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The sociality of nesting in Rüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula and the Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius in an Ethiopian acacia woodland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: David C Lahti --- Department of Biology, Queens College, USARüppell's Weaver Ploceus galbula and the Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius nest prominently in the Awash National Park, Ethiopia. In both species the sociality or degree of aggregation of their nesting is varied. Rüppell's Weaver can nest singly or in... -
At home to the other: the racialising and deracialising of anthropological research in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Robin Palmer --- Department of Anthropology,There is an older and even more enduring split in South African anthropology than the erstwhile division between ‘English’ and ‘Afrikaans’ anthropologies, but it is never acknowledged. This is the racial split between whites who privilege the Other, usually the... -
The Outsider Within: An Analysis of the Representation of Power and Language in Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Mohammad Shabangu --- Department of English, GermanyUsing Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North, this article argues that Salih employs the precariousness of language as a key organizing principle for his novel about cultural deracination. In doing so, he calls into question the very sense... -
Behavioural analysis of Village Weavers Ploceus cucullatus in an Ethiopian breeding colony during early incubation: 2. Males
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Khaleda Khan --- Department of Biology, Queens College, USA Bobby Habig --- Department of Biology, Queens College, USA David C Lahti --- Department of Biology, Queens College, USAWe observed a colony of Village Weavers Ploceus cucullatus in Ethiopia at the height of the breeding season to assess variation and relationships amongst male behaviours. Individuals spent most of their time on behaviours functioning in acquiring and retaining mates,... -
Variation in colony sizes of weavers from a citizen science project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Hans-Dieter Oschadleus --- , South AfricaThe project PHOWN (PHOtos of Weaver Nests) is a citizen science project that collects breeding distributions and colony sizes of weaverbirds (Ploceidae) globally. PHOWN began in mid-2010 and has collected nearly 30 000 records in 9.5 years. This paper provides... -
Creative Writing as Literary Activism: Decolonial Perspectives on the Writing Workshop
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire --- , USA Madhu Krishnan --- , UKThis paper explores the concept of literary activism by reflecting on a co-productive creative writing project run by the University of Bristol (United Kingdom) and the Center for African Cultural Excellence (Uganda). It considers how the space of the creative... -
Women offenders’ experiences of rehabilitation in a South African correctional centre
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sibulelo Qhogwana --- , South Africa Puleng Segalo --- , South AfricaThis study explored gendered rehabilitation of women in correctional spaces and the systems and structures that recreate inequities in women’s incarceration experiences. Eighteen black women completed in-depth interviews on their offender rehabilitation experiences. Their age ranged from 23 to 69... -
Dear Mr Sobukwe: examining Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe’s pan-African vision and how it has influenced youth movements in South Africa today
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Karabo-Maya Rodwell --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaPan-Africanism is experiencing a resurgence amongst young people in post-1994 South Africa. In this article, I explore how people across different generations interpret the legacy of a critical figure in South African history, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. The participants in this... -
Unveiling Kianda: a multifaceted symbol in Luanda, Angola
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Kyeri Kim --- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Global Campus, Republic of KoreaThis article explores how Kianda, an (un)official urban symbol of Luanda, the capital of Angola, is rooted in the cosmological worldview of residents of Luanda’s Cabo Island (Ilha do Cabo, also known as Ilha de Luanda) and how it has...