How Berlin Conference Clung on Africa
How Berlin Conference Clung on Africa

Author: Nkwazi N. Mhango

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2024-10-02

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9956554294

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The book How Berlin Conference Clung on Africa: What Africans Must Do aims to expose the root causes of Africa’s struggles, including colonialism, greed, and artificial national divisions. It examines the lasting impact of the Berlin Conference of 1884-85, where European powers divided Africa, leading to dependence and underdevelopment. The book also criticises the role of African leaders in perpetuating these divisions and hindering progress. It argues that the artificial borders created at the Berlin Conference have been detrimental to Africa, and calls for unity and a rejection of the colonial legacy to achieve true independence and prosperity.

Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Africa
Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Africa

Author: Jasper Knight

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 1107055792

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This book provides a benchmark study of southern African landscape evolution during the Quaternary, for researchers, professionals and policymakers.

The Management Of Cultural World Heritage Sites and Development In Africa
The Management Of Cultural World Heritage Sites and Development In Africa

Author: Simon Makuvaza

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-03-28

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1493904825

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Ever since the signing of the World Heritage Convention 40 years ago and ratified by 33 African countries, to date, only 43 cultural heritage sites have been successfully proclaimed as World Heritage Sites in Africa. These include archaeological and historical sites, religious monuments and cultural landscapes. This book is a re-evaluation of the nomination and management of cultural World Heritage sites in Africa from the late 1970s when the Island of Gorée of Senegal and the Rock-Hewn Churches of Ethiopia were first inscribed on the WHL until today. It considers whether a credible and well balanced WHL has been attained, especially in regards to the nomination of more sites in Africa. The book also examines the roles and contribution of various heritage organizations and African governments to the nomination and management of cultural World Heritage sites in Africa. Lastly, the volume also scrutinizes economic development, which may result from the nomination and successful management of cultural World Heritage sites in Africa.

Refractions
Refractions

Author: Frauke Reitemeier

Publisher: Universitätsverlag Göttingen

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 3863955358

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Put simply, refraction describes a change in the direction of light or sound due to a change in the medium the light or sound goes through. Writing a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis means changing the direction of light shed on a particular text or topic, as the theses collected in this volume conclusively show: A dystopian novel is shown to hinge on questions of animal rights; a complex novelistic structure is revealed to have its origins in scientific discourses; a clearly Gothic novel has its foundation in aesthetic Christianity, to outline just some of the topics. All these papers have in common that they take a well-known text or idea and change the angle through which it is read and analysed – and suddenly a rainbow of new insights is created.

The Reality of Artifacts
The Reality of Artifacts

Author: Michael Chazan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-08-31

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1315439263

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Artifacts are hybrids, both natural and cultural. They are also an essential component in the process of human evolution. In recent years, a wide range of disciplines, including cognitive science, sociology, art history, and anthropology, have all grappled with the nature of artifacts, leading to the emergence of a renewed interdisciplinary focus on material culture. The Reality of Artifacts: An Archaeological Perspective develops an argument for the artifact as a status conferred by human engagement with material. On this basis, artifacts are considered first in terms of their relationship to concepts and cognitive functions, and then to the physical body and sense of self. The book builds on and incorporates the latest developments in archaeological research, particularly from the archaeology of human evolution, and integrates this wealth of new archaeological data with new research in fields such as cognitive science, haptics, and material culture studies. Making the latest research available for the general reader interested in material culture, while also providing archaeologists with new theoretical perspectives built on a synthesis of interdisciplinary research, this book is suitable for courses taught at both graduate and undergraduate students, and is broadly accessible.