Marc Matera, Misty L. Bastian, and Susan Kingsley Kent. The Women’s War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 239 pp. List of Illustrations. Chronology of Major Events. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $150.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1843760115.
{"title":"Marc Matera, Misty L. Bastian, and Susan Kingsley Kent. The Women’s War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 239 pp. List of Illustrations. Chronology of Major Events. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $150.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1843760115.","authors":"Kefas Lamak","doi":"10.1017/asr.2023.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2023.21","url":null,"abstract":"Marc Matera, Misty L. Bastian, and Susan Kingsley Kent. The Women’s War of 1929: Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 239 pp. List of Illustrations. Chronology of Major Events. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $150.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1843760115.","PeriodicalId":7618,"journal":{"name":"African Studies Review","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135034458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Patrick Nwosu, and Hassan M. Yosimbom, editors. Being and Becoming African as a Permanent Work in Progress: Inspiration from Chinua Achebe’s Proverbs. Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon: Langaaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2021. xx + 490 pp. $55.00. Paper. ISBN: 978-9956-551-47-7.
弗朗西斯·b·尼亚姆乔，帕特里克·努苏，哈桑·m·约辛博姆，编辑。作为一项正在进行的永久工作，成为和成为非洲人:来自奇努阿·阿契贝谚语的启示。喀麦隆巴门达曼肯:Langaaa Research &出版CIG, 2021年。Xx + 490页，55美元。纸。ISBN: 978-9956-551-47-7。
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Abstract Ethiopia has often been portrayed as a unique case of peaceful inter-religious relations. The country has, however, seen an increase in violence between religious communities over the last decades, something which has been interpreted within the prism of extremism. Analyzing inter-religious dynamics in Ethiopia, Østebø argues that the notion of extremism is an inadequate analytical tool, and proposes instead an alternative approach that explores how mutually constitutive developments within each of the main religious communities in Ethiopia together have contributed to exacerbate inter-religious tensions. In particular, Østebø suggests a typology consisting of the intersected processes of expansion, protection, and reclaiming of space.
{"title":"Religious Dynamics and Conflicts in Contemporary Ethiopia: Expansion, Protection, and Reclaiming Space","authors":"Terje Østebø","doi":"10.1017/asr.2023.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2023.11","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Ethiopia has often been portrayed as a unique case of peaceful inter-religious relations. The country has, however, seen an increase in violence between religious communities over the last decades, something which has been interpreted within the prism of extremism. Analyzing inter-religious dynamics in Ethiopia, Østebø argues that the notion of extremism is an inadequate analytical tool, and proposes instead an alternative approach that explores how mutually constitutive developments within each of the main religious communities in Ethiopia together have contributed to exacerbate inter-religious tensions. In particular, Østebø suggests a typology consisting of the intersected processes of expansion, protection, and reclaiming of space.","PeriodicalId":7618,"journal":{"name":"African Studies Review","volume":"66 1","pages":"721 - 744"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42211599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Akuol de Mabior, director. No Simple Way Home. 2022. 85 minutes. English. South Sudan. LBx Africa, streaming on Vimeo. No price reported.","authors":"Merethe Skårås","doi":"10.1017/asr.2023.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2023.19","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7618,"journal":{"name":"African Studies Review","volume":"66 1","pages":"575 - 577"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43533117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Conversations around transitional justice often focus on concepts of victimhood and perpetration. Such has been the case in Rwanda in the decades following the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. However, even as Rwandans continue to observe state-led transitional justice reforms which divide them into victims and perpetrators, they simultaneously draw on state discourses of unity to carefully critique and re-work the language and practices which produce such divisions. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, Berman illustrates how a new generation of Rwandan youth is transforming political ideology by creatively engaging the discourse of ubunyarwanda (Rwandanness) to forge inclusive post-genocide politics.
{"title":"Ubunyarwanda and the Evolution of Transitional Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda: “To Generalize is not Fresh”","authors":"Zoe Berman","doi":"10.1017/asr.2023.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2023.12","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Conversations around transitional justice often focus on concepts of victimhood and perpetration. Such has been the case in Rwanda in the decades following the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. However, even as Rwandans continue to observe state-led transitional justice reforms which divide them into victims and perpetrators, they simultaneously draw on state discourses of unity to carefully critique and re-work the language and practices which produce such divisions. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, Berman illustrates how a new generation of Rwandan youth is transforming political ideology by creatively engaging the discourse of ubunyarwanda (Rwandanness) to forge inclusive post-genocide politics.","PeriodicalId":7618,"journal":{"name":"African Studies Review","volume":"66 1","pages":"777 - 800"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49158277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cori Wielenga’s edited volume, African Feminisms and Women in the Context of Justice in Southern Africa, provides detailed accounts of women’s roles in “justice on the ground” in several contexts across Southern Africa. The book very clearly frames what it is and what it is not; it is focused on providing thoughtful descriptions of women’s roles in these justice systems. It is not meant to be overly theoretical, but rather to illustrate, by way of description, the complex, nuanced, and important roles women play in these systems. Wielenga lays out the reasoning for this approach: most of the works by Western researchers that focus on women and what others may refer to as “traditional” or “non-state” justice tend to prioritize “questions of inclusivity, gender justice, and human rights” (vi), while remaining distant from on-theground dynamics. This book highlights those on-the-ground processes, without a Western, neocolonial gaze. Through a close examination of “on the ground justice,” this book emphasizes women’s unique and often overlooked role in justice processes. In these chapters, the authors make clear that even if women do not always hold the seemingly most powerful roles as chiefs or mediators (although sometimes they do), they nevertheless play a crucial role in the provision of justice. Two important themes emerged from the volume: the diversity of ways in which women influence “justice on the ground” and women’s prioritization of relational dynamics of justice. I will address each in turn. First, Wielenga’s volume helps “reveal the complex and organic ways in which women have power and influence in relation to justice on the ground whichmay not be immediately obvious” (21). These roles can be as diverse as older female family members, such as aunts, serving as first points of conflict resolution (Matsimbe, Murambadoro), as well as women serving as community court messengers, secretaries, or assessors (Bae et al.), chiefs of ten households or blocks, and doing conflict resolution in churches and social affairs groups (Matsimbe). These roles can bemore or less “official,” but their impact on resolving disputes and supporting the community is reflected in all
