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    Essential medicines in Nigeria: foregrounding access to affordable essential medicines 

    Obuaku-Igwe, Chinwe C. (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 ...
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    Reflections on the passing of Prof Bongani Mayosi: Universities and the burden of history 

    Thaver, Beverley; Thaver, L. (SUN journals, 2018)
    Our heartfelt condolences to the family of Prof Bongani Mayosi. We begin by acknowledging that the condition of depression stalks societies, it silently chips away at the soul and identity of an individual. And, when tragedy ...
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    Remembering Marikana: Public art intervention and the right to the city in Cape Town 

    Becker, Heike (Taylor & Francis, 2018)
    This article investigates the role played by cultural initiatives in urban struggles in South Africa, and the emergence of public art to assert the right to the city. I explore how artistic– activist interventions engage ...
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    Beyond morality: Assessment of the capacity of faith-based organizations (FBOS) in responding to the HIV/AIDS challenge in Southeastern Nigeria 

    Anugwom, Eze Edlyne; Anugwom, Kenechukwu (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 ...
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    Rural-urban disparities in health and health care in Africa: Cultural competence, lay-beliefs in narratives of diabetes among the rural poor in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa 

    Oloyede, Olajide (CODESRIA, 2017)
    Rural-urban disparities in health and health care in Africa have been well described; yet, they remain relatively of less concern among many issues in health and health care in Africa. The disparities have been documented ...
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    The social act of exchange in power relations: The study of the phenomenon of Nichekeleko at the weighbridges in Zambia 

    Phiri, Chidongo (CODESRIA, 2017)
    This article examines the widely practiced phenomenon of Nichekeleko at the Weighbridges (WBs) in Zambia. The commonly held understanding of Nichekeleko by the Zambian people is that, it is corruption; ranging from ...
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    The use of heroism in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) intra-party factional dynamics 

    Masiya, Tyanai; Maringira, Godfrey (University of Pretoria, 2017)
    Much of what we know about Zimbabwe's liberation war heroes and heroines is associated with the Zimbabwe African Notional Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)'s recognition of individuals who defended its hold on power. However, ...
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    Changing urbanscapes: Colonial and postcolonial monuments in Windhoek 

    Becker, Heike (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 ...
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    Performative ethnography: difference and conviviality of everyday multiculturalism in Bellville (Cape Town) 

    Alhourani, Ala Rabiha (Taylor & Francis, 2017)
    The paper explores the benefits of performative ethnography as a methodological intervention. The intervention discussed in this paper utilizes the persuasive power of aesthetics and performance to attain participation ...
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    Un/making difference through performance and mediation in contemporary Africa 

    Becker, Heike; Schulz, Dorothea (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 ...
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    AuthorBecker, Heike (14)Gibson, Diana (3)Obuaku-Igwe, Chinwe C. (3)Akuupa, Michael (2)Ellis, William F. (2)Maringira, Godfrey (2)Schulz, Dorothea (2)Alhourani, Ala Rabiha (1)Anugwom, Edlyne Eze (1)Anugwom, Eze Edlyne (1)... View MoreSubjectSouth Africa (9)Namibia (6)Performance (4)Culture (3)Difference (3)Health (3)Nationalism (3)Politics (3)Africa (2)African universities (2)... View MoreDate Issued2017 (12)2015 (6)2018 (6)2013 (5)2016 (5)2014 (3)2010 (1)Has File(s)Yes (38)

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