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Der doppeldeutige Einsatz von Gegenständlichkeit kann als exemplarisch für das filmische Erzählen David Lynchs gelten, das auf geradezu unheimliche Weise zwischen dinglicher Konkretion, alptraumhafter Irrealität und medialer Selbstbezüglichkeit schwebt - eine komplexe Konstellation, die gern auf psychoanalytische Theoreme oder selbstreflexive Muster reduziert wird, ohne die widerständig-zweideutige Rolle der Gegenstände zu beachten: Sie beharren einerseits als dingliche Körper unabweislich auf der Tatsächlichkeit der erzählten Geschichte, verweisen aber zugleich auf den medialen Rahmen des Vorgestellten und mithin auf seine Fiktionalität. Dieser Verweis auf den äußeren Darstellungsapparat führt bei Lynch aber nicht zu einem Auseinanderbrechen der dargestellten Welt, sondern kann geradezu verbindende, Kohärenz bildende Wirkung haben. "Gegenständliches Erzählen" wäre hier folglich zugleich anschaulich-konkret (stellt eine gegenständliche Welt vor) und selbstbezüglich, ohne abstrakt zu sein (es verkörpert den Prozess des Erzählens in Gegenständen der erzählten Welt). In diesem Sinn wäre "gegenständliches Erzählen" zunächst als eine narratologische Strategie und charakteristische écriture zu verstehen. Sie soll im Folgenden nach den zwei Seiten Schriftlichkeit und Anschaulichkeit untersucht werden.
A Book of Rooms
(2014)
Kobus Moolman has published six previous collections of poetry, and several plays. He has been awarded the Ingrid Jonker prize, the PANSA award, the South African Literary Award, the DALRO poetry prize and the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry award. He teaches creative writing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
A grammar of Pite Saami
(2014)
Pite Saami is a highly endangered Western Saami language in the Uralic language family currently spoken by a few individuals in Swedish Lapland. This grammar is the first extensive book-length treatment of a Saami language written in English. While focussing on the morphophonology of the main word classes nouns, adjectives and verbs, it also deals with other linguistic structures such as prosody, phonology, phrase types and clauses. Furthermore, it provides an introduction to the language and its speakers, and an outline of a preliminary Pite Saami orthography. An extensive annotated spoken-language corpus collected over the course of five years forms the empirical foundation for this description, and each example includes a specific reference to the corpus in order to facilitate verification of claims made on the data. Descriptions are presented for a general linguistics audience and without attempting to support a specific theoretical approach, but this book should be equally useful for scholars of Uralic linguistics, typologists, and even learners of Pite Saami.
A child of a Jewish family fleeing Nazi-Germany and settling in apartheid South Africa in the 1930s, Ruth Weiss? journalistic career starts in Johannesburg of the 1950s. In 1968 banned from her home country, and then also from Rhodesia for her critical investigative journalism, she starts reporting from Lusaka, London and Cologne on virtually all issues which affect the newly independent African countries. Peasants and national leaders in southern Africa ? Ruth Weiss met them all, travelling through Africa at a time when it was neither usual for a woman to do so, nor to report for economic media as she did. Her writing gained her the friendship of diverse and interesting people. In this book she offers us glimpses into some of her many long-nurtured friendships, with Kenneth Kaunda or Nadine Gordimer and many others. Her life-long quest for tolerance and understanding of different cultures shines through the many personalized stories which her astute eye and pen reveals in this book. As she put it, one never sheds the cultural vest donned at birth, but this should never stop one learning about and accepting other cultures.
A Torrent of Terror
(2014)
Rome Aboh's poetry unmistakably enwraps the condition of the politically and socially cannibalised segment of his society; and the beauty of the verse radiates from his facility with language as the stylist and linguist. The section 'patriotism' with such poems as 'hour of truth' aptly brings out the socially obligatory role of the poets whose mission goes beyond versifying and sharing their personal fantasies and urges. Similarly the poem 'letter to the mp' echoes the agonies of the common masses who feel deceived by the ruling elite in their so-called democratic nations.
Der vorliegende Abschlussbericht besteht aus zwei Teilen: während Teil A die ausführlichen Ergebnisse der begleitend durchgeführten Evaluation der Qualifizierungsschecks in Hessen für das Jahr 2014 darstellt, fasst Teil B die Ergebnisse des Projekts „Informationssystem berufliche Weiterbildung in Hessen“ zusammen. Das Informationssystem berufliche Weiterbildung in Hessen wurde gefördert vom Hessischen Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landesentwicklung und durch Mittel aus den Europäischen Sozialfonds Hessen. Die Projektdauer umfasste den Zeitraum vom 1.8.2008 bis zum 31.12.2014.
Acacia
(2014)
Acacia is a strong and independent woman whose heart and heritage like rooted in Africa, while her reality in contemporary America finds itself in a very different time and place. In living her life, she must breach the distance between her current space and the ties that bind her. Straddling two sometimes opposing worlds of medicine and dance, Dr Acacia Graeme must find the balance between feeding her mind through work and study, and nourishing her soul and spirit through dance. And what happened when the music stops? Because it does, often. How will she get through the silence of her every day? This is the story of a flawed heroine whose intentions are pure, her truth perhaps less so. Torn between the enduring innocence of her first love and the life-long search that is her longing for one true love, she is compelled to come to terms with her own free nature and independent spirit and, in so doing, turn tragedy to triumph.
The Kenyan population is highly concentrated in urban centres, leading to increased social, economic and environmental strains, with a significant percentage of urban dwellers living in sprawling slums. Urban development is increasingly a major focus, especially in the fight against urban sustainability problems. There is little practical orientation in the academic literature for the growing gap between the rich and poor. Current literature is enormously concerned with resource use and environmental pressures, paying scant attention to the nexus between urban sustainability and empowerment of the urban poor. This book initiates debates on the segment of urban population often referred to as 'the bottom of the pyramid (BOP)', by analysing the microfinance innovation following evaluation of the impacts of access to microfinance and financial training and the implications to urban sustainability in Kenya. The main conclusion reached is that microfinance has an instrumental role to play in promoting sustainable urban development as it supports social welfare improvement and increases the livelihood of participants, business development and urban sustainability to a certain extent, thereby empowering the urban poor in contributing to poverty alleviation.
Africa in narratives
(2014)
Africa in Narratives illuminates or proves, against the backdrop of attitudes toward nations deemed 'ethnic' or 'minorities', that literature in Africa can live up to the challenge of aesthetic imagination to form an active, refreshing part of world cultural discourse. African countries have evolved imaginatively beyond their present ephemeral stages of social and political turmoil not to talk of intellectual imitations of western thought, nation literatures should be subject to the imperative of a continental cooperation.
Africa's dynamic security environment is characterized by great diversity - from conventional challenges such as insurgencies, resource and identity conflicts, and post-conflict stabilization to growing threats from piracy, narcotics trafficking, violent extremism, and organized crime taking root in urban slums, among others. This precarious environment jeopardizes security at the societal, community and individual levels. In a globalized and interconnected world, millions of people worldwide are affected by some form of human insecurity. Infectious and parasitic diseases annually kill millions. Internally displaced persons number millions, including 5 million in Sudan alone. In Zambia 1 million people in a population of 11 million are reported to be HIV-positive, a situation much worse in other countries. Potable water crisis looms almost everywhere. In this book Tatah Mentan points out the need to shift the focus away from a state-centric and military-strategic emphasis on security to an interdisciplinary and people-centric approach that embraces notions like global citizenship, empowerment and participation. The primary elements of economic, food, health, environment, personal, community and political security all comprise the broader understanding of human security in an intricately interconnected world.
African Cultures, Memory and Space is an impeccable volume that powerfully grapples with a gamut of cultural heritage issues, challenges and problems from a vista of inter- and multi-disciplinary approach. The book, which is designed as a foundational text to the study of culture in ever-changing environments, makes an important argument that the dynamism of culture in highly globalised societies such as that of Zimbabwe can be studied from any perspective, but most importantly through careful examination of cultural elements such as memory, oral history and space, among others. While the book makes special reference to Zimbabwe, it profoundly and audaciously dissect and cut across different geographical and cultural spaces through its penetrating interrogation and scrutiny of different issues commonplace in many African contexts and even beyond. The book, written by scholars from different backgrounds and orientations, should appeal to scholars, researchers and students from various disciplines which include but not limited to Cultural Heritage Studies, Policy Studies, Social-Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Development Studies and African Studies.
African land rights systems
(2014)
This book, from ethical, interdisciplinary, and African perspectives, unveils the root causes of the increasing land disputes. Its significance lies upon the effort of presenting a broad overview founded upon a critical analysis of the existing land-related disputes. It is a perspective that attempts to evaluate the renewed interest in evolving theories of land rights by raising questions that can help us to understand better differences underlying land ownership systems, conflict between customary and statutory land rights systems, and the politics of land reform. Other dimensions explored in the book include the market influence on land-grabbing and challenges accompanying trends of migration, resettlement, and integration. The methodology applied in the study provides a perspective that raises questions intended to identify areas of contention, dispute, and conflict. The study, which could also be categorized as a critical assessment of the African land rights systems, is intended to be a resource for scholars, activists, and organizations working to resolve land-related disputes.
