Browsing Research Publications (Anthropology and Sociology) by Title
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The Bamasaaba people’s response to the implementation of the Safe Male Circumcision Policy in the Bugisu sub-region in Uganda
(Cogent OA, 2022)Male circumcision is culturally motivated with a symbolic meaning of the rite-of-passage from boyhood to manhood in some African countries such as Uganda, particularly by the Bamasaaba local people from the Bugisu ... -
Beyond morality: Assessment of the capacity of faith-based organizations (FBOS) in responding to the HIV/AIDS challenge in Southeastern Nigeria
(Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2018)BACKGROUND: For the world can get rid of the HIV/AIDS pandemic by 2030, there is need for more to be done especially in the case of countries in Africa. In Nigeria, such efforts have included Faith-Based Organizations ... -
Book review: Francis B. Nyamnjoh (2017), Drinking from the Cosmic Gourd: How Amos Tutuola Can Change Our Minds
(German Institute of Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, 2017)Nyamnjoh’s insightful book offers an original, nuanced, and penetrative interpretation of the late Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, whose true value and influence were mainly recognised only after his demise. According ... -
The burden of history: Namibia and Germany from colonialism to postcolonialism
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)When former German Foreign Minister Joseph ‘Joschka’ Fischer visited Windhoek in October 2003, he went on record to say that there would be no apology that might give grounds for reparations for the first genocide of the ... -
Changing urbanscapes: Colonial and postcolonial monuments in Windhoek
(Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2018)This article investigates how recently-constructed sites that anchor memories of anti-colonial resistance and national liberation have changed the urban landscape of the Namibian capital, Windhoek. The discussion is ... -
Chinese devils, the global market, and the declining power of Togo’s Nana-Benzes
(Cambridge University Press, 2013)This article examines the shifting representations of and discourses produced about Chinese salesmen and their collaborators in the small West African nation of Togo. It suggests that in this context representations of ... -
Dissent, disruption, decolonization: South African student protests 1968 to 2016
(Center for Economic Research and Social Change, 2018)Fifty years after student protests shook much of the Cold War world, in the “West” and in the “East,” “Global 1968” has become the catchword to describe these profound generational revolts. We hear a lot about West Berlin, ... -
Embodied urban health and illness in Cape Town: Children’s reflections on living in Symphony Way temporary relocation area
(National Inquiry Services Centre, 2015)This paper explores ideas about health and illness held by six children who live in the Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area in Cape Town, South Africa. The research shows that solutions to illness and health problems ... -
The entrepreneurial habitus of Zimbabweans in South Africa
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2023)This article argues that individuals’ internalised frameworks, shaped by Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, play a crucial role in their ability to conceive entrepreneurial possibilities and to recognise opportunities. To ... -
Essential medicines in Nigeria: foregrounding access to affordable essential medicines
(CODESRIA, 2014)Within every functional healthcare system, access to quality and affordable essential medicine stands out as one of the building blocks. However, its significance has been underrated due to poor advocacy and research. The ... -
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used to manage High Blood Pressure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bitterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2016)ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The aim of this study was to identify and document medicinal plants used to manage High Blood Pressure and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bitterfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa. METHODS: ... -
“Everything happened so quickly” Living through events immediately before and after initial breast cancer diagnosis: an exploratory study of the experiences of a group of women in Cape Town, South Africa
(OMICS International, 2017)This article provides information on an aspect of the author’s research on colored women’s experiences of breast cancer and deals specifically with events immediately before and after the initial diagnosis. The experiences ... -
Exploring the ties of incarcerated fathers with their families and communities in the Western Cape-The perspectives of care professionals
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)It is often argued that incarcerated men who stay connected withtheir families are less likely to reoffend. Despite the growingliterature on non-residential fatherhood in South Africa, littleresearch has been conducted on ... -
From 'One Namibia, One Nation' towards 'Unity in Diversity? Shifting representations of culture and nationhood in Namibian Independence Day celebrations, 1990-2010
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)In 2010 Namibia celebrated its twentieth anniversary of independence from South African rule. The main celebrations in the country’s capital Windhoek became the stage for an impressively orchestrated demonstration of ... -
From ‘to die a tribe and be born a nation’ towards ‘culture, the foundation of a nation’: the shifting politics and aesthetics of Namibian nationalism
(Otjivanda Presse, 2015)Namibia’s postcolonial nationalist imaginary is by no means homogeneous. Overall, however, it is conspicuous that as Namibia celebrates her twenty-fifth anniversary of independence, national identity is no longer defined ... -
Hatching conflicts: rout reproduction, properties of water, and property ownership in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group [Commercial Publisher] Routledge [Imprint], 2023)Trout were introduced to South Africa in the late nineteenth century with colonial fanfare, but since the 1990s, post-apartheid legislation has declared trout alien and sought to reduce their numbers. Both the initial ... -
Health inequality in South Africa: a systematic review
(CODESRIA, 2015)This study presents a review of key empirical studies on health inequalities in South Africa with the aim of contributing to a comparative examination of social inequalities in health across different countries in Europe ... -
A hip-hopera in Cape Town: The aesthetics, and politics of performing ‘Afrikaaps’
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This paper looks into the aesthetics and politics of the ‘hip-hopera’ Afrikaaps. Afrikaaps was produced in 2010 by a group of musicians and spoken-word artists from Cape Town and the rural Western Cape Province of South ... -
HIV and sexually transmitted infection knowledge among women who have sex with women in four Southern African countries
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)Women who have sex with women in Southern Africa, where HIV prevalence is high, are often presumed to have minimal risk for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV despite research documenting female-to-female ... -
Impact of social interactions in the community on the transmission of tuberculosis in a high incidence area
(BMJ Publishing Group, 1999)Tuberculosis (TB) is transmitted by close contact with an infectious person. It is assumed that close contact occurs amongst household members and that contact outside the house is “casual” and does not play a major ...