scholarly journals Bushmeat consumption in large urban centres in West Africa

Oryx ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 731-734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Luiselli ◽  
Emmanuel M. Hema ◽  
Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto ◽  
Valy Ouattara ◽  
Edem A. Eniang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
West African ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Population Groups ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Major Threat ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Age And Sex

AbstractThere is an unprecedented demand for bushmeat in large cities in sub-Saharan Africa, and this is a major threat to many species. We conducted 2,040 interviews in six cities in four West African countries, in forest and savannah settings. We analysed age- and sex-related differences in the frequency of bushmeat consumption. Overall, we found similar patterns in all cities: 62.2% of men and 72.1% of women said they would never eat bushmeat, whereas 12.8% of men and 8.8% of women said they liked bushmeat and ate it regularly. Younger generations of both sexes tended not to eat bushmeat, regardless of their city of origin. This study of the effects of age, gender and geographical location on bushmeat consumption in African cities provides insights regarding which population groups to target in campaigns to change behaviours.

An Historical Assessment and Analysis of Economic Imperialism in West Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale ◽  
Natewinde Sawadogo
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
National Development ◽  
West African ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
The West ◽  
West African Coast ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Economic Imperialism

Abstract The West African political economy has been shaped by the policies, decisions and actions of dominant European imperialist countries since about over 500 years. Starting with imperial merchant capitalism along the West African coast in the 16th Century and French gradual acquisition of Senegal as a colony as from 1677, West Africa has remained under the imperialist hold. West Africa remains economically dependent on its former colonial masters despite more than 60 years since the countries started gaining independence. The consequences of economic imperialism on West Africa have included exploitative resource extraction, proxy and resource influenced civil wars, illegal trade in natural resources, mass poverty, and external migration of skilled workers necessary for national development. The world sees and broadcasts poverty, starvation, conflict and Saharan migration in the West African sub-continent, but hardly reports the exploitative imperialistic processes that have produced poverty and misery in West Africa in particular and across sub-Saharan Africa in general.

Beyond Jihad: The Pacifist Tradition in West African Islam

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-369
Author(s):  
John Azumah
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Eleventh Century ◽  
West African ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Political Office ◽  
Sub Saharan

Lamin Sanneh’s book Beyond Jihad deals with the peaceful transmission of Islam in West Africa by a pacifist clerical group. The author challenges the claim that the old African kingdom of Ghana was conquered by the militant Berber Almoravids in the eleventh century. Islam was not introduced into sub-Saharan Africa through militant jihad, as generally believed. The principal agents for the dissemination of Islam in West Africa were local clerics, who used the peaceful means of accommodation and adaptation. The clerical tradition was pacifist, emphasizing learning and teaching, not war and political office.

Roaming About For God's Sake: The Upsurge of the Tablīgh Jamā'at in the Gambia

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 450-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marloes Janson
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
West African ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Missionary Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
Islamic Resurgence ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
And Gender

AbstractThe proliferation of the Tablīgh Jamā'at, an Islamic missionary movement that strictly observes the fundamentals of the faith, is a manifestation of the recent Islamic resurgence in West Africa. The movement originated in South Asia, but has expanded to Africa. Despite the Jamā'at's great influence on the lives of many West African Muslims, sub-Saharan Africa is a region that has been ignored almost completely in studies of the movement. This article focuses on The Gambia, which appears to be a booming centre of Tablīgh activities in West Africa. On the basis of the conversion stories of a male and a female Tablīgh activist, the central themes in the Gambian branch of the Tablīgh Jamā'at will be explored. These themes result from local factors such as the socio-economic crisis and gender relations. Nevertheless, they also bear similarities with recurrent subjects in other 'fundamentalist' movements throughout the world.

scholarly journals An Economic Rationale for the West African Scramble? The Commercial Transition and the Commodity Price Boom of 1835–1885

2018 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewout Frankema ◽  
Jeffrey Williamson ◽  
Pieter Woltjer
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Commodity Price ◽  
West African ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Export Markets ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Export Prices ◽  
Economic Rationale ◽  
Price Boom ◽  
Sub Saharan

We use a new trade dataset showing that nineteenth century sub-Saharan Africa experienced a terms of trade boom comparable to other parts of the “global periphery.” A sharp rise in export prices in the five decades before the scramble (1835–1885) was followed by an equally impressive decline during the colonial era. This study revises the view that the scramble for West Africa occurred when its major export markets were in decline and argues that the larger weight of West Africa in French imperial trade strengthened the rationale for French instead of British initiative in the conquest of the interior.

scholarly journals The genomic epidemiology of multi-drug resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella causing invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se Eun Park ◽  
Duy Thanh Pham ◽  
Gi Deok Pak ◽  
Ursula Panzner ◽  
Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Invasive Disease ◽  
West African ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Gyra Gene ◽  
Multi Centre Study ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

