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Lichens are the object of investigation within the framework of the BIOTA Southern Africa project, subproject S04 (http://www.biota-africa.org). This interdisciplinary research project, installed in 2000, focuses on the analysis of biodiversity and its changes along climatic and vegetation gradients (transects) in Namibia and in the Republic of South Africa. In the context of this project, studies on the diversity of lichens are carriedout. Special reference is given to the monitoring of lichens growing on soil, which form the so called biological soil crusts.Lichen diversity is assessed and analysed with respect to its spatial and temporal changes. These are related to various abioticand biotic factors such as climate, soil features and land use. The indicator value of certain terricolouslichen taxaand/or lichen groups (communities) is investigated for the study area, and it is intended to use itin a future long-term monitoring programme in the region. In this brochure, we whish to explain what lichens are, how do they live and where do they grow, and why they are so important as bioindicatorsin arid and semi-arid areas of the world. The activities of the S04 subproject along the BIOTA transect are described, as well as the methods used for monitoring environmental changes in Southern Africa using soil-inhabiting lichens.
Pidgin English is the chief medium of communication for the great majority of Cameroonians. It sustains a world view, culture and way of life. Pidgin embodies concepts that would at best be partially expressed in formal English. A critical understanding of Pidgin English requires not only a thorough grasp of the socio-cultural matrix from which the words and expressions originate but also an immersion in an Afro-centric worldview. Majunga Tok: Poems in Pidgin English is the poet's attempt at capturing these speech patterns of ordinary Cameroonians in written form. Pidgin English, also called broken English, is a lingua franca spoken not only in Cameroon but also in many West African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Liberia amonst others. This poetry anthology is inspired by the poet's desire to salvage a language that has been subjected to multiple forms of denigration because it is oral. In Cameroon, for instance, Pidgin English has been the target of myriad attacks from self-styled linguistic purists who claim that Pidgin is a bastardized variant of Standard English and, therefore, should not be allowed to thrive. The controversy and denigration directed at Amos Tutuola and his Pidgin English creative genius are vivid examples. This condescending attitude of speakers of Standard English stems from the fact that Pidgin is often associated with illiteracy.
Green Rape: Poetry for the Environment is an anthology of poems written in strong support of environmental literacy. Each poem is the poet's cry of protest against the rape of natural and built environments. The anthology examines a wide range of issues including the clash of global capitalism with environmental activism. It takes a close look at the major themes in international discourse on environmental degradation, climate change, renewable energy sources, global warming, Gene technology, biodiversity and more. The poet dispels a number of myths, notably the existence of an inexhaustible bank of natural resources at the disposal of Man. He attempts to provide a solution to the abusive and unbalanced utilization of scarce natural resources. In a unique way, the poems contribute to the fostering of environmental awareness that would contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources. The poet invites us to look beyond the doomsday rhetoric about the state of the environment and to commit more of our resources where they will do the most good to lifting the world's population out of poverty. The significance of this anthology to environmental education resides in its contribution to the debate on global sustainable development, especially efforts to protect the environment and eradicate poverty.
No Love Lost
(2008)
No Love Lost is a tale of troubled times in which the storyteller strives to return to wholesomeness a society whose values have jumped the rail. Set in the 'No Man's Land' of Ongola, the novel unravels the corruption and influence-peddling endemic in this African country. Framed around the travails of an unemployed university graduate, the story is the gripping depiction of one man's vendetta against a society at odds with itself. Among others, the novel explores the themes of identity crisis, political gerrymandering, individual and collective greed, love and marriage, and class exploitation to weave an enduring tapestry of great human interest. Written against the backdrop of nascent neo-colonialism No Love Lost combines the traditional and the modern; the private and the public to demonstrate that the quest for truth and justice behooves all and sundry. The author infuses the narrative with oral traditions to capture the reader's attention in a compelling style. This is a refreshing work by a writer whose heart throbs for his people and their plight.
Grassfields Stories from Cameroon is an anthology of short stories. It comprises animal trickster tales, bird survival tales, and human-interest stories. The compendium is a reflection of the mores, cultures, and value systems of the indigenous peoples of the Northwest Province of Cameroon. It is motivated by the author's keen interest in the preservation of Cameroonian oral traditions in written form. These stories deal with the day-to-day life of the sedentary and the globe-trotter. Each story is sufficient onto itself. The author has intentionally avoided chronology in the order of presentation of the stories. Whether you read the stories in the order in which they are presented or dart about as your fancy dictates, you will feel the abundance of richness and entertainment the book contains. The didactic value of this collection of short stories resides in its suitability to readers of all age groups. The uniqueness of the volume lies in its universal appeal. Peter Wuteh Vakunta was born and raised in the village of Bamunka-Ndop in Cameroon where he worked as senior translator at the Presidency of the Republic before immigrating to America. He is an alumnus of Sacred Heart College-Mankon. Vakunta obtained his Bachelor degrees in Cameroon and Nigeria; MA and MSE degrees in Cameroon and the U.S.A. At present, Vakunta and his family live in Madison, U.S.A. He teaches in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he is also completing his PhD dissertation titled: Translation in Literature: Indigenization in the Francophone Text. Vakunta is poet, storyteller and essayist. His published works include Better English: Mind Your P's and Q's, Lion Man and Other Stories (short stories), Brainwaves (poems), Pandora's Box (poems). African Time and Pidgin Verses (poems), Square Pegs in Round Holes (essays) and It Takes Guts (essays). Vakunta's literary works have earned him several awards in the U.S.A, U.K and Africa.
