Seasonal hunger among the Ngoni and Ntumba of central Malaŵi

Africa ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. T. Nurse
Keyword(s):  
Critical Level ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Agricultural Workers ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Opening Paragraph ◽  
Two Populations ◽  
High Storage

Opening ParagraphThe cultural significance of regular ‘hunger periods’ in tropical Africa, however much it may be disputed by anthropologists, has for a long time been apparent to less objective observers. It is generally accepted by those concerned in the engagement of migrant labour that at certain regular times of the year the supply is greater than at others: and it is believed that the number of men presenting for engagement is related to the quantity of food available in the villages. This view, as will be shown below, is an over-simplification. Ogbu (1973), though he relates seasonal hunger among the Poka to labour migration, sees die latter as a cause rather than a result of the former. He apparently considers that migration reduces the number of agricultural workers to below an unstipulated critical level above which it might still be possible to produce a sufficiency of food at all seasons, provided that animal pests could be controlled and agricultural techniques made more efficient. Seasonal hunger among the Ibo of Onicha he blames on shortage of farmland, low yield, and high storage loss of foodstuffs. At first sight it might appear that the cultural concomitants of the hunger period contrast rather strikingly between the two populations; and yet the recurrent hunger period is recognized by the FAO and other authorities (though Miracle (1961) questions its existence) as being a phenomenon widespread in sub- Saharan Africa, and one which might in consequence be expected to result from similar or related causes in most of the situations in which it occurs.

Western Education and Rural Productivity in Tropical Africa

Africa ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. C. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Rural Life ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Western Education ◽  
Political Independence ◽  
White Collar Workers ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Complete Rejection ◽  
To Come ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphFor many years British administrators and others concerned with the developing countries of tropical Africa have criticized Western-type schooling introduced there for what they believe to have been its bad effects on the life of rural peoples. They have complained that such schooling is prejudicial to rural life, since it produces a distaste for agriculture and leads to a drift from the land. They say it promotes in schoolchildren a desire to be clerks or white-collar workers and, because of their schooling, they develop a strong dislike for manual work and a reluctance to soil their hands with physical labour. They assert that these values inculcated by Western schooling lead finally to an almost complete rejection of rural life, a contempt for agriculture, and therefore to a decrease in rural productivity. Finally, they maintain that this is particularly serious in view of the fact that, as far as we can see at present, many African countries will have to depend on agriculture and the land for a long time to come, for it is only through such dependence that it seems likely that they will achieve economic viability which will be an important factor in making a success of political independence.

ANALYSIS OF THE BRI AND CHINA’S OFDI IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
ZHIKAI WANG ◽  
YANGYANG LU ◽  
SIMIN ZHANG ◽  
ENGIDAW SISAY NEGASH
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
World Population ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

The “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) has been launched by the Chinese government in 2013. The aim was to stimulate cross-border economic development in massive geographical areas covering Asia, Oceania, Europe, Africa, and Latin America which accounts for 80% and 40% of the world population and gross domestic product (GDP), respectively. The BRI has devised an extension of the “going global” strategy to reconfigure China’s overseas sector in order to extend its spillovers, and create more development opportunities for participating countries. In practice, cross-border infrastructure was a comprehensive role to reduce transportation cost; however, the BRI was vast by nature that includes financial support, policy cooperation, investment, trade facilitation, and people-to-people exchanges for the humanitarian strategy. Against this backdrop, the overarching objective of this study was to analyze the impact of the BRI and Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on the bilateral trade between China and Sub-Saharan Africa countries. The investigation was carried out using a trade gravity model, balanced panel dataset, and multivariate regression estimation strategy for robustness checks covering 16 years. The result showed that Chinese OFDI, home, and host country’s GDP and GDP per capita income variables have a positive and statistically significant impact on the bilateral trade. Moreover, the BRI has explained positively on the bilateral trade; however, it does not have enough evidence to stimulate significantly, and it usually takes a long time for the effects of the BRI investment on trade and OFDI. The study also found that geographical distance and official exchange rates have explained negatively and statistically significant impact on the bilateral trade.

