The contributions assembled here focus on the complex role of language in Africa's historical development. From prehistoric dynamics of wealth and poverty to the conceptual foundations of postcolonial nationalism, each engages with African intellectual history...
The contributions assembled here focus on the complex role of language in Africa's historical development. From prehistoric dynamics of wealth and poverty to the conceptual foundations of postcolonial nationalism, each engages with African intellectual history...Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Axel Fleisch is a Professor of African Studies at the University of Helsinki. His focus is southern Africa, including African languages and historical linguistics. He is the author of Lucazi Grammar: A Morphosemantic Analysis (2000) and the co-editor of Grandmother's Footsteps: Oral Tradition and South-East Angolan Narratives on the Colonial Encounter (1999).
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List of Maps, Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Language Introduction: Theories and Methods of African Conceptual History Rhiannon Stephens and Axel Fleisch Chapter 1. 'Wealth', 'Poverty' and the Question of Conceptual History in Oral Contexts: Uganda from c. 1000 C.E. Rhiannon Stephens Chapter 2. Conceptual Continuities: About 'Work' in Nguni Axel Fleisch Chapter 3. Tracking the Concept of 'Work' on the North Eastern Cape Frontier, South Africa Anne Kelk Mager Chapter 4. Understanding the Concept 'Marriage' in Afrikaans during the Twentieth Century Marné Pienaar Chapter 5. Male Circumcision among the Bagisu of Eastern Uganda: Practices and Conceptualizations Pamela Khanakwa Chapter 6. The Concept of 'Land' in Bioko: 'Land as Property' and 'Land as Country' Ana Lúcia Sá Chapter 7. Conceptualizing 'Land' and 'Nation' in Early Gold Coast Nationalism Pieter Boele van Hensbroek Chapter 8. An Untimely Concept: Decolonization and the Works of Mudimbe, Mbembe and Nganang Pierre-Philippe Fraiture Index
List of Maps, Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Language Introduction: Theories and Methods of African Conceptual History Rhiannon Stephens and Axel Fleisch Chapter 1. 'Wealth', 'Poverty' and the Question of Conceptual History in Oral Contexts: Uganda from c. 1000 C.E. Rhiannon Stephens Chapter 2. Conceptual Continuities: About 'Work' in Nguni Axel Fleisch Chapter 3. Tracking the Concept of 'Work' on the North Eastern Cape Frontier, South Africa Anne Kelk Mager Chapter 4. Understanding the Concept 'Marriage' in Afrikaans during the Twentieth Century Marné Pienaar Chapter 5. Male Circumcision among the Bagisu of Eastern Uganda: Practices and Conceptualizations Pamela Khanakwa Chapter 6. The Concept of 'Land' in Bioko: 'Land as Property' and 'Land as Country' Ana Lúcia Sá Chapter 7. Conceptualizing 'Land' and 'Nation' in Early Gold Coast Nationalism Pieter Boele van Hensbroek Chapter 8. An Untimely Concept: Decolonization and the Works of Mudimbe, Mbembe and Nganang Pierre-Philippe Fraiture Index
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