Indexkenya.org is an online index of articles published in Nairobi newspapers. The focus of the articles indexed includes culture, law/governance, reproductive health, and other topics about which information is difficult to obtain. The index aims to selectively index details of articles published since 1980. The actual content of an article is not provided, rather online citations describing the articles. Hard copy of any article indexed can be ordered directly from the Kenya Indexing Project. This database will be updated on a regular basis.
The index selectively coveres four newspapers published in Nairobi since 1980. These are the Daily Nation, East African, East African Standard and The People. The database is being created by a project team which has received finance from the Ford Foundation and short term funding from the International Development Research Centre to index legal articles.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Friday, 10 February 2012
New apartheid archive catalogue online
We are pleased to announce that we have added a PDF version of the catalogue of the Marion Friedmann papers to the Senate House Libraries archives catalogue.
Marion Friedmann was born in 1918, and was a founder member of the Liberal Party of South Africa.
The multiracial Liberal Party of South Africa was founded in 1954, and was forced to disband under the Prohibition of Political Interference Act of 1968.
The collection held at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library and Archive comprises of material collected on South African politics, chiefly apartheid and the oppression of black South Africans. It includes electioneering material, national statements by the Liberal Party of South Africa on political issues, correspondence, biographical material on Stephen Nkadimeng, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, and Duma Nokwe, and various issues of journals Assagai, Contact, Liberal News, and Liberal Opinion. The collection also includes pamphlets and leaflets produced by groups including the ANC, South African Congress of Democrats, and Civil Rights League.
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Happy birthday to Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
Happy birthday to Commonwealth and Comparative Politics!
Just available is the first number of the 50th volume of the journal, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics.
The journal title was first published in November 1961 as the Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies, and is the oldest British journal of comparative politics and the leading journal on Commonwealth and comparative politics. The journal was renamed The Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics in 1974, and then Commonwealth and Comparative Politics in 1998. Since 2003 it has been published by Taylor and Francis. Published thrice yearly until 2006 (when it came online), it became a quarterly in 2007.
The journal emerged in the late 1950s out of a seminar series initiated at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies by its first director, Professor Sir Keith Hancock. Stimulated by the rapid decolonisation that was transforming the Commonwealth, the founders were Hancock, Professor J.D.B. Miller of the University of Leicester, Professor Robert Taylor Cole of Duke University, and Professor Kenneth Robinson, Hancock's successor at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
The Library holds print copies of the journal as well as providing electronic access.
Just available is the first number of the 50th volume of the journal, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics.
The journal title was first published in November 1961 as the Journal of Commonwealth Political Studies, and is the oldest British journal of comparative politics and the leading journal on Commonwealth and comparative politics. The journal was renamed The Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics in 1974, and then Commonwealth and Comparative Politics in 1998. Since 2003 it has been published by Taylor and Francis. Published thrice yearly until 2006 (when it came online), it became a quarterly in 2007.
The journal emerged in the late 1950s out of a seminar series initiated at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies by its first director, Professor Sir Keith Hancock. Stimulated by the rapid decolonisation that was transforming the Commonwealth, the founders were Hancock, Professor J.D.B. Miller of the University of Leicester, Professor Robert Taylor Cole of Duke University, and Professor Kenneth Robinson, Hancock's successor at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
The Library holds print copies of the journal as well as providing electronic access.
Monday, 6 February 2012
New books - Jan 2012
Below are a selection of books added to the collection and library catalogue in January. Notable additions this month included a number of reports and publications shipped from our Pacific Islands supplier and a number of very welcome donations from the Library of the University of the West Indies:
(Swaziland) 2007 population and housing census. [Mbabane : Central Statistical Office, 2007?]
Biannual statistical report. 2008 Vaiaku, Funafuti, Tuvalu : Central Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning, 2008
Dayfoot, Arthur Charles and Roscoe M. Pierson (comp). Bibliography of West Indian church history : a list of printed materials relating to the history of the churches in the English-speaking Caribbean (and Bermuda) with annotations and notes on locations, London : Hansib Publications, 2004.
Griffiths, Franklyn, Rob Huebert, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer , Canada and the changing Arctic : sovereignty, security, and stewardship, Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2011.
Khan, Glenn A. Caribbean mergers and acquisitions : country studies of the financial sectors of Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, St. Augustine, Trinidad : Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, University of the West Indies, 2001.
The CEDAW shadow report on the status of women in Papua New Guinea and the autonomous region of Bougainville. Papua New Guinea : National Council of Women, 2010.
