Africa

Gerhard Kubik

Culture contact. Patterns of cognitive and psychodynamic interaction

HERODOT – Wissenschaftliche Schriften zur Ethnologie und Anthropologie

The present book introduces readers to worldwide research and concepts which outline a comprehensive theory of cognitive and psychodynamic interaction in culture contact. The encounter between people of different cultural backgrounds always stimulates processes of learning and insight.

The bookʼs author is a cultural anthropologist […]

Jebby Romanus Gonza

Examining the Role of Regional Community Courts in Integration

Case Study of the East African Court of Justice with Lessons from the Court of Justice of the European Union

Schriftenreihe zum internationalen Einheitsrecht und zur Rechtsvergleichung

This book examines roles of regional community courts in economic integration. It traces how regional community courts of the EACJ and the CJEU have sought to attune themselves as institutions that can tackle socio-economic and political challenges hampering integration.

The study is founded on an observation that regional economic […]

Valentine Chukwunyere Acholonu

Liturgical Inculturation among Igbo Christians of Nigeria

A Historical Evaluation in the Light of Ecclesial Liturgical Norms and Principles of Liturgical Inculturation

Schriften zur Praktischen Theologie

A historical evaluation of liturgical inculturation among Igbo Christians of Nigeria in the light of ecclesial liturgical norms and principles of liturgical inculturation reflects principally the norms for adapting the Liturgy to the culture and traditions of peoples.

According to the Council Fathers: „Even in the liturgy, the Church […]

Teresiah Muthoni

Equal Right to Property for Women under International Human Rights Law

An Analysis of the Legal Protection in Kenya

Studien zur Rechtswissenschaft

The study is inspired by the general situation of women with regard to property and particularly land in Kenya. To date, discrimination and inequality with regard to property and land in particular continue to be pervasive whereby the disparity of ownership of land between men and women stands at Seventy Five percent. [...]

Rainer Feldbacher / Josef Fischer (eds.)

Connected Worlds – Interregional Contacts in Antiquity

Studien zur Geschichtsforschung des Altertums

Ancient people did not live in isolation from one another. Rather, their worlds were connected to each other in many ways. Cities, states and peoples maintained diplomatic and political contacts – sometimes peaceful, sometimes warlike. Trade goods were transported over long distances. Religious beliefs, artistic trends and technical innovations […]

Alexander Izuchukwu Abasili

Marriage and Adultery in the Old Testament

An Igbo-African Contextual Reading

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

This book not only provides an in-depth understanding of family, marriage and adultery in the Old Testament and the implications thereof for contemporary Igbo-African society, but also demonstrates convincingly the vital role of the Bible in Africa as a resource for social and ethical transformation. [...]

Bertrand Michel Pamfouet Kemtie

(Non-)Signature and Ratification of Multilateral Regional Agreements

An Explanation of States‘ Behavior in the African Union

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

(Non-)signature and ratification of multilateral treaties has become a major policy concern. Its relevance to the African Union is rising since the 66th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers.

Even though scholars have discussed how domestic factors and state’s openness shape treaty approval, the behavior of African states has […]

Tado Jurić

Big (Crisis) Data in Social Sciences and Humanities: Predicting Crises

Studien zur Demographie und Bevölkerungsentwicklung

The method of Big (Crisis) data holds promise to answer, among others, the questions to the main European challenge: (irregular) migration. By combining various big data sources, this approach offers insights into migration trends a year before official data sources.

It helps model future trends and answer the questions: [...]

Livingstone Sewanyana

Comparative Experiences of NGO Regulatory Frameworks

Eastern and Southern Africa

Verfassungsrecht in Forschung und Praxis

The growth of NGOs in sub-Saharan countries beginning in the 1990s, can be attributed to the ’new wave of democracy’ that led to the rebirth of associational life thus creating new spaces for people to organise. Hitherto many countries amended their constitutions to allow for political reforms. In countries such as Côte d‘Ivoire, Cameroon, […]

Alexander Martin Saba

The Place of Independent Judiciary in Promoting and Protecting Democratic Governance in East Africa

Schriften zum ausländischen Recht

Die Förderung und der Schutz demokratischer Herrschaft in drei Mitgliedern der Ostafrikanischen Gemeinschaft (EAC), Kenia, Uganda und Tansania, bedingt die Mitwirkung vieler Einrichtungen und eine stabile Gewaltenteilung.

Gerichtsbarkeit ist zweifellos ein unverzichtbarer staatlicher Bereich, der Förderung und Schutz demokratischer […]