Anthropology in the Sudan - Softcover

Ahmed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9057270447 ISBN 13: 9789057270444

Publisher: International Books, 2002

Synopsis

This book is a testimony to Professor Abdel Ghaffar's significant contributions to anthropology and the social sciences generally in Africa and around the world. In putting together a collection of well-written essays spanning more than 25 years of serious scolarship, the author skilfully shows the strenghts and weaknesses of anthropology for Africa and Africans themselves. Buries in the guilt of its colonial association, anthropology has served both as an exploitive and more recently a liberating force on the continent, and Professor Abdel Ghaffar nicely documents these contradictory processes. He rightfully scorns the discipline for its contributions to the colonial enterprise, but also shows how its methods, its focus on the local', and its holistic approach holds great promise in contributing to social and economic development on the continent and to addressing its gripping problems.

About this title

Synopsis:

A collection of essays on anthropology in the Sudan covers such topics as the relevance of contemporary economic anthropology, pastoral nomadism in the Sudan, and anthropology and colonialism.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9057270447
• ISBN 13: 9789057270444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192