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Bats of Southern and Central Africa : a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis
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ISBN: 1776145836 1776145828 9781776145836 9781776145829 Year: 2020 Publisher: Johannesburg : Wits University Press,

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This revised edition of Bats of Southern and Central Africa builds on the solid foundation of the first edition and supplements the original account of bat species then known to be found in Southern and Central Africa with an additional eight newly described species, bringing the total to 124. The chapters on evolution, biogeography, ecology and echolocation have been updated, citing dozens of recently published papers. The book covers the latest systematic and taxonomic studies, ensuring that the names and relationships of bats in this new edition reflect current scientific knowledge. The species accounts provide descriptions, measurements and diagnostic characters as well as detailed information about the distribution, habitat, roosting habits, foraging ecology and reproduction of each species. The updated species distribution maps are based on 6 100 recorded localities. A special feature of the 2010 publication was the mode of identification of families, genera and species by way of character matrices rather than the more generally used dichotomous keys. Since then these matrices have been tested in the field and, where necessary, slightly altered for this edition. New photographs fill in gaps and updated sonograms aid with bat identification in acoustic surveys. The bibliography, which now contains more than 700 entries, will be an invaluable aid to students and scientists wishing to consult original research.


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Conflict minerals, Inc. : war, profit and white saviourism in eastern Congo
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ISBN: 0197683509 0197676499 Year: 2021 Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press,

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In the twenty-first century, the relationship between violent conflict and natural resources has become a matter of intense public and academic debate. As a result of fervent activism and international campaigning, the flagship case of "conflict minerals" has captured global attention. This term groups together the artisanal tin, tantalum (coltan), tungsten and gold originating from war zones in Central Africa. Known as "digital minerals" for their use in high-end technology, their exploitation and trade have been singled out in numerous media and United Nations reports as a key driver of violence, provoking an unprecedented popular outcry and prompting transnational efforts to promote "conflict-free", ethical mining. Focusing on the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Conflict Minerals, Inc. is the first comprehensive analysis of this phenomenon. Based on meticulous investigation and long-term fieldwork, this book analyzes why the campaign against "unethical" mining went awry, and radically disrupted eastern Congo's political economy. It dissects the evolution of the conflict minerals paradigm, the policy responses it triggered and their impact on artisanal miners. Vogel demonstrates how Western advocacy and policy have relied on colonial frames to drive change, and how White Saviorism perpetuates structural violence and inequality across global supply and value chains.


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African-Atlantic cultures and the South Carolina lowcountry
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ISBN: 9781139162241 9781107024090 9781107668829 1139162241 9781139549882 113954988X 6613950831 9786613950833 1283638371 9781283638371 9781139554848 1139554840 1107024099 1107668824 1139564676 9781139564670 1139552392 9781139552394 1139556096 9781139556095 1139551132 9781139551137 113988915X Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporating American forms of Christianity into an African-based spirituality. This book illuminates how people of African descent engaged the spiritual landscape of the Lowcountry through their subsistence practices, religious experiences and political discourse.


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Protestant missionaries and humanitarianism in the DRC : the politics of aid in Cold War Africa
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ISBN: 1787449351 180010023X 1847012582 Year: 2020 Publisher: Woodbridge : James Currey,

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A significant contribution to the history of humanitarianism, Christianity and the politics of aid in Africa.


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L'ancien royaume du Congo des origines à la fin du XIXe siècle
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ISBN: 2713213029 2713225655 9782713213021 Year: 2002 Publisher: Paris: École des hautes études en sciences sociales,

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Voici l'histoire, minutieusement reconstituée, d'un contact et d'une interpénétration limitée entre deux sociétés, deux cultures, deux civilisations que tout séparait. Avant l'arrivée des Portugais, à la fin du XVe siècle, l'ancien royaume du Congo, dont la formation territoriale est succinctement retracée, vivait avec des institutions religieuses, politiques, sociales, économiques, figées dans une longue tradition. En apportant leurs marchandises et le christianisme, les premiers Européens lançaient un défi qui se termina par la victoire des colons portugais de l'Angola en 1665. Mais le succès militaire ne fut pas accompagné d'un succès politico-culturel ; pire encore, la christianisation limitée à une étroite caste dirigeante fut compensée par une déstructuration rapide et désastreuse du pays. Secouant l'hégémonie de l'ancienne capitale, les marges maritimes se détachèrent et se constituèrent en États courtiers, indépendants, tandis que, de leur enclave angolaise, les Portugais accaparaient les ressources du Congo intérieur. De cette pénétration, il résulta pour les Congolais une régression technologique importante, qui les contraignit à acheter aux Européens les articles qu'eux-mêmes avaient si longtemps fabriqués, et cela avec la plus humiliante des monnaies : les esclaves.


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The Belgian Congo as a developmental state : revisiting colonialism
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ISBN: 9781032254302 1032254300 9781032254319 1032254319 1003283136 1000636887 9781003283133 Year: 2023 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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"This book challenges assumptions that poor post-colonial economic performance is always a direct product of colonialism by reconsidering the Belgian Congo (1908-1959) as a developmental state. The book demonstrates that despite the colonial system's economic exploitation and extraction, brutality, excessive taxation, and inequities, the Belgian Congo achieved successes in developing the economy in a short period of time. The Belgian Congo was able to achieve this by investing its higher rates of fiscal revenue in political stability, physical infrastructure, education, and healthcare. By reconsidering the Belgian colonial state as a developmental state, this book encourages scholars to adopt a more nuanced analysis of African history. Considering state capacity and state autonomy as key features of a developmental state, the book demonstrates that colonial state managers in the Belgian Congo were able to supply these public goods that sustained economic growth for decades. Whilst in no means glorifying colonialism or the atrocities that were conducted during the Belgian occupation, the book nonetheless outlines how different forms of capitalism were deployed to further economic development in the country. In contrast, predatory state managers of the Congo Free State (1885-1908) and post-colonial kleptocrats (1960-2018) have squandered Congo's natural resources with disastrous economic and social consequences. Contrasting the Belgian Congo with colonies of settlement and other colonies of extraction, this book encourages researchers and students to reconsider the dominant narratives within colonial history, development, and African Studies"

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