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'Pale face'/ 'pointy face': SA criminology in denial
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2013)
This paper responds to key aspects of Bill Dixon's article, Understanding 'Pointy Face': What is criminology
for? It suggests that criminology should unambiguously be 'for' social justice in South Africa's transhistoric ...
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 ...
Perceptions of traditional health practitioners on violence in the Helderberg Municipal Area, Western Cape
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013)
This study on perceptions of violence was conducted with 56 traditional health practitioners (diviners: amagrirha) in the Helderberg Municipal Area of Cape Town Metro. It forms a subsection of a larger study on African ...
The politics and aesthetics of commemoration: national days in southern Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
The contributions to the special section in this issue study recent independence celebrations and other national days in South
Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of Congo. They explore the ...
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 ...