The Duration Of Sub-Saharan African Civil Armed Conflict Episodes,
2017
Eastern Illinois University
The Duration Of Sub-Saharan African Civil Armed Conflict Episodes, Christian Ilunga-Matthiesen
The Eastern Illinois University Political Science Review
The socio-economic question which this study intends to answer is one of global relevance. For quite some time now, civil wars on the African continent have been a major source of economic and social destruction resulting in excessive human suffering. The primary objective of this study will constitute the analysis of 32 armed conflict episodes across 17 countries between 1990 and 2014 throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Armed conflicts will be defined as the following: “a contested incompatibility that concerns government and/or territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a …
Following The Ball : The Migration Of African Soccer Players Across The Portuguese Colonial Empire, 1949–1975,
2017
Ohio University
Following The Ball : The Migration Of African Soccer Players Across The Portuguese Colonial Empire, 1949–1975, Todd Cleveland
Ohio University Press Open Access Books
With Following the Ball, Todd Cleveland incorporates labor, sport, diasporic, and imperial history to examine the extraordinary experiences of African football players from Portugal’s African colonies as they relocated to the metropole from 1949 until the conclusion of the colonial era in 1975. The backdrop was Portugal’s increasingly embattled Estado Novo regime, and its attendant use of the players as propaganda to communicate the supposed unity of the metropole and the colonies.
Cleveland zeroes in on the ways that players, such as the great Eusébio, creatively exploited opportunities generated by shifts in the political and occupational landscapes in the waning …
Market Encounters : Consumer Cultures In Twentieth-Century Ghana,
2017
Ohio University
Market Encounters : Consumer Cultures In Twentieth-Century Ghana, Bianca Murillo
Ohio University Press Open Access Books
In Market Encounters, Bianca Murillo explores the shifting social terrains that made the buying and selling of goods in modern Ghana possible. Fusing economic and business history with social and cultural history, she traces the evolution of consumerism in the colonial Gold Coast and independent Ghana from the late nineteenth century through to the political turmoil of the 1970s.
Murillo brings sales clerks, market women, and everyday consumers in Ghana to the center of a story that is all too often told in sweeping metanarratives about what happens when African businesses are incorporated into global markets. By emphasizing the centrality …
The Call To End Conscription,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
The Call To End Conscription, Commission For Justice And Peace
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet with the statement by the South African Catholic Bishops Conference explaining its call to end conscription.
Fast For A Just Peace,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Fast For A Just Peace, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet explaining the End Conscription Campaign’s “Troops out of the Townships” campaign and three week fast. Includes biographies of conscientious objectors, Ivan Toms, Harold Winkler, and Richard Steele.
Deciding About The Army? Conscription Counselling Service,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Deciding About The Army? Conscription Counselling Service, Conscription Counselling Service
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet from the Conscription Counselling Service explaining the options for citizens in South Africa who are called to report for national service in the South Africa Defence Force.
Don't Give A War Toy This Christmas,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Don't Give A War Toy This Christmas, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A flyer from the End Conscription Campaign advocating against the purchase of children’s toys that resemble weapons for Christmas.
Count The Cost Of War,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Count The Cost Of War, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A flyer from the End Conscription Campaign addressing the monetary and emotional costs of the South African Defence Force’s efforts.
Rock Against The War,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Rock Against The War, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A flyer promoting an event sponsored by the End Conscription Campaign.
What Has The Cost Of The War To Do With The Price Of Eggs?,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
What Has The Cost Of The War To Do With The Price Of Eggs?, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A flyer from the End Conscription Campaign advocating against military spending and a reallocation of those funds to agricultural efforts due to malnutrition and hunger for South African children.
End Conscription Campaign,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
End Conscription Campaign, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A flyer explaining the beliefs and positions of the End Conscription Campaign.
Stop The Call Up,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Stop The Call Up, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A booklet explaining the End Conscription Campaign’s work and its positions regarding migrant labor, racial classification, detention and security legislation, farming, purchasing power, forced removals, pass arrests, migrant workers, and the South African Defence Force’s involvement with South African townships.
Working For A Just Peace,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Working For A Just Peace, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A flyer explaining the End Conscription Campaign’s lobbying efforts.
Conscripts!,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Conscripts!, End Conscription Campaign Churches' Subgroup
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet explaining why the End Conscription Campaign is fasting and praying for conscripts due to the association of the South African Defence Force with apartheid.
Back To School Blues?,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Back To School Blues?, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet promoting the End Conscription Campaign’s event to show the movie “Hair” (1979) to open a conversation about war and military service.
Township Residents!,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Township Residents!, End Conscription Campaign Churches' Subgroup
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet explaining why the End Conscription Campaign is fasting and praying for South African Township residents as the South African Defence Force maintains a presence in the townships.
Namibians!,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
Namibians!, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet explaining why the End Conscription Campaign is fasting and praying for Namibia due to the South Africa Defence Army’s illegal occupation.
War Is Not Compulsory: Let's Choose Peace,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
War Is Not Compulsory: Let's Choose Peace, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet calling for people to join the efforts of the End Conscription Campaign.
War Is Not Compulsory,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
War Is Not Compulsory, End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A brochure calling for people to join the efforts of the End Conscription Campaign.
The Problem With This General Election...,
2017
Columbia College Chicago
The Problem With This General Election..., End Conscription Campaign
End Conscription Campaign
A pamphlet calling South African voters to join the efforts of the End Conscription Campaign and contact their election candidates and the press to advocate against conscription.
