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The migration experience in Africa
No full textIn this book different authors investigates the range of the migration experience in Africa. Because of the variety and complexity of the reasons which surround and underpin why African populations are so mobile, this volume adopts an eclectic approach which illustrates the diversity of theoretical positions, as well as methodological and analytical trends. Examples of the great breadth and richness of empirical insights into human migrations in the contemporary african context are also given.CONTENTS: Introduction / Tade Akin Aina & Jonathan Baker -- PART I CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS -- Migrations in Contemporary Africa: A Retrospective View / Samir Amin -- Internal Non-Metropolitian Migration and the Development Process in Africa / Tade Akin Aina -- Poverty, Enviromental Stress and Culture as Factors in African Migrations / Christer Krokfors -- Rural Households as Producers: Income Diversification and the Allocation of Resources / Hugh Emrys Evans & Gazala Pirzada -- PART II NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND SUB-REGIONAL THEMES -- Migration in Africa: An Overview / Aderanti Adepoju -- Forgotten Places, Abandoned Places: Migration Research Issues in South Africa / Christian M. Rogerson -- Migration and Recent Ecnomic And Enviromental Change in East Africa / W.T.S. Gould -- PART III THE RANGE OF MIGRATION EXPERIENCE -- The Small Town as a Retirement Centre / Margaret Peil -- The Dilemmas Facing Kenya School Leavers: Surviving in the City or a Force for Local Mobilization? / Anders Närman -- Pastoralist Migration to Small Towns in Africa / M.A. Mohamed Salih --The New Nomads: An overview of Involuntary Migration in Africa / Johnathan Bascom -- Part IV GENDER ISSUES -- Gender and Migration in Africa: South of Sahara / Josef Gugler and Gundrun Ludwar-Ense -- Women Migrants and Rural-Urban Linkages in South-Western Nigeria / Lillian Trager -- Women in Rural-Urban Migration in the Town of Iwo in Nigeria / Lai Olurode -- The Girls of Nyovuuru: Dagara Female Labour Migrations to Bobo-Dioulasso / Jean-Bernard Ouedraogo -- Non-Metropolitian Migration in Botswana with an Emphasis on Gender / Elvyn Jones-Dube.</p
Seeds for African peasants : peasants' needs and agricultural research - the case of Zimbabwe
No full textThe book provides a comprehensive discussion about the role of agricultural seed in sustainable peasant agriculture and concludes by presenting new principles for sustainable poverty-oriented plant breeding.Contents: 1. The peasant debate -- 2. The role of seed in the process of commodification -- 3. Plant breeding and agricultural development -- 4. Agricultural in Zimbabwe -- 5. Introduction to Silobela communal area -- 6. Economic and social development -- 7. Farming system analysis -- 8. The role of seed in peasant agricultural -- 9. Agricultural research in Zimbabwe -- 10. Review of plant breeding programmes -- 11. Post-independence re-orientation of plant breeding -- 12. Plant breeding in Zimbabwe -- 13. Towards a sustainable poverty-oriented plant breeding </p
Dimensions of development with emphasis on Africa : Proceeding from the interdisciplinary conference on third world studies, Uppsala, march 1994
No full textMarkets, civil society and democracy in Kenya
No full textThe studies in this volume provide extended empirical analysis of some of the issues at the heart of current social and political changes and divisions: the outcome on the ground of the long fought-over cereals reforms, the changing nature of the local development arena in the multi-party era, and the polarised relation of the churches to political liberalisation.Contents: Markets, Civil Society and Democracy in Kenya / Peter Gibbon -- The Cereals Chain in Kenya: Actors, Reforms and Politics / Gerrishon K. Ikiara, Mohamud Jama and Justus O. Amadi -- The Changing Development Space in Kenya: Socio-Political Change and Voluntary Development Activities / Karuti Kanyinga -- Religious Institutions and Political Liberalisation in Kenya / Mutahi G Ngunyi</p
Liberalised development in Tanzania : studies on accumulation processes and local institutions
