Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation
"This welcome new edition of key texts written about Africa as well as from within builds on the past but speaks boldly to the current generation-with some striking contributions on contemporary issues Wendy James University of Oxford" "This carefully chosen and brilliantly edited collection is an extraordinary resource for anthropologists of Africa. Some of the most seminal work in one of the most foundational domains in the discipline take on new significance in the light of the new curtent...
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The second edition of the popular reader Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation offers valuable new chapters showing the progress and continuity in the field of African studies. Forty five articles illustrate the dynamic processes by and through which scholars have described and understood African history and culture over the past several decades, and show how profoundly the ethnography of Africa has influenced the direction and development of anthropological and social theory. This new edition offers 14 new selections as well as two entirely new sections, “Conflict and Violent Transformations” and “Development, Governance, and Globalization,” in which the authors reveal processes that have had a vital influence on the historical trajectory and the daily experience of African people in the modern world. Selections include distinguished anthropologists, historians, philosophers, and Africanists. Collectively they show the multiplicity of voices in African studies, and reveal the interpenetration of ideas and concepts within and across disciplines, regions, and historical periods.
AcknowledgmentsList of MapsList of FiguresList of PlatesList of TablesIntroduction: Africa in Perspective 1Part I Representation and Discourse 19Introduction 211 Africa Observed: Discoursed of the Imperial Imagination John Comaroff Comaroff, John 442 The Meaning of Our Work Cheikh Anta Diop Diop, Cheikh Anta 443 Europe Upside Down: Fallacies of the New Afrocentrism Kwame Anthony Appiah Appiah, Kwame Anthony 484 Discourse of Power and Knowledge of Otherness V.Y. Mudimbe Mudimbe, V. Y. 55Part II From Tribe to Ethnicity: Kinship and Social Organization 61Introduction 635 The Nuer: Time and Space E. E. Evans-Pritchard Evans-Pritchard, E. E. 716 The Illusion of Tribe Aidan W. Southhall Southhall, Aidan W. 837 Ethnicity in Southern African History Leroy Vail Vail, Leroy 95Part III Economics as a Cultural System 109Introduction 1118 Lele Economy Compared with the Bushong Mary Douglas Douglas, Mary 1239 Research on an African Mode of Production Catherine Conquery-Vidrovitch Conquery-Vidrovitch, Catherine 13910 The Cattle of Money and the Cattle of Girls among the Nuer, 1930-83 Sharon Hutchinson Hutchinson, Sharon 151Part IV Hunter-Gatherers in Africa 167Introduction 16911 The Lesson of the Pygmies Colin M. Turnbull Turnbull, Colin M. 17512 Houses in the Rainforest: Gender and Ethnicity among the Lese and Efe in Zaire Roy Richard Grinker Grinker, Roy Richard 18413 Land Filled with Flies: The Evolution of Illusion Edwin N. Wilmsen Wilmsen, Edwin N. 20014 Foragers, Genuine or Spurious? Situating the Kalahari San in History Richard B. Lee Lee, Richard B. 219Part V Witchcraft, Science, and Rationality: The Translation of Culture 237Introduction 23915 Conversations on Rain-making David Livingstone Livingstone, David 24516 The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events E. E. Evans-Pritchard Evans-Pritchard, E. E. 24917 Understanding a Primitive Society Peter Winch Winch, Peter 25718 The Moral Economy of Witchcraft: An Essay in Comparative History Ralph A. Austen Austen, Ralph A. 270Part VI Ancestors, Gods, and the Philosophy of Religion 283Introduction 28519 Conversations with Ogotemmeli Marcel Griaule Griaule, Marcel 29120 African Philosophy, Myth and Reality Paulin J. Hountondji Hountondji, Paulin J. 30221 Ancestors as Elders in Africa Igor Kopytoff Kopytoff, Igor 314Part VII Arts, Aesthetics, and Heritage 323Introduction 32522 