Revised version of a book first published in 1982 in Dutch entitled "Oude produktiewijzen en binnendringend kapitalisme" by the Free University, Amsterdam, in association with the African Studies... Show moreRevised version of a book first published in 1982 in Dutch entitled "Oude produktiewijzen en binnendringend kapitalisme" by the Free University, Amsterdam, in association with the African Studies Centre, Leiden. The modern history of Africa can be seen in Marxist terms as a process by which the capitalist mode of production was established all over the continent, but did not totally replace the old mode of production. An articulation of modes of production took place instead. The essays in this book deal with the theory of articulation as well as the empirical application of this key concept in various geographical areas and historical periods. Show less
Reviews the findings of available studies and reports thought to be of relevance to policy makers. A discussion of the institutional framework, of criteria used in price-setting procedures, and of... Show moreReviews the findings of available studies and reports thought to be of relevance to policy makers. A discussion of the institutional framework, of criteria used in price-setting procedures, and of scope and objectives of the agricultural pricing policies is folowed by an examination of what these policies 'have done to agriculture'. A final section concentrates on the effects of pricing policies on the (marketed) suply of agricultural production and the importance of 'relative prices' in production decisions of Kenya farmers. Show less
From the 1850's to mid 1890's Africans were employed in top positions in the embryonic West African colonial services. This book contains the biographies of three of them: Ferguson on the Gold... Show moreFrom the 1850's to mid 1890's Africans were employed in top positions in the embryonic West African colonial services. This book contains the biographies of three of them: Ferguson on the Gold Coast, Lawson in Sierra Leone and Payne in Nigeria. All three had in common that they believed in British rule as an instrument for civilizing their compatriots. They all believed in progress as exemplified in the British way of life. Without them, there would have been colonial rule. But the countries that emerged from the colonial scramble are, certainly, the richer for their work. Show less
This collection of papers on theoretical and methodological perspectives in the study of African religion is the outcome of a conference held at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, in 1979. It... Show moreThis collection of papers on theoretical and methodological perspectives in the study of African religion is the outcome of a conference held at the African Studies Centre, Leiden, in 1979. It reviews the major classic and contemporary theoretical approaches to African religion. The individual papers deal with a variety of specific religions and locate them in their specific cultural, social and political context. These specific topics are used as stepping stones towards a converging theoretical perspective in which the various strands of contemporary religious research can be integrated. Contributors: Renaat Devisch (sub-Saharan Africa), Wauthier de Mahieu (Zaire), Andr‚ Droogers (Africa), Johannes Fabian (sub-Saharan Africa), Matthew Schoffeleers (Malawi), Wim van Binsbergen (Tunisia), John M. Janzen (the Kongo tradition of coastal Equatorial Africa), Richard P. Werbner (Southern Africa), Terence O. Ranger (Zimbabwe), Robert Buijtenhuijs (Kenya), Christian Coulon (Senegal). Show less
Ondanks een hongersnood van zeer dramatische omvang, interne politieke onrust, aanhoudende burgeroorlog en economische problemen lijkt het door militairen geleide bewind in Ethiopië stevig in het... Show moreOndanks een hongersnood van zeer dramatische omvang, interne politieke onrust, aanhoudende burgeroorlog en economische problemen lijkt het door militairen geleide bewind in Ethiopië stevig in het zadel te blijven zitten en de 'revolutie van bovenaf' voortgang te maken. Wat zijn hierbij op langere termijn de perspectieven voor de Ethiopische staatkundige eenheid en sociaal-economische ontwikkeling, en wat is de positie van het land in internationaal opzicht? Deze vragen worden in het verlengde van elkaar beantwoord in de volgende delen: huidige politieke structuur - spanning tussen nationale regering en etnische en regionale bewegingen - Ethiopië en de regio - de internationale positie van Ethiopië. Show less
Leiden [etc.] : African Studies Centre [etc.] (FNSP Report, no. 14), p. 156, 1985.|Based on a survey conducted in 1984, the authors discuss the nutritional conditions prevailing among farming... Show moreLeiden [etc.] : African Studies Centre [etc.] (FNSP Report, no. 14), p. 156, 1985.|Based on a survey conducted in 1984, the authors discuss the nutritional conditions prevailing among farming households engaged in irrigated rice cultivation in the Kano plain, Nyanza Province, Kenya. The survey covered four groups reflecting different degrees of participation in and/or dependence on irrigated rice cultivation: non-rice growers, individual rice growers participating in small schemes, non-resident tenants at large schemes, and resident tenants at large schemes. The observed differences in nutritional status between the four groups were above all related to differences in their resource base. The group with the smallest resource base, the resident tenants at the large irrigation schemes (Ahero and West Kano) showed the poorest results in all respects. The survey results do not substantiate the assumption made at the start of the irrigation schemes, that the livelihood of rural families can be fully covered by means of cash farming. Show less
