"Published in association with the International African Institute, London". Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
"Tok Af, Lef Af": a political economy of Temne techniques of secrecy and self / Rosalind Shaw -- Islam among the humors: destiny and agency among the Swahili / David Parkin -- Some African conceptions of person: a critique / Didier N. Kaphagawani -- The play of deconstruction in the speech of Africa: the role of Pakruok and Ngero in telling culture in Dholuo / Peter S.O. Amuka -- Personhood and art: social change and commentary among the Acoli / J.P. Odoch Pido -- Forging unions and negotiating ambivalence: personhood and complex agency in Okiek marriage arrangement / Corinne A. Kratz -- Our problem of knowledge: brief reflections on knowledge and development in Africa / Kwasi Wiredu -- The topic of change / F. Eboussi-Boulaga -- CheĢri Samba's postcolonial reinvention of modernity / Bogumil Jewsiewicki -- Luo perspectives on knowledge and development: Samuel G. Ayany and Paul Mbuya / E.S. Atieno-Odhiambo.
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