Abstract: This article examines the experiences and motivations of young volunteers engaged in the development domain of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Uganda. While promoting various family-planning projects, volunteers deftly navigated human-rights discourses of international donors, norms of religious leaders, and development narratives of national policymakers as they attempted to advance their own life projects. Through the creation of new narratives and their agency, the volunteers translated, reformed, and re-presented Global North development discourse as part of a situated theorization on development problems. Simultaneously these educated, middle-class youth embraced the discursively vague field of family planning as the likeliest avenue for social mobility by becoming "big" within national and local patrimonial and patriarchal systems. Although such family-planning programs do seem to allow some volunteers to achieve their goals, they paradoxically reproduce the patriarchal systems that gender-equality NGOs aim to dismantle.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.69.4.06
Clement Chipenda
Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on humanity, and rural households have not been spared. Focusing on Goromonzi District in rural Zimbabwe, this article employs the sustainable livelihoods framework to investigate its effects on agricultural production and marketing by resettled farmers in the first year of the pandemic. It shows that COVID brought with it several shocks, stresses, and vulnerabilities that affected rural households. It goes on to explore the risk-coping strategies that such households employed. Rural households can be seen as having used their agency to engage in diversified livelihood activities, by which they strengthened their coping capabilities and thus responded to the pandemic. With livelihoods at the center of analysis and capabilities, assets, and resources framing the discussion, the article provides an empirically grounded contribution on the immediate ramifications of the pandemic on rural households in Zimbabwe and how they managed to cope.
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Reviewed by: Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith: Christian and Muslim Schools in Tanzania by Hansjörg Dilger Mara A. Leichtman BOOK REVIEW of Dilger, Hansjörg. 2022. Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith: Christian and Muslim Schools in Tanzania. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 292 pp. $99.99 (cloth). Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith offers a unique approach to faith-oriented schooling in the context of competition for students in an era of mass education and the "widely perceived 'failure' of public schools" in Tanzania (1). German anthropologist Hansjörg Dilger, on the basis of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2008 and 2010, here compares newly established Christian and Muslim schools in Dar es Salaam. The former are particularly attractive for the growing urban middle classes (both Christian and Muslim), whereas the latter are weaker performing and cater to Muslim families from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds. For Dilger, faith-oriented schools are simultaneously individual and political affairs, as neoliberalism and privatization have opened a new marketplace for high-quality education that socializes children in religious morals and values. Drawing from theories within education and the anthropology of ethics, Dilger explores quests of students and teachers for "a good life" (chap. 1). He grounds their academic journeys in a wider context of historical and political-economic forces, Christian-Muslim differences, and socioeconomic inequalities. Values taught and learned include "consciousness of the self and others; body and dress; social status and difference; the presence of, and ways of engaging with, religious difference; notions of doing good and bad; the goals of learning and work; and relationships