Przemiany kulturowe w Afryce. Historia i antropologia
Cultural Changes in Africa. History and Anthropology
Contributor(s): Maciej Ząbek (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Africa; anthropology; historiography; African Studies
Summary/Abstract: The authors describe the history of Africa, starting from prehistoric times, throughout the period of early and late European penetrations, to contemporary political problems. They also present issues concerning the history of travel, discoveries, conquest and colonisation. The volume contains a text devoted to the methodology of African Studies. Several articles are based on ethnographic field research and concern contemporary phenomena in Africa.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4133-2
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4125-7
- Page Count: 418
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: Polish
Holoceńskie zmiany struktury antropologicznej Afryki
Holoceńskie zmiany struktury antropologicznej Afryki
(Holocene Changes in Anthropological Structure of Africa)
- Author(s):Karol Piasecki
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:21-60
- No. of Pages:40
- Keywords:anthropological structure of Africa; holocene; population changes; Chamitization
- Summary/Abstract:Various approaches to transformation of the anthropological structure of Africa during the Holocene period are discussed. A hypothetical situation for the period prior to the end of the last glaciation and early Holocene and subsequent migrationsis presented. Methodological difficulties and deficiencies in source materials are emphasized. The geographical and typological approach are used. The Chamitization process is presented in detail.
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Kimpa Vita – matka afrykańskiej rewolucji czy św. Antoni?
Kimpa Vita – matka afrykańskiej rewolucji czy św. Antoni?
(Kimpa Vita the Mother of the African Revolution or Saint Anthony?)
- Author(s):Robert Piętek
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:61-81
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:Kingdom of Congo; Kimpa Vita; Saint Anthony; the Capuchins
- Summary/Abstract:Kimpa Vita has been presented as an example of an African hero who resisted European political and cultural dominance. At the beginning of the 18th century, claiming that she had been possessed by Saint Anthony, she created a religious and political movement. She accused the Capuchins of not wanting to rebuild Congo’s unity. Condemned to death, she was burnt in 1706 by Pedro IV, the most important pretender to the Congo throne. He was afraid that her teaching could become a threat to the position of the Congolese political elite.
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Od elementu scenografii do głównego przedmiotu badań. Afrykanie w historii Afryki Południowej. Szkic historiograficzny i nie tylko
Od elementu scenografii do głównego przedmiotu badań. Afrykanie w historii Afryki Południowej. Szkic historiograficzny i nie tylko
(From Scenography to the Main Object of Research. The Africans in History of South Africa. A Historical Sketch)
- Author(s):Michał Leśniewski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:83-103
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:history of South Africa; Africans in history; historiographical schools; historical policy
- Summary/Abstract:The role of Africans in history of South Africa changed with time. At the beginning of professional historical writing, historiography concerned itself with the European exploration and expansion in Africa, and the colonial conquest of the continent. Suchan attitude prevailed until the 1960s. Only then did the Africans’ place in historical processes of this region start to change. They started to be seen as a force and factorin itself. But it was not the end of the process. Their history became a battlefield of ideological confrontation, and for some, a tool of political propaganda. As a result, today it is mostly seen as the fight against colonial conquest and European domination.
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Wybrane przykłady zmiany kulturowej wśród omańskiej społeczności w Afryce Wschodniej w latach 1806–1856
Wybrane przykłady zmiany kulturowej wśród omańskiej społeczności w Afryce Wschodniej w latach 1806–1856
(Selected Examples of Cultural Change Within the Omani Community in East Africa from 1806 to 1856)
- Author(s):Sebastian Żbik
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:105-140
- No. of Pages:36
- Keywords:Oman; Zanzibar; cultural change; migration
- Summary/Abstract:The Omani settlement in East Africa between 1806-1856 was the last large movement of the people from Oman during the political unity of the state, until 1856 comprising the majority of the coast of East Africa and the area of historical Oman. The purpose of this article is to analyse the examples of cultural change in the areas of every day life: clothing, diet, customs or religious practices. Not only are the reasons and nature of the change explained, but also the elements of the constancy and preservation of the Omani traditions in East Africa.
