Publications

On June 28, 1996, a conference was held at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, on controversies originating from Martin Bernal's study 'Black Athena: the Afro-Asiatic roots of classical civilization' (1987, 1991). Papers were presented by Wim van Binsbergen,...

On June 28, 1996, a conference was held at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, on controversies originating from Martin Bernal's study 'Black Athena: the Afro-Asiatic roots of classical civilization' (1987, 1991). Papers were presented by Wim van Binsbergen,...

The author concentrates on virtuality, which he has come to regard as one of the key concepts for characterizing and understanding the forms of globalization in Africa. Chapters 1 and 2 define virtuality and globalization and provisionally indicate their theoretical...

In dit artikel geeft de auteur een antropologische reflectie op verzoening, gebaseerd op zijn onderzoekservaring in Afrika. Hij begint met de voorwaarden voor en kenmerken van verzoening en de betekenis van de tijdsdimensie daarin. Daarna beschrijft hij de problematiek van...

Risk and uncertainty dominate life in the semiarid tropics where most of the world's pastoralists live. Scientific approaches to risk in semiarid zones have been dominated by agroecology and agroeconomics. Within these paradigms risk is treated as a stochastic occurrence...

This chapter deals with household employment patterns in Kenya's Coast Province, an economically backward area in the Kenyan economy. Current research reveals that economic diversification rather than specialization is crucial to the pursuit of household livelihood....

This article explores the role of religion in identity formation in situations where individuals are engaged in intercontinental diasporic movement, starting from R.P. Werbner's notion that religion and strangerhood transform together. In particular, the author examines...