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The agrarian question in Southern Africa and "Accumulation from below" : economics and politics in the struggle for democracy
No full textDemocratisation is on the agenda in Africa, but as the author stresses, this is not just a political question. Alternative forms of accumulation from below must be addressed, and this he does against the backdrop of the historical experiences of Southern Africa
Mining and structural adjustment : studies on Zimbabwe and Tanzania
No full textThe mining sector has played an historically central role in the economy of Africa, but large-scale investment in it declined after 1970. Structural adjustment and the dismantling of apartheid opens up the possibility of a revival of such investment, but also raises questions about the terms on which it will take place and the fate of local small-scale mining industries. These two studies examine tensions between large- and small-scale mining in Tanzania, and the emergence of new forms of relation between international mining houses and the national state in Zimbabwe
Mauritania - the other apartheid?
No full textA report on the racial and cultural conflict in Mauritania. The author argues that the black population is being discriminated by the ruling Arab population.Contents: Abbreviations -- Mauritania -- Acknowledgements -- The present crisis -- The history of Mauritania -- Population -- Racism in economic life -- The land ownership issue -- Understanding the Mauritanian crisis -- The origin of racism in Mauritania -- The armed forces -- Cultural discrimination in Mauritania -- Slavery -- Mauritanian refugees in Senegal and Mali -- Democracy à la apartheid? -- The African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM) -- The implications of the situation in Mauritania -- References -- Appendix 1. Important political events in Mauritania since France created it after World War 2 -- Appendix 2. US Congress condemns human rights violations in Mauritania</p
Towards more appropriate technologies? : experiences from the water and sanitation sector
No full textSince the 1970s there has been a gradual change in the approach of the donors to technical solutions for the provision of water and sanitation in the Third World. This study examines some concrete projects from that perspective
AIDS i Afrika
No full textINNEHÅLL: FÖRETAL / Johan Wallin -- FÖRORD -- 1. INTRODUKTION -- 2. AIDS I VÄRLDEN -- Aids, ett globalt problem / Preben Bendtsen -- När pesten slog till mot London -- ”Svårt att vara optimistisk” / Lars Olof Kallings, WHOs världsprogram mot aids -- Att skylla på andra / Mai Palmberg -- 3. AIDSSPRIDNINGEN I AFRIKA -- ”Krisbilden” / Christer Krokfors -- Aids, ett problem för alla / dr Tom Mboya, Kenyas aidskontrollprogram -- Aids ojämna utveckling / David Wilson, Harare -- Alkohol och aids, ett glömt samband -- 4. KULTUR OCH SEXUELLT BETEENDE -- Kulturmönster och hiv-spridning / Monica Udvardy -- Det behövs mer forskning, inte fantasier om sex / Beth Maina Ahlberg -- Ensam och rädd / Pia Bergman -- ”Kvinnor och män måste tala om sex” / dr Sunanda Ray, Zimbabwe -- Winston Zulu, positiv hiv-positiv / Mai Palmberg -- 5. AFRIKA MÖTER AIDS -- Aidsbekämpning i Afrika / Preben Bendtsen -- Testning av blod ger omedelbar effekt / dr Nkandu Luo, Lusaka -- Två aidsprogram i Mocambique / Mirjam Dahlgren och Ricardo Trindade -- Aids i rasismens Sydafrika -- 6. AIDS DRABBAR BARNEN -- Aids hos barnen -- Föräldralösa barn -- Aids som barnsjukdom / professor Chifunde Chintu, Lusaka -- 7. AIDS FÖRÄNDRAR SJUKVÅRDEN -- En aidspatient åker hem -- Storfamiljen tar hand om de aidssjuka -- Hemsjukvård, inte dumpning av aidspatienter -- Monze och chikantaka, två vårdmodeller -- Chikankata, från spetälska till aids -- Medicinmän, hinder eller vägvisare? / dr Ben Chirwa, hälsoministeriet i Zambia -- ”Vi finner botemedlet mot aids” / Rodwell Vongo, generalsekreterare för medicinmännen i Zambia -- ”Alla vill veta sanningen till sist” / Patricia Ndele, Zambia -- 8. STÖD ÅT DE SMITTADE -- En bro mellan sjukhuset och hemmet / Violet Kunda, Lusaka -- Rädslan och fördomarna är många / Helen Ardelius -- Smittade kvinnor