Phytoseiid mites of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acari: Phytoseiidae)from sub-Saharan Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1658 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
EDDIE A. UECKERMANN ◽  
IGNACE D. ZANNOU ◽  
GILBERTO J. DE MORAES ◽  
ANIBAL R. OLIVEIRA ◽  
RACHID HANNA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Phytoseiid Mites ◽  
Sub Saharan

This is the seventh publication in a series concerning the phytoseiid mites of sub-Saharan Africa. Sixteen phytoseiid species of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Chantia: 1 species, Phytoseius: 13 species and Platyseiella: 2 species) are reported in this paper. They include all species of this subfamily known to occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Ten of these species are redescribed. Most of those species were collected in cassava habitats in tropical Africa and in other habitats in South Africa. A key is included to help in the separation of these species.

Some Swazi Views on Land Tenure

Africa ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. B. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphVirtually all sub-Saharan Africa is in the throes of rapid social and economic change. The recent fashion for meteorological allegories has merely served to stress the fact that these changes are also causing very considerable problems. The dilemma facing most administrations throughout the continent is that while much of the old way of life must inevitably disappear if the tribal groups involved are to hope to survive as viable populations in the modern world, this same process can, if it occurs too fast, threaten the whole social order and the systems of social control and social organization, which have hitherto bound them together as groups and governed the day-to-day lives of their members.

scholarly journals Support for families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients in sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205510292097529
Author(s):  
Francky Teddy Endomba ◽  
Guy Sadeu Wafeu ◽  
Arnauld Efon-Ekangouo ◽  
Linda Djune-Yemeli ◽  
Cyrille Donfo-Azafack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Infectious Disease Outbreak ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Substantial Interest

Aside the direct effect of the COVID-19 on infected patients, this infectious disease outbreak has various psychological consequences. These mental health repercussions pertain to the general population of uninfected individuals, and particularly families of isolated or deceased COVID-19 patients. This aspect is of substantial interest amid sub-Saharan African communities, considering the key place and cultural significance of mourning and funerals in these settings. In this commentary, we discuss on the issue of psychological and social support of COVID-19 patients’ families, by taking into account some sub-Saharan African cultural considerations.

Geography of Iridaceae in Africa

Bothalia ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 559-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Goldblatt
Keyword(s):  
Cape Floristic Region ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Winter Rainfall ◽  
Seasonally Dry ◽  
Worldwide Distribution ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Dry Climates ◽  
Eastern Half

Iridaceae, a family of worldwide distribution, comprises some 1 500 species and 85 genera. It exhibits its greatest radiation in Sub-Saharan Africa, where over half the species and some 48 genera occur. 45 of which are endemic. All three major subfamilial taxa are represented in Africa, where Ixioideae are almost entirely restricted, with extensions into Eurasia. Areas of greatest concentration are either montane or in areas of winter rainfall. In southern Africa alone, there are some 850 species in 46 genera, making the family the fifth largest in the flora. In the Cape Floristic Region there are 620 species, and the family is the fourth largest in this area. All major infrafamilial groups occur in the Cape Region where most of the variability as well as generic radiation is encountered. The idea of a southern origin for Iridaceae in Africa is analysed systematically, and is correlated with the major climatic changes that occurred in Africa since the mid-Tertiary, and culminated in the seasonally dry climates along the west coast. The establishment of mediterranean climate in the southwest provided the stimulus for massive speciation and radiation of the family there. Plio-Pleistocene uplift along the eastern half of the African continent led to the establishment of substantial upland areas and allowed the spread of some genera, such as Romulea, Gladiolus, Moraea, and Hesperantha into tropical Africa. Short-distance dispersal probably accounts for the presence of genera such as Gladiolus, Gynandriris and Romulea in Eurasia.