Cry My Beloved Africa is a compendium of essays having as locus the continent of Africa. It comprises insightful observations on the politics, governmental systems, political economy, cultural practices, educational systems and natural phenomena that impact on the lives of Africans. True to the tradition of French novelist Stendhal, the author intends this work to serve as a mirror that reflects the day-to-day living of the different peoples that inhabit the fifty-three nation-states in Africa. It is directed to contemporary Africa and to the relationship between Africa and the rest of the globe. The didactic value of the book resides in its suitability to the young and the old. The language is clear and free of sophistry.
Mit Interesse habe ich den "Spiegel" Nr. 39/08 gelesen und war besonders angetan vom Beitrag "Goethes allmächtige Fee" über Ghibellino sowie dessen Interview. 2003 war sein inzwischen so gelesenes wie umstrittenes Buch "Goethe und Anna Amalia - Eine verbotene Liebe?" erschienen (3. Aufl., Weimar 2007); die akademische Wissenschaft, besonders die wie immer weltfremden Weimarer jener Institute mit den stets wechselnden Namen, protestierte. Ulrike Krenzlin wertet Ghibellinos Buch in den "Weimarer Beiträgen" 4/2007 als zumindest debattenwürdig und ernstzunehmend. So denke ich auch. Sehr ernst sogar!...
The content of this book will explain A For various reasons Europeans and Germans left their Homeland. B How they travelled in groups and individually. C How they landed in South Australia. D The Newcomers reception in a British colony. E The treatment they received in Australia. F What the Germans and Europeans achieved in Australia.
Classificatory changes are made for some taxa of New World Melolonthinae based on the examination of specimens (including type specimens) and a reevaluation of some of the characters used to justify previous classification decisions. Blepharotoma angustata (Blanchard) (new combination) is transferred from the genus Aplodema Blanchard. The Neotropical members of the genus Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville are transferred to the genus Blepharotoma resulting in the following new combinations: Blepharotoma boliviana (Moser), Blepharotoma corumbana (Moser), Blepharotoma cuyabana (Moser), Blepharotoma heynei (Moser), and Blepharotoma schencklingi (Moser). The genus Blepharotoma is transferred from the tribe Liparetrini to the tribe Sericoidini. The genus Aplodema and the junior synonym Haplodema Harold are transferred from the tribe Liparetrini to the tribe Sericoidini and synonymized with the genus Sericoides Guérin-Méneville. Sericoides magellanica (Blanchard) (new combination) is transferred from the genus Aplodema and placed as a senior synonym of Apterodema acuticollis Fairmaire (new synonymy). Ampliodactylus (new genus) is described for two southern South American species: Ampliodactylus marmoratus (Curtis) (new combination) and Ampliodactylus vestitus (Philippi) (new combination). The genus Chremastodus Solier is placed in synonymy with the genus Macrodactylus Dejean (Macrodactylini) and Chremastodus pubescens Solier is placed as a junior synonym of Macrodactylus chilensis Solier (new synonymy). Macrodactylus crassipes Philippi and Macrodactylus nigrinus Philippi are placed as junior synonyms of Macrodactylus farinosus Philippi (new synonymies). The genus Astaenosiagum Martínez is placed in synonymy with the genus Pristerophora Harold (Macrodactylini). Pristerophora longipes (Philippi) (new combination) is transferred from the genus Astaenosiagum and Schizochelus ursulus Philippi is placed as a junior synonym of this species (new synonymy). Pristerophora paulseni (new species) is described. Pristerophora picipennis (Solier) is placed as a senior synonym of Schizochelus breviventris Philippi (new synonymy) and Schizochelus serratus Philippi (new synonymy). Pusiodactylus (new genus) is described for two southern South American species: Pusiodactylus mondacai (new species) and Pusiodactylus flavipennis (Philippi) (new combination). The genus Paulosawaya Martínez and D'Andretta is placed in synonymy with the genus Clavipalpus Laporte (Macrodactylini) resulting in the new combination Clavipalpus ornatissima (Martínez and D'Andretta). The following replacement names are proposed for three junior secondary homonyms the genus Plectris LePeletier and Serville: Plectris evansi (new name) for Plectris cinerascens Moser (junior secondary homonym of Plectris cinerascens (Blanchard)), Plectris katovichi (new name) for Plectris bonariensis Frey (junior secondary homonym of Plectris bonariensis (Bruch)), and Plectris tacoma (new name) for Plectris comata (Blanchard) (junior secondary homonym of Plectris comata (Blanchard)).
