CONSTITUTIONALISM AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA

“Andrea Lollini’s intellectual contribution... offers important and interesting points of departure on a plurality of issu es and disciplines that are rooted in established academic culture but that may also anticipate the outcome of future research.”  •  [From the Foreword]

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FUNERALS IN AFRICA

Explorations of a Social Phenomenon

“This collection is of great benefit to scholars and students across a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, development studies, economics, history, religious studies.”  •  Rebekah Lee, Goldsmiths, University of London

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YOUTH GANGS AND STREET CHILDREN

Culture, Nurture and Masculinity in Ethiopia

“The book is a unique study based on long –term detailed field research…  Dr. Heinonen’s findings have profound implications, not just for policy makers and NGOs but for our very conception of ‘street children’ and ‘youth gangs’.  It is a major contribution to African ethnography and gender studies.”  Marieme S. Lo, PhD, University of Toronto

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EVIDENCE, ETHOS AND EXPERIMENT

The Anthropology and History of Medical Research in Africa

“This is an extremely interesting and innovative collection with unusual empirical richness, with ethical and epistemological discussions cutting across anthropology, medicine, history, epidemiology and other disciplines.”  •  Lotte Meinert, Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University

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IMAGINING THE POST-APARTHEID STATE

An Ethnographic Account of Namibia

“An original and thought-provoking study…he book is well structured and well written, combining vivid ethnography with innovative theoretical considerations which are well positioned in an overview of successive trends in political anthropology…This makes the book of direct interest not only to Africanists or anthropologists, but also to social scientists in general…" •  Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam

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PLAYING DIFFERENT GAMES

The Paradox of Anywaa and Nuer Identification Strategies in the Gambella Region, Ethiopia

"(A)n ethnographically rich, historically meticulous, theoretically informed analysis of ethnic conflict in a strategically important area of Africa. It shows the value of multi-sited methodologies that bring international, national and regional levels to bear upon the analysis of Africa’s new, civil wars.”  •  Stephen Reyna, University of Manchester

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CRUDE DOMINATION

An Anthropology of Oil

"Here is anthropology at its critical and relevant best. Nothing could be more topical than the role of oil in contemporary global turmoil and “the crazy curse” that it casts over all manner of human endeavour and hope... This is a must read for anthropologists and those in other disciplines who are concerned with the dynamics of global power as this is exposed in the struggle over the control of scarce resources and its tragic human effects."  •  Bruce Kapferer, University of Bergen

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THE JU/’HOAN SAN OF NYAE NYAE AND NAMIBIAN INDEPENDENCE

Development, Democracy, and Indigenous Voices in Southern Africa

“...the most detailed case study ever written of the transformation of a hunting and gathering people—the Ju/’hoansi of Namibia - from a relatively independent and self-sufficient society into an economically struggling ethnic minority in a newly-independent nation state."  •  Kirk Endicott, Dartmouth College

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SOCIAL TORTURE

The Case of Northern Uganda, 1986-2006

“The depth, breadth and scholarliness of Dolan’s account sets it apart from other work on northern Uganda… Dolan provides an important counter narrative and a unique factual record demonstrating that all actors in northern Uganda – not just the LRA – have blood on their hands…” •  H-Africa

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SPIRITS AND LETTERS

Reading, Writing and Charisma in African Christianity

 “From relative obscurity, the study of Christianity has grown into a major academic field, to which this book makes an important and timely contribution. It is the first book-length study of literacy practices among African Christians.”  •  JRAI

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BIOPOLITICS, MILITARISM, AND DEVELOPMENT

Eritrea in the Twenty-First Century

“…provides a much needed, first-rate collection of scholarship concerning the operations and development of the Eritrean state during the last decade. Each chapter utilizes well-grounded research to illustrate the myriad complexities related to Eritrean national identity, state-building, and the political significance of diasporic communities.”  •  North East African Studies

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NOMADIC PEOPLES

Nomadic Peoples is an international journal published for the Commission on Nomadic Peoples, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Its primary concerns are the current circumstances of all nomadic peoples around the world and their prospects. Its readership includes all those interested in nomadic peoples—scholars, researchers, planners and project administrators.

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