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The rise of an ‘indocile middle class’ in Cameroon 喀麦隆“不听话的中产阶级”的崛起
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Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2022.2035327
G. Amougou, G. Pleyers
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South Africa’s black middle classes between 2009 and 2018 2009年至2018年间南非的黑人中产阶级
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Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-22 DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2022.2030466
Jason Musyoka
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Under pressure: South Africa’s middle classes and the ‘rebellion of the poor’ 压力之下：南非中产阶级与“穷人的叛乱”
IF 1.1
Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-22 DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2022.2035701
M. Burchardt
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引用次数: 2
Leadership and gender in Eswatini: Swati politics through the prism of Gelane Simelane Zwane, 1990–2018 斯瓦蒂尼的领导与性别:格莱内·西梅拉内·兹瓦内视角下的斯瓦蒂政治，1990-2018
IF 1.1
Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2022.2027350
Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini
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Defining and Utilizing Diaspora 侨民的定义和利用
IF 1.1
Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.4314/contjas.v8i1.1
Mario Nisbett
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The Goof, the Bad and the Ugly: "Indecent" Language Use on Ghanaian Radio 傻瓜、坏人和丑八怪:加纳电台的“不雅”语言使用
IF 1.1
Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2022-02-15 DOI: 10.4314/contjas.v8i2.4
M. Amoakohene, J. Anderson, J. Opare-Henaku
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Ethiopia in Mengistu’s Final Year: Until the Last Bullet 孟格斯图最后一年的埃塞俄比亚:直到最后一颗子弹
IF 1.1
Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2022-01-09 DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2021.1938519
B. Chemere
{"title":"Ethiopia in Mengistu’s Final Year: Until the Last Bullet","authors":"B. Chemere","doi":"10.1080/02589001.2021.1938519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2021.1938519","url":null,"abstract":"structural space for gender and social justice (435–436). There is a close link between identity politics and infrastructural politics in the material and physical space of the university, which can order and control different publics, as well as influence emotions of acceptance and comfortability in thinking of university as ‘home’. This metaphor of university as a home shows how the infrastructure of HEI is accountable for social cohesion and discriminative social organisations. The only weakness of the book is that it is overflowing with information, which makes it difficult to understand the thread that runs throughout the chapters. However, the heavy read is justified by the book’s twin focus on transformation in South African universities, and what this means for schools. The book shows that transforming and ‘decolonising’ curriculums between universities and schools means to pay attention to language policies and infrastructural politics. The book argues for a ‘thick transformation’ that is not only deeprooted and all-inclusive in education but also in housing, business, sport, and transportation (59). Transformation needs transparent communication and political participation for structural and systematic change. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the inaccessibility and inequality in online education and classroom learning has shown the need for transforming universities and schools. This novel hybrid pedagogy of both online and classroom education shows how inaccessibility can be resolved through envisioning the goal of transforming education, thereby revolutionising the South African schooling system.","PeriodicalId":51744,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary African Studies","volume":"40 1","pages":"305 - 307"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2022-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43368590","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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The 21st Century and Challenges to the Nkrumah Independence Project 21世纪和恩克鲁玛独立计划的挑战
IF 1.1
Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI: 10.4314/contjas.v8i1.4
Tennyson S. D. Joseph, Maziki Thame
{"title":"The 21st Century and Challenges to the Nkrumah Independence Project","authors":"Tennyson S. D. Joseph, Maziki Thame","doi":"10.4314/contjas.v8i1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/contjas.v8i1.4","url":null,"abstract":"Ghana’s historical place in the experience of global decolonisation as being the first British controlled African nation to win formal independence, has given the ideas of Kwame Nkrumah a prominent place in efforts to understand the challenges and possibilities of the post-colonial independence project. One of Nkrumah’s main contributions was his exposure of the mechanics of neo-colonialism in compromising the formal statehood of newly independent states. Given the transformed world-economy and the hegemonic ideology of neo-liberalism which has unfolded several decades after Nkrumah’s earliest reflections, this paper seeks to assess his validity for present efforts at sustaining post-colonial development and sovereignty. The central claim of this paper is that whilst Nkrumah’s warnings against neo-colonialism remain valid, both the specific challenges which he identified as well as the corrective proposals which he offered, have been negated by the new tactics and ideological assumptions of neo-liberal capitalism. The paper offers a balance sheet type assessment of the ongoing relevance of Nkrumah’s ideas, with a view to identifying the new challenges confronting the independence of formerly colonised states, and to renewing his political project in the present. These questions are explored in the context of the twenty-first century English-speaking Caribbean.","PeriodicalId":51744,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary African Studies","volume":"94 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75909997","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 and 'the Other Room': Emancipating the Society. 妇女与“另一个房间”:解放社会。
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Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI: 10.4314/contjas.v8i1.5
R. Epochi-Olise, P. Monye
{"title":"Women and 'the Other Room': Emancipating the Society.","authors":"R. Epochi-Olise, P. Monye","doi":"10.4314/contjas.v8i1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/contjas.v8i1.5","url":null,"abstract":"Pan-Africanism is an ideology which emphasizes the brotherhood of the black people wherever they are. Its advancement is everyone’s affair whether male or female, within Africa and the Diaspora. Pan-Africanism has moved from the level of black liberation and struggle for political power to social, economic, and political emancipation, which has positively ignited the desire in some African women to actualize ‘self’ and contribute to nation building in spite of being confined to “the other room”. The premise of the “other room” was ignited by a statement made by the President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari that: “... but she [his wife] belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room”. This paper sets out to lay bare the principles and relationship of Pan-Africanism and Womanism. The paper further advocates that women in spite of being suppressed are bursting forth; challenging patriarchal roles, which most times impede their growth and development in the society. The paper concludes that women’s emancipation, gender equality and women’s empowerment are at the heart of the question of humanity itself and are thus universal in character and asserting their place in the global community is fundamental.","PeriodicalId":51744,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary African Studies","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75219114","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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Pan-African Feminism in Britain 英国的泛非女权主义
IF 1.1
Journal of Contemporary African Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-31 DOI: 10.4314/contjas.v8i1.3
Lovell Marshall Annecka Leolyn
{"title":"Pan-African Feminism in Britain","authors":"Lovell Marshall Annecka Leolyn","doi":"10.4314/contjas.v8i1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/contjas.v8i1.3","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter critically examines the importance of Pan-African feminist epistemology and activism in the Diaspora. The dynamic impact of defiant struggles for freedom challenges the oppression of women of African descent in triumphant ways. The radical re-construction of identities is necessary for the evolution of their human rights. Qualitative methods are used to interrogate the political consciousness of fifty (50) women of African heritage who are members of Black women’s organizations in Britain. My study investigates the relevance of Pan-African feminism in Britain to global debates and interventions. The significance of international support networks that create new strategic initiatives for positive self-concepts and the improvement of life-chances is evaluated. Independently and collectively women of African ancestry oppose marginalization by the State and systems of education, employment, healthcare, and housing. Respondents’ commitment to coalition politics is evident in their positive opinions about social justice, pride, and integrity. Their celebration of Black nationalism resists the legacies of colonialism. Interviewees take responsibility for the upliftment of their communities. They are determined to overcome power inequalities in order to reaffirm the dignity of African women and girls. My fieldwork explores the ways forward for a Pan-African feminist revolution.","PeriodicalId":51744,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Contemporary African Studies","volume":"135 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86297479","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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