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Transforming female identities/Transformation des Identités Feminines : women's organizational forms in West Africa/Formes d'organisations féminines en Afrique de l'Ouest
No full textThis book examines the significance of the association as platforms for transformation of female identities. Women suffer from male domination and socio-cultural norms and values which deprives them of political power in the community, but do the women's associations work to change this situation for the better or do they confirm and support existing power and gender structures? As some authors are Anglophone and other Francophone, the articles are written either in English with a French abstract or vice versa
Crises and reconstruction - African perspectives : two lectures
No full textIn this Discussion Paper two leading scholars address the international crisis of development and African attempts at reconstruction
Eritrea and Ethiopia : the federal experience
No full textThis book examines the rise and fall of the Ethio-Eritrean federation which existed from 1952 to 1962. The author argues that the federation was abolished by Eritrean social and political forces rather than by Ethiopia. The UN imposed federation and its constitution was doomed to fail, as these were foreign to Eritrean and Ethiopian conceptions of power. ... a book on a subject on which very little authentic material is otherwise available. [...] On the whole, the book is extremely well written with remarkable clarity of language. (Africa Quarterly, No. 1/1998.)Contents: 1. Introduction – 2. Eritrean political parties on the eve of the UN resolution -- 3. The Eritreo-Ethiopian Federation, 1952–55 -- 4. The Moslem League and the dissolution of the Federation, 1955–1962 -- 5. The long road to independence: an outline -- 6. Conclusion: Future challenges</p
Policy implications on environment : the case of villagisation in Tanzania
No full textTraditional methods of land management through rapid change in the name of "development" has led to land degradation. Resettlement during villagisation increased the human and livestock population. The concentration of this increased population into nucleated settlements and the rigid so-called "land-use plans" meant a complete disruption of traditional land management system. This study points towards the need for educational and awareness programmes to go along with policies which have environmental implications.Contents: Part 1: Setting the Scene -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Case Study Area -- 3. Methods -- Part 2: Changes in the Social and Biophysical Environment - The Outsider´s Perspective -- 4. The Influence of Villagisation on Population and Settlement Patterns -- 5. Effects of Villagisation on Land Use Pattern, Agricultural Practices and Productivity -- 6. Effects of Villagisation on Vegetation -- 7. The Impact of Villagisation on Soil Erosion -- Part 3: The Indigenous Perspective of Changes in the Biophysical Environment -- 8. Biophysical and Environmental Changes - The Indigenous Perspective -- 9. Villagisation and Environmental Degradation - An Overview</p
The moral and the material : Social actors and survival strategies in a changing West African economy
No full textBistånd på utvecklingens villkor : en antologi
No full textSynen på biståndet har genomgått stora förändringar under de senaste 20 åren. 70-talets utvecklingsoptimism följdes av 80-talets djupa kris, med en pessimistisk framtidssyn. 90-talet har inneburit en tillnyktring och omfattande arbete har lagts ner på att dra slutsatser av erfarenheterna. Denna antologi presenterar biståndets teori och teknik i ljuset av de senaste 20 årens utveckling. Boken är en uppföljning av "Bistånd på mottagarens villkor", som gavs ut 1974. 2:a uppdaterade och utökade upplagan.Ny, rev. uppl
Out of conflict : from war to peace in Africa
No full textAfrica has become enveloped in an image of disaster and strife. The history of conflict management, likewise, is largely the history of failure. This book identifies lessons to be learnt from conflict management in Liberia, Rwanda, Somalia, and others. It underlines the importance of a thorough understanding of the causes and dynamics of a conflict in order to find appropriate strategies of intervention.Contents: PART 1. THINKING ABOUT PEACE -- The International Community and Armed Conflict in Africa - Post Cold War Dilemmas / Richard Joseph -- Thinking about Peace and Peace-Making in Africa / Tom Vraalsen -- Peace Making in Southern Africa - Time for Questions / Peter Vale -- PART 2. DOING IT -- Conflict, Resolution and Peace-Keeping The Organization of African Unity and the United Nations / Margaret Aderinsola Vogt -- Conflict Resolution in Africa - A New Role for the Organization of African Unity / Chris J. Bakwesegha -- UN Peace-Keeping in Rwanda / Astri Suhrke -- The Lessons from Peace-Keeping Operations / Henry Kwami Anyidoho -- African Governments - African Conflicts / Bethuel A. Kiplagat -- Civil Society and Conflict Management in Africa - A Re-emerging Role / Josephine Ajema Odera -- PART 3. TECHNICAL PIECES -- Africa and the Superpower - An Agenda for Peace / Herman J. Cohen -- Mediating Africa´s Civil Conflicts - A User´s Guide / Timothy D. Sisk -- From Mogadishu to Kinshasa - Concluding Remarks / Gunnar M. Sørbø</p
African culture for Nordic people
No full textThis document is an analysis of how African culture is conveyed by Nordic non-govermnental organisations, based on a survey conducted by the Nordic Africa Institute
A new partnership for African development : issues and parameters
No full textAs part of the on-going review by the Swedish government of the entire basis for its relations with Africa, a seminar on the theme Partnership Africa was convened in Abidjan in January 1997 under the auspices of Nordiska Afrikainstitutet and the African Development Institute of the African Development Bank. The Seminar was attended by some 25 scholars, development bankers, government officials and civil society activists from all parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and some 10 development co-operation officials and academics from Sweden and the other Nordic countries.The aim of the Abidjan seminar was to enable participants to explore the problems of and prospects for the establishment of a new partnership between Sweden and Africa in the context of the major changes that have taken place on the global and regional scenes over the last decade. For this purpose, various issues central to the history and dynamics of North-South relations generally and Swedish-Africa co-operation in particular were critically examined. Participants also sketched out what they considered to be the essential pre-conditions and parameters for a new partnership, one that would be premised on greater equality, mutual respect and a transparency of purpose and goals.This publication brings together in a volume, the various papers which were commissioned to serve as background materials for the debate that took place in Abidjan. The volume was edited for publication by Henock Kifle, Director of the African Development Institute of the ADB, Adebayo O. Olukoshi and Lennart Wohglemuth, respectively Senior Researcher and Director of Nordiska Afrikainstitutet