of affect and belonging" (14). Dilger does not study only one school, or the schools of only one faith community. He studies six private primary and secondary schools: neo-Pentecostal, reformist Muslim, and Roman Catholic. Each school follows the same secular state curriculum and is ranked according to student success in national exams. Moral values and religious content are thus taught in elective courses and in attached mosques and churches. This methodology enables analysis of "highly unequal positions": Christian schools benefit from more privilege, and the disadvantaged position of Muslim schools reflects "educational policies and the governance of religious difference during colonial and postcolonial times" (19), presented in Part 1. Kiswahili remains the medium of instruction at primary schools, but English is mandated at the secondary level and in higher education. Many Tanzanian students struggle with this transition and the resulting language gap. Religious instruction is voluntary, and it thereby lacks clear government guidelines and support for [End Page 154] stressing religious equality and neutrality. Nevertheless, the government monitors religious institutions. Dilger explores the content
《学习道德、不平等和信仰:坦桑尼亚的基督教和穆斯林学校》，作者:Hansjörg Dilger Mara A. Leichtman, Dilger书评，Hansjörg。2022. 学习道德、不平等和信仰:坦桑尼亚的基督教和穆斯林学校。剑桥:剑桥大学出版社，292页，99.99美元(布)。《学习道德、不平等和信仰》一书为坦桑尼亚大众教育时代的学生竞争和“普遍认为公立学校的‘失败’”提供了一种独特的以信仰为导向的学校教育方法(1)。德国人类学家Hansjörg Dilger在2008年至2010年进行的民族志田野调查的基础上，对达累斯萨拉姆新建立的基督教学校和穆斯林学校进行了比较。前者对不断壮大的城市中产阶级(包括基督徒和穆斯林)尤其有吸引力，而后者表现较差，迎合了社会经济背景较差的穆斯林家庭。对迪尔格来说，以信仰为导向的学校同时是个人和政治事务，因为新自由主义和私有化为高质量的教育开辟了一个新的市场，使儿童在宗教道德和价值观方面社会化。迪尔格从教育学和伦理学人类学的理论出发，探讨了学生和教师对“美好生活”的追求(第一章)。他将他们的学术旅程置于历史和政治经济力量、基督教-穆斯林差异以及社会经济不平等的更广泛背景下。教授和学习的价值观包括“自我和他人的意识;身体和衣着;社会地位与差异;宗教差异的存在和处理宗教差异的方式;做好事和做坏事的观念;学习和工作的目标;情感和归属的关系"(14)。Dilger不只学习一所学校，也不只学习一个信仰团体的学校。他研究了六所私立小学和中学:新五旬节派、改革派穆斯林和罗马天主教。每所学校都遵循相同的世俗国家课程，并根据学生在国家考试中的成绩进行排名。因此，道德价值和宗教内容在选修课和附属的清真寺和教堂中教授。这种方法可以分析“高度不平等的地位”:基督教学校受益于更多的特权，而穆斯林学校的弱势地位反映了“殖民和后殖民时期的教育政策和宗教差异的治理”(19)，在第1部分中提出。斯瓦希里语仍然是小学的教学语言，但英语是中学和高等教育的必修课。许多坦桑尼亚学生在这种转变和由此产生的语言差距中挣扎。宗教教育是自愿的，因此缺乏明确的政府指导方针和对强调宗教平等和中立的支持。然而，政府监督宗教机构。Dilger探讨了坦桑尼亚国家穆斯林委员会(National Muslim Council of Tanzania)颇具争议的发展，以及宗教组织必须向政府机构登记。这本书的第二部分包括启发性的案例研究。圣玛丽的新五旬节派学校在第4章中描述“承诺繁荣，并声称能够将追随者从邪灵的影响中解放出来”(102)。Dilger描述了学校闹鬼的传闻如何反映了城市空间的不道德，例如涉及性关系和艾滋病毒。学费昂贵，包括餐费和乘坐校车(较贫穷的学校无法为学生提供交通工具)。教师更喜欢在基督教学校工作，因为那里的工资更高，因此有很强的职业道德和学术声誉。学生(和教师)形成的联系超越了学校，延伸到亲属关系、种族关系和城乡关系;中产阶级形成的物质与非物质愿望;对坦桑尼亚民族的忠诚;以及以信仰为导向的身份和实践。然而，在灌输基督教价值观和所谓的美好生活(以希望、分享和其他类似观念为基础)的同时，圣玛丽学校声称其学校网络不是基督教的，并强调“价值观的非宗派教学”(129)。迪尔格提供了精神占有和治疗的迷人例子，特别是针对穆斯林女孩。第五章转向两所性别隔离的伊斯兰学校。Dilger分析了穆斯林在坦桑尼亚历史上被边缘化的话语，对基督教教育优越性的看法，以及1998年美国驻达累斯萨拉姆和内罗毕大使馆爆炸事件后对穆斯林的镇压。他研究发现的伦理框架……
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.69.4.08
Reviewed by: Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith: Christian and Muslim Schools in Tanzania by Hansjörg Dilger Mara A. Leichtman BOOK REVIEW of Dilger, Hansjörg. 2022. Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith: Christian and Muslim Schools in Tanzania. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 292 pp. $99.99 (cloth). Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith offers a unique approach to faith-oriented schooling in the context of competition for students in an era of mass education and the "widely perceived 'failure' of public schools" in Tanzania (1). German anthropologist Hansjörg Dilger, on the basis of ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2008 and 2010, here compares newly established Christian and Muslim schools in Dar es Salaam. The former are particularly attractive for the growing urban middle classes (both Christian and Muslim), whereas the latter are weaker performing and cater to Muslim families from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds. For Dilger, faith-oriented schools are simultaneously individual and political affairs, as neoliberalism and privatization have opened a new marketplace for high-quality education that socializes children in religious morals and values. Drawing