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African anthropologies : history, critique, and practice / edited by Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, and Mustafa Babiker

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Africa in the new millenniumPublication details: London ; New York : Zed Books in association with CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Description: xiv, 274 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1842777629
  • 1842777637 (pbk.)
  • 2869781687 (CODESRIA)
  • 9781842777626
  • 9781842777633 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN46.A357 AFR
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Contents:
Research and teaching in Ethiopian anthropology : an overview of traditions, trends and recent developments / Alula Pankhurst -- How not to be a 'government house pet' : Audrey Richards and the East African Institute for Social Research / David Mills -- Teaching of anthropology in Zimbabwe over the past forty years : continuities and discontinuities / Victor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa -- Practice of anthropology in Francophone Africa : the case of Cameroon / Se�verin Ce�cile Abega -- Forgetting Africa / Johannes Fabian -- But we know it all! : African perspectives on anthropological knowledge / Christine Obbo -- African pastoralism through anthropological eyes : whose crisis? / Mustafa Babiker -- Invisible religion? : anthropology's avoidance of Islam in Arica / Robert Launay -- Anthropology in post-colonial Africa : the Nigerian case / P.-J. Ezeh -- Reflections on the challenges of teaching anthropology to American students in post-colonial Kenya / Mwenda Ntarangwi -- Challenges and prospects for applied anthropology in Kenya / Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo -- Practising anthropology at home : challenges and ethical dilemmas / W. Onyango-Ouma
Summary: Drawing on empirical and experiential material from the Horn, East and West Africa, this title presents an original overview of the challenges facing African anthropology and its future prospects
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Reserve Books Reserve Books Main Library -University of Zimbabwe Main Library Reserve Reserve GN46.A357 AFR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 36004007044

Includes bibliographical references and index

Research and teaching in Ethiopian anthropology : an overview of traditions, trends and recent developments / Alula Pankhurst -- How not to be a 'government house pet' : Audrey Richards and the East African Institute for Social Research / David Mills -- Teaching of anthropology in Zimbabwe over the past forty years : continuities and discontinuities / Victor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa -- Practice of anthropology in Francophone Africa : the case of Cameroon / Se�verin Ce�cile Abega -- Forgetting Africa / Johannes Fabian -- But we know it all! : African perspectives on anthropological knowledge / Christine Obbo -- African pastoralism through anthropological eyes : whose crisis? / Mustafa Babiker -- Invisible religion? : anthropology's avoidance of Islam in Arica / Robert Launay -- Anthropology in post-colonial Africa : the Nigerian case / P.-J. Ezeh -- Reflections on the challenges of teaching anthropology to American students in post-colonial Kenya / Mwenda Ntarangwi -- Challenges and prospects for applied anthropology in Kenya / Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo -- Practising anthropology at home : challenges and ethical dilemmas / W. Onyango-Ouma

Drawing on empirical and experiential material from the Horn, East and West Africa, this title presents an original overview of the challenges facing African anthropology and its future prospects

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