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'A glimpse into Bushman mythology': interpretation, power and knowledge
(Routledge, 2017)
In 1873, Qing, a young man of Bushman background, recounted a cycle of stories and
commented on some of the rock paintings he and the magistrate Joseph Orpen saw on a
journey through the Maloti mountains. A year later ...
Un/making difference through performance and mediation in contemporary Africa
(Routledge, 2017)
This special issue of the Journal of African Cultural Studies grew out of a panel we organized
at the European Conference on African Studies in Lisbon in June 2013. Our starting point
was the observation of a massive ...
I am/am I an African? A relational reading of 'Diaspora and Identity in South African Fiction' by J.U. Jacobs
(AOSIS, 2017)
The publication of Diaspora and Identity in South African Fiction (2016) by J.U. Jacobs is a timely
intervention, in that it is the first comprehensive study of South African fiction to sustain the
argument that South ...
Revitalizing higher education in Africa: a review of health research (in social science) in African universities
(IJRDO, 2017)
What is the agenda for health research in Social Sciences in African Universities? To what extent has university led research in the area of health revitalized higher education in Africa? This paper examines through a ...
The classics, African literature, and the critics
(Institute for the Study of English in Africa Rhodes University, 2017)
Faced with the criticism that myth and epic poetry have no place in contemporary South African literature departments, there is no point in defending the material on the grounds of intrinsic worth. No text can claim this ...
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 ...
The Black Atlantic as reversal: a reappraisal of African and black theology
(AOSIS, 2017)
In this article, I will try to do three things. Firstly, pay attention to the notion of Black Atlantic
as coined by Paul Gilroy, which in effect could signify a reversal of colonialism and slavery.
Secondly, revisit the ...
“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 ...
Mueda massacre: the musical archive
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
As in Pidjiguiti in Guiné-Bissau or Baixa de Cassanje in Angola, the massacre that occurred in
the northern Mozambican town of Mueda on 16 June 1960 has been inscribed in the
nationalist narrative as the breaking point ...
Women, priests and the Anglican Church in Southern Africa: reformation of holy hierarchies
(Scholars Commons @ Laurier, 2017)
The Anglican Church in Southern Africa (ACSA) is celebrating the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in 2017. The quotation
above is a statement made by the South African Council of ...