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Uganda
Shane Doyle, Aidan Stonehouse
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Uganda Introduction The region that would take the name Uganda became part of the British Empire in the 1890s. Blessed with relatively fertile...
Urbanism and Urbanization
Garth Myers
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Urbanism and Urbanization Introduction Africa is typically seen as both the least urbanized continent and the most rapidly urbanizing one. Its...
Wars and Warlords
Morten Bøås
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2017-07-26
Wars and WarlordsIntroductionThe debate about war in African studies has gone through a number of important changes. Until the end of the Cold War, Af...
Western Sahara
Francesco Correale
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2016-05-26
Western SaharaIntroductionThe Western Sahara (WS) is a 266,000 square kilometer area between North Africa and the Atlantic Ocean. In a conventional wa...
Women and African History
Kathleen Sheldon
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Women and African HistoryIntroductionAfrican women’s history embraces a wide variety of societies in more than fifty countries with different geograph...
Women and Colonialism
Kathleen Sheldon
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Women and ColonialismIntroductionEuropeans began arriving in Africa in the 15th century, most frequently settling in coastal enclaves while they pursu...
Women and Politics
Aili Mari Tripp
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2013-07-24
Women and Politics ...
Women and Slavery
Claire C. Robertson
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Women and Slavery Introduction The study of women and slavery in the world and in Africa is a relatively new. The first study focusing on ensl...
Women in 19th-Century West Africa
Temilola Alanamu
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2016-06-28
Women in 19th-Century West AfricaIntroductionWhilst West Africa was first settled about 12,000 bce, the 19th century was a crucial time in the history...
Women, Gender and the Study of Africa
Beverly Stoeltje
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Women, Gender, and the Study of Africa Introduction The multiplicity and diversity of African societies is reflected in the broad literature d...
Yoruba Diaspora
Toyin Falola
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2022-03-23
Yoruba DiasporaIntroductionThe Yoruba are among the largest and most researched cultural groups in Africa. In the contemporary composition of states, ...
Yoruba Language and Literature
Karin Barber
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Yoruba Language and Literature Introduction Yoruba is a tonal language of the Niger-Congo family and is spoken by about thirty million people,...
Yoruba States, Benin, and Dahomey
Babatunde Lawal
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2015-04-29
Yoruba States, Benin, and Dahomey Introduction The Yoruba states, Benin, and Dahomey of West Africa attracted international attention between ...
Youth
Karen Tranberg Hansen
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2014-08-26
Youth Introduction Youth is a culturally constructed category with meanings embedded in the transition from childhood to adulthood that change...
Zambia
David M. Gordon
Subject: African Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Zambia Introduction Zambia was formed in 1964 with the political independence of the British colony of Northern Rhodesia. Competition between ...
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