The focus of this issue is the BRICS. Carolina Milhorance de Castro looks at “The 5th BRICS Academic Forum: Towards a Long-Term Vision and Partnership with Africa?”, Agathe Maupin investigates “A New Trilogy? BRICS, Infrastructure and Development on the African Continent” and Christopher Wood says why “A BRICS Bank Matters”. As always, the newsletter includes […]
Music, Identity and Politics in South Africa Denis-Constant MARTIN, 2013, Stellenbosch, African MindsISBN : 9781920489823Download a digital copy here. For several centuries Cape Town has accommodated a great variety of musical genres which have usually been associated with specific population groups living in and around the city. Musical styles and genres produced in Cape Town […]
Culture écrite et expansion européenne à l’époque moderne : essais sur la Compagnie Hollandaise des Indes Orientales Adrien DELMAS, 2013, Paris, Honoré ChampionISBN : 9782745323101Collection : Atelier des Voyages Plus à son aise, jusqu’à présent, dans le cadre national que dans le roulis marin de l’histoire globale, l’histoire du livre a négligé l’un des acteurs […]
In this issue we focus on Water Policies and Practices in Southern Africa. Maud Orne-Gliemann looks at “A Participatory Water Management? The South African Policy of Local Water Management” and Agathe Maupin investigates a “Regional Approach for Water Policies in Southern Africa. English version Version française
La citadinisation des deslocados à Maputo (Mozambique) Jeanne VIVET, 2012, Paris, Karthala; Johannesburg, IFAS ISBN : 978-2-8111-0629-4 Coll. Hommes et sociétés [Book in French] This work examines the link between forced movement and urban citizenship, using a study carried out on rural people displaced by war and who took refuge in Maputo at the […]
Michel Lafon asks the question “Is education bringing the long due Africanisation of Mozambique?” while William Kelleher presents “A case study of out-of-school language practice with implications for language teaching and policy”. English version Version française
Africa and the Americas 1500-1900 Adrien Delmas & Nigel Penn (Eds.), 2011, Cape Town, UCT Press ISBN: 978-1-91989-526-0 Ships, soldiers, missionaries and settlers drove the process of European expansion from the 16th to the 19th centuries. In doing so, they set in motion the circulation of images, manuscripts and books between different continents. The […]
In this issue focussing on political issues, Victor Magnani looks at “Beyond Racial Dynamics in the South African Political Space, The Constrained Ambition of the Democratic Alliance”, Raphaël Botiveau looks at “The ANCYL after the Midrand Conference: Towards Political Change in the ANC?” and Judith Hayem looks at “Daveyton’s post-Apartheid Generations Faced with their own […]
Border Closures and Migration Movements in Africa Jocelyne STREIFF-FÉNART & Aurelia SEGATTI (eds.), 2011, Lexington BooksISBN : 978-0-7391-6510-2 The recent containment policies aimed at regulating immigration flows towards Europe have profoundly altered the dynamics of migration in Africa. The impact of these policies is apparent in the redefinitions of the routes, itineraries and actors of […]
Yolanda Sadie investigates “The perceptions of students on democracy and issues of governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” and Marie Jacobs looks at “South African public schools: understanding student’s school experience from the notion of school community”. English version Version française
