Marc Epprecht
Marc Epprecht
Remarkable progress has been made towards the recognition of sexual minority rights in Africa. At the same time, a marked increase in attacks, rhetorical abuse, and restrictive legislation against sexual minorities or ‘homosexuality’ make...
Whores, men, and other misfits: undoing ‘feminization’ in the armed forces in the DRC [0.03%]
卖淫女、男性及其他边缘人：刚果民主共和国武装部队中“女性化”的再思考
Maria Eriksson Baaz,Maria Stern
Maria Eriksson Baaz
The global attention focused on sexual violence in the DRC has not only contributed to an image of the Congolese army as a vestige of pre-modern barbarism, populated by rapists, and bearing no resemblance to the world of modern armies; it h...
Zimbabwean farmers in Nigeria: exceptional farmers or spectacular support? [0.03%]
津巴布韦农民在尼日利亚：特出的农民还是一手包办的支持？
Abdul Raufu Mustapha
Abdul Raufu Mustapha
Since 2004, white commercial farmers displaced under Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform programme have established new successful farms near the central Nigerian town of Shonga. This article explores the basis of that success. It addresses t...
Biomedical loopholes, distrusted state, and the politics of HIV/AIDS "cure" in Nigeria [0.03%]
尼日利亚的生物医学漏洞、不信任国家与艾滋病“治愈”的政治学问题
Ebenezer Obadare,Iruka N Okeke
Ebenezer Obadare
As socio-medical phenomena, epidemics are revealing of the cultures in which they are experienced. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa exposes antecedent tensions between state and society, and, on a broader canvas, between the global north and...
Diaspora, faith, and science: building a Mouride hospital in Senegal [0.03%]
diáspora、信仰与科学：塞内加尔穆里德派医院的建立
Ellen E Foley,Cheikh Anta Babou
Ellen E Foley
This article examines a development initiative spearheaded by the members of a transnational diaspora – the creation of a medical hospital in the holy city of Touba in central Senegal. Although the construction of the hospital is decidedly...
The Africanization of poverty: a retrospective on "Make Poverty History" [0.03%]
让历史成为贫困的历史：回首“让贫困成为历史”运动
Graham Harrison
Graham Harrison
This article explores the ways in which the British campaign coalition Make Poverty History represented Africa throughout 2005. Focusing particularly on the G8 Gleneagles summit, Make Poverty History (MPH) asserted a series of justice claim...
Spirits and social reconstruction after mass violence: rethinking transitional justice [0.03%]
集体暴力之后的灵异与社会重构：反思转型正义
Erin Baines
Erin Baines
A vibrant debate in the field of transitional justice concerns the relative ability of global, national, and local mechanisms to promote justice after violent conflict. Discussion largely focuses on more formal mechanisms of justice (courts...
Colonial bones: the 2006 burial of Savorgnan de Brazza in the Congo [0.03%]
殖民地骨骸：布拉扎尔德·萨沃尔甘于2006年在刚果下葬
Florence Bernault
Florence Bernault
The Franco-Congolese agreement to enshrine the corpse of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza in a grand memorial tomb in Brazzaville (2006) has been decried by many observers as neo-colonial farce. This article interprets France's agenda to propose ...