No full textContents: Merchantisation of Production and Privatisation of Development in Post-Ujamaa Tanzania: An Introduction / Peter Gibbon -- The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth but not the Mining Rights: The Mining Industry and Accumulation in Tanzania / Chachage Seithy L. Chachage -- When the State Withdraws: Local Development, Politics and Liberalisation in Tanzania / Andrew S.Z Kiondo -- About the authors</p
Rwanda - ett land i kris
No full textRwanda genomled 1994 en av de värsta tragedierna i Afrikas historia. I början av 1995 var Rwanda ett delat land med djupa klyftor i samhället och med en ekonomi i ruiner. Denna skrift ger en kort presentation av Rwanda och dess folk, en översikt över landets historia och de senaste årens händelser, samt kommentarer till den aktuella situationen.Innehåll: Landet och folket -- Historisk bakgrund: Etniska skillnader omvandlas till politik -- Den förkoloniala perioden -- Den koloniala eran -- De sociala och politiska revolterna -- Den andra republiken -- Inbördeskriget -- Folkmordet och dagens situation -- Kartor -- Korta fakta om Rwanda</p
Somali refugees in the Horn of Africa : state of the art literature review
No full textThe disaster of the serious refugee situation in the horn of Africa following the internal strife of Somalia, has been in focus for Swedish assistance for many years. SIDA has, in collaboration with the Nordic Africa Institute, commissioned the Refugee Studies Programme at the University of Oxford to summarize available information from research, studies and evaluations with reference to this particular area. The result is presented in this third issue of "Studies on Emergencies and Disaster Relief"
Sheekoxariirooyin soomaaliyeed : Folktales from Somalia
No full textContains a selection of folktales in Somali with translations into English.Tusmo (3-100): Gogoldhig -- Qayb A: Sheekooyinka ku Saabsan Asiliga Cirka Iyo Xiriirka Qofku la Leeyahay -- Qayb B1: Sheekooyinka Dadqalatadii Dhegdheer -- Qayb B2: Sheekooyinka Boqraddii Arraweelo -- Qayb B3: Sheekooyinka Tiirriyaalka -- Qayb C1: Sheeko-Murtiyeed -- Qyab C2: Sheeko-Murtiyeed ku Saabsan Nafleyda Hoose “Duunyada” -- Qyab C2a: Sheeko-Xariirooyinka ku Saabsan Nafleyda Hoose -- Qyab C2b: Sheekoxariirooyin Dadka iyo Dugaaguu ku Wada JiraanContents (101-209): The Somali alphabet -- Category A: Cosmological tales -- Category B1: The adventure tales of Dhegdheer -- Category B2: The adventure tales of Arraweelo -- Category B3: Adventure tales about giants -- Category C1: Moral-teaching tales about human actors -- Category C2: Fables -- Category C2a: Fables with animal actors -- Category C2b: Fables with animal and human actors</p
Sydafrika : en regnbågsnation föds
No full textDe senaste åren har inneburit omvälvande förändringar i Sydafrika. Denna bok skildrar den tid och de händelser som ledde fram till att Sydafrika förvandlades från en minoritetsstyrd rasistisk diktatur till en demokrati. Författarna diskuterar också de frågor, risker och möjligheter som kan uppstå under övergångstiden mellan det första valet i april 1994 och nästa val 1999. Arvet efter apartheid inom snart sagt alla samhällssektorer diskuteras och ANC:s och den nuvarande samlingsregeringens politik för det nya Sydafrika analyseras.Tillräcklig historisk bakgrund ges för att boken ska kunna läsas utan annan introduktion till landet. Boken kan användas både för enskild läsning och för gruppstudier eller projektstudier i skolan.Innehåll: BAKGRUNDEN / Mai Palmberg -- Sydafrikas folk -- Sydafrika - landet och dess nio regioner -- Rasismens uppgång och fall -- Sydafrikas historia år för år – FÖRHANDLINGAR OCH VAL / Per Strand – En trevande öppning -- Förhandlingarna steg för steg -- Valet en slutpunkt ”kamen fortsätter” -- En sydafrikansk konstitution -- det politiska våldet – DET NYA SYDAFRIKAS POLITIK / Mai Palmberg -- Arvet efter apartheid -- Från ras till klass -- RDP skall förändra Sydafrika -- Kvinnorna -- Basbehov -- Jorden till dem som brukat den? -- Bostäder, vatten och el -- Arbete åt alla? -- Sjuk- och hälsovård -- Utbildning som ger lika möjligheter -- Kultur -- Ekonomiska tendenser -- Ekonomisk politik -- Staten och facket -- Vilket södra Afrika? -- Statsbyråkratin -- Gräsrotsorganisationerna -- Information och massmedia -- RDPs organisering -- Finansieringen av RDP -- Förväntningarna på det nya Sydafrika </p