The lack of scholarship engaging with early sixteenth and seventeenth century churches leaves only minute fragments of information to be found on small historical blogs and tourist sites. These churches can function as ritual objects, becoming places to convene and participate i…
This study analyzes Christian European perceptions of group identity and beliefs in early modern geographic literature, as exemplified by John Ogilby’s Africa (1670), a selective translation of Olfert Dapper’s 1668 work, and its descriptions of West-Central Africa. Ogilby’s work…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has become one of the world's bloodiest hot spots. 2003 saw the end of a five-year war in which millions lost their lives - one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II. Despite recent peace agreements and democratic elections, the country i…
The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has divided opinion; some call it a civil war, or a war of aggression by the country's neighbours; others a continuation of Rwanda's Hutu-Tutsi conflict on Congolose soil, and a war of partition and pillage. The prevalence of rape…
Describes the author's and the Bonobo Conservation Initative's efforts to protect the endangered bonobos in the Congo through a grassroots approach that works with communities to create a self-sustaining model of conservation.
Describes the author's and the Bonobo Conservation Initative's efforts to protect the endangered bonobos in the Congo through a grassroots approach that works with communities to create a self-sustaining model of conservation.
Examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the Lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing social and political action. Conceiving of the body as the center of analysis, a catalyst for soci…
In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing social and political action. Conceiving of the body as…
Kein Platz an der Sonne: Erinnerungsorte der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte
by Reinhard, Wolfgang, Honold, Alexander, Zeuske, Michael, Fuhrmann, Wolfgang, Becker, Frank, Paulmann, Johannes, Eckert, Andreas, Laukötter, Anja, Gißibl, Bernhard, Speitkamp, Winfried, Krieger, Martin, Melber Henning, Langbehn, Volker, Fuhrmann, Malte, Zimmerer, Jürgen, Michels, Eckard, Michels, Stefanie, Oermann, Nils Ole, Wendt, Reinhard, Bechhaus-Gerst, Marianne, Ervedosa, Clara, Hamann, Christof, Hoser, Paul, Kirchen, Christian, Klein, Thoralf, Kohl, Karl-Heinz, KößLer, Reinhard, Mabe, Jacob Emmanuel, Pan, David, Ruppenthal, Jens, Stoecker, Holger, Struck, Wolfgang, Suermann, Thomas, Thode-Arora, Hilke, Lü, Yixu
Namibia gehört heute zu den beliebtesten Fernreisezielen der Deutschen - vielleicht auch deshalb, weil es einst als ""Deutsch-Südwestafrika"" Kolonie war. Die Erfahrung von Tourismus und Globalisierung rückte in den vergangenen Jahren den europäischen Kolonialismus, der auch die…
Kein Platz an der Sonne: Erinnerungsorte der deutschen Kolonialgeschichte
by Reinhard, Wolfgang, Honold, Alexander, Zeuske, Michael, Fuhrmann, Wolfgang, Becker, Frank, Paulmann, Johannes, Eckert, Andreas, Gißibl, Bernhard, Speitkamp, Winfried, Krieger, Martin, Melber Henning, Langbehn, Volker, Fuhrmann, Malte, Michels, Eckard, Michels, Stefanie, Oermann, Nils Ole, Wendt, Reinhard, Bechhaus-Gerst, Marianne, Ervedosa, Clara, Hamann, Christof, Hoser, Paul, Kirchen, Christian, Klein, Thoralf, Kohl, Karl-Heinz, KößLer, Reinhard, Laukötter, Ania, Mabe, Jacob Emmanuel, Pan, David, Ruppenthal, Jens, Stoecker, Holger, Struck, Wolfgang, Suermann, Thomas, Thode-Arora, Hilke, Lü, Yixu
Namibia gehört heute zu den beliebtesten Fernreisezielen der Deutschen - vielleicht auch deshalb, weil es einst als "Deutsch-Südwestafrika" Kolonie war. Die Erfahrung von Tourismus und Globalisierung rückte in den vergangenen Jahren den europäischen Kolonialismus, der auch die d…