{"title":"Cori Wielenga. African Feminisms and Women in the Context of Justice in Southern Africa. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan, 2022. v + 117 pp. Index. $149.99. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-3030821272.","authors":"H. Dunn","doi":"10.1017/asr.2023.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2023.4","url":null,"abstract":"Cori Wielenga’s edited volume, African Feminisms and Women in the Context of Justice in Southern Africa, provides detailed accounts of women’s roles in “justice on the ground” in several contexts across Southern Africa. The book very clearly frames what it is and what it is not; it is focused on providing thoughtful descriptions of women’s roles in these justice systems. It is not meant to be overly theoretical, but rather to illustrate, by way of description, the complex, nuanced, and important roles women play in these systems. Wielenga lays out the reasoning for this approach: most of the works by Western researchers that focus on women and what others may refer to as “traditional” or “non-state” justice tend to prioritize “questions of inclusivity, gender justice, and human rights” (vi), while remaining distant from on-theground dynamics. This book highlights those on-the-ground processes, without a Western, neocolonial gaze. Through a close examination of “on the ground justice,” this book emphasizes women’s unique and often overlooked role in justice processes. In these chapters, the authors make clear that even if women do not always hold the seemingly most powerful roles as chiefs or mediators (although sometimes they do), they nevertheless play a crucial role in the provision of justice. Two important themes emerged from the volume: the diversity of ways in which women influence “justice on the ground” and women’s prioritization of relational dynamics of justice. I will address each in turn. First, Wielenga’s volume helps “reveal the complex and organic ways in which women have power and influence in relation to justice on the ground whichmay not be immediately obvious” (21). These roles can be as diverse as older female family members, such as aunts, serving as first points of conflict resolution (Matsimbe, Murambadoro), as well as women serving as community court messengers, secretaries, or assessors (Bae et al.), chiefs of ten households or blocks, and doing conflict resolution in churches and social affairs groups (Matsimbe). These roles can bemore or less “official,” but their impact on resolving disputes and supporting the community is reflected in all","PeriodicalId":7618,"journal":{"name":"African Studies Review","volume":" ","pages":"560 - 561"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46104531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Informality is growing with Africa’s rapid urbanization. Much like residents of other types of informal housing, backyard dwellers face overall poor living conditions and political marginalization. However, backyard residents are in an ambiguous legal area and have been far less politically active and organized to pursue their rights to adequate housing. Using a qualitative case study of backyard residents in three Cape Town neighborhoods, Harris, Scheba, and Rice bridge theories of infrastructural citizenship and collective action to shed light on how informality may undermine collective action, and they identify four factors influencing collective action.
{"title":"Making Demands on Government: Theorizing Determinants of Backyard Residents’ Collective Action in Cape Town, South Africa","authors":"Adam S. Harris, Andreas Scheba, L. Rice","doi":"10.1017/asr.2023.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2023.10","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Informality is growing with Africa’s rapid urbanization. Much like residents of other types of informal housing, backyard dwellers face overall poor living conditions and political marginalization. However, backyard residents are in an ambiguous legal area and have been far less politically active and organized to pursue their rights to adequate housing. Using a qualitative case study of backyard residents in three Cape Town neighborhoods, Harris, Scheba, and Rice bridge theories of infrastructural citizenship and collective action to shed light on how informality may undermine collective action, and they identify four factors influencing collective action.","PeriodicalId":7618,"journal":{"name":"African Studies Review","volume":"66 1","pages":"698 - 720"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44801638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract In 1854, the Bank of Senegal was established using part of the compensation paid to former slave owners. The bank issued banknotes and provided modern financial services. Masaki analyzes the bank’s management and interrogates the widely accepted argument that merchants from Bordeaux controlled the bank to marginalize African merchants, concluding that the bank largely provided equitable service to this colony. Additionally, Masaki shows that the bank was a site of political struggles for the métis elites and suggests that the complexities of Senegalese society at the time made it difficult to assess the full scope of the bank’s operations.
{"title":"The Management of the Bank of Senegal and the Formation of a Colonial Economy, 1840s–1901","authors":"Toyomu Masaki","doi":"10.1017/asr.2022.173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2022.173","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In 1854, the Bank of Senegal was established using part of the compensation paid to former slave owners. The bank issued banknotes and provided modern financial services. Masaki analyzes the bank’s management and interrogates the widely accepted argument that merchants from Bordeaux controlled the bank to marginalize African merchants, concluding that the bank largely provided equitable service to this colony. Additionally, Masaki shows that the bank was a site of political struggles for the métis elites and suggests that the complexities of Senegalese society at the time made it difficult to assess the full scope of the bank’s operations.","PeriodicalId":7618,"journal":{"name":"African Studies Review","volume":"66 1","pages":"595 - 617"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49502809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rui Santos Verde. Angola at the Crossroads: Between Kleptocracy and Development. London: I.B. Tauris, 2021. 201 pages. List of Figures. List of Acronyms. Bibliography. Index. $51.38. Paper. ISBN: 9780755640560.","authors":"J. Ball","doi":"10.1017/asr.2023.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2023.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7618,"journal":{"name":"African Studies Review","volume":"66 1","pages":"558 - 559"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48501975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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