Lieten, Georges K, Child labour and child rights, Dhaka : The University Press, 2009.
Ame , Robert Kwame, DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga, and Nana Araba Apt (eds). Children's rights in Ghana : reality or rhetoric? Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
Lee, Ting Hui, Chinese schools in Peninsular Malaysia : the struggle for survival, Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2011.
Kim, Sang W. and Terence D. Agbeyegbe (eds). Econometric modelling of issues in Caribbean economics and finance, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, c2000.
Gill, Aisha K. and Sundari Anitha (eds), Forced marriage : introducing a social justice and human rights perspective, London ; New York : Zed Books, 2011.
Bourne, Compton. Foreign exchange rates : again? St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : Caribbean Center for Monetary Studies, the University of the West Indies, 2003.
Irvin, Andrea. Gender, reproductive health & rights : a report on the national development plans of ten Pacific Island countries, Suva, Fiji : UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office, [2008]
Sen, Purna (ed), Human rights in the Commonwealth : a status report 2010, London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010.
Hickford, Mark, Lords of the land : indigenous property rights and the jurisprudence of empire, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Thomas, Clive Y. Macroeconomic adjustment, growth and development in small, poor, open economies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, c2002.
Rainford, Charan and Ambika Satkunanathan. Mistaking politics for governance : the politics of interim arrangements in Sri Lanka, 2002-2005, Colombo : International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2009.
Worrell, DeLisle. The monetary and financial authority of the Eastern Caribbean : a modest proposal, St. Augustine, Trinidad : Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, University of the West Indies (Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago), 2005.
Nayar, Baldev Raj. The myth of the shrinking state : globalization and the state in India, Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Botswana. National development plan 10 : April 2009-March 2016. [Gaborone] : Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, [2009]
Namah, Belden. National forestry development guidelines, Port Moresby : Papua New Guinea Forest Authority, 2009.
Jones, Adam (ed), New directions in genocide research, Abingdon : Routledge, 2012.
Oxford University Press. Cartographic Dept. Oxford atlas for Pakistan, Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Papua New Guinea. National Economic and Fiscal Commission. Reform of intergovernmental financing arrangements : plain English guide to the new system of intergovernmental financing, Papua New Guinea : National Economic and Fiscal Commission, 2010.
Hughes, David McDermott. Whiteness in Zimbabwe : race, landscape, and the problem of belonging, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Maharaj , Brij, Ashwin Desai and Patrick Bond (eds), Zuma's own goal : losing South Africa's "war on poverty", Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2011.
(Swaziland) 2007 population and housing census. [Mbabane : Central Statistical Office, 2007?]
Biannual statistical report. 2008 Vaiaku, Funafuti, Tuvalu : Central Statistics Division, Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning, 2008
Dayfoot, Arthur Charles and Roscoe M. Pierson (comp). Bibliography of West Indian church history : a list of printed materials relating to the history of the churches in the English-speaking Caribbean (and Bermuda) with annotations and notes on locations, London : Hansib Publications, 2004.
Griffiths, Franklyn, Rob Huebert, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer , Canada and the changing Arctic : sovereignty, security, and stewardship, Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2011.
Khan, Glenn A. Caribbean mergers and acquisitions : country studies of the financial sectors of Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, St. Augustine, Trinidad : Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, University of the West Indies, 2001.
The CEDAW shadow report on the status of women in Papua New Guinea and the autonomous region of Bougainville. Papua New Guinea : National Council of Women, 2010.
Lieten, Georges K, Child labour and child rights, Dhaka : The University Press, 2009.
Ame , Robert Kwame, DeBrenna LaFa Agbényiga, and Nana Araba Apt (eds). Children's rights in Ghana : reality or rhetoric? Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
Lee, Ting Hui, Chinese schools in Peninsular Malaysia : the struggle for survival, Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2011.
Kim, Sang W. and Terence D. Agbeyegbe (eds). Econometric modelling of issues in Caribbean economics and finance, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, c2000.
Gill, Aisha K. and Sundari Anitha (eds), Forced marriage : introducing a social justice and human rights perspective, London ; New York : Zed Books, 2011.
Bourne, Compton. Foreign exchange rates : again? St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : Caribbean Center for Monetary Studies, the University of the West Indies, 2003.
Irvin, Andrea. Gender, reproductive health & rights : a report on the national development plans of ten Pacific Island countries, Suva, Fiji : UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office, [2008]
Sen, Purna (ed), Human rights in the Commonwealth : a status report 2010, London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010.