With new integrative and indigenous approaches to literary affairs the focus of this volume is on the influence of tradition in African writing. Using the work of Chinua Achebe two scholars from outside Africa offer insight on oratorical devices in modern African fiction, two chapters follow which, by fusing traditional elements in transitional societies, illustrate the cultural awareness that touch on the exalted role of the artist in their communities. The post colonial rhetoric also continues with echoes of political commitment on modern poetry - town issues in the discourse of Africa's literary progress in the last decade. The growing concern for African youth development is at the heart of a dialogue with children's fiction writer Anezi Okoro. Two scholars of Africa orature have written on the birth songs of Cameroonian women performers and the riddle contents of youth artists from Nigerian in a manner which recognises the immediate relevance of this cherished but neglected part of African literary aesthetics.
The publication is the latest in the African Studies in Russia series of compilations and contains full articles and annotations of the most important - from the point of view of editors - works of Russian Africanists over a certain period. The authors work at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). The present issue covers the years 2010 to 2013 and consists of two sections. The first section presents conceptual articles on Africa published in authoritative journals. The second section offers synopses of books by Russian authors on economics, cultural anthropology, social and political development, gender studies, and international relations of African countries. The main objective of the triennial series of compilations is to introduce new findings of Russian Africanists to interested foreign scholars who do not speak Russian.
After The Tears
(2014)
Busi is pregnant with Parks' baby. Her granny is sick, there is no money for food, and her mother is still in Jozi. Her friends are supportive, but they don't understand how lonely it feels to be pregnant while they are out partying. She knows she should forget Parks, but she can't. So when he sends her an SMS telling her to meet him she goes - only to find out that he is not alone. And so Busi's life becomes more complicated than she can ever imagine.
Ask the Stars
(2014)
In Ask the Stars, Titus Mutuiria remembers how at the age of ten he seemed to lead a normal life of sibling rivalry with Njorua, Antonnina and Sarah until some events from their past threaten to rewrite his life. Njorua and Antonnina learn that Mutumia Mutana, the mother they have always known is not their biological mother while Titus learns that Muthuri Mukaru is not the biological father of himself and Sarah. What follows is a gripping story of jealousy, fear, loyalty, friendship and love as the siblings grow and confront an array of challenges as the family forge solutions to the troubles that beset them. The story of young love between Titus and Joan and the actions of a lurking rapist in the village bring added dimensions to the story, showing that things are not always what they seem. Eventually, the teenagers and their parents must nurture a love that strengthens their family and that also brings sanity to the village.
Leitfrage des Reports war, wie die Betriebe mit den Herausfor-derungen umgehen, geeignete Bewerber für ihre Ausbildungsplätze zu finden. Hiermit verbunden ist implizit die Frage, ob sich bereits heute Anzeichen für größer werdende Schwierigkeiten bei der Re krutierung von Auszubildenden zeigen und entsprechender Handlungs-druck herrscht, und ob die Betriebe diese Veränderungen wahrnehmen und hierauf reagieren. Eine pauschale Antwort fällt nach Betrachtung der Auswertung des letztjährigen IAB-Betriebspanels schwer. Zwar blieb nach wie vor eine hohe Zahl an Ausbildungsplätzen unbesetzt und es klagen viele Betriebe über einen Mangel an geeigneten Bewerbern und Bewerbungen überhaupt. Zugleich gibt aber eine deutliche Mehrheit der Betriebe an, bei der Besetzung von Ausbil-dungsstellen zu keinerlei Kompromissen gezwungen gewesen zu sein, während Jugendliche ohne Schulabschluss in der Regel ohne Chance auf einen Ausbildungsplatz bleiben. Da in vielen Fällen zudem keine Daten aus der Vergangenheit vorliegen, kann nicht gesichert gesagt werden, ob eine Veränderung des betrieblichen Verhaltens vorliegt. Dass die Betriebe aber ten-denziell bereit sind auf ein verändertes Umfeld zu reagieren, zeigen obige Auswertungen. So sind etwa drei Viertel aller Ausbildungsbetriebe grundsätzlich bereit, auch Jugendliche mit schlechten schu-lischen Leistungeauszubilden; Voraussetzungen hierfür sind in der Regel ein guter Gesamteindruck bzw. ein vorher absolviertes Prakti-kum. Selbiges bietet die große Mehrheit der Betriebe auch an; auf diesem Weg kann der Betrieb einen fundierten Eindruck von dem Ju-gendlichen gewinnen, während dieser erste Erfahrungen in der Arbeitswelt sammeln kann. An Angeboten zur Berufsorientierung nehmen die Betriebe hingegen seltener teil. Dass die Betriebe den Ausbil-dungsabsolventen häufiger als in der Vergangenheit auch eine Über-nahme in den Betrieb ermöglichen, kann ebenfalls als Indiz für eine größere Sensibilität gegenüber den Folgen des demografischen Wandels und des damit verbundenen Arbeitskräfterückgangs gedeutet werden. Generell zeigt jedoch die Differenzierung nach Sektoren, dass sehr wohl spezifische Problemlagen bestehen, auf die auch spezifisch reagiert wird. So beklagt das Produzierende Gewerbe, in dem traditionell viel ausgebildet wird, bereits heute einen absoluten Mangel an Bewerbern, während in den Dienstleistungssektoren eher die Qualität der Bewerber bemängelt wird und die Betriebe entsprechend häufiger zu Kompromissen gezwungen sind. Hier sind allerdings, wie auch in den anderen Bereichen, weitere Faktoren wirksam, weshalb der genaue Blick auf die Daten und Ergebnisse ratsam ist, um vorschnelle Schlussfolgerungen zu vermeiden.
Beginning from an auteur standpoint, this book interrogates extant cinematic re-presentation of African and Nigerian postcolonial realities in Nollywood. It makes a case, using Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine, for a critical space-clearing gesture around the notion of a neo-Nollywood, which transcends the formulaic cinematic re-presentation of African and Nigeriam realities to embrace a visionary and philosophic rearticualtion of the role of filmmaking, and of Nollywood, in the Nigerian imagination. The Idea of neo-Nollywood, and a visionary director, therefore stands at the core of a cinematic production process that challenges, disturbs and stimulates perceptions of current and future African identities.
Maybe it was an error for crime reporter Maggie Cloete to ignore the call from the AIDS worker, before someone put four bullets in his chest. It is post-apartheid South Africa, at the turn of the century. But there is a threat to the country's new democracy: HIV/AIDS, which is met with fear and superstition. Now that fear has reached Pietermaritzburg and an AIDS activist is dead. Maggie's instincts are on red alert. Despite threats from politicians and gangsters, she learns too much about Balthasar's life and his work at the AIDS Mission to be distant and professional. She is deeply, and dangerously, involved. Balthasar's Gift continues the tradition of pacy, hard-boiled South African crime fiction.
Before the Rainbow
(2014)
Emmanuel Fru Doh, a native of Cameroon, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He taught at the University of Yaounde (E.N.S. Bambili) for almost a decade-the 90s-before leaving for the US. He then had a brief stint as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota before settling into the Department of English at Century, a College within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) System. Poet, novelist, social and literary critic, Emmanuel Fru Doh is the author of Nomads: The Memoir of a Southern Cameroonian.
Beschäftigungsprognose 2014/2015 für die Region Rhein-Main : IWAK-Betriebsbefragung im Herbst 2013
(2014)
Folgende Beschäftigungstrends in der Region Rhein-Main sind für die Jahre 2014 und 2015 zu erwarten: Die Gesamtbeschäftigung in der Region Rhein-Main wird bis Ende 2014 voraussichtlich um ein Prozent steigen. Die Zahl der sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigten steigt nach Einschätzung in etwa gleichem Maße an, eine Verdrängung sozialversicherungspflichtiger Beschäftigung durch andere Beschäftigungsformen findet demnach 2014 nicht statt. Die künftige Beschäftigungsentwicklung verläuft in den Sektoren unterschiedlich.
