Category: Books
L´Afrique du Sud musulmane
GERMAIN, Eric, 2006, Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN: 2-84586-710-7 Coll. Homme et Société : Histoire et géographie [Book in French] The position occupied by Muslims in South African society is disproportionate to their numbers; taking an interest in their history brings new light on three centuries of European domination...
La question du logement à Mandela City
(ex. Port Elizabeth) MORANGE, Marianne, 2006, Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN: 2-84586-770-0 Coll. Hommes et sociétés; Collection directed by Jean Copans [Book in French] This work is based on a doctoral thesis in Urban Planning that was defended at the Institut Français d’Urbanisme in 2001. Twelve years after the...
Les Bushmen dans l´Histoire
Emmanuelle OLIVIER & Manuel VALENTIN (Dir.), 2005, Paris, CNRS Editions ISBN: 2-271-06296-9 [Book in French] This work is coming out at a time when “Bushmen” have become a focal point and are the subject of new stakes. While their countries of origin are beginning to grant them full-fledged citizenship...
The Economy of Africa
Philippe HUGON, 2004, Pretoria, Protea Book House ISBN: 1-86919-027-0 It is difficult to write a book about African economies for two main reasons. Firstly, how does one explain the main issues when, even if one is limited to sub-Saharan Africa, the subcontinent is a territory of contrast? The second...
L´Afrique du Sud dix ans après
Transition accomplie? Philippe GUILLAUME, Nicolas PEJOUT & Aurelia WA KABWE-SEGATTI (eds), 2004, Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN: 2-84586-529-5 Coll. Hommes et sociétés; Collection directed by Jean Copans [Book in French] For the past ten years, South Africa has been progressively coming out of the apartheid system. Although all ties...
Windhoek capitale de la Namibie
Changement politique et recomposition des périphéries Elisabeth PEYROUX, 2004, Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN : 2-84586-486-8 Coll. Hommes et sociétés; Collection directed by Jean Copans [Book in French] In 1990, Namibia became independent and broke away from the apartheid regime inherited from the South African colonial administration. Based on...
France and South Africa
Towards a new engagement with Africa Chris ALDEN & Guy MARTIN (editors), 2003, Pretoria, Protea ISBN: 1-86919-002-5 Protea series of publications on French Social Sciences The interaction of France and South Africa in Africa has a problematic history. This needs to be reviewed as the two states attempt tp...
Supporting Small-Scale Farmers and Rural Organisations: Learning from Experiences in West Africa
A Handbook for Development Operators and Local Managers Sylvain PERRET & Marie-Rose MERCOIRET (editors), 2003, Pretoria, Protea; Johannesburg, IFAS; Montpellier, CIRAD ISBN Protea: 1-919825-92-4 ISBN CIRAD: 2-87614-505-7 Protea series of publications on French Social Sciences Rural people are increasingly expected to become the main participants of their own development....
Espaces arc-en-ciel
Identités et territoires en Afrique du Sud et en Inde Philippe GERVAIS-LAMBONY, Frédéric LANDY et Sophie OLDFIELD (éds), 2003, Nanterre, Géotropiques; Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN : 2-84586-430-2 Coll. Hommes et sociétés; Collection directed by Jean Copans [Book in French] Processes linked to today’s globalisation phase have resulted in...
Développement durable ?
Doctrines, pratiques, évaluations Jean-Yves MARTIN (Dir.), 2002, Paris, IRD ISBN: 2-7099-1502-2 [Book in French] The environemental crisis currently experienced by the world marks the limits of science and of technological progress and calls into question our knowledge and certainties. The crisis is accompanied at the global level by an...