from theories within education and the anthropology of ethics, Dilger explores quests of students and teachers for "a good life" (chap. 1). He grounds their academic journeys in a wider context of historical and political-economic forces, Christian-Muslim differences, and socioeconomic inequalities. Values taught and learned include "consciousness of the self and others; body and dress; social status and difference; the presence of, and ways of engaging with, religious difference; notions of doing good and bad; the goals of learning and work; and relationships of affect and belonging" (14). Dilger does not study only one school, or the schools of only one faith community. He studies six private primary and secondary schools: neo-Pentecostal, reformist Muslim, and Roman Catholic. Each school follows the same secular state curriculum and is ranked according to student success in national exams. Moral values and religious content are thus taught in elective courses and in attached mosques and churches. This methodology enables analysis of "highly unequal positions": Christian schools benefit from more privilege, and the disadvantaged position of Muslim schools reflects "educational policies and the governance of religious difference during colonial and postcolonial times" (19), presented in Part 1. Kiswahili remains the medium of instruction at primary schools, but English is mandated at the secondary level and in higher education. Many Tanzanian students struggle with this transition and the resulting language gap. Religious instruction is voluntary, and it thereby lacks clear government guidelines and support for [End Page 154] stressing religious equality and neutrality. Nevertheless, the government monitors religious institutions. Dilger explores the content
《学习道德、不平等和信仰:坦桑尼亚的基督教和穆斯林学校》，作者:Hansjörg Dilger Mara A. Leichtman, Dilger书评，Hansjörg。2022. 学习道德、不平等和信仰:坦桑尼亚的基督教和穆斯林学校。剑桥:剑桥大学出版社，292页，99.99美元(布)。《学习道德、不平等和信仰》一书为坦桑尼亚大众教育时代的学生竞争和“普遍认为公立学校的‘失败’”提供了一种独特的以信仰为导向的学校教育方法(1)。德国人类学家Hansjörg Dilger在2008年至2010年进行的民族志田野调查的基础上，对达累斯萨拉姆新建立的基督教学校和穆斯林学校进行了比较。前者对不断壮大的城市中产阶级(包括基督徒和穆斯林)尤其有吸引力，而后者表现较差，迎合了社会经济背景较差的穆斯林家庭。对迪尔格来说，以信仰为导向的学校同时是个人和政治事务，因为新自由主义和私有化为高质量的教育开辟了一个新的市场，使儿童在宗教道德和价值观方面社会化。迪尔格从教育学和伦理学人类学的理论出发，探讨了学生和教师对“美好生活”的追求(第一章)。他将他们的学术旅程置于历史和政治经济力量、基督教-穆斯林差异以及社会经济不平等的更广泛背景下。教授和学习的价值观包括“自我和他人的意识;身体和衣着;社会地位与差异;宗教差异的存在和处理宗教差异的方式;做好事和做坏事的观念;学习和工作的目标;情感和归属的关系"(14)。Dilger不只学习一所学校，也不只学习一个信仰团体的学校。他研究了六所私立小学和中学:新五旬节派、改革派穆斯林和罗马天主教。每所学校都遵循相同的世俗国家课程，并根据学生在国家考试中的成绩进行排名。因此，道德价值和宗教内容在选修课和附属的清真寺和教堂中教授。这种方法可以分析“高度不平等的地位”:基督教学校受益于更多的特权，而穆斯林学校的弱势地位反映了“殖民和后殖民时期的教育政策和宗教差异的治理”(19)，在第1部分中提出。斯瓦希里语仍然是小学的教学语言，但英语是中学和高等教育的必修课。许多坦桑尼亚学生在这种转变和由此产生的语言差距中挣扎。宗教教育是自愿的，因此缺乏明确的政府指导方针和对强调宗教平等和中立的支持。然而，政府监督宗教机构。Dilger探讨了坦桑尼亚国家穆斯林委员会(National Muslim Council of Tanzania)颇具争议的发展，以及宗教组织必须向政府机构登记。这本书的第二部分包括启发性的案例研究。圣玛丽的新五旬节派学校在第4章中描述“承诺繁荣，并声称能够将追随者从邪灵的影响中解放出来”(102)。Dilger描述了学校闹鬼的传闻如何反映了城市空间的不道德，例如涉及性关系和艾滋病毒。学费昂贵，包括餐费和乘坐校车(较贫穷的学校无法为学生提供交通工具)。教师更喜欢在基督教学校工作，因为那里的工资更高，因此有很强的职业道德和学术声誉。学生(和教师)形成的联系超越了学校，延伸到亲属关系、种族关系和城乡关系;中产阶级形成的物质与非物质愿望;对坦桑尼亚民族的忠诚;以及以信仰为导向的身份和实践。然而，在灌输基督教价值观和所谓的美好生活(以希望、分享和其他类似观念为基础)的同时，圣玛丽学校声称其学校网络不是基督教的，并强调“价值观的非宗派教学”(129)。迪尔格提供了精神占有和治疗的迷人例子，特别是针对穆斯林女孩。第五章转向两所性别隔离的伊斯兰学校。Dilger分析了穆斯林在坦桑尼亚历史上被边缘化的话语，对基督教教育优越性的看法，以及1998年美国驻达累斯萨拉姆和内罗毕大使馆爆炸事件后对穆斯林的镇压。他研究发现的伦理框架……
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.69.4.01
Thulani Mandiriza, David Johannes Fourie
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa considers access to water a basic right for all citizens, and it assigns the responsibility of water provision to municipalities. Nevertheless, water access is not yet available to all citizens, for several reasons. South Africa is the thirtieth-driest country worldwide and has severe water-infrastructure backlogs from insufficient funding and investment. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) may be utilized to bridge the funding gap; however, they are rarely used as a financing option, so this study assesses factors influencing their adoption for water-infrastructure projects. The findings show that a cumbersome regulatory environment, political influence, PPPs' complexity, and the lack of knowledge and skills influence adoption of them by municipalities.
