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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...

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...

The alternative proposed here for the tribal model as a unit of study is not another, better unit of study (e.g. a mode of production, an expanding social formation, or a well-defined spatio-temporal portion of reality), but a growing awareness of possible problems and...

Aim of this chapter is to present a picture of anthropological work on sub-saharan Africa as undertaken in the Netherlands during the 1970s. After the introduction follows, in section 2, a discussion of the discipline and its predicaments. In section 3 the author discusses...

Investigates the direct effects of modern transport on advance into the interior, structure and organization, and withdrawal from the interior in the 1950s and 1960s of these firms. A revised edition of this article in: Cahiers d'études africaines, 21 (1981), 84, p. 547-...

A partir d'une "étude de cas" au niveau micro, cet article se propose de montrer la nature des relations qui existent entre, d'une part, les paysans (notammant ceux de Birkama, village balante de Casamance, Sud-Sénégal), d'autre part, le capitalisme...

A study based on fieldwork undertaken in 1975. Conclusion: Whilst an incipient working-class consiousness exists amongst the Ashanti Goldfield Corporation miners, the cumulative effect of the co-existence of various modes of production, the constant confrontation of miners...

Papers by: W.M.J. van Binsbergen, R. Bureau, R. Buijtenhuijs, R. Devisch, J.P. Dozon, A. Droogers, J.W. Fernandez, A. Hastings, J.M. Janzen, W. de Mahieu, M.L. Pirouet, N. Ndolamb, T. Ranger, M. Schoffeleers, B. Sundkler, B.W. turner, F.J. Verstraelen, R.P. Werbner, J.J. de...

The myth the author focuses upon is that of Sidi Mhâmmad, a local saint venerated in the Khrumiriya highlands of North-western Tunisia. After presenting the myth and briefly indicating the relatively a-historical elements it has to offer to a cultural and structural analysis...

Verkennende beschouwingen beperkt tot enkele landen in West-Europa (Nederland, Frankrijk, België) en Afrika (Tanzania, Senegal) en tot twee aspecten: Welke mogelijkheden tot participatie heeft de burger? Welke bescherming kan een staat bieden aan inwoners die een andere dan...

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...

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...