As an anthropologist and senior researcher, Jon Abbink's work delves deeply into the complexities of human societies. His research primarily focuses on the African continent, offering insightful perspectives on its cultures and peoples. Through his academic lens, he brings a critical and analytical approach to understanding social structures and human behavior.
The Africa Yearbook is a reliable source of reference covering major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends of all sub-Saharan states - all related to developments in one calendar year.
Acknowledgement Ethiopia 2004-2016: Vagaries of the 'Developmental State' and Societal Challenges Ethiopia in 2004 Ethiopia in 2005 Ethiopia in 2006 Ethiopia in 2007 Ethiopia in 2008 Ethiopia in 2009 Ethiopia in 2010 Ethiopia in 2011 Ethiopia in 2012 Ethiopia in 2013 Ethiopia in 2014 Ethiopia in 2015 Ethiopia in 2016 Further Reading Index
This collective volume pays tribute to the work of Africanist Piet Konings and his 30-year career (1978-2008) at the African Studies Centre Leiden. It focuses on key themes addressed in Konings' work such as labour relations, African development, social and political history, ethno-regionalism, and civil society and civic movements. Contributions: Introduction: Piet Konings' contributions to African Studies (J. Abbink); The political economy of authochthony: labour migration and citizenship in Southwest Cameroon (Peter Geschiere); 'Ganyu' in Malawi: transformation of local labour relations under famine and HIV/AIDS duress (Deborah Fahy Bryceson); Labour migration from the Gold Coast to the Dutch East Indies: recruting African troops for the Dutch colonial army in the age of indentured labour (Ineke van Kessel); Economic crisis and imaginative response: the upsurge in traditional medical practices among youths in Cameroon (Robert Mbe Akoko); Taking Africaness and African law seriously in South African law schools: some conceptual challenges (Francis B. Nyamnjoh); Football in Cameroon: its origins, politics and sorcery (Paul Nchoji Nkwi); 'Sagacity spirit' and 'ghetto ethic': 'feymania' and new African entrepreneurship (Basile Ndjio); Examining the architecture of electoral authoritarianism in Cameroon (Nantang Jua); Multipartyism and 'big man' democracy in Cameroon, 1990-2011 (Ibrahim Mouiche). [ASC Leiden abstract]