Search Results - "Social dynamics"

Rebellious sons and bad fathers: white male jouissance in the postcolony by van Robbroeck, Lize

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Towards African-centred theories of masculinity by Mfecane, Sakhumzi

“…Research on men and masculinities in South Africa, and the related intervention programmes, depends largely on theories of gender developed in the Global…”
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"Making plans through people": the social embeddedness of informal entrepreneurship in urban South Africa by Dawson, Hannah J.

“…Informal entrepreneurship is increasingly presented as the solution to youth unemployment in South Africa. This reflects a new development paradigm that views…”
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The struggle for housing and basic services in South Africa: a case for service delivery protests by Chiwarawara, Kenny

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Everyday sociality, political protest and the commodity boundary in southern Africa by Sadian, Samuel

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Archive history in Zambia as a history of loss by Money, Duncan, Simabwachi, Miyanda

“…This article is about how both the accidental and intentional loss of archives in Zambia has shaped what kind of history can be written about the region and…”
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Johannesburg's shitty little river: faecal discourse and discontent regarding the Jukskei by Webster, Jessica, Iqani, Mehita

“…This paper theorises the discursive construction of sewerage and sewage in relation to Johannesburg's Jukskei river. In the context of failing national and…”
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Asserting identity in stifling spaces: multisemioticity in Nigerian queer-positive Instagram by Onanuga, Paul Ayodele

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The dysfunctional copy: "Mali Magic," loss and the digital remake of the Timbuktu archive by Molins Lliteras, Susana

“…In 2012, the manuscript collections of Timbuktu were feared to be at risk of destruction after rebel groups overtook the city. Rumours of the burning of the…”
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A kind of horror of the archive: a conversation between Onyeka Igwe and Litheko Modisane by Igwe, Onyeka, Modisane, Litheko

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"All who care to look": loss and renewal in the wake of the Jagger library fire by Rijsdijk, Ian-Malcolm, Evans, Martha

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After the fire: loss, archive and African studies by Jethro, Duane, Karina, Alírio

“…A devastating fire destroyed the University of Cape Town (UCT) Jagger Library in April 2021, housing UCT Libraries Special Collections and its African Studies…”
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Mixed memories: rethinking the loss and transformation of the colonial heritage archive in the aftermath of the Jagger Library inferno and Rhodes Must Fall Movement by Nyamushosho, Robert T., Chipangura, Njabulo

“…In this article we look at how colonial heritage as an archive is being curated, and in some cases obliterated within selective priorities in South Africa and…”
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Audiovisual artefacts: the African politics of moving image loss by Blaylock, Jennifer

“…Artefacts are human-made objects deemed culturally and historically significant. But they are also those scratches, burns and glitches that appear on…”
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Out of the ashes: rethinking loss in the African archive by Ashie-Nikoi, Edwina D.

“…African archives were predominantly outgrowths of the colonialist machinery, essential armoury in the mechanisms of control which paid little attention to…”
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Reflections on fire as postcolonial metaphor of rupture by Modisane, Litheko

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Record-keeping and political advocacy in late colonial Uganda: the case of Abataka Abasoga, Busoga, 1940 to 1950 by Musamba, William

“…This paper analyses the nexus between record-keeping and political advocacy in the late colonial Busoga which formed one of eastern ethno-geographical regions…”
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The problem of epistemological critique in contemporary Decolonial theory by Naicker, Veeran

“…Decolonial theory argues that the coloniality of rational Western epistemology is the cause of all global crises, including violent patriarchy, racism and…”
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Ukuzwa ngenkaba: connecting with African ways of knowing through the umbilical cord by Mkhize, Nomalanga, Ntšekhe, Mathe

“…The Nguni term inkaba refers both to the umbilical cord and the navel. In this paper, we use the idea of the umbilical cord to explain an enduring intellectual…”
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From "dependency" to "decoloniality"? The enduring relevance of materialist political economy and the problems of a "decolonial" alternative by Smith, Michael Nassen, Lester, Claire-Anne

“…Traditions within development thought sceptical of market-led development and which emphasise the unevenness and instabilities of global capitalism are…”
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