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"[Herbert] has constructed a model of power relationships structured upon gender and age, and derived from male transformative processes, and in so doing has written a notable, and most enjoyable, book." -- African History "Herbert examines with great care and thoroughness the relationships between gender and power and the rationales that give them social form.... [Her] analytical ability is outstanding." -- Patrick McNaughton "This book is a well-written and essential study of the place of belief in African material culture." -- International Journal of African Historical Studies Herbert relates the beliefs and practices associated with iron working in African cultures to other transformative activities -- chiefly investiture, hunting, and pottery making -- to propose a gender/age-based theory of power.
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Die Buchreihe 'Patronymica Romanica' ist das Publikationsorgan des Forschungsprojekts 'Dictionnaire historique de l'anthroponymie romane', als dessen Ergebnis sukzessive das gleichnamige Wörterbuch in 6 Bänden erscheint. Neben den namenskundlichen Quellen (Steuer- und Melderegister) werden v.a. Studien aus dem weiten Feld der wissenschaftlichen Beschäftigung mit den Familiennamen im Besonderen und den Personennamen im Allgemeinen publiziert.
From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).
The first major comparative study of African writing in western languages, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Albert S. Gérard, falls into four wide-ranging sections: an overview of early contacts and colonial developments "Under Western Eyes"; chapters on "Black Consciousness" manifest in the debates over Panafricanism and Negritude; a group of essays on mental decolonization expressed in "Black Power" texts at the time of independence struggles; and finally "Comparative Vistas," sketching directions that future comparative study might explore. An introductory e.
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Vol. 1- , spring 1970- , include "A Bibliography of American doctoral dissertations on African literature," compiled by Nancy J. Schmidt.
L'Académie de la Pensée Africaine - The Academy of African Thought et la Communauté Scientifique Internationale rendent encore une fois un vibrant hommage au Prof. Dr. theol. Bimwenyi-Kweshi, auteur de la Somme Théologique Africaine, intitulée: "Discours Théologique Négro-Africain. Problèmes de fondement" (Paris: Présence Africaine, 1981). Une partie a été traduite en allemand sous le titre: "Alle Dinge erzählen von Gott. Grundlegung afrikanischer Theologie" (Frankfurt-Freiburg: Herder, 1982 et 1987). Bimwenyi a illustré pour la Communauté Scientifique Internationale le constat de la sublimité et de l'excellence de la Théologie Négro-Africaine, alias Théologie Bantu. Ce deu...