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Culture and development : the popular theatre approach in Africa

Upphovsperson: Mlama, Penina Muhando
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1991
Ämnesord: Tanzania, East Africa, Africa, Theatre, Community development, Social participation, History, Post war, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
"The Popular Theatre movement in Africa is a response to a history that has undermined people's genuine participation in the development process." With these words Penina Mlama opens the exciting survey in this book of different attempts at creating a truly Popular Theatre in the third World in general, and in Africa in particular. The author who is a writer and academic in Tanzania draws heavily on her own involvement in this cultural-political movement.

Religion and politics in Southern Africa

Medarbetare: Palmberg, Mai | Hallencreutz, Carl Fredrik
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1991
Ämnesord: Southern Africa, History, Religion, Church, Politics, Conference papers, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
As steps are taken towards the end of apartheid and a new political future in South Africa the theme of religion and politics is both topical and urgent. Religion plays and will play a large part in South Africa, as the experiences of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Namibia already show. The contributions from an interdisciplinary seminar held in Uppsala, Sweden, offer both sceptical, self-critical, hopeful and cautious perspectives from a variety of viewpoints.

Refugees in a chess game : reflections on Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland refugee policies

Upphovsperson: Rwelamira, Medard
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1990
Ämnesord: Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Southern Africa, Refugees, Government policy, Political science, Statsvetenskap
The number of refugees in Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland have risen dramatically. To analyse the complex refugee policies which evolved the author places these countries in the broader context of the political economy of the subregion. After giving the general background the author proceeds to analyse each of the three countries in terms of how South African policies have affected their refugee policies.

The medicine man among the Zaramo of Dar es Salaam

Upphovsperson: Swantz, Lloyd
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Dar es Salaam Univ. Press
År: 1990
Ämnesord: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa, Zaramo, Traditional medicine, Ethnic groups, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
As an urban anthropologist, pastor and teacher the author has lived for many years among the Zaramo. This revised doctoral thesis is an important and well documented study of the traditional healers in the urban setting.

Flight and integration : causes of mass exodus from Ethiopia and problems of integration in the Sudan

Upphovsperson: Bulcha, Mekuria
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1988
Ämnesord: Ethiopia, Sudan, East Africa, Refugees, Migration, Forced migration, Economic integration, Social integration, Cultural integration, Theses, sociology, Sociology, Sociologi
Today, about half of the refugees in the world are Africans. More than half of Africa's refugees originate from Ethiopia and live in the Sudan and Somalia. as a source of refugees, Ethiopia is surpassed only by Afghanistan. This book is about this mass exodus from Ethiopia. The author maintains that in the absence of a clear understanding of its root causes it is impossible to find lasting solutions to this problem of mass displacement. Therefore, he employs an historical approach and commences the study with an investigation of the links between the past history of the peoples of the Horn of Africa and the conflict which currently plague the region.

Integrated rural development : the Ethiopian experience and the debate

Upphovsperson: Cohen, John M.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1987
Ämnesord: Arsi Region, Ethiopia, Chilalo, Ethiopia, East Africa, Sweden, Rural development, Development projects, Development aid, Integrated development, Chilalo Agricultural Development Unit, Arssi Rural Development Unit, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This is a comprehensive study based on one of the most significant and well-known integrated rural development projects, the Swedish funded Chilalo Agricultural Development Unit in Ethiopia's Arssi Region. It clarifies the concept of integrated rural development and identifies the key issues in the debate. It provides a detailed case study of design, implementation, and evaluation problems facing integrated rural development projects.

A self-help housing project in rural Tunisia in retrospect

Upphovsperson: Curutchet, Mirina
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet ; Dept. of Building Function Analysis [Institutionen för byggnadsfunktionslära], Lund Univ.
År: 1987
Ämnesord: Tunisia, Maghreb, Aid evaluation, Housing projects, Self-help, Rural housing, Rural areas, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The purpose of this study is to analyse and disseminate an experiment of rural self-help housing initiated as part of the vocational training of a group of students of architecture and which allowed to improve significantly the housing conditions of a group of deprived peasants in rural Tunisia.

The political economy of Namibia : an annotated critical bibliography

Upphovspersoner: Eriksen, Tore Linné | Moorsom, Richard
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; United Nations Institute for Namibia, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs ;
År: 1989
Ämnesord: Bibliographies, Namibia, Southern Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This highly acclaimed bibliography contains more than 2,100 entries, of which over 1,000 are annotated, including books, articles, unpublished reports, conference papers, official publications and periodicals in English, German, Afrikaans and the Nordic languages. It also provides a guide to the major libraries, and research institutes. The first edition of The Political Economy of Namibia received the Conover-Porter award in 1986. Revised and updated edition.

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