The anthropology of Africa : challenges for the 21st century / edited by Paul Nchoji Nkwi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nkwi, Paul Nchoji, editor.

Pan African Anthropological Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Africa--History.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (656 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1999 (August 30 September 2) the Pan African Anthropological Association (PAAA) marked the 10th anniversary of its creation by holding its 9th Annual Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon the city and country of its birth. The conference, themed The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century, was attended by some seventy participants, mostly African. Among the international participants was Dr Sydel Silverman, President of the Wenner Gren Foundation at the time a long term partner of the PAAA; she was present at the inaugural conference in 1988. The conference proceedings were initially published in 2000 with very limited circulation. Given the continued relevance of the papers presented, and in view of the call by the President of the PAAA for African anthropologists to reunite anthropological theory and practice in the teaching programmes of African universities, the PAAA is pleased to republish the proceedings of its landmark 9th Annual Conference. The book consists of forty three chapters divided into eight parts, namely: i) teaching anthropology in the decades ahead; ii) Health Challenges: HIV/AIDS Anthropological Perspectives; iii) NGOS: Use and Misuse of Anthropology; iv) Anthropological Focus on Environment; v) Some Applied Issues in Anthropology; vi) The African Family in Crisis; vii) Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflicts; and viii) Population issues and anthropology: Fertility Crisis. Paul Nkwi concludes his introduction to the volume with these words: The Anthropology of Africa will remain for a long time, fundamentally applied if it is to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents / Table des Matières; Introduction. The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century; Part I - Teaching Anthropology In the Decades ahead; 1. From Gateway to Gatekeeper: Anthropology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Abstract; Introduction; Anthropology as Foreign Agent; Between Universalism and Independence; Anthropology Today; Teaching and Learning Anthropology; Conclusion; References; 2. Anthropology at the University of Yaoundé: A Historical Overview: 1962-1999; Introduction; What is Anthropology?

The Creation and the Evolution of the University of YaoundéThe Status of Anthropology before the 1993 Reform; Profile of Staff of the Department of Sociology; The Teaching of Anthropology and 1993 University Reforms; Graduates in anthropology and the University of Yaoundé 1; Conclusion: Which Way Forward?; References; Part II - Health Challenges: HIV/AIDS Anthropological Perspectives; 3. From Research to Intervention: The Input of Anthropology in Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention Program for Ethiopian Immigrant Adolescents in Israel; Introduction; Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention

Sexual Health EducationAids Prevention; Conclusion; References; 4. Genderisation of illnesses in Yoruba culture: implications for theory and method in Medical Anthropology; Abstract; Introduction; The Yoruba People; Method of Study; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 5. Whither the institution of widow inheritance in the era of HIV/AIDS? Tradition versus health; Abstract; Introduction: HIV/AIDS among the study population; The Luo family system provides fertile ground for inheriting widows; How widow inheritance could be a potential risk factor for HIV?

Conceptual scenario in widow inheritance and HIV transmissionMethods; Data Collection; Results and Discussion; Whither the institution of inheritance?; Conclusion; References; 6. A Folk Model of Malaria Causation among the Abagusii of South-western Kenya: Implications for Malaria Treatment; Abstract; Introduction; Data and Methods; Findings and Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 7. The social and cultural aspects of health care delivery: a case study of clients' perspectives on indigenous medicines in Yaoundé; Abstract; Methodology Of Study

Vendors' and client's socio-demographic profileKnowledge of indigenous drugs; Cultural representations; Client's representation and motivations; Economic factors; The categorisation of diseases; Psychological factors and the impact of socialization; Socio-cultural considerations; The nutritional dimension of traditional medicine; The negative side effects of modern medicine; The influence of social tensions; Case Study; The Implications For Health Care Delivery In Africa; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Part III - NGOs: Use and Misuse of Anthropology

8. Focus on the World Bank Safeguard Policies and the Chad-Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Projects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 28, 2015).

ISBN:

9789956792924

9956792926

OCLC:

760255736