(תּאוות (דערצײלונג [Tayves]
(2008)
װען אַ מענטש שפּאַרט זיך אײַ ן, קאָן ער אָפּטאָן זאַכן װאָס מ'מײנט אַז מ'קען זײ קײן מאָל נישט אױספֿירן – האָט זלמן גלעזער געזאָגט. – ַבײ אונדז אין ראַדאָשיץ איז געװען אַ פּראָסטער ייִ ד, אַ דאָרפֿסגײער, לײב בעלקעס. ער פֿלעגט אַרומגײן איבער די דערפֿער און אױפֿקױפֿן ַבײ די פּױערים אַ מעסטל קאַשע, אַ קראַנץ קנאָבל, אַ טאָפּ האָניק, אַ קנױל פֿלאַקס. ער האָט פֿאַרקױפֿט די פּױערטעס קאָפּטיכלעך, גלעזערנע פּערל, װאַסערלעך זיך צו באַשמעקן, אַלערלײ אָפּגעגילדטע שמאָכטעס. ַװײטער װי פֿינף װיאָרסט פֿון שטעטל איז ער קײן מאָל נישט אַװעק. די סחורה האָט ער באַצױגן דורך אַ שפּיליטער פֿון לובלין און דער אײגענער האָט אױפֿגעקױפֿט ַבײ אים װאָס ער האָט געהאַט צו פֿאַרקױפֿן. דער לײב בעלקעס איז געװען אַ פּראָסטער ייִ ד, אָבער אַ פֿרומער. שבת האָט ער געלײענט דאָס טײַ טש-חומש װי אַ ייִ דענע. אַז אַ פּאַקנטרעגער איז געקומען קײן ראַדאָשיץ, האָט ער גענומען ַבײ אים אױסצולײענען אַלע ספֿרימלעך אױף עבֿרי-טײַ טש. צום מערסטן האָט ער ליב געהאַט צו לײענען װעגן ארץ-ישׂראל. ער פֿלעגט טײל מאָל רעדן מיט אונדז חדר-ייִ נגלעך און פֿרעגן׃ װאָס איז טיפֿער, דער ירדן אָדער דער ים-סוף? װאַקסן אין ארץ-ישׂראל עפּל? װאָס פֿאַר אַ לשון רעדן די דאָרטיקע גױים? מיר האָבן אױס אים געלאַכט. אױסגעזען האָט ער עפּעס טאַקע װי אַן ארץ-ישׂראלדיקער׃ שװאַרצע אױגן, אַ פּעך-שװאַרצע באָרד און ס'פּנים אױך עפּעס שװאַרצלעך. אײן מאָל אין יאָר פֿלעגט קומען קײן ראַדאָשיץ אַ שד"ר, אײנער פֿון די ספֿרדישע ייִ דן, אַ געבױרענער אין תּימן אָדער אין שושן-הבירה. געשיקט האָט מען אים פֿון ארץ-ישׂראל. און דער דאָזיקער שד"ר האָט אױסגעזען װי לײב בעלקעסעס אַ ברודער׃ אַזאַ באָרד, אַזױנע אױגן און אַזאַ שװאַרצקײט אין פּנים. אָנגעטאָן איז געװען דער שד"ר אין אַ 2 זשופּיצע מיט שװאַרצע און רױטע פּאַסן און אין סאַנדאַלן װאָס האָבן אױסגעזען װי חליצה-שיך. אַ היטל האָט ער געהאַט װי אַ טערק. ער האָט גערעדט לשון-קודש אָדער תּרגום-לשון. ייִ דיש האָט ער אױסגעלערנט, האָט ער געזאָגט, אין די שפּעטערדיקע יאָרן. ער איז אַרומגעגאַנגען פֿון שטוב צו שטוב און געעפֿנט די פּושקעלעך װוּ מ'האָט אַרײַ נגעלײגט די נדבֿות פֿאַר ר' מאיר בעל- הנס. דער לײב בעלקעס איז געװאָרן אַזױ פֿאַרקאָכט אין אים, אַז ער האָט אים אַרײַ נגענומען צו זיך אין שטוב און יענער האָט ַבײ אים געװױנט און געגעסן. װי לאַנג דער שד"ר האָט זיך אױפֿגעהאַלטן אין ראַדאָשיץ האָט לײב בעלקעס נישט געטאָן קײן שום מיסחר. ער האָט געהאַלטן יענעם אין אײן אױספֿרעגן׃ װי זעט אױס די מערת-המכפּלה? װײס מען װוּ ס'ליגט אַבֿרהם און װוּ שׂרה? איז דאָס אמת אַז די מאַמע רחל קומט אַרױס אין מיטן דער נאַכט פֿון קבֿר און װײנט אױף אירע קינדער? איך בין נאָך דאַמאָלסט געװען אַ ייִ נגל און איך בין אַלײן אױך נאָכגעלאָפֿן דעם שד"ר. װען האָט מען געזען אין ראַדאָשיץ אײנעם פֿון יענע מקומות? ...
אין אונדזער שטוב האָט מען אַלע מאָל גערעדט װעגן דיבוקים, גלגולים, הײַ זער װוּ ס'האָבן אַרומגעשטיפֿט לצים, קעלערס װוּ ס'האָבן זיך אױפֿגעהאַלטן נישט-גוטע. דער טאַטע האָט גערעדט דערפֿון, ערשטנס, צוליב דעם װאָס די זאַכן זענען אים אָנגעגאַנגען. צװײטנס, דערפֿאַר װײַ ל אין דער גרױסער שטאָט װערן די קינדער קאַליע. מ'גײט, מ'זעט, מ'לײענט פּסולע ביכער, און ס'שאַדט דעריבער נישט צו דערמאָנען אַז ס'זענען פֿאַראַן פֿאַרבאָרגענע כּוחות. ...
Refoel Bal-Mashgiekh
(2008)
The Pan-Africanist debate is back on the historical agenda. The stresses and strains in the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar since its formation some forty years ago are not showing any sign of abating. Meanwhile, imperialism under new forms and labels continues to bedevil the continent in ever-aggressive, if subtle, ways. The political federation of East Africa, which was one of the main spin-offs of the Pan-Africanism of the nationalist period, is reappearing on the political stage, albeit in a distorted form of regional integration. It is in this context that the present study is situated. Backgrounding the major dramas of the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar this book studies the personalities involved and their politics, and includes an account of the Dodoma CCM conference that toppled President Jumbe. It is also a detailed legal analysis of the union incorporating powerful new material.