Mit einem Stellenabbau rechnet in 2014 nur der Finanzsektor, aber auch im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe finden sich unterdurchschnittliche Erwartungen. Der Dienstleistungssektor bleibt 2014 und 2015 bezogen auf die Beschäftigung die zentrale Wachstumsbranche in der Region Rhein-Main. Insbesondere im Bereich der Sonstigen Dienstleistungen, aber auch im Informations- und Kommunikationssektor und den wirtschaftsnahen Dienstleistungen werden deutliche Beschäftigungsanstiege prognostiziert. Dies betrifft 2014 sowohl die Gesamtbeschäftigung als auch sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigungsverhältnisse. Ein Jobmotor der Region sind erneut die kleinen Betriebe, die bis Ende 2014 mit einem kräftigen Beschäftigungszuwachs, insbesondere bei den sozialversicherungspflichtigen Beschäftigungsverhältnissen rechnen. Anders ist dies bei den Großbetrieben, die weiterhin von einem Stellenabbau ausgehen. Die 2-Jahresprognose zeigt, dass die Betriebe in der Region Rhein-Main mittelfristig einen noch höheren Anstieg der Beschäftigung erwarten; es wird ein Zuwachs um etwa 2,6 Prozent erwartet. Hierbei ist aber, wie bereits bei den letztjährigen Prognosen, zu berücksichtigen, dass Prognosen über einen längeren Zeitraum auch mit höheren Unsicherheiten verbunden sind. Dieser Zuwachs bis Ende 2015 wird sektor- und betriebsgrößenübergreifend prognostiziert; auch in diesem Zeithorizont rechnen die Kleinstbetriebe sowie die Sonstigen Dienstleistungen, der IuK-Sektor sowie die wirtschaftsnahen Dienstleistungen mit deutlich mehr Beschäftigten.
Im Rahmen einer Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Thüringer Landesanstalt für Umwelt und Geologie und der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt fand in Kooperation mit dem Deutschen Wetterdienst (DWD) eine umfassende Studie zum konvektiven Unwetterpotential über Thüringen statt. Unwetterereignisse, die durch konvektive Prozesse in der Atmosphäre verursacht werden, besitzen ein nicht unerhebliches Schadenspotential, obwohl sie oftmals eine räumlich eng begrenzte Ausdehnung aufweisen. Aufgrund ihrer Charakteristik ist sowohl die Vorhersage solcher Ereignisse, als auch eine vollständige, systematische Erfassung für eine detaillierte Auswertung längerer Zeitreihen noch immer eine Herausforderung. Zusätzliches Interesse besteht in der Abschätzung der durch den Klimawandel abhängigen Entwicklung des zukünftigen Gefährdungspotentials konvektiver Unwetter. Für eine gezielte Untersuchung des Themenkomplexes ist eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Daten und Methoden verwendet worden. Mit Hilfe von Fernerkundungsdatensätzen wird ein räumlich differenziertes Gefährdungspotential über Thüringen nachgewiesen. Bedingt durch das Relief ist das Auftreten von Konvektion am häufigsten und intensivsten über dem südlichen Thüringer Wald und dessen Ostrand zu beobachten, während Nordthüringen eine deutlich geringere Aktivität solcher Unwetterereignisse aufweist. Eine Abschätzung mittels globaler Klimamodelle und daraus abgeleiteten Wetterlagen zeigt unter Berücksichtigung des RCP8.5 Klimaszenarios für die nahe Zukunft (2016-2045) eine Zunahme des Gefährdungspotentials durch konvektive Unwetter. Aufgrund des Anstiegs feuchter Wetterlagen (49 % auf 82 %) erhöht sich die Zunahme der Gefährdung für den Zeitraum 2071-2100 noch deutlicher. Im Vergleich zu diesem statistischen Ansatz nimmt die projizierte Gefährdung durch extreme Ereignisse erheblich zu (Faktor 6), wenn die Ergebnisse expliziter Simulationen konvektiver Ereignisse mit einem regionalen Klimamodell (mit horizontaler Gitterdistanz von 1 km) und eine Zunahme der Tage mit konvektiven Extremereignissen berücksichtigt werden. Ein Anstieg der Gefährdung durch konvektive Unwetter in der Zukunft ist wahrscheinlich. Eine Quantifizierung bleibt jedoch unsicher.
Betriebliche Ausbildung in Hessen 2013: Stand und Entwicklung ; IAB-Betriebspanel-Report Hessen
(2014)
Die Verbreitung und Intensität der betrieblichen Ausbildung waren im vergangenen Jahrzehnt strukturell immer recht ähnlich, unterbrochen von kleineren, unter Umständen konjunkturbedingten Ausschlägen. So ist auch 2013 keine generelle Zu- oder Abnahme der Ausbildungsbe-reitschaft zu verzeichnen, die Ausbildungsbeteiligung und die Aus-bildungsquote bleiben konstant. Die eingangs gestellte Frage, ob sich der Rückgang von Schulabsolventen und geeigneten Bewerbern in Hessen bereits auf die betriebliche Ausbildung auswirkt, kann somit auf den ersten Blick verneint werden. Ein zweiter Blick offenbart einige Anzeichen für größer werdende Probleme. Insbesondere die hohe Zahl unbesetzter Ausbildungsstellen verweist auf die Heraus forder-ungen, die für viele ausbildungsbereite Betriebe bestehen. Besonders große Schwierigkeiten, Ausbildungsstellen zu besetzten, haben die kleinen Betriebe, Betriebe in Sektoren, die entweder sehr viel oder sehr wenig ausbilden, sowie Betriebe, die günstige Geschäftserwar-tungenhaben, also wachstumsorientierte dynamische Betriebe. Inwie- weit die hohe Zahl an unbesetzten Stellen bereits Folge zurückge-hender Bewerbungen ist, lässt sich mit den Daten des IA-Betriebs-panels nicht klären. Die Daten der BA geben in jedem Fall noch keinen Hinweis auf einen generellen Bewerberrückgang; interessant ist jedoch in jedem Fall, wie die Betriebe mit den offenkundig wachsenden Schwierigkeiten umgehen, geeignete Bewerber zu finden.
Der 2013 erreichte Höchststand an erfolgreichen Ausbildungsabsol-venten sowie die sehr hohe Zahl an angebotenen Ausbildungsstellen sind in jedem Fall erfreulich. Man kann somit festhalten, dass die hessischen Betriebe 2013 erfolgreich waren in dem Bemühen, eine große Zahl an Jugendlichen auszubilden. Inwieweit diesen Jugendlich- en auch eine Übernahme im Betrieb ermöglicht wird und welche weiteren Aktivitäten die hessischen Betriebe entfalten, um das heutige Ausbildungsniveau zu halten, wird Gegenstand des zweiten Ausbildungsreports sein.
Der Report ging zum Einen der Frage nach, wie sich die Weiterbil-dungsaktivitäten der hessischen Betriebe 2013 darstellen und welche Entwicklung zu beobachten ist, zum anderen wurde vertieft die Wei-terbildungsbeteiligung der an- und ungelernten Beschäftigten untersucht. Zur ersten Frage lässt sich festhalten, dass sich die Weiterbildungsbereitschaft der Betriebe auf hohem Niveau konso-lidiert hat: Die Beteiligung der Betriebe lag ähnlich hoch wie in den Vorjahren, und die Zahl der Beschäftigten, deren Weiterbildung gefördert wurde, erreichte erneut einen Höchststand.
Dies zeigt, dass Weiterbildung bei den hessischen Betrieben weiterhin einen hohen Stellenwert besitzt, wobei vor allem kleinere Betriebe und der Dienstleistungssektor aktiv sind. Eine Betrachtung der zeitlichen und finanziellen Organisation zeigt zudem, dass die Betriebe die Verantwortung für die Maßnahmen in der Regel nicht auf die Beschäftigten abwälzen. Eine jeweils deutliche Mehrheit der Betriebe übernimmt die anfallenden Kosten komplett und ermöglicht die Weiterbildung während der Arbeitszeit, sieht die Weiterbildung demnach als originäre betriebliche Aufgabe, für dessen Organisation und Kosten er die Verantwortung übernimmt. Dies ist keineswegs eine neue Entwicklung; bereits im vergangenen Jahrzehnt übernahmen die Betriebe mehrheitlich den anfallenden Aufwand. Ebenfalls wenig verändert zeigen sich die Präferenzen bei der Art der Weiterbildung: Noch immer ist der externe Kurs die bei weitem am häufigsten genutzte Form der Wissensvermittlung; flexible Formen wie die Weiterbildung am Arbeitsplatz haben ebenfalls eine hohe Verbreitung, ihre Bedeutung nahm aber im Gegensatz zu den Vorjahren nicht weiter zu. Ein schwieriges Thema bleibt die Integration Geringqualifizierter in die betriebliche Weiterbildung. Zwar ist deren Weiterbildungsquote, wohl auch durch vielfältige Fördermöglichkeiten, höher als in der Vergangenheit, liegt jedoch noch immer nur bei etwa der Hälfte des Durchschnittswerts. Mit anderen Worten: Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, im eigenen Betrieb weiterqualifiziert zu werden, ist für An- und Ungelernte weniger als halb so hoch wie für qualifizierte Beschäftigte. Besonders Betriebe aus Sektoren mit hohen Anteilen an Höherqualifizierten beziehen Geringqualifizierte seltener in die Weiterbildung ein. Insgesamt zeigt sich somit, dass die hessischen Betriebe eine gleichbleibend hohe Weiterbildungsaktivität zeigen, bestimmte Zielgruppen jedoch noch immer klar unterrepräsentiert sind. Gerade im Hinblick auf den zukünftigen Rückgang des Erwerbspersonenpotenzials bestehen hier innerbetriebliche Potenziale, die erschlossen werden sollten.
