| African Alternatives Contributor(s): de Haan, Leo (Editor), Engel, Ulf (Editor), Chabal, Patrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004161139 ISBN-13: 9789004161139 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $88.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: To stimulate the exploration of African initiative and creativity beyond immediate socio-economic and political circumstances this book demonstrates that societies in Africa have always showed the ability to negotiate whatever constraining ecological, economic and political circumstances they faced. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 960.32 |
| Series: African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (0.75 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of articles aims to stimulate the exploration of African initiative and creativity and to go beyond immediate socio-economic and political circumstances by analyzing those initiatives that offer alternatives to the prevailing paradigms. It moves away from African 'victimhood' by stressing African 'agency' and by demonstrating that societies in Africa have always showed the ability to negotiate whatever constraining ecological, economic and political circumstances they faced. This is further detailed in the context of the literary contest between local and global; of issues of land rights and property; of livelihoods and poverty; of the popular culture; of demystifying African migrations; the changing parameters of territoriality; and the dynamics of the tourist encounter. |