Ein Vorläufer dieses bebilderten Bestimmungsbuchs über die Flechten (Lichenes) Madeiras, der Kanaren und Azoren war als Gedächtnisstütze zur Mitnahme bei Exkursionen entstanden und enthielt zunächst nur die Gattungen Parmelia s.lat. und Ramalina. Später hat der Verfasser die Artenzahl erweitert, so dass jetzt Repräsentanten aller auffallenden Flechtengattungen abgebildet sind. Die Information sollte knapp, jedoch so vollständig sein, dass das Werk auch zum Nachbestimmen zu Hause dienen kann. Es ist nicht für Spezialisten oder absolute Anfänger geschrieben.
Jedem Leser Kleists ist die Häufigkeit vertraut, mit der Geschlechtsverkehr, Zeugung, Schwangerschaft und Geburt im Zentrum seiner Werke stehen. Offensichtlichen Beispiele sind die beiden Komödien Der Zerbrochne Krug und Amphitryon sowie die Erzählungen Die Marquise von O... und Der Zweikampf. Ihnen ist eine (mehr oder weniger) hinter die Kulissen verlegte und in ihren Umständen dunkle sexuelle Begegnung gemeinsam, aus der sich die konfliktträchtige Handlung entwickelt, die von der Dynamik einer detektivischen Aufklärung angetrieben wird. Hierin erschöpft sie sich freilich nicht. Denn in dem Maße, in dem sich der faktische Tatbestand klärt und die Frage "wer mit wem unter welchen Umständen" schließlich beantwortet erscheint, vollzieht sich ein anderer und gegenläufiger Prozeß, der jenen blinden körperlichen Moment zum Gegenstand kultureller Bedeutungsstiftung macht und dem nackten Blick entzieht. Aufklärung und Verbergung, Enthüllen und Verhüllen bilden hier unauflöslich ineinander verschlungene Vorgänge. ...
Beschäftigungsprognose 2009/2010 für die Region Rhein-Main :
IWAK-Betriebsbefragung im Herbst 2008
(2008)
Nach der aktuellen Beschäftigungsprognose für die Region Rhein-Main ist bis Ende 2009 mit stagnierenden Beschäftigtenzahlen zu rechnen. Dies gilt sowohl für die Gesamtbeschäftigung als auch für die sozialversicherungspflichtige Beschäftigung.
Eine dramatische Verschlechterung der Situation auf dem Arbeitsmarkt in der Region ist damit nicht zu erwarten. Dies erscheint angesichts der aktuellen Abschwächung der wirtschaftlichen Aktivität und der immer pessimistischer werdenden Wachstumsprognosen etwas überraschend, steht aber im Einklang mit den Regionalprognosen des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung (IAB). Auch dort wird (für Hessen) für das Jahr 2009 von einer stagnierenden Beschäftigung ausgegangen.
Die tatsächlichen Wirkungen des Abschwungs auf den Arbeits markt hängen jedoch nicht nur von seinem Ausmaß, sondern auch von seiner Dauer ab. Die Betriebe in der Region Rhein-Main, das hat die 2-Jahresprognose gezeigt, gehen nur von einer kurzen Schwächeperiode der Wirtschaft aus, die im Jahr 2010 nach ihrer Einschätzung bereits wieder überwunden sein und sich entsprechend in einer Zunahme der Arbeitskräftenachfrage im Jahr 2010 niederschlagen wird (Prognose für 2010: +0,7%).Es ist hier aber zu berücksichtigen, dass auch die Betriebe ihre Erwartungen unter sehr hohen Unsicherheiten formulieren. Falls sich diese kurzfristig nicht erfüllen, d.h. die Krise doch länger andauert als gegenwärtig erwartet, wird sich dies auch auf dem Arbeitsmarkt in der Region Rhein-Main niederschlagen. Des Weiteren bleibt festzuhalten, dass die Region Rhein-Main ihre kurzfristige Stabilität in den Beschäftigtenzahlen überwiegend einem Sektor, den Dienstleistungen für Unternehmen, zu verdanken hat. Andere wichtige Branchen in der Region, wie das Kreditgewerbe und Versicherungsinstitute oder das Verarbeitende Gewerbe, gehen dagegen für 2009 schon von einem spürbaren Beschäftigungsrückgang aus. Falls sich die negativen Entwicklungen auf den Dienstleistungssektor übertragen, ist auch in der Region Rhein-Main mit einem Beschäftigungseinbruch zu rechnen. Negativ ist des Weiteren die Entwicklung bei den Kleinstbetrieben zu bewerten. Diese haben in den letzten Jahren nicht unerheblich zur Beschäftigungsstabilität bzw. zum Beschäftigungsanstieg der Region Rhein-Main beigetragen. Aktuell zeichnen sie sich jedoch durch die schlechteste Prognose aller Betriebsgrößenklassen aus.
Als ursprünglicher Felsbewohner fühlt sich der anpassungsfähige Steinmarder in Dörfern und Städten wohl. Dort fi ndet er ausreichend Nahrung und vielfältige Unterschlupfmöglichkeiten. So erstaunt es nicht, dass Marder ins Siedlungsgebiet ausweichen, wenn sie auf dem Land kein Revier festigen können. Da der Steinmarder ein nachtaktiver Einzelgänger ist, kreuzt er unseren Weg nur selten. Der hervorragende Kletterer hält sich aber gerne in unseren Dachgeschossen auf, sei es zur Aufzucht von Jungen oder um sich tagsüber zu verstecken. Diese Publikation zeigt die Problematik von Mardern in Siedlungsräumen auf, gibt Lösungsvorschläge und Verhaltensmaßnahmen.
Life in translation
(2008)
Azila Talit Reisenberger is a Bible scholar, a rabbi, a mother, a wife, and a poet. In all these selves she grapples with translating her life from Hebrew to English and back again. Life in Translation is full of wry humour, longing, bitterness, sweetness, playfulness, and subversions of traditional meanings and texts - a delightful book that charms and surprises anew with each reading.
