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South Africa is an example of a relatively successful political transition. Nevertheless, the first democratic elections in 1994 did not change the systemic and structural inequalities, the socioeconomic legacies of discrimination or the alienation of the different population groups. At the centre of this study is the transformation potential of two formerly white neighbourhoods in Johannesburg - Norwood and Orange Grove. Both neighbourhoods have experienced considerable demographic changes and the various population groups differ in terms of their expectations and their willingness to adjust to the changes provoked by the transition. At the local level, patterns of discrimination and oppression continue. Spaces, opportunities and leverage of social networks engaged in the community are influenced by the resources people are able to access. Moreover, cooperation is contested in a context of pervasive inequality because there is no incentive for privileged groups to change arrangements that benefit them. In this context of conflicting interests and unequal access to power and resources, decentralisation and the promotion of participatory structures in local communities are a problem and the reliance on local networks as agents of development is questionable.
The study demonstrates that informal cross-border is a complex phenomenon and not uniform across the region, or even through border posts of the same country. However, the overall volume of trade, duties paid and VAT foregone, as well as the types of goods and where they are produced, indicate that this sector of regional trade should be given much greater attention and support by governments of the region as well as regional organizations such as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), SADC and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).
Erika Fuchs, 1906–2005
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Erika Fuchs gilt als die Grande Dame des deutschen Comics. In ihrer über 30 Jahre andauernden Tätigkeit als "Chefredakteurin" des Micky-Maus-Magazins übersetzte die Kunsthistorikerin unzählige US-amerikanische Disney-Comics ins Deutsche. Sie verlegte mit dem für sie charakteristischen extrem freien aber sprachlich sehr gehobenen Übersetzungsstil die Welt von Donald Duck und Mickey Mouse nach Deutschland und prägte dadurch die Sprache mehrerer Leser-Generationen.
The most appealing quality of the novel is its haunting and unusual prose that really ought to be termed poetry. But this is poetry with an added touch as it is also a narrative that weaves together many lives engrossed in the daily struggle for survival. There are no heroes or villains, just ordinary folk trying to make the most of extraordinary circumstances.
Society, Women and Literature in Africa explores the ideological, literary, political, cultural and ethical issues related to feminist writing. She discusses how contemporary African writers have tried to counteract men?s false assumptions about sex, love, society, fecundity and womanhood, and further details how African writers have responded to the demands of feminism. ?Woman?s Cross Cultural Burden in the selected works of West African Female writers? explores the recurrent themes of motherhood, polygamy, abandonment and widowhood in the works of Nwapa, Emecheta, Alkali, Aidoo and Mariama Bâ. In ?Prostitution: A Metaphor for the Degradation of Womanhood in Bode Osanyin?s the Noble Mistress?, the author approaches the subject of woman degradation in society from the perspectives of comprehensive research and an in-depth referencing. ?Gendered Social Division of Labour in the African Novel? explores the theme of unfairness, of institutionalized differentiation in the African novel. It reveals the total emasculation of woman in patriarchy and her desire to be liberated from male-annexation. ?The Prison World of Nigeria Woman: Female Reticence in Sefi Attah?s ?Everything Good Will Come?, the author explores the dimensions of ?gender silences?. She shows how woman?s voice has been stolen in patriarchy, thus rendering her a social and political mutant. ?Womanhood as a Metaphor for Sexual Slavery in Nawal El Saddawi?s Woman at Point Zero? underscores that in patriarchy a woman is educated to make an object of herself for male pleasure. She is excluded from politics as a result of religion. ?The Ugly Face of Ghana in the New Millennium: Alienation of Children in Amma Darko?s Faceless? is a stylistic study of the consequences of globalization in postindependent Ghana. In ?The Theme of Dispossession in A.N Akwanya?s the Pilgrim Foot?, the author examines the myriad perspectives of dispossession and the dispossessor.
The Crises of Postcoloniality in Africa is an assemblage of transdisciplinary essays that offer a spirited reflection on the debate and phenomenon of postcoloniality in Africa, including the changing patterns and ramifications of problems, challenges and opportunities associated with it. A key conceptual rhythm that runs through the various chapters of the book is that, far from being demised, postcoloniality is still firmly embedded in Africa, manifesting itself in both blatant and insidious forms. Among the important themes covered in the book include the concepts of postcolonialism, postcoloniality, and neocolonialism; Africas precolonial formations and the impact of colonialism; the enduring patterns of colonial legacies in Africa; the persistent contradictions between African indigenous institutions and western versions of modernity; the unravelling of the postcolonial state and issues of armed conflict, conflict intervention and peacebuilding; postcolonial imperialism in Africa and the US-led global war on terror, the historical and postcolonial contexts of gender relations in Africa, as well as pan-Africanism and regionalist approaches to redressing the crises of postcoloniality.
This book brings together twenty think-pieces on contemporary Human Rights issues at the international, regional and national level by one of Africa's foremost scholars of International Human Rights and Constitutional Law, J. Oloka-Onyango. Ranging from the 'Arab Spring' to the Right to Education, the collection is both an in-depth analysis of discrete topics as well as a critical reflection on the state of human rights around the world today. Taking up issues such as the African reaction to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the question of truth and reconciliation before the outbreak of post-election violence in Kenya and the links between globalization and racism, the book is a tour de force of issues that are both unique as well as pertinent to human rights struggles around the world.