Ethnicity In Africa

Author : Brian M. du Toit
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429726937
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity In Modern Africa written by Brian M. du Toit and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifteen essays written for this volume reflect the increasing importance for social scientists of ethnic, rather than physical or tribal, criteria for classifying modern population groups. The authors—from South Africa, the United States, South West Africa (Namibia), Nigeria, and Scotland—cover most of Africa south of the Sahara. They consider the range from large national population groupings to small-scale societies attempting to maintain their social boundaries, and discuss such topics as emergent nationalism, ethnic divisiveness, social distance, voluntary association, and the role of women. The first section is concerned with particular communities, peoples, and ethnic groups, and treats traditional tribal groupings as well as communities delineated on phenotypic grounds. In the second section, the focus turns to modern situations of interaction; the two major themes discussed here are situational ethnicity and situational realignment. The third section deals with color, one of the physical criteria of ethnic identification; here the authors discuss the political and legal implications of a system based on color. The last essay reports on current changes in attitude and organization within the countries of white-ruled southern Africa.

Author : Bruce Berman
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780821415702
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity & Democracy in Africa written by Bruce Berman and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A useful collection for students as the interest in the politics of ethnicity continues.

Author : Philip Roessler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107176077
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Politics and State Power in Africa written by Philip Roessler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book models the trade-off that rulers of weak, ethnically-divided states face between coups and civil war. Drawing evidence from extensive field research in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo combined with statistical analysis of most African countries, it develops a framework to understand the causes of state failure.

Author : Louise De La Gorgendière
Publisher : Centre of African Studies University of Edinburgh
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity in Africa written by Louise De La Gorgendière and published by Centre of African Studies University of Edinburgh. This book was released on 1996 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elizabeth Obadina
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1422288846
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Groups in Africa written by Elizabeth Obadina and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnic or racial classifications often say more about culture and shared experience than about genetics or common ancestry. In Africa, a continent where up to 3,000 languages are spoken, ethnicity can be especially difficult to define. Unfortunately, perceived ethnic differences have all too often produced tragic results. This book analyzes the role of ethnicity in contemporary African politics and governance. It examines the corrosive legacy of the slave trade and European colonization, details some of the bloody conflicts that have erupted from ethnic frictions, and describes how divisions that appear to be ethnically based often have more to do with class and religion. The book also explores the possibility of a united Africa, able to harness its diversity rather than fight over its differences.

Author : Crawford Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and Politics in Africa written by Crawford Young and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John A. Shoup
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East written by John A. Shoup and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia is an essential guide to the different ethno-linguistic groups in Africa and today's complicated Middle East region. Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East contains encyclopedic entries arranged alphabetically within ethno-linguistic classifications. Each entry has four main sections: an introduction identifying the language group, where they are found, and their numbers; a brief discussion of their origins and early history; a section on cultural life that includes religion, literature, social organization, and art; and a final section on political organization and recent history. The contents are appropriate for high school and undergraduate students as well as for experts who need a refresher on groups in Africa and the Middle East. While certain ethnic groups have been combined into a single entry, some—such as the Tuareg, who are a Berber people—are described within their own entries because of their importance in history or cultural domination.

Author : Bruce Berman
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821442678
Total Pages : 669 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa written by Bruce Berman and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The politics of identity and ethnicity will remain a fundamental characteristic of African modernity. For this reason, historians and anthropologists have joined political scientists in a discussion about the ways in which democracy can develop in multicultural societies. In Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa, the contributors address why ethnicity represents a political problem, how the problem manifests itself, and which institutional models offer ways of ameliorating the challenges that ethnicity poses to democratic nation-building.

Author : Pierre L. Van den Berghe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race and Ethnicity in Africa written by Pierre L. Van den Berghe and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald S. Rothchild
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815775942
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Ethnic Conflict in Africa written by Donald S. Rothchild and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Donald Rothchild analyzes the successes and failures of attempts at conflict resolution in different African countries and offers comprehensive ideas for successful mediation. The book demonstrates how negotiation and mediation can promote conflict resolution, along with a political environment that fosters development.