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Author:   M. de Bruijn ,  R. van Dijk ,  Mirjam de Bruijn ,  Rijk van Dijk
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781137278012

ISBN 10:   1137278013
Pages:   295
Publication Date:   05 December 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Connectivity and the Post-Global Moment: (Dis-)Connections and Social Change in Africa; Mi.de Bruijn & R.van Dijk Flows and Forces: Once Contained, Now Detained?: On Connections Past and Present in Rwanda; D.de Lame Research Practice in Connections: Travels and Methods; M.de Bruijn & I.Brinkman Patriarchy Turned Upside Down: The Flight of the Royal Women of Kom, Cameroon from 1920 to the 1960s; W.G.Nkwi Beyond the Last Frontier: Major Trollope and the Eastern Caprivi Zipfel; J-B.Gewald The 'Victorian Internet' Reaches Halfway to Cairo: Cape Tanganyika Telegraphs, 1875-1926; N.Parsons Marriages and Mobility in Akan Societies: Disconnections and Connections over Time and Space; A.Bochow A Ritual Connection: Urban Youth Marrying in the Village in Botswana; R.van Dijk Connecting Communities and Business: Public-Private Partnerships as the Panacea for Land Reform in Limpopo Province, South Africa; M.Spierenburg, B.Cousins, A.Bos & L.Ntsholo Connectivities Compared: Transnational Islamic NGOs in Chad and Senegal; M.Kaag Love Therapy: A Brazilian Pentecostal (Dis)Conne0.ction in Maputo; L.van de Kamp Ajala Travel: Mobility and Connections as Forms of Social Capital in Nigerian Society; O.Obono & K.Obono Connecting 'Ourselves': A Dogon Ethnic Association and the Impact of Connectivity; W.E.A.van Beek Intimate Strangers: Connecting Fiction and Ethnography; F.B.Nyamnjoh

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ASTRID BOCHOW Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany ANGÉLIQUE BOS Leiden University, the Netherlands BEN COUSINS University of the Western Cape, South Africa JAN-BART GEWALD DANIELLE DE LAME Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium MAYKE KAAG African Studies Centre, Leiden/Utrecht University, the Netherlands LINDA VAN DE KAMP VU University Amsterdam/African Studies Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands WALTER GAN NKWI University of Leiden, the Netherlands FRANCIS B. NYAMNJOH University of Cape Town, South Africa OKA OBONO University of Ibadan, Nigeria NEIL PARSONS University of Botswana MARJA SPIERENBURG VU University Amsterdam/University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

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