Publications

Reviews briefly the role of population growth in economic growth theory and makes a few critical remarks on the applied methodology and the underlying assumptions. Emphasis is laid on the possible relationships between population and economic growth in the developing...

Explores some of the main characteristics of the legal system of the present-day Nkoya of Zambia, and relates this system on the one hand to the official legel system as it is mainly represented among the Nkoya, by the local court, on the other hand to the general structure...

The high incidence of malnutrition in Uganda among children of pre-school age must be attributed, to a considerable extent, to feeding habits. Various organisations try to improve the nutritional status of children through education programmes aiming at changing infant...

Beschrijving en analyse van de traditionele Westafrikaanse samenleving en haar arbeidsverhoudingen, de veranderingen door de inlijving in het zich wereldwijd verbreidende kapitalistische systeem, het ontstaan van vakbonden, de verschillen tussen de vakbeweging in Frans West-...

Discussion of a retrospective study of the psychological effects of infantile malnutrition in Kampala (Uganda)

This paper describes the different types of approach used in nutrition education programmes in Uganda

At present little is known of the two topics of which this paper is an intersection: the history and social organization of the Nkoya (one of the "subject" tribes of Barotseland, Zambia) and Zambian possession cults, especially in the urban areas. Sections: the...

The method of survey followed in this study is that of the bibliographical approach, i.e. a descriptive analysis of publications in terms of a number of categories. Presented is an analysis of the titles in J.C. Hoorweg and H.C. Marais, Psychology in Africa. A bibliography (...