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Trends. The Inside And Outside Of Boundaries: The Aftermath Of European Colonialism In Africa, Ibpp Editor
Trends. The Inside And Outside Of Boundaries: The Aftermath Of European Colonialism In Africa, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The author discusses his view of the impact of European colonialism on African political and economic dysfunction.
"Encyclopedia Of Africa: South Of The Sahara" Book Review, M. Elaine Hughes
"Encyclopedia Of Africa: South Of The Sahara" Book Review, M. Elaine Hughes
University Library Faculty Publications
This is a book review of "Encyclopedia of Africa: South of the Sahara" by John Middleton.
Female Genital Mutiiation, Allison Blount
Female Genital Mutiiation, Allison Blount
The Corinthian
Female circumcision, also called female genital mutilation (FGM), is a collective name given to several traditional operations performed on girls and women in 28 African countries primarily but also in Asia among some minorities. According to the Rainbo organization, FQiM is an ancient custom estimated to affect 130 million girls and women; there are about 2 million new cases each year. Recently, the practice has also begun to surface within immigrant communities in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States ("Female Genital Mutilation: A Fact"). As you read this essay, there are between eight and ten million women and girls …
A Woman's Field Is Made At Night: Gendered Land Rights And Norms In Burkina Faso, Michael Kevane, Leslie C. Gray
A Woman's Field Is Made At Night: Gendered Land Rights And Norms In Burkina Faso, Michael Kevane, Leslie C. Gray
Economics
Gendered social norms and institutions are important determinants of agricultural activities in southwestern Burkina Faso. This paper argues that gendered land tenure, in particular, has effects on equity and efficiency. The usual view of women as holders of secondary, or indirect, rights to land must be supplemented by a more nuanced understanding of tenure. Women's rights are in fact considerably more complex than the simple right to fields from their husbands. First, women's rights to property obtained from men may be coupled with other rights and obligations. In many ethnic groups, women have share rights to the harvest of their …
Nutrition And Ageing In Africa, Karen E. Charlton
Nutrition And Ageing In Africa, Karen E. Charlton
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A
Although the proportion of elderly people in African populations is much smaller than that in developed countries, the absolute numbers of older Africans are rapidly increasing. The huge majority of Africans live in poor economic circumstances and few countries are able to offer social assistance programs. The health and wellbeing of older persons largely depend on the integral existence of informal services, social support networks and kin support. African gerontologists have urged social welfare policy makers to take cognizance of self-organized intergenerational help systems already present on the continent, and to make public-sector finance available to support these systems. Nutrition …