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The purpose of this book is to show that the possession cult of Vimbuza presents itself as an oral genre which is part and parcel of African Oral Literature. The ethnolinguistic study which we undertake will permit us to catch a glimpse of its whole complexity. The analysis has a bearing on four principal aspects. Historical developments: a certain number of facts concerning the birth of possession among the Tumbuka; possession: the study attempts to show how the cult articulates itself with its beliefs and the use of divination; the social role: analysis of social functions; the style: an analysis of the linguistic procedures which are characteristic of Vimbuza songs. The presence of rhetorical figures would confirm that we are talking about an oral literary genre.
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.
Population growth and the drop in the returns from the major cash crop (coffee) for small farmers are the main drivers that have influenced the farming systems and mobility of farmers in the Western Highlands of Cameroon. The main objective of the research that led to this book was to determine the interactions between farming systems and human mobility in this region of Cameroon. A comparative study was conducted through household and field surveys in three villages and conceptualized based on the systems approach. The different types of mobility were influenced by household social factors, the quest for 'high valued' farm plots and hired labour. Urban-rural migration contributed to occupation diversification and social mobility. The sustainability factor was a function of land use intensity, intensity of off-farm inputs, the household adjustment factor and mobility of the household. The sacred groves were rich in plant diversity of varied ecological and economic importance. Nitrogen mining was common at all levels of the farming system. These determinants and types of mobility claims are pertinent to the research area; the sustainability results of the farming systems reflect the reality on the ground; the nutrient flux evaluated at the crop and farm levels constitute a valuable database for future research.
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.
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.
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.
African scholarly research is relatively invisible globally because even though research production on the continent is growing in absolute terms, it is falling in comparative terms. In addition, traditional metrics of visibility, such as the Impact Factor, fail to make legible all African scholarly production. Many African universities also do not take a strategic approach to scholarly communication to broaden the reach of their scholars' work. To address this challenge, the Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) was established to help raise the visibility of African scholarship by mapping current research and communication practices in Southern African universities and by recommending and piloting technical and administrative innovations based on open access dissemination principles. To do this, SCAP conducted extensive research in four faculties at the Universities of Botswana, Cape Town, Mauritius and Namibia.
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.
The Rising Sun and Boma
(2014)
The Rising Sun and Boma interrogate social evils such as moral decadence, corruption, and greed that are rife in the Cameroonian society. In both plays, Ipah, Paddy, Dinna, and Boma, for example, exemplify how waywardness and avarice can subvert moral integrity. At the same time, the plays problematise the intersection of tradition and modernity, articulating the tension inherent in both visions of life. Although the moral landscape of the drama appears sordid, characters like Abu Ipah and Joseph enkindle hope. Initially performed seventeen years ago, the plays are still as poignant as they are didactic and hilarious as they are refreshing. The characters are credible and compelling partly because of the felicitous language that is anchored in the local imagery.
Ruminations of Ipome
(2014)
Breadth taking in range of subject explored and profound in depth of emotions evoked, this collection of poems chronicles different shades of emotions resulting from personal loss and love, as well as celebrates and critiques issues of culture, nature, place, people, ethics, and politics. The language is luminous and honed by refreshing and suggestive imagery.
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.
This book is the celebration of one man's vendetta against a cancerous regime that thrives on the rape of democracy and human rights abuses. Lapiro de Mbanga, born Lambo Sandjo Pierre Roger on April 7, 1957 was a conduit for social change. He fought for change in his homeland and died fighting for change in Cameroon. Lapiro believed in the innate goodness of man but also had the conviction that absolute power corrupts absolutely. He was noted for contending that 'power creates monsters.' His entire musical career was devoted to fighting the cause of the downtrodden in Cameroon. He composed satirical songs on the socio-economic dysphonia in his beleaguered country. In his songs, he articulated the daily travails of the man in the street and the government-orchestrated injustices he witnessed. As a songwriter, Lapiro de Mbanga distinguished himself from his peers through bravado, valiance and the courage to say overtly what many a Cameroonian musician would only mumble in the privacy of their homes. Lapiro's anti-establishment music led to his arrest and imprisonment in September 2009 for three years. Released from prison on April 8, 2011 he was later given political asylum by the USA. On September 2, 2012 Lapiro relocated with some members of his family to Buffalo in New York where he died on March 16, 2014 after an illness. His revolutionary music and fighting spirit live on.
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.
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.
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.
Library Buildings around the World" is a survey based on researches of several years. The objective was to gather library buildings on an international level starting with 1990.
The parts Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States have been thoroughly revised, supplemented and completed for this 2nd edition. A revision of the other countries is planned for the next edition.
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.
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.