Mennonites and Post-Colonial African Studies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Janzen, John M.; Yoder, John C.; Miller, Harold F.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the evolution of post-colonial African Studies through the eyes of Africanists from the Anabaptist (Mennonite and Church of the Brethren) community, providing a glimpse into the intellectual and cultural perspectives that shaped the work of Africanist scholars and practitioners in the post-colonial period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000349719
• Artikelnr.: 60925612

Autorenporträt

John M. Janzen is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kansas, USA. Harold F. Miller served as a fraternal ecumenical service worker in Tanzania, Sudan, and Kenya, and is now retired in Virginia, USA. John C. Yoder is a Professor Emeritus of History and Political Science at Whitworth University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Aliko Songolo Introduction John M. Janzen
Harold F. Miller
and John C. Yoder Part One: Pioneers Chapter 1: Donald Jacobs-Missionary
Anthropologist
Church Leader
John C. Yoder Chapter 2: Melvin Loewen- Missionary
Educator
Banker to the World
John C. Yoder Chapter 3: David W. Shenk-Missionary
Professor
"Saved One
" Friend of Muslims John C. Yoder Part Two: Professors Chapter 4: The Road to Ghardaïa: Investigating a Community Deep in the Sahara Leads to the Study of Global History
Donald C. Holsinger Chapter 5: The Anthropology of Health and Healing in Africa John M. Janzen Chapter 6: Encountering and Demythologizing Africa
Curtis A. Keim Chapter 7: A Career in the Literature and Folklore of Africa
Karen R. Keim Chapter 8: From Chipembi
Zambia to Michigan State University: Reflections of a Mennonite Africanist Educator
John D. Metzler Chapter 9: The Economics of Development
E. Wayne Nafziger and John C. Yoder Chapter 10: Mary K. Oyer and David A. Shank-Recognizing and Embracing African Aesthetic and Spiritual Canons
James R. Krabill Chapter 11: Säd Sheikh Samatar and Lydia Glick Samatar-Love
Poetry
and History in the Horn of Africa Lydia Glick Samatar
Jonathan Lurie
Peter B. Golden
and David D. Laitin Chapter 12: Historical and Political Perspectives on African Culture
John C. Yoder Chapter 13: How Africa and the Mennonite Central Committee Touched My Life
Lauren W. Yoder Part Three: Practitioners Chapter 14: Establishing Private-Public Partnerships to Improve Health Services in Africa
Franklin C. Baer Chapter 15: We Live to Serve Others with a Holistic Touch
Musuto Mutaragara Chirangi Chapter 16: Combatting Malaria and Sleeping Sickness by Building Entomological Research Capacity in Africa
David L. Denlinger Chapter 17: Africa: A Transformative Place
D. Merrill Ewert Chapter 18: Learning from Africa: An Educator/Administrator's Post-Colonial Pilgrimage
Ronald J. R. Mathies Chapter 19: Three Anthills
and the Pot will Catch the Fire: Fremont and Sara Regier's Lifelong Calling to Service in Africa
Sara M. Regier Chapter 20: Working as an Applied Anthropologist in Public Health
P. Stanley Yoder Part Four: Observations from Outside Chapter 21: Mennonites
Jews
and the Historical Roots of an Africanist Ethos
Steven M. Feierman Chapter 22: Perspectives on Afro-pessimism
Afro-optimism
and African Culture
Paul Gifford Chapter 23: Reckoning with Colonialism and Mennonite Service: Reflections on Race
Class
Gender
and Power in Africa
Emily Welty