In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Saharan Africa at Leiden University and Director of the African Studies Centre (ASC), Leiden, the author starts with the vuvuzela issue as an illustration of the lack of confidence the world has in South Africa organizing and running the World Cup smoothly. He takes that as a sign that there still exists a stereotype of African incompetence, despite the social and economic progress Africa has witnessed in the last decade. He does not want to argue that African Studies have not been able to offset such a stereotype. What he tries to show is that it is not clear from the wealth of actor-oriented research in African Studies what the main social, politi...
In discussing African studies or any other field, it is important to note that the economies and cul...
This paper argues that education in Africa is the victim of a Western epistemological export that ta...
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 18 March, 1985The view that the opening up of Africa...
In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Saharan...
In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Sahar...
The field of African Studies has emerged in recent years (1960s and 1970s) from obscurity to global ...
The volume contains abstracts of papers presented at the 12th Conference of Africanists organized by...
Inaugural address delivered on his entrance into office as Professor of the Sociology and Culture of...
Not so long ago, The Economist described Africa as a hopeless continent. This damning description sp...
In the so-called African millennium, it is perhaps excusable to pretend that African scholarship has...
"Research on African economies has arrived at the third stage of perceptions in recent times - after...
This volume is based on contributions to a seminar which was organised in honour of the Institute’s ...
Proceedings of a Conference held at the Missiological Institute Umpumulo, Natal, 1971
ABSTRACT This paper discusses three crucial terrains of contestation which weave together the kaleid...
Der Artikel diskutiert die Relevanz der ethnologischen Feldforschungen, die sich den Einwänden der w...
In discussing African studies or any other field, it is important to note that the economies and cul...
This paper argues that education in Africa is the victim of a Western epistemological export that ta...
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 18 March, 1985The view that the opening up of Africa...
In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Saharan...
In this farewell lecture on the occasion of his departure as Professor of Development in sub-Sahar...
The field of African Studies has emerged in recent years (1960s and 1970s) from obscurity to global ...
The volume contains abstracts of papers presented at the 12th Conference of Africanists organized by...
Inaugural address delivered on his entrance into office as Professor of the Sociology and Culture of...
Not so long ago, The Economist described Africa as a hopeless continent. This damning description sp...
In the so-called African millennium, it is perhaps excusable to pretend that African scholarship has...
"Research on African economies has arrived at the third stage of perceptions in recent times - after...
This volume is based on contributions to a seminar which was organised in honour of the Institute’s ...
Proceedings of a Conference held at the Missiological Institute Umpumulo, Natal, 1971
ABSTRACT This paper discusses three crucial terrains of contestation which weave together the kaleid...
Der Artikel diskutiert die Relevanz der ethnologischen Feldforschungen, die sich den Einwänden der w...
In discussing African studies or any other field, it is important to note that the economies and cul...
This paper argues that education in Africa is the victim of a Western epistemological export that ta...
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 18 March, 1985The view that the opening up of Africa...