Bibel und Literatur um 1800
(2014)
Die Geschichte der Philologie war immer auch eine Geschichte des Lesens heiliger Texte. Dass auch die Moderne nicht notwendig mit dieser Herkunft bricht, zeigen die vielfältigen Beziehungen zwischen Literatur, Philologie und Bibelexegese in der epistemologischen Schlüsselepoche um 1800. Wenn Novalis 1798 an Friedrich Schlegel schreibt, eine "Theorie der Bibel" würde eigentlich einer "Theorie der Schriftstellerei oder der Wordbildnerei überhaupt" entsprechen, so ruft das nicht nur einen traditionellen Topos auf, sondern bezieht sich auch auf höchst aktuelle zeitgenössische Debatten. Denn die sich im Laufe des 18. Jahrhunderts ausbildende historische und philologische Kritik der Bibel erlaubt es nicht nur, das Buch der Bücher neu zu lesen, sondern verändert auch das Verständnis des Lesens und der Literatur überhaupt. Immer wenn um 1800 über Semiotik und Übersetzungstheorie, Rhetorik und Philologie, Poetik und Hermeneutik verhandelt wird, geschieht das auch mit Seitenblick auf die Bibel und ihre Lesbarkeit. Weidners Studie untersucht die literarischen und kritischen Diskurse um und über die Bibel, die für die Geschichte der Literaturwissenschaft von nicht zu unterschätzender Bedeutung ist.
Bless me Father
(2014)
Bless Me Father is the true story of an incredible South African life. Born into a violent and broken family, and growing up in a variety of institutions, Cape Town based poet and writer Mario d'Offizi tells his remarkable, often shocking and ultimately inspiring life adventure - one that spans several decades in a country undergoing radical change. From his tough days at Boys Town to wild years in the advertising world, a stint in the restaurant business and a sharp edged journalistic adventure in the DRC, d'Offizi tells his critically acclaimed story with the unfailing sensitivity and warmth of a true poet.
Blood Lines and other Plays
(2014)
Chris Anyokwu's new creative offerings are snapshots of a the quotidian reality in the playwrights homeland, Nigeria, where polygamy and its associated evils, crass materialism and its classless followers still predominate. Even the ivory towers are not left out as petty rivalry, dirty politics and even fetishism seem to be the name of the game.
This book addresses hot issues pertaining to the manner in which corporate South Africa has engaged the emerging green global economy. Firstly, the book profiles the green and low carbon economy landscape in South Africa and interfaces it with global trends. This way, the book aligns very well in terms of the Rio+20 outcomes on 'The Future We Want' that fully embraces the green global economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. The rest of the chapters in the book profile breakthroughs from selected companies. The book also comes as the second in a series that is addressing global and national concerns on the green global economy agenda. The first book entitled 'Green Economy and Climate Mitigation: Topics of Relevance to Africa' was produced as part of the 17th Session of the Conference of Parties' collaborative work carried out by the Institute of Global Dialogue, the Africa Institute of South Africa and Unisa's Institute for Corporate Citizenship. The book 'Breakthrough: Corporate South Africa in the Green Economy' comes in seven parts. Part I focuses on the Green Economy Landscape. This part considers both the international and national perspectives. Parts II-VI present different sector initiatives namely: Mining and Energy (Part II), Banking and Insurance (Part III), Forest and Paper (Part IV), Industrial (Part V) and Retailing and Aviation (Part VI). The last part is made up of a single chapter dealing with Emerging Issues and Way Forward.
As one of the foremost scientists of the time, the Zurich-born botanist Hans Schinz travelled throughout the colony of German South-West Africa, now known as Namibia, from 1884 to 1886. During his expeditions, which covered the length and breadth of the country, he was an enthusiastic collector of many botanical, ethnographical, zoological and mineral samples. He described his experiences in vivid detail in letters to his family and colleagues in Zurich and Berlin. The extensive collections, with which he returned to Switzerland, and his subsequent research fostered his rapid career progression: in 1893 Hans Schinz became the director of the Zurich Botanical Gardens and in 1895 the Professor of Systematic Botany at the University of Zurich.
Building Peace from Within
(2014)
This book seeks to examine how successful models of building 'peace from within' in the African context function. It draws emerging lessons to provide critical recommendations on policy, practice and academia - our primary audience. While there are numerous examples of failures of conflict resolution in Africa, shown by intractable conflict axes, less attention is paid to successes. While acknowledging the challenges that exist, this edited volume provides positive examples of building peace from within in fragile contexts through many forms of initiatives and actions at different levels: community-based (through individual and/or collective local peace initiatives), government (through ministries and/or departments), and regional (through external and/or multilateral infrastructure for peace). As a guiding principle the notion of building peace from within draws from the idea of community regeneration, which describes voluntary and peaceful activities of grassroots actors that reflect their broader interests of building peaceful communities and existence.
Cameroon's Predicaments
(2014)
This book deals with a variety of socio-cultural, economic and political problems facing Cameroon and the rest of Africa, with particular reference to unemployment, corruption, poverty, criminality, violence, insecurity, and moral decadence. It presents a critical analysis of government policies from the colonial era to the present time; arguing that most of these policies have been stalled by an uncommitted leadership. The regime in Cameroon has drifted away from basic managerial and democratic principles in in favour of the ethnicisation of politics, sterile consumption, clientelism and patronage. The book contends that corruption has become the main instrument of governance whereby the political and economic elites control the wealth of the nation at the expense of a majority who wallow in abject poverty and misery. Faced with the difficult economic and political situation, most youth and the intelligentsia have adopted ?official and ?unofficial? means to circumvent all immigration rules to travel to affluent Western countries, the consequences notwithstanding. Brain drain is often the outcome. Further, it examines issues of social exclusion, political representation and marginalization with special focus on the predicament of Anglophone Cameroonians as a socio-cultural community. The inclusion of examples and case studies based on empirical and secondary data from Africa is intended to foreground the importance of comparison, and attract the interest of both academic and non-academic readership.
This study raises awareness to the emergence of a new genre in world literature?hybridized literature. It rejects the assumption according to which literatures written in less commonly taught languages should be subsumed into one universally accessible global idiom. Instead, Vakunta challenges literary scholars and readers of literature to regard untranslatability as the key to cross-cultural engagement. The book?s multiple approaches and innumerable sources generate complex interdisciplinary connections and provide an excellent introduction to a complex literary phenomenon alien to literati resident outside the officially bilingual multicultural and multilingual Republic of Cameroon.
The quality of education is pivotal for the production of human capital and this cannot be compromised by failing to refocus on the quality of education offered in schools. The inputs in the system such as trained and motivated teachers, buildings and classrooms including sanitation, clean water, instructional material such as textbooks, as well as strong leadership with vision to steer the winds of change are important in providing the desired outcomes. The chapters in this volume are broadly divided into three subsections as follows: learner related issues, (farm and rural schools, poverty and schooling, school violence, and students rights); teacher related issues,(teacher morale and motivation, teachers for all schools, management needs of school principals); and administrative/policy related issues (inclusive education, and school community relations). The social demand for better schools, effective principals, qualified and committed teachers and better opportunities for all place a huge challenge to provinces and the state to protect the rights of all citizens. This volume sets out the challenges facing the education system in South Africa, such as poor school infrastructure, poor learning conditions, and a lack of learning materials and provides recommendations on how some of these can be overcome.
This Reader is about the changing trends in mental health care and research in Ghana. The book includes a brief history of the department and Mental Health Care in Ghana through the eyes of professionals who have lived this history. There is also a revised situation analysis of mental health services and legislation from 2005. These are followed by three main sections on Conceptualization of Mental Illness (depression, religion and illness, autism, substance use disorders and schizophrenia), Mental Health Practice in a teaching hospital setting (referrals to Korle-Bu, how psychiatric illnesses manifest, how people's lives are affected and what skill sets and resources are available for dealing with them) and finally the Department's focus on research includes the Mental Health Information System, Sickle Cell Disease, Medical Ethics, and Liaison Psychiatry. In the concluding paragraph, read about the way forward in mental health care and research.