Schoenmakers, H.; African Studies Centre, Leiden 1985
Literatuuronderzoek over politieke ontwikkelingen in dit land. Er werd gekozen voor een beperkt aantal cruciale staatsinstanties, gegeven het historische feit dat bij het ontstaan en de verdere... Show moreLiteratuuronderzoek over politieke ontwikkelingen in dit land. Er werd gekozen voor een beperkt aantal cruciale staatsinstanties, gegeven het historische feit dat bij het ontstaan en de verdere ontwikkeling van de staat Guiné-Bissau de politieke partij PAIGC een dominerende rol heeft gespeeld en dat van daaruit de belangrijkste staatsinstituties en -organen zijn ontstaan. De koloniale staat in Guiné-Bissau - De PAIGC in de periode 1956-1963 - De kleine Afrikaanse bourgeoisie en de anti-koloniale strijd in Guiné - Sociale klasse en partij - Etnische tgenstellingen en rivaliserende nationalistische bewegingen - Van "partijstaat" naar een scheiding van partij en staat - Het sociaal-economisch ontwikkelingsbeleid van de PAIGC - Staat en partij in de periode 1974-1977 - Politieke en economische ontwikkelingen na het IIIe partijcongres - De staatsgreep van 14 november 1980 - Het eerste buitengewone congres van de PAIGC - Slotbeschouwing. Show less
Contents: 1. Introduction (is there a case for a Marxist approach in anthropological fieldwork - the structure of our argument). 2. The level of production as a problem in anthropological fieldwork... Show moreContents: 1. Introduction (is there a case for a Marxist approach in anthropological fieldwork - the structure of our argument). 2. The level of production as a problem in anthropological fieldwork (data on production - the concept of 'mode of production' - variations in the 'lineage mode of production' in Black Africa - the 'lineage mode of production' in North Africa - discussion). 3. Production and politics (the danger of functionalist teleology - Meillassoux and the politics of kin-group composition among the Guro (Ivory Coast) - Rey and determinism - class alliance between elders and capitalists: the Maka case (S.E. Cameroon) - the Zambian Nkoya as a contrasting case - analysis in terms of class? - the extended-case method). 4. The ethnography of articulation (the problem - production at a Zambian chief's court - capturing articulation in ethnographic data). 5. Field-work on ideology, belief and ritual (some theoretical problems - religious plurality and articulation of modes of production: the Nkoya case). 6. Concluding remarks. Notes, ref Show less
Zaal, F.; Tienhoven, I. van; Schomaker, M.; Dietz, A.J. 1985
In a critical overview of the anthropology of law in the Netherlands in the 1970s (NNR, 4 (1983), 2, p.132/140) Griffiths levels a very specific and violent attack on research and research policy... Show moreIn a critical overview of the anthropology of law in the Netherlands in the 1970s (NNR, 4 (1983), 2, p.132/140) Griffiths levels a very specific and violent attack on research and research policy at the African Studies Centre, Leiden. This article is a reply to what he says about the Centre. In his turn, Griffiths comments on Van Binsbergen's remarks, p. 208/210 Show less
Deze bundel, een weerslag van een tweedaagse workshop over staat en maatschappij in Afrika, gehouden medio december 1981 te Leiden, bevat naast een inleidend hoofdstuk van beide redacteurs, acht... Show moreDeze bundel, een weerslag van een tweedaagse workshop over staat en maatschappij in Afrika, gehouden medio december 1981 te Leiden, bevat naast een inleidend hoofdstuk van beide redacteurs, acht theoretisch-vergelijkende studies en elf case-studies. Gezamenlijk geven ze een beeld van recent Nederlands en Belgisch onderzoek op het gebied van staat en maatschappij in Afrika. De auteurs, in alfabetische volgorde: A.N. Achterstraat, H.K. Asmeron, W. van Binsbergen, R. Buijtenhuijs, H.J.M. Claessen, M.R. Doornbos, P. Doornbos, P. Geschiere, J. Goldschmidt, J.P. Heijke, G. Hesseling, L. Kapteijns, P. Konings, P. Nauwelaerts, H.L.M. Obdeijn, F. Reyntjens, H. Schoenmakers, A.A. Trouwborst. Show less
Case study of the position and religious activities of Manjak labour migrants from the administrative divisions of Calequisse and Cai¢ in the Cacheu region, who spend a substantial portion of... Show moreCase study of the position and religious activities of Manjak labour migrants from the administrative divisions of Calequisse and Cai¢ in the Cacheu region, who spend a substantial portion of their lives in urban centers in Senegal and France while maintaining close ritual and therapeutic ties with their area of origin. These ties involve a spectacular expenditure of time and foreign-earned money and bring out clearly the exploitative nature of local gerontocratic power, suggesting that these ritual ties have somehow become crucial in the articulation between capitalism and the local pre-capitalist modes of production. The central question tackled in this article is that of what exactly is being reproduced if the migrants' rituals are considered as cases of ideological reproduction. Show less
