Anthropology Of Development And Change In East Africa
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Author | : David W. Brokensha |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2019-03-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0429712286 |
The editors are grateful for the editing and production assistance of a number of IDA staff members, especially Sylvia Horowitz, who copyedited the entire manuscript and supervised its transformation for computer-generated typesetting. Vivian Carlip gave a second editorial reading, Cecily O'Neil helped with production, the manuscript was proofread by Vera Beers-Tyler, and Peter Daly designed the map on the following page. To the contributors, of course, goes our greatest appreciation, for their gracious cooperation in making requested revisions as well as for the content of their work.
Author | : Echi Christina Gabbert |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2021-01-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1789209919 |
Rangeland, forests and riverine landscapes of pastoral communities in Eastern Africa are increasingly under threat. Abetted by states who think that outsiders can better use the lands than the people who have lived there for centuries, outside commercial interests have displaced indigenous dwellers from pastoral territories. This volume presents case studies from Eastern Africa, based on long-term field research, that vividly illustrate the struggles and strategies of those who face dispossession and also discredit ideological false modernist tropes like ‘backwardness’ and ‘primitiveness’.
Author | : David C. Pitt |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2011-06-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3110805332 |
Author | : W. Arens |
Publisher | : Hague : Mouton ; Chicago : distributed in the USA and Canada by Aldine |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : LITERARY COLLECTIONS |
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Author | : Stanley Diamond |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 648 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Africa, East |
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Author | : Paul Spencer |
Publisher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1998-01-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0191583448 |
Paul Spencer presents the definitive study of the ways of life of the cattle-herding peoples of East Africa, drawing on many years of research. This region has offered a prime example of a traditional culture resisting the inevitability of change; it provides the best-known and most extensive instance both of cattle-pastoralist society and of social organization based primarily on age. Pastoral peoples were once dominant in the East African interior, but development of the market economy has progressively polarized the region and forced them into the most marginal, drought-ridden areas; in this ecological trap they have become a peripheral underclass. The Pastoral Continuum examines the richness and resilience of their cultures and illuminates the role of indigenous practices and institutions in adaptation and survival. The pastoralists' systems of age organization in particular are notable for their resilience: it is demonstrated that these are bound up with problems of growth and succession in family enterprises, and that marriage is a critical link in the web of alliance that governs the problematic relations between old and young. Spencer's exploration of the development of the pastoralist phenomenon yields a unique view of its place in the modern world and its prospects for the future. This landmark work by a leading authority will be of lasting value to any reader interested in traditional social systems of this kind.
Author | : Aylward Shorter |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136534091 |
Focussing on the mechanics of social change and the interaction between ethnic groups, cultures, structures and value systems the background questions of ecology, demography and history are also examined and the process of urbanization and rural revolution described. Trends in marriage and family life, education and religious ideas are also discussed and case studies from each country included. First published in 1974.
Author | : Maxwell Owusu |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2011-07-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3110812630 |
Author | : Günther Schlee |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781845456047 |
Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant account of a society profoundly shaped by identity politics and contribute to a better understanding of the nature of conflict and war, and forms of alliance and peacemaking, thus providing a comprehensive portrait of this troubled region.
Author | : P.H. Gulliver |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1136529403 |
First published in 1969. Divided into two parts, the first sections in the book examine the significance of the tribal factor in certain general contexts and discuss some of the particular backgrounds to contemporary transition in East Africa. There are essays on politics, economic development, language, law and education, together with a comparative look at European nationalism. In the second part, the grass-roots basis and development of the concept of the tribe are considered and its operation in social life in rural areas discussed. The contributions come from a wide range of scholars in the social sciences, history and law and the contributors are: W.J. Argyle, George Bennett, Tom J. Mboya, W.H. Whiteley, Eugene Cotran, J.W. Tyler, J.S. La Fontaine, Michael Twaddle, Kathleen M. Stahl, P.H. Gulliver, Kirsten Alneas, David J. Parkin, R.D. Grillo, I.M. Lewis, H.F. Morris.