This annotated bibliography provides a summary of scholarly work on children and youth in Africa published between 2001 and 2011. It draws from journal articles, monographs, and book chapters. This rich resource for scholars presents publications with a wide range of approaches to child and youth studies. Some scholars question certain views of children especially when it comes to their own agency and full participation in socioeconomic production at the household level. The idea that children are vulnerable social subjects is the predominant view that shaped much of the research reported on in this volume. Western restrictions, on specific age limits, that govern children's participation in work or labour, whether paid or not, and the subsequent rights that go along with them are often not easily translatable to many African contexts. This creates a kind of separation between African and Western scholars in their study and understanding of children. The overwhelming focus of research published on HIV/AIDS and orphans, violence and child-soldiers, children's rights, and street children, demonstrates the continued interest regarding children as vulnerable and in need of adult protection. Focusing on the vulnerability of children in Africa appears to be a result of the construction of childhood in terms of modern (mostly) Western perceptions which are based on chronological age mainly. This book is very important for all scholars working on children and the youth in Africa.
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, stroke, diabetes and cancers, are major causes of disability and death in Ghana. NCDs are not only public health problems. They are also developmental problems, because the rising prevalence of long-term chronic conditions has major social and financial implications for affected individuals, families, healthcare providers and the government. This University of Ghana Readers volume from the Regional Institute for Population Studies presents social and medical science research on Ghana's NCD burden. The body of multidisciplinary research spans the last fifty years and offers important insights on NCD prevalence and experience as well as cultural, health systems and policy responses. This volume will be an essential resource for researchers and students in the health sciences, healthcare providers, health policymakers, and lay individuals with an interest in Ghana's contemporary public health challenges.
The potential for using revenues from extractive resources for inclusive growth in Africa is tremendous. However, the realisation of the transformative role that extractive industries could play in sustainable development has been elusive in most African countries. Extractive industries in most of these countries are plagued with numerous conflicts, some with serious casualties over the control, distribution, management and utilisation of the resources and revenues from extractive operations. Collaborative Governance in Extractive Industries in Africa presents the critical challenges facing extractive industries from different contexts, countries, sectors and settings. It features chapters with diverse angle of interest and analytical tools applied in examining the critical issues related particularly to mining and petroleum development in Africa. The contributors to this book have extensive academic and professional experience in policy research in the mining, oil and gas sectors in Africa and other regions. The book addresses the current gap in knowledge about appropriate governance regimes that could create the forum where the divergent interests and positions of various stakeholders of extractive resources and revenues could be handled - without any of them resorting to deadly conflicts. It presents the functionality of collaborative governance in enhancing for example, transparency, accountability, and equitable distribution of extractive revenues. Governance practitioners, policy- and decision makers could use the structures, components and procedures discussed in this book to develop training manuals, governance criteria and indicators for measuring and managing collaborative governance regime at the national and local levels. They will also find useful information about some of the critical elements that should guide the strategic implementation of the collaborative process.
Conviviality in Bellville: An Ethnography of Space, Place, Mobility and Being in Urban South Africa
(2014)
This book provides insight into the experiences of mobility and migration in contemporary South Africa, contributing to a field of literature about multiculturalism and urban public space in globalizing cities. It takes into consideration the greater international political and local socio-economic factors that drive migration, relationships and conviviality, and how they are intertwined in the everyday narrative of 'insiders' and 'outsiders'. The Bellville central business district demonstrates the realities of interconnected local and global hierarchies of citizenship and belonging and how they emerge in a world of accelerated mobility. The book further demonstrates how the emergence of conviviality in everyday public life represents a critical field for contemplating contemporary notions of human rights, citizenship and belonging.
This volume charts the widening frontiers of black literary aesthetics using the prose and dramatic fictions of writers from Africa and the African diaspora. The chapters come in two interactive phases of current critical discourses involving rejoinders from past-present concerns and issues of cultural and contemporary modernity. These studies stress the argument that African literature is hardly discussed outside contemporary history and that the reason for the apparent disconnection among groups in Africa and the diaspora can be traced to the disparate elements within the continent and diaspora.
This collection of essays on archaeology and heritage studies is authored by local and expatriate scholars who are either past or current practitioners in archaeological work in Ghana. They are from Ghana, UK, US and Canada. The subject matter covered includes the history and evolution of the discipline in Ghana; the method and theory or 'how to do it' in archaeology, field research reports, and syntheses on findings from past and recent investigations. The eclectic or multidisciplinary strategy has been the research vogue in Ghanaian archaeology recently, and this is reflected in the various chapters. The essays engage with current theoretical trends in global archaeology and also focus on the role and status of archaeology as a discipline in Ghanaian society today. Archaeology is a relatively 'novel' subject to many in Ghana. This Reader will, therefore, be a huge asset to local students and experts alike. Foreign scholars will also find it very useful.
Customary Law Ascertained Volume 2 is the second of a three volume series in which traditional authorities in Namibia present the customary laws of their communities. It contains the laws of the Bakgalagari, the Batswana ba Namibia and the Damara communities. The recognised traditional authorities in Namibia are expected to ascertain the customary law applicable in their respective communities and to note the most important aspects of the laws in written form. The Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, and the Council of Traditional Leaders therefore initiated the ascertainment of customary law. The ascertainment project is housed in the Human Rights and Documentation Centre of the University of Namibia. The former Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Namibia, Professor Manfred O. Hinz, has directed the project since its inception.
Das Interesse an der Bibel wächst: Das Verhältnis von biblischem und literarischem Text wird zu einem immer komplexeren Forschungsfeld der Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft. Anhand konkreter Beispiele werden etablierte Forschungsansätze zur Beziehung von Bibel und Literatur erweitert. Im Bezug auf die Problemfelder Intertextualität, Medialität, Diskurspolitik, Säkularisierung, Normativität, Historizität und Hermeneutik wird das Verhältnis von Bibel und Literatur beleuchtet und die Schwierigkeiten diskutiert, die dieser Bereich der interdisziplinären Forschung bereitet.
Day and Night in Limbo
(2014)
With humour, insight and irony, Lonkog recounts the joys and contradictions of daily life in a Northern Cameroon village. Living in Carrefour Poli in Northern Cameroon was never easy. How far will one have to go for drinking water during the dry season? Will there be money for kerosene to fill the lamp tank? For batteries for the torch? For a bowl of corn to make 'fufu' for the family? Will there be a night encounter with the poison of a snake or scorpion? The man of Carrefour Poli imagines when he last had a bottle of beer and when he will next have another. Children sit in class staring at the teacher, while their work suffers. People sit under trees for shade only to cut them down for firewood. Ministers run up and down, working very hard and sweating, but little changes. Day and night people turn around on the same spot. It takes a long time to build a nation. Everything is in limbo.
Death and the King's Grey Hair and Other Plays is a collection of three plays, 'Death and the King's Grey Hair, ' 'Truce with the Devil, ' and 'Fringe Benefits, ' which are all experimental plays from the early period of the writing career of Denja Abdullahi, who is presently renowned as a poet of populist expressions. 'Death and the King's Grey Hair' examines the use and misuse of absolute power based on an ancient Jukun myth of young kings and short reigns. 'Truce with the Devil' is a satire on the later abandonment of the creed of Marxism by its adherents, a kind of mockery of turncoat revolutionaries in the grip of practical social realities. 'Fringe Benefits', a radio play, is an expose of the happening in Nigeria's ivory towers, seen from the eyes of a participant-observer.
Das Forschungsunternehmen "Romanisch und Deutsch am Hinterrhein / GR" von Prof. Dr. Theodor Ebneter (Sprachlabor der Universität Zürich) wurde in den Jahren 1978-1992 am Phonogrammarchiv der Universität Zürich als erstes bilinguistisches Projekt durchgeführt.
Für jede der vier Talschaften des Hinterrheins waren ursprünglich zwei Bände, einer für das Deutsche und einer für das Romanische, vorgesehen. […] Da die Gewährsleute ihre jeweilige Mundart gerne mit jener von Chur vergleichen, wurde die Dissertation von Oscar Eckhardt "Die Mundart der Stadt Chur" (1991)als Band 9 veröffentlicht.
Nachdem Prof. Ebneters Leitung des Phonogrammarchivs 1992 zu Ende ging, konnte mit Unterstützung des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds Band 7 "Romanisch im Boden, in Trin und in Flims" mit seinem Umfang von 622 Seiten abgeschlossen werden, der als romanistische Ergänzung zu Urs Willis 1990 publiziertem Band 8 "Deutsch im Bezirk Imboden " die Untersuchung dieser vierten und letzten Talschaft beschliessen sollte.
Der vorliegende Band 11 der Reihe "Romanisch und Deutsch am Hinterrhein / GR" ersetzt nun Willis Band 8 und schliesst zugleich das Forschungsuntemehmen mit der germanistischen Aufarbeitung des Bodens, von Trins und von Flims ab. Dieser Band wurde von Dr. Alfred Toth und Prof. Dr. Theodor Ebneter parallel zur Herstellung von Band 10 "Die romanisch-deutsche Sprachlandschaft am unteren Hinterrhein" verfasst. Die Ersetzung von Willis Band durch den vorliegenden war auch deshalb nötig, um die die deutschen Mundarten des Bezirks Imboden betreffenden Daten in Band 10 einbauen zu können. Zu diesem Zweck wurden im Winter und Frühling 1994/95 alle Ortschaften des Bezirks Imboden mit 27 Gewährspersonen in längeren Gesprächen aufgenommen.
