Publications

Vier verhalen over Afrikaanse vrouwen

Deze bundel, een weerslag van een tweedaagse workshop over staat en maatschappij in Afrika, gehouden medio december 1981 te Leiden, bevat naast een inleidend hoofdstuk van beide redacteurs, acht theoretisch-vergelijkende studies en elf case-studies. Gezamenlijk geven ze een...

Underlying Pierre Philippe Rey's specific theoretical contributions on the articulation of modes of production is a more general conception of the nature and project of anthropology and of the political role of the anthropologist in the class struggle of Third World...

Nkoya is an ethnic and linguistic label applying to about 50,000 people inhabiting the wooded plateau of Central Western Zambia. The author discusses the valley as the effective rural community and the villages as the main constituent social units within the valley and...

The system of land use as practised in the mid-20th century was as follows: the fields, called the lands, were found outside the village at distances varying from 5 to 50 km. Every household maintained a temporary shelter at the lands for use during the agricultural season....

This anthology explains and highlights the 'political culture' of those people taxonomically referred to in South African racial legislation as "Coloured". It is based on articles written for a journal called 'The Educational Journal', which was...

The authors examine the empirical realities of interaction between the Government and citizens in rural Zambia - the channels of commmunication between Ward Development Committees and District Government in Chipata - and show that current explanations of administrative...

La disponibiblité des terres et d'une main-d'oeuvre relativement bon marché a été l'un des fondements de l'expansion et de la rentabilité de la riziculture capitaliste dans la vallée de Gbedembilisi, située dans le sud-est de la Builsa Traditional Area (...