A study of the West African Hauka-spirits that grotesquely mimic and mock" Europeans" of
the colonial epoch. The author considers spirit possession as a set of embodied practices …

Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Liberia, Somalia, Azerbaijan, El Salvador, Northern Ireland, Lebanon,
Cambodia--all provide bloody evidence that civil wars continue to have a powerful impact on …

An analysis of the ties between culture and every aspect of African life, using Africa's past to
explain present situations. This book focuses on the modern cultures of Africa, from the …

Whether to intervene in conflicts in the develo** world is a major and ongoing policy issue
for the United States. In Deciding to Intervene, James M. Scott examines the Reagan …

A história dessa tese tem seu início na primeira viagem que fiz ao Brasil, em 1995, para
participar de um encontro de estudos africanos, o que me permitiu retomar o contato com o …

In southern Africa's “Great Limpopo Transboundary Conservation Area,” potential nature,
envisioned as ideal habitats for wildlife, may outweigh actual nature. I refer to this notion of …

Twenty years after the Mozambican war ended, a return to arms from 2013 by the opposition
movement Renamo served to revitalize support for the party in the 2014 election, and put …

This book is a long-overdue history of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) and the
rise of the Africanist ideology in South Africa. From its formation in 1959, the PAC …

Africa finds itself at the centre stage of world politics in the twenty-first century. To truly
determine its rising influence and role in world affairs would mean unravelling the politics of …

This book explores the relations between literacy and" people's power" in the context of
Mozambique's project of socialist construction. It probes the tensions between literacy as a …