New Phycitiplex Porter (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Subandean Desert in northwest Argentina
(2008)
Six new species of Phycitiplex (P. obscurior, P. tricinctus, P. unicinctus, P. peralta, P. trichroma, and P. lepidus) are described from material taken by Malaise trap in a humid ravine at Santa Vera Cruz in the Subandean Desert (Monte) of La Rioja Province (Argentina). These are keyed along with several closely related described species. Except for P. eremnus from central Chile, this genus is known only from the semiarid Chaco and Subandean biogeographic provinces in the northern half of Argentina. The only available host record is of Phycitiplex doddi (Cushman) reared from larvae of Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg), a phycitid moth that attacks prickly pear cacti.
' The United Nations-organised plebiscite on 11 February 1961 was one of the most significant events in the history of the southern and northern parts of the British-administered trust territory in Cameroon. John Percival was sent by the then Colonial Office as part of the team to oversee the process. This book captures the story of the plebiscite in all its dimensions and intricacies and celebrates the author's admiration for things African through a series of reminiscences of what life was like in the 1960s, both for the Africans themselves and for John Percival as a very young man. The complex story is also a series of reflections about the effect of the modern world on Africa. It is a thorough, insightful, rich and enlightening first-hand source on a political landmark that has never been told before in this way. In a vivid style with a great sense of humour, Percival's witty, cogent, eyewitness and active-participant account deconstructs the rumours and misrepresentations about the February 1961 Plebiscite which was a prelude to reunification and to the present day politics of 'belonging' in Cameroon. ''One of the major merits of this book is to provide us with a deeper insight into the role of those actors who have never been the subject of plebiscite studies, namely the Plebiscite Supervisory Officers.'' - Piet Konings, African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands John Percival-Anthropologist, Writer, Television Broadcaster of many innovative BBC series on the environment, history and anthropology. As a young graduate he was recruited and sent to serve in the Southern Cameroons as a Plesbiscite Supervisory Officer in 1961. He died in 2005 after a recent return visit to Cameroon with Nigel Wenban-Smith who writes an epilogue. This posthumous memoir has been edited by his wife, Lalage Neal.'
The case for privatization, whether defined in a broad or narrow sense, has been forcefully made by its advocates against the backdrop of the much advertised poor performances of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and theoretical arguments relating to the efficiency of private firms over public enterprises. Consequently, privatization and commercialization have been key components of the structural adjustment programmes foisted by the Bretton Woods institutions on Third World countries. Yet, the empirical findings on privatization, especially outside Africa where they exist, do not portray the strategy to be a panacea that works in all circumstances in all branches of economic activity. In spite of this, since the late 1980s, privatization has been stepped up in almost all African countries. And after about two decades of vigorous implementation of privatization programmes in Africa, there is a compelling need for a comprehensive and systematic analysis of various privatization issues, particularly the economic and social impact. This book thus establishes a clear case for a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the impact of privatization in Africa. Specifically, the book provides a state-of-the art review of privatization issues and research questions as a prelude to an in-depth study of the economic and social impact of privatization. In the light of the rich insights brought to bear on the issues, this book should stimulate the interest of researchers, donors and policy makers to undertake or support the follow-up in-depth research envisaged.
This book explores the latent and sometimes overt undercurrents that have shaped the judicial history of Cameroon since the United Nations Trusteeship period. It is an insightful account by a critical observer privileged to serve as Director of Public Prosecutions and a judge in a post-independence context characterized by dual and often conflictual legal systems inspired by French and English colonialism. Justice Nyo'Wakai demonstrates how the conflict of judicial concepts, procedures and usages have led to the Francophone judicial system trying to impose itself on the Anglophone judicial system in Cameroon. Often reduced to toothless bulldogs by new constitutional dispensations informed largely by the French colonial legacy and Francophone realities, Anglophones have bemoaned the independence of the Judiciary identified with their Anglo-Saxon heritage. In the face of such domination and the highhandedness of the Executive, only mature cool headedness and the ability to bend over backwards on the part of Anglophone legal practitioners have contained the explosive situation and allowed for a gradual evolution of the Judicial System in Cameroon.
Since independence, the government of Botswana has practiced an exclusive language policy in which only English has been used in government circles at the exclusion of all the 26 languages represented in the country, with a limited use of the national language, Setswana. However, in recent years more positive statements have been heard in Parliament, opening up to recognize the use of other languages in education and society. These statements have provided a conducive environment for Non-governmental organizations to develop other languages for use in education and out-of-school literacy. This paper focuses on the work of one such organization. It reports on a project this organization is undertaking to revive the language and culture of the Wayeyi people in North Western, and Central Botswana. It gives findings on attitudes towards Shiyeyi as a language of instruction for literacy and shows how the preference expressed for Shiyeyi has great potential for a literacy program.
The Travail of Dieudonné
(2008)
Dieudonnes life is spun from the threads of one of Africa's grand moral dilemmas, in which personal responsibility is intertwined with the social catharsis occasioned by ambitions of dominance and ever diminishing circles. We encounter Dieudonne at the tail end of his service as 'houseboy' to the Toubaabys, a patronising expatriate couple. In the company of a lively assortment of characters and luring music at the Grand Canari Bar, Dieudonne recounts his life. As he peels layer after layer of his vicissitudes, he depicts the everyday resilience of the African on a continent caught in the web of predatory forces. Yet, this enchanting failure also celebrates the infinite capacity of the African to find happiness and challenge victimhood.