Band 11 orientiert sich methodisch einerseits an Band 7 über die romanistische Situation des Bezirks Imboden, dessen germanistische Ergänzung er darstellt, anderseits an Band 9 über die Mundart von Chur, der innerhalb der Reihe zum erstenmal vergleichsweise herangezogen werden konnte, nachdem alle übrigen germanistischen Bände früher erschienen waren. Aus diesem Grunde wurde der Einleitung (Kap. 1), der Phonologie (Kap. 2) und der Morphologie (Kap. 3) ein Kapitel 4 "Vergleich der Dialekte des Bezirks Imboden mit der Mundart der Stadt Chur" beigesteIlt, in dem auch Aspekte der Morphosyntax (Kap. 4.3.), der Syntax (Kap. 4.4.) sowie der Lexikologie (Kap. 4.5.) behandelt werden.
Divining the Future of Africa : Healing the Wounds, Restoring Dignity and Fostering Development
(2014)
This book explores the relationship between Africa, the West and China. It notes that while Africa is a continent of diverse cultures, raw materials, human resource, indigenous knowledges, and above all the biggest recipient of foreign aid globally, it continues to lag behind all regions of the world in terms of socio-economic development. The book grapples with the important question on why this has been the case. It provides crucial critical insights on how Africa's situation could be reversed and the tapestry of its socio-economic problems eased. The book draws a link between culture, globalisation and socio-economic development, breaking new grounds in the discourse on development in post-colonial Africa. This is an incisive clarion call to bypass the outlandish claims and sterile discussions on the parodying of Africa by Euro-centric scholars. It is a contribution on the imperative to re-think the future of development in Africa. It makes a compelling argument by self-reliant development processes in which Africans reclaim their voice, independence and autonomy unapologetically. The book provides some grist for the mills of policy makers, institutional planners, practitioners and students of anthropology, political studies, sociology, economic history, local governance, cultural economics, and gender, development, African, heritage and international studies.
Driving change : the story of the South Africa Norway tertiary education development programme
(2014)
Driving Change tells a story that exemplifies a basic law of physics, known to all - the application of a relatively small lever can shift weight, create movement and initiate change far in excess of its own size. It tells a story about a particular instance of development cooperation, relatively modest in scope and aim that has nonetheless achieved remarkable things and has been held up as an exemplar of its kind. It does not tell a story of flawless execution and perfectly achieved outcomes: it is instead a narrative that gives some insight into the structural and organisational arrangements, the institutional and individual commitments, and above all, the work, intelligence and passion of its participants, which made the SANTED Programme a noteworthy success.
How does one think about the form of the State in its management of conflicting ethnic groups in positive light in Africa in the present and in the future? Ethnic reality in Africa continues to be the principal determining factor of individual and collective existence, constituting an obstacle to the normal operation of its States, which often fail or collapse. In the global era, the re-organisation of power and of thought in plural societies leads to socio-political and geopolitical stabilisation. The author here argues for the implementation of 'deliberative democracy' or 'governance under the tree' as a synthesis of liberal and republican democracy based on the 'win-win' principle, different from majoritarian democracy where the 'winner takes all'. The theory of the multinational state thus proposes a constitutional, political and conceptual innovation in the plural societies of the 21st century: it entails restructuring the imagination to allow a global shift in African political thought, its needs, desires, quests, expectations and hopes.
Mehr als 6.600 Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden forschen an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. Das und vieles mehr ergab die erste repräsentative Umfrage unter Promovierenden und ihren Betreuern, die im Auftrag der Universität durch das Berliner Institut für Forschungsinformation und Qualitätssicherung (iFQ) durchgeführt wurde. Das gute Ergebnis ist nicht zuletzt auf GRADE, die Goethe Graduate Academy, zurückzuführen, dem universitätsübergreifenden Zentrum für die Doktorandenausbildung. ...
Erich Arendt : Bibliographie
(2014)
Die Bibliographie verzeichnet die in Einzelausgaben (einschl. Nachauflagen, Neuausgaben und Lizenzausgaben) sowie die in Anthologien und Zeitschriften veröffentlichten Übersetzungen, in Einzelfällen zusätzlich die jeweils verwendeten Originalausgaben. Literarische Werke von Erich Arendt sind nicht berücksichtigt, nur Publikationen mit Bezug zu seinen Übersetzungen, meist Vor- und Nachworte. An Sekundärliteratur ist erfasst, was explizit Bezug auf Erich Arendt als Übersetzer nimmt bzw. für sein übersetzerisches Handeln oder anderweitig für den Blick auf den Übersetzer relevant ist.
The Swiss ophthalmologist Erika Sutter was born in Basel in 1917. She spent 32 years working in Elim Hospital, founded by the Swiss Mission in an impoverished rural area in North-Eastern South Africa. Together with her African colleague and friend, Selina Maphorogo, she founded the Care Groups, village self-help groups working for better health in their communities. The movement is still active after more than 30 years, and now has around 2,000 members, mostly women, in over 200 villages. Erika Sutter has received numerous international honours and awards for her pioneering work, including the award ?Woman of the Year? in 1984 from the South African newspaper ?The Star?, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Basel. For the creation of this biography, Erika Sutter spent many hours with the author, her friend Gertrud Stiehle, telling the story of her long life ? vividly, with a sharp eye for social issues, a hint of self-irony, and dry wit. Her account does not ignore events in the wider world. She experienced life on the Swiss-German border during the Second World War, and her years of working in South Africa were those when the apartheid policies of the South African Government were becoming more and more repressive, affecting many aspects of life in the country.
Ein besonderes Kennzeichen des Frankfurter Arbeitsmarkts ist die hohe Teilhabe von Frauen an sozialversicherungspflichtiger Be-schäftigung. Dieser hohen Einbindung von vorrangig gut qualifi-zierten Frauen mit überwiegend deutscher Staatsangehörigkeit steht ein großes Segment an Frauen gegenüber, die arbeitslos sind und Defizite im Bereich der (formalen) Qualifikationen haben. Bei den arbeitslosen Frauen sind die ausländischen Frauen überproportional vertreten. Dieser gesplittete Arbeitsmarkt ist in Frankfurt am Main im Vergleich zu anderen Großstädten extrem stark ausgeprägt. Struk- turell und insbesondere hinsichtlich der Handlungsbedarfe lassen sich Frauen in Bezug auf ihre Arbeitsmarktteilhabe nach vier Gruppen differenzieren: Qualifizierte erwerbstätige Frauen (vorrangig mit deutscher Staatsangehörigkeit), Gering qualifizierte erwerbstätige Frauen (mit deutscher und ausländischer Staatsangehörigkeit), quali-fizierte arbeitslose Frauen (vorrangig mit deutscher Staats-angehörigkeit), gering qualifizierte arbeitslose Frauen (vorrangig mit ausländischer Staatsangehörigkeit).
Esiaba Irobi (1960-2010) was one of Africa's most innovative and productive younger playwrights. Deeply rooted in the indigenous performance traditions of his Igbo ethnic group, Irobi's drama, in the tradition of Wole Soyinka, is a hybrid production involving an iconoclastic reconceptualisation of the heritage he appropriates, its fascinating conflation with other performance traditions, and their projection onto the arena of contemporary Nigerian politics. This study by Isidore Diala is the first book-length examination of Irobi's work. It portrays a highly creative individual who was literally driven by the creative urge. The five chapters of this study illuminate different aspects of Irobi's oeuvre and include a vivid portrayal of Irobi the actor in his dream role of Elesin Oba, the eponymous King's Horseman in Wole Soyinka's drama. Diala highlight's Irobi's fascination for African festivals, which feature prominently in the earlier plays.He also demonstrates that although he is rooted in his Igbo culture, Irobi draws on different ethnic groups, pointing to conceptions of pan-Africanism that include the wAfrican diaspora.
Evaluationssatzung für Lehre und Studium der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. M.
(2014)
A dazzling collection from across the African continent and diaspora - here SHORT STORY DAY AFRICA has assembled the best nineteen stories from their 2013 competition. Food is at the centre of stories from authors emerging and established, blending the secular, the supernatural, the old and the new in a spectacular celebration of short fiction. Civil wars, evictions, vacations, feasts and romances - the stories we bring to our tables that bring us together and tear us apart.
Feathers in Reverse
(2014)
Feathers in Reverse is the ideal gift for a loved one who is scared of poetry. It engages and immerses readers with the luring subtlety of a serpent. Themes treated include good and evil, heaven and earth, man and woman, birth and death, urbanism and rural life, wealth and poverty. As much as the poet highlights salient issues and conflicts in everyday life, he suggests answers to burning problems as well. A common thread runs through the over 300 poems feathered and featured in this collection. The notion of the 'feather' is cross-cultural. It reminds us of the feather used as a pen in ancient Europe and the 'red feather' that is stuck on the caps of African notables as a mark of distinction. Feathers in Reverse is a magic pudding to be sampled, shared and indulged.
Kokori: The Struggle for June 12 is the candid account of Chief Frank Kokori, former General Secretary of The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG). It details the roles he and other individuals played in the quest to revalidate the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was annulled by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. The book details, in depth, the events before, during and after the election, up until the incarceration of Chief Kokori as well as the political fall-out which followed.
This book is about home. With Malawi as its focus, it seeks to understand ideas about home as expressed through poetry written by Malawians in English. Although African Literatures are studied those of Malawi have not received agreeable attention. This book surveys poetry by five Malawian writers - Felix Mnthali, Frank Chipasula, Jack Mapanje, Lupenga Mphande, and Steve Chimombo. The discussion negotiates scribed experience of exile, engendered by Dr. Banda's regime, and shows that the selected poets effectively converse with a sense of home, reflecting on its transformations in their work. Interrogating the strict definitions of home, the argument highlights that far from home-less exiles in fact clarify the sense of what 'home' is. The manoeuvre is one of thinking towards an unboundaried 'home'. This book will be of value not only to readers interested in the cultures of Africa but to all those with an interest in worldwide literary phenomena, and ideas therein of home and exile.
The birth of a new nation is an exciting time. Mick Bond spent the years 1962-73 as a District Officer and a District Commissioner, actively participating in the demise of the colonial regime and then as a civil servant in independent Zambia. This detailed account of his life and work includes the daily routine of a colonial officer, his personal experiences of the 1964 Lumpa conflict and his involvement in the elections of 1962, 1964, and 1968.
Susanne Heeg & Marit Rosol: Vorwort
Svenja Keitzel, Janine Pößneck & Ole Werner: Zwangsräumungen in Frankfurt am Main - Wandel des Wohnungsmarktes und seine Folgen
Eva Kuschinski: Sozialer Wohnungsbau lohnt sich nicht - Ökonomisierung der Frankfurter Wohnungspolitik am Beispiel der ABG Frankfurt Holding
Nicole Dornig & Andreas Blechschmidt: Betrieblicher Wohnungsbau im Wandel: Eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Eisenbahnersiedlung in Frankfurt-Nied
Jakob Hebsaker & Pieterjan Dom: Alternatives Wohnen zwischen Häuserkampf und GmbH – Zur Entwicklung der Idee des Mietshäuser Syndikats
Lucas Pohl & Franziska Vaessen: Die Möglichkeit von Irrelevanz: Zur stadtpolitischen Auseinandersetzung um selbstverwaltete (Frei-)Räume am Beispiel des „Instituts für vergleichende Irrelevanz“ in Frankfurt am Main
Lara-Maria Mohr & Franziska Schmidt: Wohnraum verdichten, Wohnraum vernichten? - Bürgerbeteiligung bei der Planung von innerstädtischer Nachverdichtung
Amrei Biedermann, Andre Mascarinas & Anna-Lena Ripperger: Wie die Verbriefung von Gewerbeimmobilien deutsche Städte verändert – das Beispiel City Tower in Offenbach am Main
Der vorliegende 12. Band des vom Institut für Humangeographie herausgegebenen „Forum Humangeographie“ beschäftigt sich mit politischen Fragen rund um Wohnen und Immobilienentwicklung in Städten. Er vereint theoretisch fundierte und zugleich aktuelle empirische Beiträge zur Verwertung, Nutzung und Gestaltung der gebauten Umwelt, aber auch zu den Fragen, was der Verlust von Wohnraum bedeutet und welche alternativen Ansprüche an die gebaute Umwelt formuliert werden. Im regionalen Fokus dieses Sammelbandes stehen Frankfurt am Main und Offenbach als Teil der Rhein-Main-Region. Dieser räumliche Bezug hat forschungspraktische (z.B. Zugänglichkeit von Expert_innen), aber auch inhaltliche Gründe, da sich in dieser Region Wohnen und die gebaute Umwelt im besonderen Maße als gesellschaftliches Konfliktfeld – gekennzeichnet durch Phänomene wie Büroleerstand, Wohnungsmangel und Widerstand gegen Wohnen als Ware – erweisen und untersuchen lassen. Die Rhein-Main-Region ist wie andere große deutsche Metropolregionen von einem angespannten Immobilienmarkt geprägt, der das Ziel volatiler, d.h. in Bezug auf Umfang und Objekte sehr stark schwankender, Investments ist. Bis 2008 flossen Investitionen vorrangig in den Bürobestand, im Zuge der Finanz- und Schuldenkrise wurden Investments institutioneller Anleger jedoch in den Wohnungsmarkt umgelenkt (Scharmanski 2013; Heeg 2013). Hintergrund hierfür sind einerseits eine steigende Zahl von sog. notleidenden Krediten („non-performing loans“) im Büroimmobilienbereich (vgl. Biedermann et al., Kap. 7) und andererseits anziehende Mieten und Eigentumspreise auf dem Wohnungsmarkt, welche Investitionen in Wohnimmobilien lukrativ werden lassen (Kholodilin/Mense 2012). In der Folge werden vermehrt Luxuswohnungen erstellt und wird preiswerter Wohnraum vernichtet.
One of the major issues this book examines is what the African experience and identity have contributed to the debate on citizenship in the era of globalisation. This volume presents case studies of different African contexts, illustrating the gendered aspects of citizenship as experienced by African men and women. Citizenship carries manifold gendered aspects and given the distinct gender roles and responsibilities, globalisation affects citizenship in different way. It further examines new forms of citizenship emerging from the current era dominated by a neoliberal focus. This book is not exclusive in terms of theorisation but its focus on African contexts, with an in-depth analysis taking into consideration local culture and practices and their implications for citizenship, provides a good foundation for further scholarly work on gender and citizenship in Africa.
Gender Issues in African Literature examines the ways in which some protagonists of African fictions are made to counter and challenge intertwined Western discourses on gender, employment, sexuality, and health. Here the conflict between Tradition and Modernity is argues from the favourite premise of male supremacist ideology showing how women have -unlearned- these false concepts to build a sustained feminist movement and (re)learn the value of sisterhood. There is a bold attempt to reread Achebe as a consistent in urging women to fight the seemingly oppressive structures that have traditionally discriminated against them, and to disregard their diversity and embrace their unity. A chapter of Feminist Re-writing disagrees with the attempt to equate theory with political activism and presents Feminist literature as more than a verbal assertion that points to Feminist aesthetics and politics. The use of the trauma theory and testimonio literature to explore traumatisation of female characters and its impact for Zimbabwean civil society is a useful addition to these gender studies in African literature.
This is the first English edition of Tamara Mcheidze's monograph on the spiders of Georgia (Mcheidze 1997; in alternative transliteration: Mkheidze 1997), containing taxonomic, faunistic and ecological information on 362 spider species recorded by T. Mcheidze in Georgia between the 1920s and 1992. The English edition resembles the original text, with a preface, taxonomic comments and a part with supplementary information on the locations, a location map and an index provided by the editor.
Girl on the Edge: A Memoir
(2014)
Ruth was four years old when her father was arrested for high treason and her world was turned upside-down. She grew up in constant fear of Special Branch policemen knocking on the door to arrest her mother or father, prominent South African communist. Ruth learned how to keep her mouth shut, to look out for microphones in the walls and to beware of friends who could betray her trust. At fourteen, Ruth left South Africa, clutching her teddy bear in one hand and her drawings in the other. A plan to England carried her into exile, a new world where she struggled to reconstruct a life fractured by fear. With an artist's eye for detail and colour, Ruth recalls her life with unflinching honesty: the Treason Trial; her struggle to conform; Friern Barnet Asylum for the 'hopeless insane'; LSD, protests, and free love in London, art school and motherhood; communes and camping- all steps in a journey that finally brought her home to South Africa on the brink of change. Heart- wrenchingly sad one minute, bursting with life and vigour the next, seamed throughout by strength and courage, girl on the edge allows us to look deep into one woman's life and travel with her to the brink and back again.
God was African
(2014)
When Kendem, a varsity instructor, returns to his native Lewoh countryside where he spent his childhood, he is seeking relief from the complexity of human civilization after attending the Fulbright Institute in the United States. Instead, he is confronted with two seething issues: how to reveal to his sick and troubled mother the situation in which he finds his elder brother, the successor of Mbe Tanju-Ngong's household, who travelled to the United States many years before and had never returned and the dispute over Fuo Beyano's funeral which is tearing the land apart, whether the deceased village chief, should be given a Christian burial or he should, according to the age-old tradition of Lewoh people, go through a ritual to enable him return and continue ruling his people.
