: food, Kenya, Kikuyu
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Popular and formal Islam, and supralocal relations : the Highlands of Northwestern Tunisia, 1800-1970 (1979)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Book

The present paper explores the interplay between local popular Islam and the repeated introduction of formal Islam in Khrumiria, North-western Tunisia, against the background of its social and political structure and the radical changes the latter underwent in the colonial...

Keywords: Islam, social change, Tunisia
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Added to database: 23 December 2011

Towards a theory of religious change in Central Africa (1979)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Book

In this paper the author discusses the methodological and theoretical issues raised in his book: 'Religious change in Zambia : exploratory studies'. As he refers constantly to research data not given in this paper, it is hard to read it indepently

Keywords: Africa, African religions, Southern Africa, Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Anthropological fieldwork: "There and back again" (1979)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Human Organization
Keywords: fieldwork
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Wetenschap en dichterschap: Een brief (1979)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Mandala
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Popular and formal Islam, and supralocal relations: The highlands of northwestern Tunisia, 1800-1970 (1979)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Journal Article
In: Middle Eastern Studies

The present paper explores the interplay between local popular Islam and the repeated introduction of formal Islam in Khrumiria, North-western Tunisia, against the background of its social and political structure and the radical changes the latter underwent in the colonial...

Keywords: Islam, social change, Tunisia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Postscript: The role of cognition (1979)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Editors: J.D.M. Geest; K.W. van der Veen
Type of publication: Book Chapter
In: In search of health: Essays on medical anthropology
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Malawian suitor studies: some comments (1979)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Conference Paper
In: Paper presented at the Africa seminar, November 1979, Leiden: African Studies Centre, 11 pp, 1979
Keywords: Africa, African studies
Added to database: 23 December 2011

Religious change in Zambia : exploratory studies (1979)
W.M.J. van Binsbergen
Type of publication: Book

Aim of this volume, which brings together seven studies of religious change in Zambia, is to describe the processes of religious change in this country during the last few centuries. These studies are: 1) Towards a theory of religious change in Central Africa. 2) Possession...

Keywords: Africa, African religions, Country, history, theses (form), Zambia
Added to database: 23 December 2011

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