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Evicted from Home, Unaccommodated in the Street: The Castigatory Experience of Skolombo Boys and Lakasera Girls of Calabar in the Light of UNCRC 被逐出家门，流落街头：从《联合国儿童权利公约》看卡拉巴尔 Skolombo 男童和 Lakasera 女童的受难经历

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257687

B. M. Ajiboye

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Misunderstood with No Desire to Be Understood: Socio-Cultural Dimension of Farming and Conservation Agriculture in Zimbabwe 被误解却不希望被理解：津巴布韦农业和保护性农业的社会文化因素

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-13 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257685

Brian Mandipaza

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An Exploration of the Experiences, Wellbeing and Survival Tactics of Older Widowers in Ekiti State, Nigeria 尼日利亚埃基蒂州老年鳏夫的经历、福祉和生存策略探究

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257695

B. Omotosho

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Democratic Values and Democratic Support in Rapidly Consolidated Democracies: The Case of Taiwan, 1995–2020 快速巩固的民主国家的民主价值观与民主支持：台湾案例，1995-2020 年

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257690

Tsung-han Tsai, Chia-hung Tsai

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The social impacts of ‘social distancing’ on sociality in the context of COVID-19: Applying Simmel’s concept of social geometry 在 COVID-19 的背景下，"社会距离 "对社会性的社会影响：应用西美尔的社会几何概念

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257692

France Maphosa, Latang Sechele, Eve K. Chandaengerwa

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A Lefebvrean Analysis of the Lived Experiences of the On-Campus Students at the University of Zululand 对祖鲁兰德大学校园学生生活经历的列斐伏勒式分析

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257689

Nothile P. Ndimande

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Othering the Alternative: Nelson Chamisa in the Post-2017 Chief Shumba Hwenje Song 另辟蹊径：纳尔逊-查米萨在《后2017首领松巴-赫文杰之歌》中的地位

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257691

Tavengwa Gwekwerere, T. Nenjerama

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China’s Central-Local Relations: “Constitutional Vacuum” Revisited 中国的中央与地方关系："重新审视 "宪法真空

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257688

Aisi Zhang

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Identity Construction, Reverse Discourse and the Amhara Nationalism in Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚的身份构建、反向话语和阿姆哈拉民族主义

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257694

Birhanu Bitew

{"title":"Identity Construction, Reverse Discourse and the Amhara Nationalism in Ethiopia","authors":"Birhanu Bitew","doi":"10.1177/00219096241257694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096241257694","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines how anti-Amhara ethnonationalists have constructed derogatory epithets to rationalise their mistreatment of Amhara, and delves into how Amhara nationalists endeavour to reclaim these epithets by imbuing them with positive connotations, contrasting with what the former has attached to them. It is a qualitative study that draws data from interviews with leaders of Amhara-based political parties, scholars, and victims of genocide, as well as review of social media content and scholarly literature. Foucault’s concept of reverse discourse, which entails resistance to prevailing discourse without altering the language and categories of the dominant group, was employed as an analytical tool. The findings reveal that ethnonationalist movements, emerging since the 1970s, utilised the imagery of ‘Amhara as enemy’ to spur political mobilisation. They construct disparaging epithets like neftegna (gun-holder) and timkhtegna (chauvinist) to justify their mistreatment of Amhara. This led to widespread killings and evictions of the people. In response, Amhara youths have formed a resistance movement since 2015. They strive to mobilise the populace by repurposing these derogatory labels as a tactic to resist discursive defamation and genocidal acts.","PeriodicalId":506002,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Asian and African Studies","volume":"6 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141273536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Women Under Hindutva: Misogynist Memes, Mock-Auction and Doxing, Deepfake-Pornification and Rape Threats in Digital Space 印度教统治下的妇女：数字空间中的厌恶女性备忘录、模拟拍卖和诽谤、假色情和强奸威胁

Journal of Asian and African Studies Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.1177/00219096241257686

Rishiraj Sen, S. Jha

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