Hickford, Mark, Lords of the land : indigenous property rights and the jurisprudence of empire, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Thomas, Clive Y. Macroeconomic adjustment, growth and development in small, poor, open economies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, c2002.
Rainford, Charan and Ambika Satkunanathan. Mistaking politics for governance : the politics of interim arrangements in Sri Lanka, 2002-2005, Colombo : International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2009.
Worrell, DeLisle. The monetary and financial authority of the Eastern Caribbean : a modest proposal, St. Augustine, Trinidad : Caribbean Centre for Monetary Studies, University of the West Indies (Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago), 2005.
Nayar, Baldev Raj. The myth of the shrinking state : globalization and the state in India, Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Botswana. National development plan 10 : April 2009-March 2016. [Gaborone] : Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, [2009]
Namah, Belden. National forestry development guidelines, Port Moresby : Papua New Guinea Forest Authority, 2009.
Jones, Adam (ed), New directions in genocide research, Abingdon : Routledge, 2012.
Oxford University Press. Cartographic Dept. Oxford atlas for Pakistan, Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Papua New Guinea. National Economic and Fiscal Commission. Reform of intergovernmental financing arrangements : plain English guide to the new system of intergovernmental financing, Papua New Guinea : National Economic and Fiscal Commission, 2010.
Hughes, David McDermott. Whiteness in Zimbabwe : race, landscape, and the problem of belonging, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Maharaj , Brij, Ashwin Desai and Patrick Bond (eds), Zuma's own goal : losing South Africa's "war on poverty", Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c2011.
Saturday, 4 February 2012
Caribbean Food Cultures: Representations and Performances of Eating, Drinking and Consumption in the Caribbean and Its Diasporas
Caribbean Food Cultures: Representations and Performances of Eating, Drinking and Consumption in the Caribbean and Its Diasporas
28th to 29th September 2012, University of Heidelberg, Germany
*Deadline extended to 10th, Febuary.*
The Caribbean is associated not only with beaches, palms, exotic food, fruity rum cocktails and reggae-music in Western common knowledge, but also with the inhuman plantation system, slavery, piracy or ?banana republics?
In the Caribbean, food and drinks as products and as acts or performances play a crucial role in various areas of human behavior and interaction: for the self-preservation of the body, as ethnic, religious and national identity markers, in the context of local and global commercial relationships, or regarding the fair allo-cation of food and relations of production. These biological, social, economic, his-torical and ethnic dimensions have taken a special turn in the Caribbean ? a region that has been heavily influenced by migration. Thus, on the one hand, colonizers, slaves, contract workers, privateers and refugees were components of specific historical relations of production and trade. On the other hand, these different groups of people brought along social, cultural and economic practices related to food, consumer and luxury goods, which were subject to change and (or) hybridization. In the course of decolonization, emigration and tourism these goods and food, in turn, are being re-imported into the former European ?motherlands? and North America.
The aim of this conference is to explore the performances or acts related to the production, consumption and the sym-bolism of food and nutrition in the Caribbean and its diasporas from the perspectives of cultural, social and be-havioral sciences. Particular attention will be paid to contemporary and trans-national perspectives. These, for example, can be concerned with the social or religious significance of food, abstinence, rituals of exchange and preparation as well as the exchange of culinary traditions and ingredients on the internet. Of further interest are national and transnational representation practices of eating and drinking in literature, popular culture and new media, such as the advertisement of Caribbean products in the region and the diasporas and the symbolic or metaphorical usage of ?ethnic food? and its consumption in narrative literature and song lyrics.
As for the structure of the conference, we propose the following panels:
Food and Literature; Food and Popular Culture; Food and the Internet; Ritual Food and Eating. For further details on the panels, please see below.
Please send an abstract of 300 words by
10th February 2012 with a short CV to foodcultures@googlemail.com
For further details on the panels, please follow the link below
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/transculturality/cfp_food_conference-1.pdf
28th to 29th September 2012, University of Heidelberg, Germany
*Deadline extended to 10th, Febuary.*
The Caribbean is associated not only with beaches, palms, exotic food, fruity rum cocktails and reggae-music in Western common knowledge, but also with the inhuman plantation system, slavery, piracy or ?banana republics?
