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Famine and survival strategies : a case study from northeast Ethiopia

Upphovsperson: Dessalegn, Rahmato
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1991
Ämnesord: Wollo - Etiopien, Etiopien, Northeast Africa, East Africa, Famine, Food shortage, Food production, Rural population, Agriculture, Economic conditions, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This study importantly changes the focus to what happens before a famine comes, and how the peasants prepare for it. Paradoxically, the author concludes that it is in the years of recovery that the seeds of famine are sown. The study revolves around a case study in the awraja (district) in the Ambassel Wollo province in northeastern Ethiopia. The author also critically examines other literature on famine response.

Contesting views and changing paradigms : the land degradation debate in Southern Africa

Upphovsperson: Dahlberg, Annika
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1994
Ämnesord: Southern Africa, Environmental degradation, Desertification, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This study deals with issues of environmental change and degradation, with special reference to Southern Africa. Over the last couple of decades this debate has become quite heated. The aim of this paper is to clarify contrasting opinions, and to describe the more far-reaching shifts in scientific thinking. This is done by discussing definitions of the processes involved, the commonly used indicators and ascribed causes of degradation and the importance of time and space, especially in the context of the variability and heterogeneity which characterises the semi-arid environments. The value of interdisciplinarity is highlighted throughout the paper.

Kap Verde : de lyckliga öarna

Upphovsperson: Davidson, Basil
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1990
Ämnesord: Cape Verde, West Africa, History, Political development, Liberation, Independence, PAIGC, National liberation movements, Colonialism, Political science, Statsvetenskap
Med hjälp av tidigare okänt historiskt material, unika intervjuer och egna intryck från ett flertal resor till Kap Verde, levandegör den brittiske historikern Basil Davidson Kap Verdes långa historia av förtryck och hungersnöd, dess frigörelsekamp och dess unika experiment med demokratiskt styre efter självständigheten.

Socioeconomic stress, health and child nutritional status in Zimbabwe at a time of economic structural adjustment : a three-year longitudinal study

Upphovspersoner: Bijlmakers, Leon A. | Basset, Mary T. | Sanders, David M.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1998
Ämnesord: Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Structural adjustment, Child health, Child nutrition, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This report intervenes in the debate on the implications of structural adjustment for the social sector in Africa. It finds a strong association between structural adjustment implementation and a sharp deterioration both in the household economy and in the health status of the working poor in urban and rural Zimbabwe.

Seeds for African peasants : peasants' needs and agricultural research - the case of Zimbabwe

Upphovsperson: Friis-Hansen, Esbern
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1995
Ämnesord: Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Agriculture, Plant breeding, Seeds, Farming systems, Agricultural policy, Economic and social development, Sustainable development, Agricultural development, Agricultural research, Maps, Plant production, Växtproduktion
The book provides a comprehensive discussion about the role of agricultural seed in sustainable peasant agriculture and concludes by presenting new principles for sustainable poverty-oriented plant breeding.

100 vägar till Afrika : en introduktion till modern afrikansk skönlitteratur

Upphovsperson: Norström Ridæus, Barbro
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1995
Ämnesord: Bibliographies, Literature, Authors, Biographies, Africa, literature, Litteraturvetenskap
Skönlitteratur är en utmärkt förmedlare av kunskap om ett land, dess folk, kultur, tankesätt m m. I denna bok beskrivs utförligt över etthundra olika verk av afrikanska författare som finns översatta till svenska. Boken innehåller även biografier över författarna, en förteckning över artiklar om afrikanska författare och deras verk, samt en annoterad förteckning över internationella tidskrifter med kulturellt och litterärt innehåll.

Internally displaced, refugees and returnees from and in Mozambique

Upphovsperson: Wilson, Kenneth B.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Stockholm : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet ; SIDA
År: 1994
Ämnesord: Mozambique, Southern Africa, Refugees, Displaced persons, Return migration, Research, Literature surveys, Labour migration, Housing, Housing construction, Refugee camps, Emergency shelter, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Mozambique has an estimated population of 15 million people, and about two million of them are estimated to be refugees in neighbouring countries, three millions are "internally displaced" another million are dwelling temporarily in squatter camps, and around 300,000 are "returnees". This review includes both investigations of the causes and nature of the displacements and people's own survival strategies, as well as research on the nature and impact of assistance programmes.

Structural adjustment and ethnicity in Nigeria

Upphovsperson: Osaghae, Eghosa E.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1995
Ämnesord: Nigeria, West Africa, Structural adjustment, Politics, Ethnicity, , SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
It is generally agreed that the implementation of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) and the deep economic crisis which prefaced and continued to attend their adaptation in several African countries have had serious economic, social and political consequences. Against this background, this study examines the effect of SAP on ethnicity in Nigeria.

The politics of two Sudans : the South and the North 1821-1969

Upphovsperson: Ruay, Deng D. Akol
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1994
Ämnesord: Sudan, East Africa, History, Colonialism, Independence, Government, Civil war, Islamic law, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
A vivid and telling account of the political history of Sudan between 1821 and 1969. It clearly testifies to why the so-called Republic of Sudan is in reality two Sudans: North Sudan and South Sudan. The two differ in every substantive aspect: geographically, ethnically, culturally and religiously.

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