Souls Forgotten
(2008)
' ''One day, Mama Ngonsu told her son: ''''Normally, a child grew up and stayed around to help his parents. The world has changed, and things are no longer as they used to be. Things must not be normal all the time, otherwise life would not be life.'''' When Emmanuel Kwanga gets a University scholarship, he travels from the lake and hills of Abehema to the Great City. Everyone in the village has invested in him their hopes for the good life. When the life they've imagined is cut short by the University guillotine, Emmanuel Kwanga must struggle to make sense of what the good life means - for himself and for Abehema - in a world where things are no longer as they used to be. This novel is about coming of age and coming to terms in Mimboland. It is also about the fragility of life and the strength of the human spirit. The filth and screaming splendor of the city and the perplexed tranquility of the village are juxtaposed, as the tension and conviviality between tradition and modernity are lived and explored. Roads and drivers, dreams and public transport link different geographies. Faltering along or speeding away, these spaces of risk, frustration and solidarity are filled with popular songs as vehicles for understanding events and relationships. With every crossing of the Pont de Maturit? the story flows, and its mysteries surge. In this novel, the worlds of the living and the dead intermingle, as do the natural and the supernatural, the visible and the invisible.'''
Married But Available
(2008)
Married But Available ventures into a theme about which people say as much as they withhold. It explores intersections between sex, money and power, challenging orthodoxies, revealing complexities and providing insights into the politics and economics of relationships. During six months of fieldwork in Mimboland, Lilly Loveless, a Muzungulander doctoral student in Social Geography, researches how sex shapes and is shaped by power and consumerism in Africa. The bulk of her research takes place on the outskirts of the University of Mimbo, an institution where nothing is what it seems. Through her astounding harvest of encounters, interviews, conversations and observations, the reader gets a captivating glimpse into the frailty and resilience of human beings and society. Lilly Loveless comes out of it all well and truly baptized. And so does the reader!
Babi Yar Symphony
(2008)
This unique work lifts the African question out of the dust. Against the backdrop of prison life, it explores the complex reality of being an African in today's world. Through the tight sensitivity and illuminating knowledge of its two principal characters, themselves victims of misplaced justice, greed and lust, it captures the pain and sadness that almost always comes in the wake of betrayal and egotism. The work's message is strong, and is delivered with equal strength by characters whose individual convictions also sway us to their side. We have here a new, powerful shaft of light on the landscape of recent African writing.
Inuktitut wird in der kanadischen Arktis, im Territorium Nunavut und in Arctic Quebec, von ca. 30.000 Menschen gesprochen und steht in einem Varietätenkontinuum mit den benachbarten Sprachen der Familie „Eskimo-Aleut“, deren Verbreitungsgebiet sich von Ostgrönland bis zur Nordostspitze Asiens erstreckt. Inuktitut ist eine polysynthetische Sprache und zeichnet sich durch uneingeschränkte morphologische Produktivität und Komplexität aus. Die vorliegende grammatische Skizze richtet ihr Augenmerk vorrangig auf diese synthetischen Prozesse, die sich keineswegs auf lexikalische Produktivität im Sinne einer ‚Wortbildung’ beschränken, sondern weitestgehend grammatisch konfigurierende Prozesse umfassen. Ausführlich behandelt werden auch die Kapazitäten der extrem differenzierten Flexionsparadigmen, insbesondere der Verbalflexion, die vollständige Propositionen konstituiert und durch die allein ein kohärenter Diskurs gewährleistet wird.
A re-conceptualisation of the health question and approaches based on the questioning of dominant paradigms are therefore needed to confront the on-going health crisis and put Africa on track for development.
The book examines the creative industries of Cameroon and Africa and makes bold the cultural triumphant assertion that Africa is home to some of the most diverse cultural patrimony and the most versatile creative professionals. It also discusses indigenous development models and questions the rationale for Eurocentric democratic paradigms which have partly contributed to the demise of a concrete democratic development entitlement in most African countries. Ngwane weaves both the cultural and political strands into a search for a homegrown development web which he calls 'glocalisation'. Ngwane's essays, most of which have animated debate and discourse in national newspapers, online blogs and International journals are lucid in their arguments, poignant in their ideological focus, rich in their non-fiction craftsmanship and urgent in their message delivery. The essays will make good reading for students of Africa studies, Development studies, Politics and Culture.
This study investigates the experiences of women journalists during the last phase of Namibia's liberation struggle against South African rule. Black or white, women journalists in Namibia made significant contribu-tions to the liberation cause -including the founding of a high-profiled newspaper -whilst others worked for media sympathetic to the apart-heid government. Based on interviews and deploying feminist media theory, Maria Mboono Nghidinwa pays close attention to the gendered power relationships in the newsrooms of newspapers and radio stations at the time. She looks at the intense political intimidations which tar-geted women and, in particular, the constraints experienced by black women journalists.
Xenophobia is a political discourse. As such, its historical development as well as the conditions of its existence must be elucidated in terms of the practices and prescriptions that structure the field of politics. In South Africa, its history is connected to the manner citizenship has been conceived and fought over during the past fifty years at least. Migrant labour was de-nationalised by the apartheid state, while African nationalism saw it as the very foundation of that oppressive system. However, only those who could show a family connection with the colonial/apartheid formation of South Africa could claim citizenship at liberation. Others were excluded and seen as unjustified claimants to national resources. Xenophobia's current conditions of existence are to be found in the politics of a post-apartheid nationalism were state prescriptions founded on indigeneity have been allowed to dominate uncontested in condition of passive citizenship. The de-politicisation of a population, which had been able to assert its agency during the 1980s, through a discourse of 'human rights' in particular, has contributed to this passivity. State liberal politics have remained largely unchallenged. As in other cases of post-colonial transition in Africa, the hegemony of xenophobic discourse, the book shows, is to be sought in the character of the state consensus. Only a rethinking of citizenship as an active political identity can re-institute political agency and hence begin to provide alternative prescriptions to the political consensus of state-induced exclusion.