Phytoseiid mites of the tribe Typhlodromini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1901 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDWARD A. UECKERMANN ◽  
IGNACE D. ZANNOU ◽  
GILBERTO J. DE MORAES ◽  
ANIBAL R. OLIVEIRA ◽  
RACHID HANNA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Phytoseiid Mites ◽  
Sub Saharan

This is the ninth publication in a series on the taxonomy of phytoseiid mites of sub-Saharan Africa. Sixty-five phytoseiid species of the tribe Typhlodromini Wainstein, all of which are in the genus Typhlodromus Scheuten are reported in this paper (62 in the subgenus Anthoseius DeLeon and 3 in the subgenus Typhlodromus Scheuten). They refer to all species of this tribe known to occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Fifteen new species are described and 41 species are redescribed. Most of the reported species were collected in various habitats in southern Africa and in cassava habitats in tropical Africa. A key is included for the separation of these species.

The ‘Community of Helpers of the Sunna’: Islamic reform among the Songhay of Gao (Mali)

Africa ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Niezen
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Reform Movement ◽  
Islamic Reform ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Arrangements ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphIn recent decades a scripturalist, anti-Sufi interpretation of Islam has made steady gains in several parts of sub-Saharan Africa. For non-reformers who are confronted with this phenomenon it is easy to consider all active reformers as emerging from the same mould, as turning for inspiration and guidance to the same religious sources, differing only in the intensity of their fervour or commitment. The task of a more scholarly approach to ‘puritan’ Islamic reform, however, is to consider how it is integrated into different social contexts, how it can be used to change or reinforce the social arrangements and institutions of particular groups. This is the general aim of the present article, which considers the social background of factionalism in the emergence of a reform movement among the Songhay of Gao.

scholarly journals Onchodermatitis: Where Are We Now?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele E. Murdoch
Keyword(s):  
Skin Disease ◽  
Drug Distribution ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
World Health ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Health Organization

Onchocerciasis causes debilitating pruritus and rashes as well as visual impairment and blindness . Prior to control measures, eye disease was particularly prominent in savanna areas of sub-Saharan Africa whilst skin disease was more common across rainforest regions of tropical Africa. Mass drug distribution with ivermectin is changing the global scene of onchocerciasis. There has been successful progressive elimination in Central and Southern American countries and the World Health Organization has set a target for elimination in Africa of 2025. This literature review was conducted to examine progress regarding onchocercal skin disease. PubMed searches were performed using keywords "onchocerciasis", "onchodermatitis" and "onchocercal skin disease" over the past eight years. Articles in English, or with an English abstract, were assessed for relevance, including any pertinent references within the articles. Recent progress in awareness of, understanding and treatment of onchocercal skin disease is reviewed with particular emphasis on publications within the past 5 years. The global burden of onchodermatitis is progressively reducing and is no longer seen in children in many formerly endemic foci.

scholarly journals Migratismi di moda

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Italian Literature ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Immigrant Communities ◽  
Compound Words ◽  
Semantic Fields ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Literature Of Migration ◽  
Sub Saharan

The lexicon of immigrant writers in Italy is full of words derived from their mother tongues. Among the semantic fields most involved is undoubtedly that of fashion. We find many clothes, dresses, fabrics typical of the areas of emigration to Italy: Arab world, states of sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and Asia. Some of these are attested in Italian for a long time now (burnus, fez, sari); others are very recent, in correlation with migration and the presence of immigrant communities in Italy. The term ‘migratismo’ has been proposed for this class of words. Some ‘migratismi’ have already spread in Italian and recorded in vocabularies (for example the veils of Islamic women: burqa, hijab, niqab). Their circulation has produced derived and compound words (burkini, antiburqa). Others are well detectable in the italian literature of migration, where the authors explain the meaning with a gloss or in a note. Searches in archives and databases allow to understand the real circulation of these words.

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