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Abstract: We reflect on our experience during a ten-week fellowship at a university in the Global South. Colleagues who participate in such collaborations need to be culturally competent and adopt culturally relevant pedagogical practices as they engage their host institutions. Those returning from the diaspora can experience culture shock in the culture in which they grew up after being away. Collaborations and relationships take commitment and time to build, and this should start early. Culturally informed notions of care are important for both partners. Being well emotionally, socially, and physically enables one to research and teach effectively, as environmental and social factors will arise that can affect one's mental state. Autoethnographic methodology is a valuable way to begin to hear the perceptions and experiences of partners in the Global South.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.69.4.04
Melinda Adams, Lotsmart Fonjong
In several African states, postconflict contexts provide opportunities for the expansion of women's political representation. Little is known, however, about the opportunities for enhancing women's participation in politics during ongoing conflicts. We examine the relationship between conflict and women's political representation in Cameroon, which has experienced conflict in its anglophone regions since 2017. The government has responded to the challenge by introducing several new institutions. Analysis of women's political representation and responses to an online survey demonstrates that while conflict has disrupted gender relations and contributed to the growth of women's movements, the new institutions have not created significant advances for women. The ongoing conflict has provided few opportunities for women activists to embed gender equity commitments in new institutions.
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Abstract: The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa considers access to water a basic right for all citizens, and it assigns the responsibility of water provision to municipalities. Nevertheless, water access is not yet available to all citizens, for several reasons. South Africa is the thirtieth-driest country worldwide and has severe water-infrastructure backlogs from insufficient funding and investment. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) may be utilized to bridge the funding gap; however, they are rarely used as a financing option, so this study assesses factors influencing their adoption for water-infrastructure projects. The findings show that a cumbersome regulatory environment, political influence, PPPs' complexity, and the lack of knowledge and skills influence adoption of them by municipalities.
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Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on humanity, and rural households have not been spared. Focusing on Goromonzi District in rural Zimbabwe, this article employs the sustainable livelihoods framework to investigate its effects on agricultural production and marketing by resettled farmers in the first year of the pandemic. It shows that COVID brought with it several shocks, stresses, and vulnerabilities that affected rural households. It goes on to explore the risk-coping strategies that such households employed. Rural households can be seen as having used their agency to engage in diversified livelihood activities, by which they strengthened their coping capabilities and thus responded to the pandemic. With livelihoods at the center of analysis and capabilities, assets, and resources framing the discussion, the article provides an empirically grounded contribution on the immediate ramifications of the pandemic on rural households in Zimbabwe and how they managed to cope.
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