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Afrikabild för partnerskap? : Afrika i de svenska skolböckerna

Upphovsperson: Palmberg, Mai
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Cultural Images and Expressions | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 2000
Ämnesord: Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa, Sweden, History, Culture, Textbooks, development education, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Sverige har initierat ett nytt kapitel i sina relationer med Afrika under benämningen "partnerskap". Mot den bakgrunden har författaren till denna studie granskat hur Afrika framställs i 62 aktuella högstadieböcker i SO-ämnen. Skolböckerna har en stor betydelse som formare av vår världsbild och som återspeglare av tidsandan, men undgår vanligtvis all kritisk granskning. Denna bok ger både ris och ros. Den varnar för generaliseringar och föreslår kompletterande material som kan ge en mer intressant och levande Afrikabild.

Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa : The Impact of Chinese, Indian and Brazilian Investments

Medarbetare: Cheru, Fantu | Modi, Renu
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Zed Books
År: 2013
Ämnesord: Agricultural development, Food supply, Food security, Foreign investment, Direct investment, international economic relations, Agrarian reform, Pastoralists, South south relations, Africa, China, India, Brazil
The subject of food security and land issues in Africa has become one of increased importance and contention over recent years. In particular, the focus has shifted to the role new Global South donors - in particular India, China and Brazil - are playing in shaping African agriculture through their increased involvement and investment in the continent. Approaching the topic through the framework of South-South co-operation (SSC), this highly original volume presents a critical analysis of the ways in which Chinese, Indian and Brazilian engagements in African agriculture are structured and implemented. Do these investments have the potential to create new opportunities to improve local living standards, transfer new technology and knowhow to African producers, and reverse the persistent productivity decline in African agriculture? Or will they simply aggravate the problem of food insecurity by accelerating the process of land alienation and displacement of local people from their land? Topical and comprehensive, ‘Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa’ offers fresh insight into a set of relationships that will shape both Africa and the world over the coming decades.

Africa has the floor

Upphovsperson: Theorell, Anita
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Stockholm : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 2011
Ämnesord: Africa, Authors, Women authors, literature, Fiction, Litteraturvetenskap
Contents: HENNING MANKELL/HAS/THE/FLOOR -- VERONIQUE TADJO/HAS/THE/FLOOR -- THE/AUTHORS: -- CHRIS ABANI -- LUBNA AL-HUSSEIN -- MESHACK ASARE -- SEFI ATTA -- EDEM AWUMEY-- GABEBA BADEROON -- YABA BADOE -- DOREEN BAINGANA -- BIYI BANDELE -- LESLEY BEAKE -- SIHEM BENSEDRINE -- MAÏSSA BEY -- PAULINA CHIZIANE -- MIA COUTO -- BERNADETTE SANOU DAO -- LASSANA IGO DIARRA -- OUSMANE DIARRA -- BOUBACAR BORIS DIOP -- UNITY DOW -- NAWAL EL SAADAWI -- CHRISTIAN EPANYA -- NURUDDIN FARAH -- PETINA GRAPPAH -- NADINE GORDIMER -- MIGUEL GULLANDER -- PIET GROBLER -- HELON HABILA -- JAY HEALE -- AYAAN HIRSI ALI -- CHENJERAI HOVE -- PHILO IKONYA -- BRIAN JAMES -- TAHAR BEN JELLOUN -- BILLY KAHORA -- FATOU KEÏTA -- JOHN KILAKA -- ELIESHI LEMA -- ALAIN MABANCKOU -- SINDIWE MAGONA -- KOPANO MATLWA -- DESBELE MEHARI -- MAAZA MENGISTE -- DEON MEYER -- BIENVENU SENA MONGABE -- GEOFFREY MUSONDA -- WAMBUI MWANGI -- DOMINIQUE MWANKUMI -- EYOUM N’GANGUE -- CLETUS NELSON NWADIKE -- MONICA ARAC DE NYENKO -- TOLU OGUNLESI -- ONDJAKI -- SHAILJA PATEL -- WUMI RAJI -- LESEGO RAMPOLOKENG -- IRENE SABATINI -- ISMAIL SERAGELDIN -- STEEVE SASSENE -- JONATHAN SHAPIRO -- PATRICIA SCHONSTEIN -- VERONIQUE TADJO -- MPHO TUTU -- NGUGI WA THIONG’O -- BINYAVANGA WAINAINA -- SENAYIT WORKU

Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform

Upphovsperson: Matondi, Prosper B.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Agrarian Change, Property and Resources | London, England : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Zed Books
År: 2012
Ämnesord: Africa, Africa Now, Agriculture, development, International relations, politics, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The Fast-Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe has emerged as a highly contested reform process both nationally and internationally. The image of it has all too often been that of the widespread displacement and subsequent replacement of various people, agricultural-related production systems, facets and processes. The reality, however, is altogether more complex. Providing new, in-depth and much-needed empirical research, and based on a broader geographical scope than any previous study carried out on the subject, Zimbabwe’s Fast-Track Land Reform examines how processes such as land acquisition, allocation, transitional production outcomes, social life, gender and tenure, have influenced and been influenced by the forces driving the programme. It also explores the ways in which the land-reform programme has created a new agrarian structure based on small- to medium-scale farmers. In attempting to resolve the problematic issues the reforms have raised, the authors argue that it is this new agrarian formation which provides the greatest scope for improving Zimbabwe’s agriculture and development. A landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.

Understanding Fast Track Land Reforms in Zimbabwe

Upphovsperson: Matondi, Prosper B.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Agrarian Change, Property and Resources | Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Zed Books
År: 2012
Ämnesord: Africa Now, Africa, Agriculture, development, International relations, politics
The Fast-Track Land Reform Programme in Zimbabwe has emerged as a highly contested reform process both nationally and internationally. The image of it has all too often been that of the widespread displacement and subsequent replacement of various people, agricultural-related production systems, facets and processes. The reality, however, is altogether more complex. Providing new, in-depth and much-needed empirical research, and based on a broader geographical scope than any previous study carried out on the subject, Zimbabwe’s Fast-Track Land Reform examines how processes such as land acquisition, allocation, transitional production outcomes, social life, gender and tenure, have influenced and been influenced by the forces driving the programme. It also explores the ways in which the land-reform programme has created a new agrarian structure based on small- to medium-scale farmers. In attempting to resolve the problematic issues the reforms have raised, the authors argue that it is this new agrarian formation which provides the greatest scope for improving Zimbabwe’s agriculture and development. A landmark work on a subject of considerable controversy.

'Legal Empowerment of the Poor' versus 'Right to the City' : Implications for access to housing in urban Africa

Upphovsperson: Vogiazides, Louisa
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Urban Dynamics | Uppsala, Sweden
År: 2012
Ämnesord: Towns, Urban areas, Urbanization, Urban housing, poverty, Low income groups, Property rights, Empowerment Legislation, Research methods, comparative analysis, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The challenge of urban deprivation and exclusion in the urban South has given rise to varied and shifting policies and ideas. Two sets of ideas have gained great currency in recent years in international policy and academic circles. The Legal Empowerment of the Poor approach, rooted in neoliberal thinking, focuses on the legal rights of the urban poor as the means to secure access to basic services and needs. The Right to the City perspective, on the other hand, stresses issues of citizenship and the appropriation and uses of urban space. This Policy Dialogue analyses the different ideological and normative foundations of the two perspectives and discusses how they lead to different policy formulations. It then takes a closer look at how the two perspectives find expression in contemporary discussions on and approaches to access to housing in urban Africa. To this end, it compares what each approach identifies as the source of the problem and recommends as the policy solution.

50th anniversary conference 'Fifty years with Africa in focus' : Panel discussion following the presentation of the anniversary publication “Researching Africa”

Upphovspersoner: Sall, Ebrima | Teppo, Annika | Cheru, Fantu
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Urban Dynamics | Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | CODESRIA | Uppsala, Sweden
År: 2012
Ämnesord: anniversary conference, panel discussion, Teppo, Cheru, Sall, research, Africa
Filmed during the 50th anniversary conference 'Fifty years with Africa in focus', 12 October 2012 in Uppsala, Sweden. 44 min. 40 sek.

50th anniversary conference 'Fifty years with Africa in focus' : Panel discussion: The Future Challenges for Africa and the Role of Research

Upphovspersoner: Olukoshi, Adebayo | Ndinga-Muvumba, Angela | Massad, Joseph | Houghton, Irungu
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | IDEP | Colombia University | Oxfam | Uppsala, Sweden
År: 2012
Ämnesord: anniversary conference, Africa, research, panel discussion
Filmed during the 50th anniversary conference 'Fifty years with Africa in focus', 12 October 2012 in Uppsala, Sweden. Part 1: 59 min. 16 sek. Part 2: 25 min. 35 sek.

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