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African Studies Review 

African Studies Association
About: African Studies Review is an academic journal published by African Studies Association. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Politics & Colonialism. It has an ISSN identifier of 0002-0206. Over the lifetime, 3010 publications have been published receiving 47533 citations.


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TL;DR: Englebert's solution might not solve all of Africa's problems, but it should serve as a catalyst for further studies on both a local and a continental level, and also on the part of the World Bank, the IMF, and Western development agencies that design programs for African states as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: time, as sub-Saharan Africa is bogged down with too many crises, further exacerbated by the AIDS epidemic. While Englebert's solution might not solve all of Africa's problems, it should serve as a catalyst for further studies on both a local and a continental level, and also on the part of the World Bank, the IMF, and Western development agencies that design programs for African states. It is a must read for all Africans who seek a better continent, for students of African politics, decision-makers, and development specialists of all genres. Osaore Aideyan Claremont Graduate University Claremont, California

528 citations

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TL;DR: This book discusses security and Vulnerability in Livelihood Systems, as well as tracking and Tackling Food Vulnerability, in the Sahel region.
Abstract: List of Diagrams - List of Graphs - List of Maps - List of Tables - List of Abbreviations - Glossary of Foreign Terms - Introduction - Security and Vulnerability in Livelihood Systems - Coping and Adapting - Monitoring How People Feed Themselves - Drought, Food Insecurity and Early Warning in Mali - Livelihood Safety Nets: the Inner Niger Delta in the Sahel - Livelihood Systems - Production Entitlements - Exchange Entitlements - Coping and Adaptive Entitlements - Tracking and Tackling Food Vulnerability - References - Index

420 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the evolution of the macro-processus de l'organisation sociale en Afrique, i.e., de la signification of certains concepts-cles comme les concepts de groupe domestique, de lignage, de famille.
Abstract: Evolution depuis une vingtaine d'annees des themes et des approches des recherches sur l'organisation sociale en Afrique. Etude detaillee de la signification de certains concepts-cles comme les concepts de groupe domestique, de lignage, de famille. Les nouvelles tendances de l'etude des macro-processus de l'organisation sociale. Revue de la litterature sur la stabilite matrimoniale et la polygynie comme exemple des possibilites de comprehension de problemes particuliers dans le contexte de processus historiques plus vastes.

417 citations

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TL;DR: In the last three or four years we have witnessed an upsurge of interest in African popular art forms so strong that it promises to become a movement as mentioned in this paper, and individual researchers scattered over the continent, who for decades have been pursuing their interest in these arts in isolation, are suddenly finding that there is a forum emerging.
Abstract: All the acts of the drama of world history were performed before a chorus of laughing people. Without hearing this chorus we cannot understand the drama as a whole. Mikhail Bakhtin In the last three or four years we have witnessed an upsurge of interest in African popular art forms so strong that it promises to become a movement. The individual researchers scattered over the continent, who for decades have been pursuing their interest in these arts in isolation, are suddenly finding that there is a forum emerging. Issues formerly raised piecemeal, mainly in short articles and often as a sideline by people whose principal expertise lay in some better-established field, are now getting full-scale treatment in the detailed monographs that are appearing from different parts of Africa. It seems the right moment to set out the scope and possibilities of this field, and to lay claim to a central position for it in the humanities and social sciences. The most obvious reason for giving serious attention to the popular arts is their sheer undeniable assertive presence as social facts. They loudly proclaim their own importance in the lives of large numbers of African people. They are everywhere. They flourish without encouragement or recognition from official cultural bodies, and sometimes in defiance of them. People too poor to contemplate spending money on luxuries do spend it on popular arts, sustaining them and constantly infusing them with new life.

399 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202354
2022181
2021111
2020115
2019133
201849