African Studies - Oxford Bibliographies
Aid and Economic Development
Alice N. Sindzingre
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Aid and Economic Development Introduction The analysis of the relationships between foreign aid—also called “official development assistance” ...
Algeria
Phillip Naylor
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Algeria Introduction Algeria, Africa’s largest country, remains understudied except for its modern history, which features an oppressive colon...
Angola
W. Martin James
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Angola Introduction Angola is a land of contrast. It has abundant natural resources such as petroleum, diamonds, phosphate, timber, and fishin...
Archaeology and the Study of Africa
Ann B. Stahl
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Archaeology and the Study of Africa Introduction Africa is the birthplace of humankind and a continent of tremendous social and cultural diver...
Art, Art History, and the Study Of Africa
Patrick McNaughton, Diane Pelrine
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Art, Art History, and the Study of Africa Introduction African cultures have created sumptuous and subtle art in numerous materials for many m...
Children and Childhood
Steve Howard
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Children and Childhood Introduction African society is structured largely around the lives of its children. Across the continent, children rep...
Colonial Rule, German
Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
German Colonial Rule Introduction With the exception of Brandenburg-Prussia’s short-lived attempt to gain a foothold on the West African coast...
Congo River Basin States
John Yoder, J. Jeffrey Hoover
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Congo River Basin States Introduction Throughout the forests and savannas of the great Congo basin, families and Houses have organized for hun...
Conservation and Wildlife
Heidi G. Frontani
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Conservation and Wildlife Introduction Conservation in Africa, as elsewhere, involves decisions about the allocation and use of resources, inc...
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Thomas Turner, Robert E. Smith
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Introduction The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) lies astride the equator, with a small coastl...
Early States And State Formation In Africa
Graham Connah
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Early States and State Formation in Africa Introduction Archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, geographers, and other schol...
Education and the Study of Africa
Corrie Decker
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Education and the Study of Africa Introduction Though some historians and anthropologists have examined precolonial or indigenous forms of soci...
Environment
A. T. Grove
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Environment Introduction The environment of Africa, as it is considered here, includes the atmosphere and its behavior over the long and short...
Famine
Daniel Maxwell, Merry Fitzpatrick
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Famine Introduction Famine is now generally described as an extreme crisis of access to adequate food, manifested in widespread malnutrition a...
Gabon
Jeremy Rich
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Gabon Introduction Located in West Central Africa, Gabon is a country on the South Atlantic coast. The equator passes through the center of th...
Geography and the Study of Africa
Heidi G. Frontani
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Geography and the Study of Africa Introduction All geographers, including those with regional interests in Africa, study the earth via inquiri...
Historiography and Methods of African History
Funso Afolayan
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Historiography and Methods of African History Introduction The study of African history as an independent and autonomous focus of scholarship ...
Image of Africa, The
Curtis Keim
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
The Image of Africa Introduction Since World War II, Westerners have become increasingly self-critical regarding their images of the world...
Indian Ocean and Middle Eastern Slave Trades
George M. La Rue
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Indian Ocean and Middle Eastern Slave Trades Introduction Although slavery and some regional slave trading existed in earlier eras, the spread...
Invention of Tradition
Thomas Spear
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Invention of Tradition Introduction “Tradition” is one of the most vexed concepts in African historiography, often criticized for conveying th...
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