In the Caribbean, food and drinks as products and as acts or performances play a crucial role in various areas of human behavior and interaction: for the self-preservation of the body, as ethnic, religious and national identity markers, in the context of local and global commercial relationships, or regarding the fair allo-cation of food and relations of production. These biological, social, economic, his-torical and ethnic dimensions have taken a special turn in the Caribbean ? a region that has been heavily influenced by migration. Thus, on the one hand, colonizers, slaves, contract workers, privateers and refugees were components of specific historical relations of production and trade. On the other hand, these different groups of people brought along social, cultural and economic practices related to food, consumer and luxury goods, which were subject to change and (or) hybridization. In the course of decolonization, emigration and tourism these goods and food, in turn, are being re-imported into the former European ?motherlands? and North America.
The aim of this conference is to explore the performances or acts related to the production, consumption and the sym-bolism of food and nutrition in the Caribbean and its diasporas from the perspectives of cultural, social and be-havioral sciences. Particular attention will be paid to contemporary and trans-national perspectives. These, for example, can be concerned with the social or religious significance of food, abstinence, rituals of exchange and preparation as well as the exchange of culinary traditions and ingredients on the internet. Of further interest are national and transnational representation practices of eating and drinking in literature, popular culture and new media, such as the advertisement of Caribbean products in the region and the diasporas and the symbolic or metaphorical usage of ?ethnic food? and its consumption in narrative literature and song lyrics.
As for the structure of the conference, we propose the following panels:
Food and Literature; Food and Popular Culture; Food and the Internet; Ritual Food and Eating. For further details on the panels, please see below.
Please send an abstract of 300 words by
10th February 2012 with a short CV to foodcultures@googlemail.com
For further details on the panels, please follow the link below
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/transculturality/cfp_food_conference-1.pdf
Friday, 3 February 2012
A revolutionary life: Ruth First 1925-1982
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies has recently begun a project focused on the life and work of Ruth First, the South African journalist, writer, scholar and anti-apartheid activist. This project will include selective digitisation of some of the material from the Ruth First Archive collection held at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library.
Also as part of the project a symposium is planned for the 7th of June, details below:
A revolutionary life: Ruth First 1925-1982
07 June 2012, 10:00 - 19:00
Room 349 (Senate House, University of London)
This event is a joint initiative between the Commonwealth Advisory Bureau and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
Ruth First was an anti-apartheid activist, investigative journalist, and scholar. First worked her entire life to end apartheid in South Africa, writing in 1969 she explained how she her life was dedicated ‘to the liberation of African for I count myself an African, and there is no cause I hold dearer’. Her knowledge of the continent was phenomenal and she knew many of the continent’s leading political figures Nelson Mandela, Ben Bella, Oginda Odinga. First was an influential figure, who saw activism, solidarity work (for the anti-apartheid struggle) and her research and writing as inextricably linked. She was exiled from South Africa in 1964, with her husband, the prominent South African communist Joe Slovo and their children. In 1982, while working in Mozambique, Ruth First was killed by a letter bomb sent by South Africa secret service.
2012 is the thirtieth anniversary of Ruth First’s murder. The Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS) and the Commonwealth Advisory Bureau are holding a one-day celebration of Ruth First’s extraordinary life and work. The event is part of year long project that is digitising some of Ruth First’s papers and books held at the ICS.
The event will include Justice Albie Sachs, Gillian Slovo, Barbara Harlow, Shula Marks and Alan Wieder.
Cost: £10 (standard); £5 (students/unwaged) (includes lunch and refreshments)
Registration form
RSVP to chloe.pieters@sas.ac.uk
Also as part of the project a symposium is planned for the 7th of June, details below:
A revolutionary life: Ruth First 1925-1982
07 June 2012, 10:00 - 19:00
Room 349 (Senate House, University of London)
This event is a joint initiative between the Commonwealth Advisory Bureau and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
Ruth First was an anti-apartheid activist, investigative journalist, and scholar. First worked her entire life to end apartheid in South Africa, writing in 1969 she explained how she her life was dedicated ‘to the liberation of African for I count myself an African, and there is no cause I hold dearer’. Her knowledge of the continent was phenomenal and she knew many of the continent’s leading political figures Nelson Mandela, Ben Bella, Oginda Odinga. First was an influential figure, who saw activism, solidarity work (for the anti-apartheid struggle) and her research and writing as inextricably linked. She was exiled from South Africa in 1964, with her husband, the prominent South African communist Joe Slovo and their children. In 1982, while working in Mozambique, Ruth First was killed by a letter bomb sent by South Africa secret service.
2012 is the thirtieth anniversary of Ruth First’s murder. The Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICS) and the Commonwealth Advisory Bureau are holding a one-day celebration of Ruth First’s extraordinary life and work. The event is part of year long project that is digitising some of Ruth First’s papers and books held at the ICS.