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Od czarnego talara do rupii. Pieniądz w Sułtanacie Zanzibarskim w latach 1830–1888
Od czarnego talara do rupii. Pieniądz w Sułtanacie Zanzibarskim w latach 1830–1888
(From Black Dollar to Rupee. Money in Zanzibar ca. 1830-1888)
- Author(s):Marek Pawełczak
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:141-165
- No. of Pages:25
- Keywords:The Sultanate of Zanzibar; 19th century; commerce; money
- Summary/Abstract:In the nineteenth century, Zanzibar became the main commercial centre of East Africa, as well as one of the most important ports of the western Indian Ocean region. The Sultanate of Zanzibar was a state that did not have a treasury institution or a central bank, but pursued a limited monetary policy. The article is devoted to its relationship with the mechanisms of international trade in the context of the most important economic and political processes of the era as well as local socio-cultural conditions.
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Ku niepodległej Ambazonii? Źródła kryzysu w angielskojęzycznej części Kamerunu
Ku niepodległej Ambazonii? Źródła kryzysu w angielskojęzycznej części Kamerunu
(Towards Independent Ambazonia? The Sources of Crisis in the English-speaking Part of Cameroon)
- Author(s):Jarosław Różański
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:167-188
- No. of Pages:22
- Keywords:English-speaking; Cameroon; Republic of Ambazonia
- Summary/Abstract:Since gaining independence in 1960, English-speaking Cameroon has accused the central authorities of Yaounde of marginalizing this minority part of the country. Beginning with 2016, signs of dissatisfaction in this part of Cameroon intensified,and on October 1, 2017, the most extreme factions announced the independence of the two English-speaking provinces of Cameroon and the birth of the Republic of Ambazonia. The article tries to indicate the causes and development of this crisis.
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Going black under the skin. Przyczynek do psychogeografii Carla Gustava Junga
Going black under the skin. Przyczynek do psychogeografii Carla Gustava Junga
(Going black under the skin. Przyczynek do psychogeografii Carla Gustava Junga)
- Author(s):Anna Wieczorkiewicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:189-217
- No. of Pages:29
- Keywords:Carl Gustav Jung; Bughishu psychological expedition; cultural complex; primitivism
- Summary/Abstract:Carl Gustav Jung made two journeys to Africa: in March 1920 he travelled to Algeria and Tunisia, while at the turn of 1925 and 1926 he made a five-month research expedition to East Africa. The article describes how the Swiss psychiatrist perceived Africa. By combining two dimensions of expression, i.e. a psychological and a geographical-cultural, he gave Africa features of oneiric space and, thus, at the same time, he made it the shadow of the Self.
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Śladami Beniowskiego. Odkrycie zagubionego fortu Augusta
Śladami Beniowskiego. Odkrycie zagubionego fortu Augusta
(In the Footsteps of Beniowski. Discovery of the Lost Fort of Augustuss)
- Author(s):Léonard Arnaud, Albert Zięba
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:219-242
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:Madagascar; Maurycy Beniowski; Association of Poles in Madagascar
- Summary/Abstract:This text is a short account of the journey organized by the Association of Poles in Madagascar in the northern region of the island in order to undertake research workin the exact location of material traces of Maurycy Beniowski's ventures in this region and, at the same time, to present the activities of this great traveller in Madagascar.
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Polscy podróżnicy i badacze Afryki w pierwszej połowie XX wieku
Polscy podróżnicy i badacze Afryki w pierwszej połowie XX wieku
(Polish Travellers and Researchers of Africa in the First Half of the 20th Century)
- Author(s):Elżbieta Stańczyk
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:243-269
- No. of Pages:27
- Keywords:Africa; Polish travellers; ethnographic research; the first half of 20th century
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of the article is to present the profiles of Polish researchers – the first Africanists and travellers who, at the beginning of the 20th century, until the outbreak of World War II, went to the African continent. This period was extremely important in the history of Polish research in Africa as at that time the first professional researchers on this continent paved the way for others. In particular, ethnographic research and observation in the 1930s is unique, because of the apogee of colonialism in Africa at that time.
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Z zewnątrz i od wewnątrz. Przegląd sytuacji badawczych z perspektywy antropologicznej
Z zewnątrz i od wewnątrz. Przegląd sytuacji badawczych z perspektywy antropologicznej
(From the Outside and from the Inside. Review of Research Situations from an Anthropological Perspective)
- Author(s):Ryszard Vorbrich
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:271-294
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:research situation; ethnographic situation; experimental method; dialogical anthropology
- Summary/Abstract:The concept of the research situation (ethnographic situation) extends well beyond the traditionally captured problem of the ethnographic / anthropological fieldwork methodology. In this study, I analyze the research situation as a set of circumstances in which the cognitive process takes place, the broader social and political context, conditions in which field research takes place, i.e. the meeting of the anthropologist with the subject of his research.
