Author: Institute of African and Asian Studies. al-ḪurṭūmPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Proceedings of the ... International Conference of the Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum
Author: Institute of African and Asian Studies. al-ḪurṭūmPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Proceedings of the international conference of the Institute of African and Asian Studies
Author: Institute of African and Asian StudiesPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Part of the Proceedings of the Conference on North-South Relations Since the Addis Ababa Agreement
Author: Mom Kou Nhial ArouFiscal Disobedience
Author: Janet RoitmanPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691118703
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Fiscal Disobedience represents a novel approach to the question of citizenship amid the changing global economy and the fiscal crisis of the nation-state. Focusing on economic practices in the Chad Basin of Africa, Janet Roitman combines thorough ethnographic fieldwork with sophisticated analysis of key ideas of political economy to examine the contentious nature of fiscal relationships between the state and its citizens. She argues that citizenship is being redefined through a renegotiation of the rights and obligations inherent in such economic relationships. The book centers on a civil disobedience movement that arose in Cameroon beginning in 1990 ostensibly to counter state fiscal authority--a movement dubbed Opération Villes Mortes by the opposition and incivisme fiscal by the government (which for its part was eager to suggest that participants were less than legitimate citizens, failing in their civic duties). Contrary to standard approaches, Roitman examines this conflict as a "productive moment" that, rather than involving the outright rejection of regulatory authority, questioned the intelligibility of its exercise. Although both militarized commercial networks (associated with such activities trading in contraband goods including drugs, ivory, and guns) and highly organized gang-based banditry do challenge state authority, they do not necessarily undermine state power. Contrary to depictions of the African state as "weak" or "failed," this book demonstrates how the state in Africa manages to reconstitute its authority through networks that have emerged in the interstices of the state system. It also shows how those networks partake of the same epistemological grounding as does the state. Indeed, both state and nonstate practices of governing refer to a common "ethic of illegality," which explains how illegal activities are understood as licit or reasonable conduct.
The Central Bilād Al-Sūdān
Author: Jāmiʻat al-Kharṭūm. Maʻhad al-Dirāsāt al-Afrīqīyah wa-al-Āsiyawīyah. International ConferencePublisher:
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Category : Africa, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Sudan
Author: Abdel Salam SidahmedPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134479476
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Stretching between the savannah and the equator, Sudan is a microcosm of Africa, with one leg in the Arab world and the other in Africa. Sudan's development, however, has failed to address the differences within the country between its diverse ethnic communities. This has resulted in political instability and a lack of national consensus, ultimately leading to long-term civil war. This useful book provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Sudan, outlining the evolution of the state with emphasis on its post-independence experience. It includes chapters on the history, politics, society, international relations and economy of the country.
Handbook of Ancient Nubia
Author: Dietrich RauePublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110420384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1133
Book Description
Numerous research projects have studied the Nubian cultures of Sudan and Egypt over the last thirty years, leading to significant new insights. The contributions to this handbook illuminate our current understanding of the cultural history of this fascinating region, including its interconnections to the natural world.
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference for Nubian Studies
Author: Marie MilletPublisher: IFAO
ISBN: 2724710495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1061
Book Description
The Proceedings of the 14th International Conference for Nubian Studies are published in the research journal Kush for its 20th issue. Sixty articles are presenting the advances of international research on Middle Nile Valley archaeology and highlighting the richness and importance of Sudanese sites along the different phases of its Prehistory and History i.e. kingdoms of Kush (Kerma, Napata, Meroe), Medieval, Post-Medieval and Modern Periods. The eighty authors are coming from different disciplines: archaeology, linguistic, bio-anthropology, museum studies, etc. Their contributions are showing the nowadays implication of research in site management, cultural heritage and museums, especially in the frame of the bilateral programme Qatar Sudan Archaeological Programme.
Research Bulletin of the Institute of African and Asian Studies
Author: Jāmiʻat al-Kharṭūm. Maʻhad al-Dirāsāt al-Afrīqīyah wa-al-ĀsiyawīyahPublisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : ar
Pages : 128
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Africa's Endangered Languages
Author: Jason KandybowiczPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190256354
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
Relatively little is known about Africa's endangered languages. Unlike indigenous languages in Australia, North Asia, and the Americas, which are predominantly threatened by colonizers, African languages are threatened most immediately by other local languages. As a result, the threat of language extinction is perceived as lower in Africa than in other parts of the globe, and a disproportionate amount of research is devoted to the study of endangered African languages when compared to any other linguistically threatened region in the world. There are approximately 308 highly endangered languages spoken in Africa (roughly 12% of all African languages) and at least 201 extinct African languages. This volume hopes to illuminate and challenge this trend. Chapters offer both documentary and theoretical perspectives, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between the two approaches and its implications for the preservation of endangered languages, both in the African context and more broadly. Documentary-oriented chapters deal with key issues in African language documentation including language preservation and revitalization, community activism, and data collection and dissemination methodologies, among others. Theoretically-oriented chapters provide detailed descriptions and analyses of phonetic, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic phenomena, and connect these to current theoretical issues and debates. Africa's Endangered Languages provides thorough coverage of a continent's neglected languages that will spur linguists and Africanists alike to work to protect them.