Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia

Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia
Author: F. Ndhlovu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137414324

Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia extends debates on identities, cultures and notions of race and racism into new directions as it analyses the forms of interactional identities of African migrants in Australia. It de-naturalises the commonplace assumptions and imaginations about the cultures and identities of African diaspora communities, and probes the relevance and usefulness of identity markers such as country of origin, nationality, ethnicity, ethnic/heritage language and mother tongue. Current cultural frames of identity representation have so far failed to capture the complexities of everyday lived experiences of transnational individuals and groups. Therefore by drawing on fresh concepts and recent empirical evidence, this book invites the reader to revisit and rethink the vocabularies that we use to look at identity categories such as race, culture, language, ethnicity, nationality, and citizenship, and introduces a new language nesting model of diaspora identity. This book will be of great interest to all students of migration, diaspora, African and Australian studies.

Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South

Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South
Author: Anders Breidlid
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415895898

Through a series of case studies, this book explores the question of whether Western educational discourse - still the dominant discourse in many countries in the global South - benefits the majority of pupils and helps promote sustainable development in these countries, or whether pedagogies rooted in more indigenous ideologies and discourses would better serve this aim.

Red Road to Freedom

Red Road to Freedom
Author: Tom Lodge
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages: 633
Release: 2022
Genre: History
ISBN: 184701321X

Definitive and gripping narrative history of the Communist Party of South Africa.

Losing the Blanket

Losing the Blanket
Author: David Goldsworthy
Publisher: Melbourne University Publish
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780522850284

An account of British decolonization and its aftermath. It discusses its implications for Australian policies in the key areas of defence in Southeast Asia, the politics of the Commonwealth, the European Union, Australia's own colonial policy and the bilateral relationship with Britain itself.

Residual Uncertainty

Residual Uncertainty
Author: Roy Pateman
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780761825920

Intelligence networks will forever be with us, and surely there will always be an appropriate role for the intelligence community. There are still important but hard to learn facts about targets--including the intentions and capabilities of rogue states and terrorists, the proliferation of unconventional weapons, and the disposition of potentially hostile military forces--that can only be identified, monitored, and measured through dedicated intelligence assets. In Residual Uncertainty, Roy Pateman gives numerous examples of where security has been breached, and networks, severely, even irreparably compromised and explains how the consequences of intelligence failure will surely be graver in the future. Pateman pinpoints the causes of failures in intelligence and policy in today's world and offers solutions that will drastically overhaul and improve our intelligence networks.

Living Through Languages

Living Through Languages
Author: Christa Van der Walt
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2007-05-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1920109706

Living through Languages: An African Tribute to René Dirven is a collection of scholarly research meant to honour the various facets of his academic legacy, which includes language policy and politics, language acquisition (specifically in multilingual societies), the role of English and English language teaching, and a life-long interest in cognitive linguistics.

Re-imagining Africa

Re-imagining Africa
Author: African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific. Annual Conference
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781590331002

This book provides a plethora of insights and perspectives that take up and challenge prevailing points of view about today's Africa. The chapters examine a number of different media and topics: from African theatre to poetry, from accounts of personal history to South Africa's language policy and publishing practices. Their unifying theme is a search for tomorrow's cultural trends in an ever-changing Africa.

Earth Spirit Dreaming

Earth Spirit Dreaming
Author: Elizabeth E. Meacham
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1620559889

A guide to co-creating a healing vision for humanity and the Earth through nature-connected shamanic rituals • Explains the Earth Spirit Dreaming process for rebirthing inherent shamanic abilities with dozens of practices in three categories: Earth-connecting practices, Spirit-connecting practices, and Dream-connecting practices • Provides experiential exercises to foster interactions with the intelligences and elemental energies of nature and the Spirit realm, realign you with the rhythms and flow of life, and co-create a healing dream for humanity and all of life on our planet • Contains step-by-step directions for connecting with the light guides of the planet for guidance and healing Humanity has become profoundly disconnected from the web of life on Earth as well as from nature as a whole. In this practical guide, Elizabeth E. Meacham details her field-tested method of shamanic ecotherapy practices to resolve this centuries-long trend toward disconnection. Through these practices, you will learn how to reconnect to Earth’s systems and help restore health and balance to people and the planet. Translating transformative ideas from visionary environmental thinkers into engaging shamanic rituals for profound spiritual growth, Meacham offers dozens of practices in three categories: Earth-connecting practices, Spirit-connecting practices, and Dream-connecting practices. Building on one another, the exercises open channels to allow you to directly experience the intelligences of the Earth and Spirit realms, rebirth your inherent shamanic abilities, realign you with the rhythms and flow of life, and reclaim your ancestral power for co-creating a healing dream for our species and all of life on our planetary home. Guiding the reader through a progressively deepening journey toward connection with ourselves, each other, and the consciousness of our biosphere, the practices also invite profound mindfulness, as we work to hold a vision of connection with the Earth and Spirit realms, while choosing consciously to focus on joy, beauty, gratitude, love, and healing. Illuminating a shamanic awakening within Western culture at the dawn of an ecological age, Earth Spirit Dreaming reveals how the birth of a global consciousness of healing depends upon our commitment to individual and collective spiritual evolution. Calling us back to our shamanic heritage of a living nature spirituality, this manual offers much needed guidance on the essential journey back to an intimate love of Earth.