Integrative Approaches to Trauma Work with Victims of Postelection Violence in an African Nation

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustine Nwoye
Keyword(s):  
African Nation ◽  
Postelection Violence

I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation

2005 ◽  
Vol 84 (5) ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
Nicolas Van De Walle ◽  
Michela Wrong
Keyword(s):  
African Nation ◽  
The World

MOHAMED ZAFZAF'S AL-MARءA WA-L-WARDA OR THE VOYAGE NORTH IN THE POSTCOLONIAL ERA

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-430
Author(s):  
Mustapha Hamil
Keyword(s):  
Edward Said ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
The West ◽  
African Nation ◽  
The North ◽  
Cultural Encounter

In Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said considers the topos of the voyage North as one of the motifs in the “culture of resistance.” Traveling North is seen in this respect as a reversal of imperial and colonial history. When, for instance, Mustafa Saء ed in Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North goes to England, his objective is to conquer—so he thinks—with his “penis” the country of his colonizer. The cultural encounter between Britain and the Arab–African nation of Sudan involves for Saءed a configuration of power in which the West is imagined as a woman to be raped in the same way colonial armies raped the virgin territories of the Orient and Africa.

Indigenous Governance Systems and Democracy in Ethiopia: Yejoka Qicha System of the Gurage People

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Birhanu Bitew ◽  
Asabu Sewenet ◽  
Getachew Fentahun
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
African Nation ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Indigenous Governance

Indigenous governance systems within the Eastern African nation of Ethiopia are often dismissed by Western political elites as undemocratic. We assessed the nature of and level of democracy in Indigenous governance systems in Ethiopia by focusing on the Yejoka Qicha of the Gurage people. We found that, while the Yejoka Qicha system includes democratic elements that can support national efforts to consolidate democracy, it also marginalizes some groups, such as women, from political and economic benefits. As such, we recommend the implementation of policies that eliminate the oppressive aspects of the Yejoka Qicha system, while also recognizing the role that these Indigenous governance systems can have in promoting democracy within Ethiopia.  

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