In K?cracy, Trees in the Storm and Other Poems, Bill Ndi vociferously bemoans the fate of a world in which the good and the evil are intimate bedfellows; a world wherein miscreants proceed with nauseating impunity to trample on innocence. The poet, a widely traveled scholar in Africa, Europe, and the Americas, currently resides in Australia where he is hailed as an Ambassador of the Peace. Informed by his experience as a child of the world - being at home away from home and thinking of home, Bill Ndi serves the reader with a delicious platter of poetic maze which to him is synonymous to the political maze he has known around the world.
Precipice
(2008)
Madam Essin stood watching the young people holding each other. She looked at the young man who was her son. How handsome he looked. When he smiled he had that elusive curve on his lips that reminded her of her husband. She had been unable to resist that curve of the lips even after eight years of marriage. When her husband smiled she had the feeling he was looking down on her in amused condescension. This used to annoy her but she could not resist the charm he exuded. Now here she was an abandoned wife with an estranged son. Her thoughts roved as she watched them, plunging into the past, the present and the future. The girl brought back the past. She wished she could obliterate that past from her life and her son's. In Precipice, Susan Nkwentie Nde, in her first novel, has a way of weaving past intrigues and present emotions to keep all guessing about what will be. She opens up her characters for the reader to enter and inhabit their minds and bodies in a compelling story of love and estrangement, happy accidents, quest and survival.
Mit den Schaubuden-Attraktionen vergangener Zeiten würde man in unseren reizund bilderüberfluteten Zeiten bei den Bevölkerungsschichten, die ehedem den Großteil der Besucher stellten, wahrscheinlich wenig Anklang finden. "Was uns verloren gegangen ist, ist die sympathische, lebenswarme, vielleicht ein bisschen kindliche und naive, im Grunde aber doch sehr herzerfrischende Verwunderung." Trotzdem lebt er weiter, der soeben und im Folgenden noch oft eindringlich dokumentierte Schaubuden-Zauber. Eine Art Erinnerung an etwas, das nie wirklich gesehen, erlebt wurde, eine Erinnerung, die sich aus Rudimenten eigener und fremder Bilder, Erfahrungen, Wünsche und Vorstellungen zusammensetzt. ...
Coils of Mortal Flesh
(2008)
The diverse voices in the poems in this collection are unified in the single voice of the omnipresent persona who appears to be searching for a collective voice, some kind of order or rhythm that would impose meaning to life. Reading the poems constitutes an individual journey. This poetic journey from Awakening that takes the reader to Moonlight Spells and Wreaths and leads her/him through Laments to the Epilogue is a continuous movement in the search for humanity's existence. As a metaphor of self-discovery, the poetic quest is both an expression of, and a search for mankind's elusive self-that single, unbroken umbilical cord that is firmly rooted in the African experience and identity. Ba'bila Mutia teaches oral and written literatures, creative writing, advanced writing and research methodology, at the University of Yaound? I. His poetry and short stories have been featured in anthologies and reviews worldwide, and his work has been broadcast on the BBC. In June of 1993 Mutia was honoured by the Berlin Academy of Arts as special guest writer in an international writers' reading. He is the author of Whose Land? (Longman), Before This Time, Yesterday (Silex/Nouvelles du Sud) and 'The Miracle' in the Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories.
The Tragedy of Mr No Balance
(2008)
The Bay of Diego-Suarez, considered to be one of the finest and largest natural harbours in the world, is located towards the northernmost tip of Madagascar in the Antsiranana province. Despite its historical and current use as a port, much of its convoluted perimeter is still somewhat untouched, harbouring pristine shorelines and subtidal coral reefs. The position of the bay between other regions in which high marine biodiversity has already been revealed suggests that it may also harbour high biodiversity. However, the relatively long coastline and limited connectivity of the bay with the Indian Ocean, in combination with existing anthropogenic activities, potentially make its marine environments susceptible to a range of environmental impacts including sedimentation, nutrification and pollution. The Frontier-Madagascar Marine Research Programme (FMMRP) became involved in conducting marine ecological survey work in the Bay of Diego-Suarez, north Madagascar, in April 2005, having relocated from its previous base at Anakao in southwest Madagascar. The rationale for the survey programme stemmed from the affiliation of the FMMRP with the Malagasy organisations Association Nationale pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées (ANGAP) and Service d’Appui a la Gestion de l’Environnement (SAGE), who were interested in identifying areas of the bay with particularly healthy coral reef systems. Additional environmental interest in the bay has arisen as a result of its proximity to surrounding terrestrial protected areas such as the newly managed Ramena complex, incorporating Orangea and Montagne des Français, and also Montagne d’Ambre. Since its relocation to the Diego-Suarez area, the FMMRP has compiled over two years’ worth of marine ecological data relating to benthic community composition, fish species abundance and population size structure, frequency of algae and invertebrate indicator species, and physical environmental parameters. Thus there exists an extensive dataset for the Bay of Diego-Suarez, from which details of the current condition of its marine habitats can be investigated and a baseline for temporal monitoring can be established. The primary purpose of this report is to signify the initial detailed dissection of the dataset and demonstrate the conclusions that can be made regarding the ecological status of coral reef systems within the bay. This has mostly involved the examination of benthic data, focusing upon variations in percentage cover of substrata and coral community characteristics as useful structural indicators of reef condition. Additionally, the report includes an assessment of the abundance and distribution of sea urchins and their relation