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Orèra znaczy piękno
Orèra znaczy piękno
(Orèra means beauty)
- Author(s):Halszka Wierzbicka
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:295-325
- No. of Pages:31
- Keywords:beauty; woman; body; Lomwe; Mozambique
- Summary/Abstract:Based on ethnological fieldwork, the author presents the fashion of Lomwe women and their methods of body and hair care. Focusing on beauty in the physical dimension (clothing, care, make-up, other temporary and permanent body modifications as, for instance, scarifications or labia minora elongation), she triesto answer the question of what the category of beauty in the Lomwe world is. Shepoints out, among others, the issues related to sexuality and attractiveness asparticularly important for defining the concept of orèra.
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Dwa portrety: tanzańska magia lecznicza na wsi i w mieście. Obserwacje z terenu
Dwa portrety: tanzańska magia lecznicza na wsi i w mieście. Obserwacje z terenu
(Two portraits: Tanzanian Healing Magic in Town and in the Country. Field Observations)
- Author(s):Olga Pawlik
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Politics of History/Memory
- Page Range:327-347
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:healing practices; witch doctors; magic; Tanzania
- Summary/Abstract:The article presents portraits of two Tanzanian witch doctors (healers, practitioners of healing magic), who practise respectively in the village Ngapa (Ruvuma region) and in Dar es Salaam, the biggest city of Tanzania. Using these two examples, the author analyses differences between the practice of healing magic in urban and rural areas of Tanzania, suggesting that the city enables witch doctors to shed some of the social roles expected of them in the country and prompts healers to adopt a business-like approach to their practice.
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Warsztaty krawieckie w Tanzanii. Tkaniny, ciało i rzemiosło
Warsztaty krawieckie w Tanzanii. Tkaniny, ciało i rzemiosło
(Tailor Workshops in Tanzania. Fabrics, Body and Craft)
- Author(s):Zuzanna Walkiewicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:349-372
- No. of Pages:24
- Keywords:fabrics; dress; clothes; tailors; Iringa
- Summary/Abstract:In this article I describe my field work in Iringa, Southern Tanzania. The work was concerned with the issues of craft and body. Observing work of tailors helped me to describe precisely what their relationship with fabric looks like. I present the web of connections between tailors’ workshops, shops with fabrics and their customers,which reveals complexity of processes in production of clothes in Iringa.
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Być muzykiem w Tanzanii. Bongo Flava w perspektywie globalnej i lokalnej
Być muzykiem w Tanzanii. Bongo Flava w perspektywie globalnej i lokalnej
(Being a Musician in Tanzania. Bongo Flava from a Global and Local Perspective)
- Author(s):Katarzyna Zychla
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:373-393
- No. of Pages:21
- Keywords:Bongo Flava; Tanzania; hip-hop; music; socially engaged music; codeswitching
- Summary/Abstract:The paper presents the history of Bongo Flava – a musical genre originating from Tanzania. In fact, many musical genres have influenced the creation of such anoriginal mix. Today, after dozen or so years Bongo Flava is a syncretic genre less similar to American hip-hop and more to R&B music mixed with local aromas. For several dozen years, the first stars of Bongo Flava music have shaped the world views of the young generation, currently trying themselves in creating music.Based on the research I conducted in Iringa (Tanzania), I present the problems the young musicians are currently struggling with, while living far away from the musical capital of the country. I also try to diagnose whether Bongo Flava, widely known today within Tanzania, is likely to succeed internationally.
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Znaczenie prawa zwyczajowego we współczesnej Afryce
Znaczenie prawa zwyczajowego we współczesnej Afryce
(The Importance of Customary Law in Modern Africa)
- Author(s):Maciej Ząbek
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense
- Page Range:395-412
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:Africa; African Charter; customary law; human rights; palaver
- Summary/Abstract:This text is a brief description of customary law in Africa and its key institution –palaver (conference and debate of elders from a specific community in the shadow of a large tree). The article emphasizes the importance of this law and its relations to the written law of postcolonial states as well as to international law. This paper aims to encourage research in this direction and shows that learning about the legal traditions of Africa, can have considerable practical significance, in particular in the human rights sector.
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