Humorous Masks and Serious Politics among the Afikpo Igbo Simon Ottenberg Ottenberg, Simon 33523 Art, Identity, Boundaries: Postmodernism and Contemporary African Art Olu Oguibe Oguibe, Olu 34824 As Plato Duly Warned: Music, Politics, and Social Change in Coastal East Africa Kelly M. Askew Askew, Kelly M. 35425 In Place of Slavey: Fashioning Coastal Identity Bayo Holsey Holsey, Bayo 372Part VIII Sex and Gender Studies in Africa: Economy and Society 379Introduction 38126 The Economics of Polygamy Ester Boserup Boserup, Ester 38927 "Sitting on a Map": Colonialism and the Lost Political Institutions of Igbo Women Judith Van Allen Van Allen, Judith 39928 Virginity Testing: Managing Sexuality in a Maturing HIV/AIDS Epidemic Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala Leclerc-Madlala, Suzanne 411Part IX Europe in Africa: Colonization 423Introduction 42529 The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa: Methods of Ruling Native Races Frederick D. Lugard Lugard, Frederick D. 43130 How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Walter Rodney Rodney, Walter 43931 The Innovation of Tradition in Colonial Africa Terence Ranger Ranger, Terence 45032 Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary Ngugi wa Thiong'o Thiong'o, Ngugi wa 462Part X Nations and Nationalism 471Introduction 47333 Negritude: A Humanism of the Twentieth Century Leopold Sedar Senghor Senghor, Leopold Sedar 47734 On National Culture Frantz Fanon Fanon, Frantz 48435 Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Modernity: The Paradox of Mau Mau Bruce J. Berman Berman, Bruce J. 49836 The Invisible Face: Masks, Ethnicity, and the State in Cote d'Ivoire Christopher B. Steiner Steiner, Christopher B. 514Part XI Violent Transformations: Conflict and Displacement 521Introduction 52337 Rituals of Rebellion in South-East Africa Max Gluckman Gluckman, Max 53138 Fighting for the Rainforest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone Paul Richards Richards, Paul 54339 Sacrifice as Terror: The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 Christopher C. Taylor Taylor, Christopher C. 55540 Where to Be an Ancestor? Reconstructing Socio-spiritual Worlds among Displaced Mozambicans Stephen Lubkemann Lubkemann, Stephen 569Part XII Development, Governance, and Globalization 583Introduction 58541 Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt James Ferguson Ferguson, James 59542 Development Aid and Structural Violence: The Case of Rwanda Peter Uvin Uvin, Peter 60943 Nigerian Scams as Political Critique: Globalization, Inequality and 419 Daniel Jordan Smith Smith, Daniel Jordan 61644 The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly Jean-Francois Bayart Bayart, Jean-Francois 62945 "Govern Yourselves!" Democracy and Carnage in Northern Mozambique Harry G. West West, Harry G. 64446 Nuer-American Passages Dianna Shandy Shandy, Dianna 660Index 671
\ From the PublisherREVIEWS OF FIRST EDITION:\ "Here is an excellent anthology that illustrates magnificently processes of Africa's invention, the complexity of her cultures, the paradoxes and predicament of discourses that claim to render her being." V. Y. Mudimbe Stanford University.\ "A volume for all students and teachers seriously interested in understanding the unity and diversity of African cultures, and engaging in a dialogue with African Studies literary ancestors and their creative and critical successors. Grinker and Steiner have offered a doorway for those who dare to embrace the masters of the field and join new academic worlds in the making." Sulayman S. Nyang, Professor, Howard University and Director of the African Voices Project, Smithsonian Institute.\ "Perspectives on Africa is a much needed addition to African studies and literature. They attempt, quite successfully, to place each article within, not only an historical time frame, but also within a theoretical progression. Its bibliographies contain a useful starting point and reference on all the major trends and subjects." Sean Pratt, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge.\ \ \