The event will include Justice Albie Sachs, Gillian Slovo, Barbara Harlow, Shula Marks and Alan Wieder.
Cost: £10 (standard); £5 (students/unwaged) (includes lunch and refreshments)
Registration form
RSVP to chloe.pieters@sas.ac.uk
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Britain Zimbabwe Society's Annual Research Day 2012
Britain Zimbabwe Society's Annual Research Day 2012
The Britain Zimbabwe Society’s annual research day will be held on the 16th June at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford and will showcase research on ‘Zimbabwe and the Region’. The research day is an annual event focusing on academic research, but invites contributions from other practitioners to provide a wider context for academic papers. Priority is given to researchers from Zimbabwe and doctoral students working on related topics. Academics and non-academics are equally welcome.
This year participants will explore the historical and contemporary connections between Zimbabwe and her neighbours through a series of panels arranged around the following broad areas:
● the making of Zimbabwean identity, regional comparisons and contrasts ● cross-border identities, movements and connections during the liberation struggle ● Zimbabwe, SADC and the region’s role in resolving the recent political impasse ● Zimbabwe, the region and beyond
The southern African region, broadly conceived, has a rich and inter-connected history of social, cultural and political movements which transcend national boundaries. During the pre-colonial era, polities and territorial cults cut across areas of land later divided by colonial borders. Colonialism also opened up areas of southern Africa to a greater degree of demographic mobility, producing a rich cultural and political heritage. In the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the various liberation struggles of southern Africa were closely connected through the formation of governments in exile, expressions of solidarity between nationalist/revolutionary parties, and the establishment of military training camps and bases across borders.
Since independence many of these histories have been overshadowed by new political concerns with national security, immigration, and citizenship rights. Still, families, religious groups, economic and political networks continue to stretch across and beyond Zimbabwe’s borders. More recently, as events in Zimbabwe have impacted on the wider region, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has come to play a key role in negotiations to resolve the political impasse.
Would those interested in participating please contact either of the organizers below:
Dr. Zoë Groves - groves.zoe@googlemail.com Dr. Blessing-Miles Tendi - miles.tendi@sant.oxon.org
Other possible topics include: Pre-colonial territorial cults and polities; migration; British South Africa Company rule; South Africa and post-independence destabilization; trade; land reform; literature and culture.
For further information, please go to: http://www.britain-zimbabwe.org.uk/
The Britain Zimbabwe Society’s annual research day will be held on the 16th June at St. Anthony’s College, Oxford and will showcase research on ‘Zimbabwe and the Region’. The research day is an annual event focusing on academic research, but invites contributions from other practitioners to provide a wider context for academic papers. Priority is given to researchers from Zimbabwe and doctoral students working on related topics. Academics and non-academics are equally welcome.
This year participants will explore the historical and contemporary connections between Zimbabwe and her neighbours through a series of panels arranged around the following broad areas:
● the making of Zimbabwean identity, regional comparisons and contrasts ● cross-border identities, movements and connections during the liberation struggle ● Zimbabwe, SADC and the region’s role in resolving the recent political impasse ● Zimbabwe, the region and beyond
The southern African region, broadly conceived, has a rich and inter-connected history of social, cultural and political movements which transcend national boundaries. During the pre-colonial era, polities and territorial cults cut across areas of land later divided by colonial borders. Colonialism also opened up areas of southern Africa to a greater degree of demographic mobility, producing a rich cultural and political heritage. In the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the various liberation struggles of southern Africa were closely connected through the formation of governments in exile, expressions of solidarity between nationalist/revolutionary parties, and the establishment of military training camps and bases across borders.
Since independence many of these histories have been overshadowed by new political concerns with national security, immigration, and citizenship rights. Still, families, religious groups, economic and political networks continue to stretch across and beyond Zimbabwe’s borders. More recently, as events in Zimbabwe have impacted on the wider region, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has come to play a key role in negotiations to resolve the political impasse.
Would those interested in participating please contact either of the organizers below:
Dr. Zoë Groves - groves.zoe@googlemail.com Dr. Blessing-Miles Tendi - miles.tendi@sant.oxon.org
Other possible topics include: Pre-colonial territorial cults and polities; migration; British South Africa Company rule; South Africa and post-independence destabilization; trade; land reform; literature and culture.
For further information, please go to: http://www.britain-zimbabwe.org.uk/
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