Background: Invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) is one of the leading causes of bacteraemia in sub-Saharan Africa. Multi-drug resistance (MDR) and further resistance to third generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones have emerged in multiple iNTS serotypes. Molecular epidemiological investigations of nontyphoidal Salmonella are needed to better understand the genetic characteristics and transmission dynamics associated with major MDR iNTS serotypes across the continent. Methods: A total of 166 nontyphoidal Salmonella isolates causing invasive disease were collected from a multi-centre study in eight African countries between 2010 and 2014, and whole-genome sequenced to investigate the geographical distribution, antimicrobial genetic determinants and population structure of iNTS serotypes-genotypes. Phylogeographical reconstruction was further conducted in context of the existing genomic framework of iNTS serotypes Typhimurium and Enteritidis. Population-based incidence of MDR-iNTS disease was also estimated. Results: Salmonella enterica subsp. Enterica serotype Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) sequence-type (ST) 313 and Salmonella enterica subsp. Enterica serotype Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) ST11 were predominant, and both exhibited high frequencies of MDR. Salmonella enterica subsp. Enterica serotype Dublin (S. Dublin) ST10 emerged in West Africa. Mutations in the gyrA gene were identified in S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium in Ghana; and ST313 carrying blaCTX-M-15 was found in Kenya. Inter-country transmission of MDR ST313 lineage II and the West African Clade of MDR ST11 between Ghana and neighbouring countries including Mali, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria were evident. The incidence of MDR-iNTS disease exceeded 100/100,000-person years-of-observation (PYO) in children aged <5 years in several West African countries. Conclusions: Multiple MDR iNTS serotypes-sequence types, predominantly S. Typhimurium ST313 and S. Enteritidis ST11, are co-circulating in sub-Saharan Africa with evidence of transmission between West African countries. The development of safe and effective iNTS vaccines coupled with appropriate antimicrobial stewardship and adequate epidemiological monitoring are essential to limit the impact of these pathogens in Africa.

scholarly journals W135 invasive meningococcal infections imported from Sub-Saharan Africa to France, January to April 2012

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Parent du Châtelet ◽  
P Barboza ◽  
M K Taha
Keyword(s):  
West African ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Meningococcal Infection ◽  
Meningococcal Infections ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Travel History ◽  
Epidemic Season ◽  
Meningitis Belt ◽  
Sub Saharan

From January to April 2012, 16 cases of W135 invasive meningococcal infection were reported in France. Of these, eight were linked to a recent travel history to Sub-Saharan Africa. These cases were reported in France concomitantly with the meningitis epidemic season in Sub-Saharan Africa. Considering the high number of travellers between France and West-African countries belonging to the so-called meningitis belt, the French recommendations for travellers stress the importance of vaccination before travelling to these countries.

scholarly journals The genomic epidemiology of multi-drug resistant invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in selected sub-Saharan African countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (8) ◽  
pp. e005659
Author(s):  
Se Eun Park ◽  
Duy Thanh Pham ◽  
Gi Deok Pak ◽  
Ursula Panzner ◽  
Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Population Based ◽  
West African ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Fluoroquinolone Resistance ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Genetic Characteristics ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

BackgroundInvasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) is one of the leading causes of bacteraemia in sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to provide a better understanding of the genetic characteristics and transmission patterns associated with multi-drug resistant (MDR) iNTS serovars across the continent.MethodsA total of 166 iNTS isolates collected from a multi-centre surveillance in 10 African countries (2010–2014) and a fever study in Ghana (2007–2009) were genome sequenced to investigate the geographical distribution, antimicrobial genetic determinants and population structure of iNTS serotypes–genotypes. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted in the context of the existing genomic frameworks for various iNTS serovars. Population-based incidence of MDR-iNTS disease was estimated in each study site.ResultsSalmonella Typhimurium sequence-type (ST) 313 and Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 were predominant, and both exhibited high frequencies of MDR; Salmonella Dublin ST10 was identified in West Africa only. Mutations in the gyrA gene (fluoroquinolone resistance) were identified in S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium in Ghana; an ST313 isolate carrying blaCTX-M-15 was found in Kenya. International transmission of MDR ST313 (lineage II) and MDR ST11 (West African clade) was observed between Ghana and neighbouring West African countries. The incidence of MDR-iNTS disease exceeded 100/100 000 person-years-of-observation in children aged <5 years in several West African countries.ConclusionsWe identified the circulation of multiple MDR iNTS serovar STs in the sampled sub-Saharan African countries. Investment in the development and deployment of iNTS vaccines coupled with intensified antimicrobial resistance surveillance are essential to limit the impact of these pathogens in Africa.

A note on the relative importance of slaves and gold in West African exports

1974 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Bean
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Statistical Evidence ◽  
West African ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sub Saharan

Specialists in the history of West Africa disagree about the relative importance of slaves and other commodities in African exports. Examination of the rough statistical evidence that is available indicates that slave exports earned less foreign exchange for Africa than did the single most important other export through four of the five centuries of contact between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. There were large regional differences in the pattern of African exports, and it was the dominance of gold in total African export which helped make the Gold Coast the focus of European rivalries in West Africa.

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