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Book A Tribute to the Late His Majesty King Sobhuza II

Download or read book A Tribute to the Late His Majesty King Sobhuza II written by J. S. M. Matsebula and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Written Out

Download or read book Written Out written by Joel Cabrita and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systemic racism and sexism caused one of South Africa’s most important writers to disappear from public consciousness. Is it possible to justly restore her historical presence? Regina Gelana Twala, a Black South African woman who died in 1968 in Swaziland (now Eswatini), was an extraordinarily prolific writer of books, columns, articles, and letters. Yet today Twala’s name is largely unknown. Her literary achievements are forgotten. Her books are unpublished. Her letters languish in the dusty study of a deceased South African academic. Her articles are buried in discontinued publications. Joel Cabrita argues that Twala’s posthumous obscurity has not developed accidentally as she exposes the ways prejudices around race and gender blocked Black African women like Twala from establishing themselves as successful writers. Drawing upon Twala’s family papers, interviews, newspapers, and archival records from Pretoria, Uppsala, and Los Angeles, Cabrita argues that an entire cast of characters—censorious editors, territorial White academics, apartheid officials, and male African politicians whose politics were at odds with her own—conspired to erase Twala’s legacy. Through her unique documentary output, Twala marked herself as a radical voice on issues of gender, race, and class. The literary gatekeepers of the racist and sexist society of twentieth-century southern Africa clamped down by literally writing her out of the region’s history. Written Out also scrutinizes the troubled racial politics of African history as a discipline that has been historically dominated by White academics, a situation that many people within the field are now examining critically. Inspired by this recent movement, Cabrita interrogates what it means for her—a White historian based in the Northern Hemisphere—to tell the story of a Black African woman. Far from a laudable “recovery” of an important lost figure, Cabrita acknowledges that her biography inevitably reproduces old dynamics of White scholarly privilege and dominance. Cabrita’s narration of Twala’s career resurrects it but also reminds us that Twala, tragically, is still not the author of her own life story.

Book Decolonization and the Remaking of Christianity

Download or read book Decolonization and the Remaking of Christianity written by Elizabeth A. Foster and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades following the era of decolonization, global Christianity experienced a seismic shift. While Catholicism and Protestantism have declined in their historic European strongholds, they have sustained explosive growth in Asia, Latin America, and Africa. This demographic change has established Christians from the Global South as an increasingly dominant presence in modern Christian thought, culture, and politics. Decolonization and the Remaking of Christianity unearths the roots of this development, charting the metamorphosis of Christian practice and institutions across five continents throughout the pivotal years of decolonization. The essays in this collection illustrate the diverse new ideas, rituals, and organizations created in the wake of Western imperialism's formal collapse and investigate how religious leaders, politicians, theologians, and lay people debated and shaped a new Christianity for a postcolonial world. Contributors argue that the collapse of colonialism and broader cultural challenges to Western power fostered new organizations, theologies, and political engagements across the world, ultimately setting Christianity on its current trajectory away from its colonial heritage. These essays interrogate decolonization's varied and conflicting impacts on global Christianity, while also providing a novel framework for rethinking decolonization's modern legacies. Taken together, this book charts the relationship between decolonization and Christianity on a truly global scale. Contributors: Joel Cabrita, Darcie Fontaine, Elizabeth A. Foster, Udi Greenberg, David Kirkpatrick, Eric Morier-Genoud, Phi-Vân Nguyen, Justin Reynolds, Sarah Shortall, Lydia Walker, Charlotte Walker-Said, Albert Wu, Gene Zubovich.

Book Funeral Culture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Casey Golomski
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 2018-06-04
  • ISBN : 0253036461
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book Funeral Culture written by Casey Golomski and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction. Funeral culture: dignity, work, and cultural change -- Reckoning life: dying from AIDS to living with HIV -- Religious healing and resurrection: "Faith without work is dead"--The secrets of life insurance: saving, care, and the witch -- Grounded: body politics of burial and cremation -- Life in a takeaway box: mobility and purity in funeral feasts -- Commemoration and cultural change: memento radicalis -- Conclusion. The afterlives of work

Book The African Book Publishing Record

Download or read book The African Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Kingdom of Swaziland

    Book Details:
  • Author : D. Hugh Gillis
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 1999-03-30
  • ISBN : 031303009X
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book The Kingdom of Swaziland written by D. Hugh Gillis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-03-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly and engaging study, this history of Swaziland, by an author who spent many years in the kingdom, presents a vivid account of the interplay of politics and personalities along the passage to post-colonial independence. From the early stages of Swazi occupation of the present-day kingdom to the accession of Sobhuza II as king in 1921, this book traces problems in consolidating leadership under the Dlamini chieftaincy and examines the infuence of Boer and British settlers, and of mining and commercial interests, on Swazi culture and governance. It recounts the story of a thriving small nation that sought to maintain traditional customs and institutions in the face of a powerful European presence. Each of the sixteen chapters concentrates on an aspect of political history that has influenced the character of the present-day kingdom, and much of the material, especially after 1900, has not been utilized in previous studies. The introduction looks at Swazi experience in a contemporary context, evaluating historic forces that have made for stability in a rapidly changing world. Other sections detail the Swazi reaction to European-controlled neighboring states (the Transvaal, Natal, and Mozambique), the tensions introduced by successive Boer and British policies, the Swazi detachment during two external wars (1899-1902 and 1914-1918), and widespread concerns about colonialism and self-governance following World War I.

Book African Books in Print

Download or read book African Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A History of Swaziland

Download or read book A History of Swaziland written by J. S. M. Matsebula and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Power and Gender in Southern African History

Download or read book Power and Gender in Southern African History written by Manelisi Genge and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Joint Acquisitions List of Africana

Download or read book Joint Acquisitions List of Africana written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Longing for Land

Download or read book A Longing for Land written by Paul N. Bowen and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ethnographic study documents and explains the results of a development scheme in rural Africa. The protagonists are entrepreneurial agriculturalists, male and female, who strive to achieve proprietorial control over land. The book describes how capitalism emerges in Swaziland.

Book Doing Business in Sub Saharan Africa

Download or read book Doing Business in Sub Saharan Africa written by Peter W. Schroth and published by Section of International Law. This book was released on 1991 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to successful business in Sub-saharan Africa.

Book African Studies Center Newsletter

Download or read book African Studies Center Newsletter written by and published by African Studies Association. This book was released on 1982 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Swaziland National Bibliography

Download or read book Swaziland National Bibliography written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book SADCC Tenth Anniversary

Download or read book SADCC Tenth Anniversary written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Mlilwane Story

Download or read book The Mlilwane Story written by Terence E. Reilly and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: