Anthropologists who have lost their senses write ethnographies that are often disconnected from the worlds they seek to portray. For most anthropologists, Stoller contends, tasteless theories are more important than the savory sauces of ethnographic life. That they have lost the…
Daily life in Africa is governed by the 'petty' corruption of public officials in services, such as health, transport, or the judicial system. Offering an analysis of how and why corruption governs everyday life in Africa, this book presents a study of everyday corruption in thr…
"Daily life in Africa is governed by the 'petty' corruption of public officials in services such as health, transport or the judicial system. This study of everyday corruption in three African countries investigates the reasons for its extraordinary prevalence." "The authors con…
The writings of Central Sudanic Africa
by Hunwick, John O., Abubakre, Razaq
fromHandbuch der Orientalistik
In this book Kristín Loftsdóttir gives the reader a highly personal insight into the lives of the Wodaabe nomads of Niger, who are striving to make a living between the bush and the city. Spending nearly two years as a Wodaabe, within a Wodaabe extended family and alternating be…
Spending nearly two years as a Wodaabe, within a Wodaabe extended family and alternating between their nomadic and urbanised lifestyles, Kristín Loftsdottír gives the reader a personal insight into the lives of the Wodaabe nomads of Niger, as they strive to make a living between…