The Zimba, the Portuguese, and other cannibals in late sixteenth-century Southeast Africa [0.03%]
十六世纪晚期东南非洲的齐姆班杜人、葡萄牙人及其他食人族
Eric Allina
Eric Allina
This article argues that Portuguese accounts of cannibalism in sixteenth-century southeast Africa reflect important but mostly unrecognised elements of the region's political and cultural history. The article analyses descriptions of the Zi...
Child fostering chains among Ovambo families in Namibia, Southern Africa [0.03%]
纳米比亚的家庭儿童收养链：来自南部非洲奥万博族家庭的证据
Jill Brown
Jill Brown
Childcare across sub-Saharan Africa is often socially distributed among adults, with care by the biological mother being one of several options available for children. Children typically move within and outside of large extended kin network...
"Blame it on the weeds": politics, poverty, and ecology in the new South Africa [0.03%]
“怪杂草吧”——新南非的政治、贫困与生态问题
Abigail H Neely
Abigail H Neely
In January of 2000, spectacular fires burned in the natural veld of Cape Town, South Africa. As the fire-fighting effort finished, a theory emerged: invasive alien species, trees from other countries, such as Australia and the United States...
International migration, "domestic struggles" and status aspiration among nurses in South Africa [0.03%]
国际迁移、护理人员的"国内斗争"和地位诉求问题
Elizabeth Hull
Elizabeth Hull
The achievement of upward mobility through participation in international labour markets has become possible for nurses in the context of a 'new' democratic South Africa, but this contrasts sharply with the predicament of many in the post-a...
Maternal incest as moral panic: envisioning futures without fathers in the South African lowveld [0.03%]
南非低地母女乱伦作为道德恐慌：构想没有父亲的未来
Isak Niehaus
Isak Niehaus
During 2008, rumours about revolting incestuous encounters between sons and their mothers circulated in the Bushbuckridge municipality of the South African lowveld. This article views these rumours as expressing moral panic, paying particul...
Growing up without parents: socialisation and gender relations in orphaned-child-headed households in rural Zimbabwe [0.03%]
失去父母的儿童在农村的成长：津巴布韦孤儿领导家庭的社会化和性别关系
Monica Francis-Chizororo
Monica Francis-Chizororo
The most distressing consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic's impact on children has been the development of child-headed households (CHHs). Child 'only' households challenge notions of the ideal home, family, and 'normal' childhood, as well...