to benthic community patterns, as a demonstration of the ability to interrelate different aspect of the FMMRP dataset to enhance the conclusions that can be drawn. Benthic community data were obtained from 380 line intercept transects conducted in different sectors of the Bay of Diego-Suarez between October 2005 and December 2007, representing a combined distance of 7,600 m. Sediment occupied the greatest overall proportion of the benthos (around 38%), especially in the western areas of the bay. Overall mean hard coral cover was around 15%, and tended to co-vary with other ‘hard’ substrata such as rock and rubble. In total, 38 scleractinian coral genera were recorded during survey work, in addition to a number of unidentified genera. The coral communities of the bay were dominated by Acropora and Porites spp., which comprised around 33% and 20% of total recorded hard coral cover, respectively. Hard coral cover and generic diversity appeared to be positively related. These indicators were greatest in the northeast area opposite the mouth of the bay, reaching mean values of around 37% and 6.8 genera, respectively. Here, the hard coral community was dominated by Acropora spp. and comprised a relatively high proportional cover of Galaxea spp. In the northwest of the bay, coral cover was approximately half as great and consisted primarily of species belonging to the genera Porites and Millepora. Habitats in this area were highly similar in terms of their overall coral community composition. Hard coral cover and diversity were generally lower in the southern portion of the bay, especially in more immediate proximity to the population centre of Diego-Suarez (around 2% and 1.5- 5.5 genera, respectively). Coral community composition was considerably more variable than in the northern portion of the bay. v After sediment and ‘hard’ substrata, seagrass formed the next major interplaying component of the benthic environment (around 10% overall proportional cover). The easternmost areas adjacent to the mouth of the bay were characterised by high seagrass cover, whic h reached around 48%. Little or no seagrass was encountered elsewhere, except at one locality in the northwest (around 13% cover). Macroalgae cover was low and less variable, reaching a maximum value of around 10% adjacent to Diego-Suarez. There were no differences between island and mainland sites in terms of overall benthic substratum characteristics, yet soft coral cover was significantly greater amongst island sectors. Sea urchin abundance data were obtained from 498 belt transects conducted between April 2006 and December 2007, representing a total area of 49,800 m2. A total of 6 species were recorded, of which Diadema setosum comprised by far the greatest relative abundance (96%) and observation frequency (55%). The greatest population densities of this species were encountered in the more exposed areas in the west and northwest, reaching around 1.5 m-2, and very few individuals were recorded in the eastern reaches. Data suggest a possible seasonal increase in D. setosum densities, corresponding with an increase in water temperature towards the end of the year. No significant correlation existed between D. setosum population density and coral cover, although these seemed to be inversely related in the central northern area of the bay. There was also no significant correlation with macroalgae cover. However, D. setosum density was positively and negatively associated with rubble and seagrass cover, respectively. There was a lack of a clear pattern amongst sectors with respect to overall benthic community characteristics, let alone between the density of D. setosum and benthic substratum composition. In conclusion, a relatively detailed map of benthic community composition has been produced for the Bay of Diego-Suarez, which shall be useful in elucidating the primary factors determining the condition of marine environments within the bay and developing effective sustainable management strategies. Further analysis, incorporating additional components of the FMMRP dataset, is required in order to further clarify our understanding of the key issues surrounding the current status of these coral reef systems. It is hoped that continued survey work will enable important long-term ecological monitoring of the marine environment of the bay and assessment of the effectiveness of any management initiatives that may be implemented.
Im Jahr 1781 initiierte die Herzogin-Mutter Anna Amalia von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach das „Journal von Tiefurth“, eine nur handschriftlich vervielfältigte Zeitschrift, die es bis 1784 auf insgesamt 49 Stück brachte. Der Vortrag von Katharina Mommsen zeigt, daß das Journal keineswegs nur dem musisch-literarischen Zeitvertreib der Weimarer Hofgesellschaft diente, sondern gleichzeitig ein raffiniert konzipiertes Instrument der Kulturpolitik war, mit dem sich Anna Amalia gegen das Pamphlet „De la Littérature Allemande“ ihres Onkels, König Friedrich II. von Preußen, wandte. Beide Erscheinungen, die man gewöhnlich nur als beiläufige Fußnoten zur Literaturgeschichte zur Kenntnis genommen hat, werden durch Detektiv-Philologie in einen schlüssigen politischen Zusammenhang gesetzt, der beiden erst ihre rechte Bedeutung gibt.
' Dancing with Life is a collection of short stories by Christopher Mlalazi. He has had stories published in anthologies inside and outside Zimbabwe, this is his first collection. ''Christopher Mlalazi may well be the most promising young writer in Zimbabwe today. His fiction captures the edgy energy of townships where young people have learned to be light on their feet, their dancing born of economic necessity and mocking disrespect for traditional authority. Mlalazi depicts contemporary life in Zimbabwe with an uncompromising determination to explore grievous social wounds and with a creative panache that will win him readers within and beyond his home country.'' - Patricia Alden, Professor of African Literature, St Lawrence University ''Christopher Mlalazi is the rising voice of the ghetto, with all its violence, sharp anger, bitter protestations and tangible promise of a better tomorrow.'' - Raisedon Baya, Writer and Columist ''This collection sparkles with wit, sizzles with style and dances with life. It is a welcome addition to Zimbabwe's growing canon and will be read and enjoyed for years to come.'' - Petina Gappah, Writer and Critic'