vill ha flera barn -- Från aids i familjen till TASOs stödverksamhet / Noerine Kaleeba, Uganda -- 9. AIDSUPPLYSNING -- Torgmöte på Citymarket -- Zulu på brandkåren i Lusaka -- Att göra radioprogram mot aids / Raphael Tugu, Kenya -- Att bekämpa aids med affischer -- 10. TEATER MOT AIDS -- Teater i Mocambique / Mirjam Dahlgren och Ricardo Trindade -- Öl, teater och aids -- ”Aidsteatern ger en dålig bild av kvinnan” -- Dagbok / Pia Bergman -- Karnevaler mot aids / Pia Bergman -- 11. KONDOMER -- En allvarlig lek med kondomer -- ”Är dom till för män också?” -- Kondomen Salama i Tanzania / Helen Ardelius -- 12. AIDS DRABBAR HELA SAMHÄLLET -- Aidsepidemins tredje fas / Preben Bendtsen / Hur mycket kostar aids? / Mai Palmberg -- Pest och ekonomi / David Sanders, Zimbabwes universitet -- 13. KVINNORNA-OFFER OCH NYCKEL TILL FÖRÄNDRING -- Kvinnor och aids, den tredubbla risken -- ”Vi kan bara ge henne ord” -- Women and Aids Support Network</p
Tanzania : the limits to development from above
No full textThe people of Tanzania have been subjected to a development from above, often implemented by force by the colonial and post-colonial state and advocated by external donor agencies, the IMF and the World Bank. This has resulted in a state-dominated, externally dependent and undemocratic society. This book aims at documenting peasant's response to state intervention, built on a case study of Rufiji district in Tanzania.Contents: 1. Introduction -- PART 1: The Post-Colonial Model -- 2. The Emergence, Development and Breakdown of the Post-Colonial Model in Tanzania -- PART 2: State Intervention and Rural Production in Rufiji District -- 3. The History, Location and Features of Rufiji District -- 4. Physical Features and the Agricultural System -- 5. Non-Agricultural Production -- 6. Major Forms of State Intervention in Rural Production -- 7. Effects of State Intervention on Rural Production -- PART 3: Hydropower versus People: The Stiegler`s Gorge Project -- 8. State Intervention and Development Assistance; Evidence from the Stiegler´s Gorge Project -- PART 4: Structural Adjustment and Agricultural in Tanzania -- 9. Structural Adjustment and Agricultural since 1980 </p
Culture in Africa : an appeal for pluralism
No full textThe essays in this publication range from poetry and drama to church music, architecture, and popular magazines. Common to them is the effort to make the disciplines of arts and those of social sciences meet. African cultural expressions are treated here as anchored in the experiences common to the people of Africa, while the provincial exclusiveness of Afrocentrism is shunned.Contents: Introduction: African Culture - an Estimate / Raoul Granqvist -- Christian Poetry and Music Drama: Black Cultural Expression in Zimbabwe / Olof Axelsson -- The "Electronic Church" in a Zimbabwean Communication Environment / Hilde Arntsen and Knut Lundby -- Zimbabwe: One State, One Faith, One Lord / Chenjerai Hove -- Rich and Poor Languages in Botswana / Lars-Gunnar Andersson and Tore Janson -- Living in the Neighbourhood of One's Dreams: The Role of Popular Writing in the Creation of the Ordinary / Bodil Folke Frederiksen -- Oppression and Liberation of Kenyan Women: On Orature and Modern Women's Literature / Ingrid Björkman -- In Search of Achebe's Dignity; or, The Cauliflower Episode / Adewale Maja-Pearce -- The Islamic Architecture and Art in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Problem of Identity / Karin Ådahl -- The Actor, the Art of Acting and Liminality / Kacke Gotrick -- Historical Roots and Rural African Culture as Part of Bessie Head's Frame of Reference / Gillian Stead Eilersen -- Thomas Mofolo and Nelson Mandela on King Shaka and Dingane / Carl F. Hallencreutz -- Nadine Gordimer and "The South African Dilemma":The Case of Liz van Den Sandt in The Late Bourgeois World / Rose Petterson</p
Changing paradigms in development - South, East and West : a meeting of minds in Africa
No full textEvents during the past few years have challenged established conceptions of politics and ideology. Ideas take long to change, and this book is one contribution to the reconsideration of previous notions that has to be done