In Growing up with Tanzania. Karim Hirji, a renowned Professor of Medical Statistics and Fellow of the Tanzania Academy of Science, presents a multi-faceted, evocative portrait of his joyous but conflicted passage to adulthood during colonial and early-Uhuru Tanzania. His smooth style engages the reader with absorbing true tales, cultural currents, critical commentary and progressive possibilities. By vibrantly contrasting the hope-filled sixties with the cynical modern era, he also lays bare the paradoxes of personal life and society, past and present.
This publication is the result of a baseline study of the state of the higher education systems in the five Portuguese speaking countries in Africa (PALOP): Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe. The project was undertaken by an African international expert in the field of higher education studies and was fully sponsored and supported by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). The report offers a historical overview of the development of higher education in PALOP from colonial times to the present. The main objective of this baseline study is to map the landscape and dynamics of change in the higher education systems of PALOP countries. It focuses on describing the latest developments of trends of expansion, financing, governance and policy reforms closely linked to the development of higher education systems in these countries. Furthermore, the study will facilitate an informed debate and the dissemination of knowledge on the role of higher education for development in Africa.
The Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS) is a research center of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, located in the "House of Finance". The Institute was established as implementation of the project "Currency and Financial Stability" funded by a grant of the Stiftung Geld und Währung (Foundation of Monetary and Financial Stability). The Foundation of Monetary and Financial Stability was created January 1, 2002 by federal law. ...
In Chains for My Country is an account of the struggle of the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC), a nonviolent liberation movement, to wrestle British Southern Cameroons from the colonial claws of la République du Cameroun. It is an epic and thrilling account of the life of British Southern Cameroons, which passed from colonial rule to foreign domination through annexation and attempted assimilation into neighbouring la République du Cameroun. Under British trusteeship, British Southern Cameroons graduated to self-government in 1954 with all hopes of independence. Instead, the Trust Territory was doomed to subservience in a contested union with la République du Cameroun. Failure to implement United Nations Resolution 1608 of April 1961 to establish the envisioned federation of two states equal in status facilitated la République du Cameroun's annexation and colonial occupation of a defenseless United Nations Trust as Britain withdrew all its personnel and forces. The territory has been reduced to two provinces of la République du Cameroun under the rule of proconsuls backed by an imperial occupation force with an agenda of nipping in the bud any resistance.
In Search of Happiness
(2014)
Nana is fifteen when she travels from her village in the Eastern Cape to the city. She is overjoyed to be reunited with her family, even if they are living in a tiny shack. But she struggles to fit in at her new school, and she is shocked at the violence shown to Chino and Agnes, her Zimbabwean neighbours. When she and Agnes become close friends, and find love in unexpected places, Nana learns firsthand just how brutal ignorance can be and how hard it is to hold on to happiness.
South African poetry today is charged with restlessness, burstng with diversity. Gone is the intense inward focus required to deal with a situation of systematic oppression, the enclosing effort of concentration on a single predicament. While politics and identity continue to be central themes, the poetry since the late 1990s reveals a richer investigation of ancestors and history, alongside more experimentation with language and translation; and enduring concern with the touchstones of love, loss, memory, and acts of witnessing. In the Heat of Shadows: South African Poetry 1996-2013 presents work by 33 poets and includes some translations from Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho and Xitsonga. This collection follows on from Denis Hirson's 1997 anthology The Lava of this Land: South African Poetry 1960-1996.
The history of people with disabilities has been dominated by their isolation and exclusion. The long fight towards inclusion - and inclusive education in particular - started not many years ago. Most were powerless to control their own destiny. Their participation in society has been the object of other's actions. In many countries their disability policies have a substantial element of protection and charity but not the right to equalisation of opportunities. This book highlights the process of change that is underway internationally. The equalisation of opportunities requires new processes through which the various systems of society such as health services and education are delivered. It means the right for people with disabilities to remain in their communities and to receive the schooling and social supports they need within the ordinary structures available in local communities. Strong advocacy is needed for this to happen. In particular parents need to be empowered, communities mobilised and professionals trained in new ways of working: hence this book. Drawing on experiences in Africa, the book describes the issues to be considered when it comes to implementing inclusive strategies: the processes to be followed and the roles of different sectors, such as people with disabilities, parents, policy makers, educationalists, health and community development professionals and crucially, society at large.
This volume is an attempt to provide this intersectional and reflexive space. The thinking behind the book began in Lamu in mid-2010. It was a time when growing community resistance emerged towards the Kenyan government's plan to build a second seaport under a trans-frontier infrastructural project known as the Lamu Port- South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET). The editors agreed that a book that draws community activists, academics, researchers and policy makers into a discussion of the predicament of indigenous rights and development against the backdrop of the Endorois case was timely and needed. Assembled here are the original contributions of some of the leading contemporary thinkers in the area of indigenous and human rights in Africa. The book is an interdisciplinary effort with the single purpose of thinking through indigenous rights after the Endorois case but it is not a singular laudatory remark on indigenous life in Africa. The discussion begins by framing indigenous rights and claims to indigeneity as found in the Endorois decision and its related socio-political history. Subsequent chapters provide deeper contextual analysis by evaluating the tense relationship between indigenous peoples and the post-colonial nation-state. Overall, the book makes a peering and provocative contribution to the relational interests between state policies and the developmental intersections of indigeneity, indigenous rights, gender advocacy, environmental conservation, chronic trauma and transitional justice.
Like in many parts of the world, water resources in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have been pivotal for human survival, economic growth, social development, and practicing certain religion and cultural ethos. However, in spite of the intrinsic values of water, its use and management in sub-Saharan Africa has not been without limitations. The demand for water resources is increasing mainly due to rapid population growth, industrialization and urbanization and dealing with water-related issues has been complex and challenging for sustainable growth. Whilst there are various efforts by national governments, non-government organizations and communities to effectively and efficiently utilize and manage water resources, there are few comprehensive studies in sub- Saharan Africa that show the impact of the efforts on poverty reduction. Although certain reports indicate that many SSA countries lack clear vision on how water use can be harnessed with pro-poor growth and how poor communities can be capacitated to use water for poverty reduction, there are little exhaustive studies that clearly show familiar and innovative water use and management interventions followed by communities, national governments and other stakeholders, and demonstrate the challenges and successes of the same. Cognizant of the knowledge gap, in 2012 OSSREA launched a research project on ordinary and innovative water use and management patterns and practices in SSA, with a view to generate new knowledge on unexploited opportunities that could enhance the contribution of water resources to poverty reduction. This anthology documents various issues including water use and management in agriculture especially in irrigation projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe; water harvesting in Kenya and Uganda; the role of local water use institutions in Ethiopia; and water source maintenance and protection in Uganda.
The impact of international migration, both South-South as well as South-North, on the economic, social and political life of the people in Eastern and Southern Africa [was] not well documented and studied,- and 'the evidence-base for policy on migration and development [was] very weak.' With this in mind, OSSREA's invitation to conduct a study on international migration in Africa had the following objectives: To analyze the nature and type of South-South migration, focusing on issues, such as brain gain and/or brain drain, remittance flows, technical know-how transfers, violations of the right of African migrants and gender dimensions of migration; To investigate the dynamics of migration from Eastern and Southern Africa to the Arab Gulf States as well as to developed countries, focusing on the skills of migrants, brain gain and/or drain, remittance flows, technical know-how transfers, violations of the rights of African migrants and gender dimension of migrants; and to assess the successes, impediments and challenges of African international migrants from Eastern and Southern Africa and to formulate policy recommendations to maximize the gains and minimize the costs associated with international migration in Africa.
Iredi War : A Folkscript
(2014)
Iredi War was the winner of The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2014. The playwright introduces the notion of 'folk script' with its special stamp. The use of the oral literature genre allows for the full exploitation of the creative licence which allows for the swings from the historical to the oral, the natural to the supernatural, the real to the fantastic.
It Takes Two
(2014)
FunDza celebrates young writers. Between June and December 2013, five of South Africa's best authors teamed up with five talented young writers to bring you this anthology of fast-paced, exciting short stories. From romance and heartache, to mystery and crime, these stories have something thrilling for every reader.
Kids: Africa in Childhood Poetry powerfully conveys the wishful thinking, imaginations, experiences and critical reflections of children as they grow up. The volume grapples with a wide range of topics, sensations, encounters, emotions, imaginations and vistas commonplace in the psyche of many children across different geographical and cultural spaces. While the audacity of Mawere's poetry finds its basis in the poet's profound ability to uncover a multi-layered journey of childhood to adulthood, its merit lies in the character building, psychological, axiological and pedagogical lessons it imparts in today's youths: it teaches the youths the values of moral rectitude, critical observation and thinking, and careful questioning and reflection. This is a collection for all parents, teachers and the youths of between ages 5-18 who cherish a world ruled by peace and unconditional love of all by all.