Wissenschaftliche LiteraturAfrica

Christogonus Onyekachi Keke

The Misery of Childless Marriage in Igbo Culture

Re-Consideration of Ecclesiastical Ethical Response to Cultural and Biomedical “Remedies”

Ethik in Forschung und Praxis

Infertility is a universal problem but the crisis it poses for Christian couples in the African cultural context differs from the experience in Western cultures. The root of the problem is the conflict in the understanding of marriage in African culture and the Christian marriage ethics, which makes it difficult…

Kizito Logan Elad

European Union Democracy Promotion in North Africa from 1990 to 2010

Case Study on Morocco and Tunisia

Demokratie und Demokratisierungsprozesse

Bisherige Studien zur Demokratieförderung analysierten „erfolgreiche“ Beispiele. Das ist teilweise eine Reflektion der politischen Ökonomie von Demokratieförderung, in der sie Beispielen im Inland erzeugter demokratischer Durchbrüche folgt. Dennoch kann eine wissenschaftliche Analyse externer Einflüsse auf interne…

Marvin Nii Ankrah

Regionalism and Political Instability in West Africa: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

The study of regions is critical to our understanding of global politics. Post-colonial West Africa has for decades attracted international headlines for many bad reasons. Central among these are various acts of political instability involving military coups, civil wars, irredentists claims, circulation of small…

Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Umeh

African Theology of Solidarity and Religion of Self-Deceit

The Nigerian Experience

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

Religion plays an important role in the day to day activities in Nigeria. Nigerians live religion and think religiously. Religion is used to legitimate almost everything. Politicians use recourse to religion to promote their political agenda. They use religious events, gatherings and discussions to gain political…

Prisca Schleiffer Marais

Cross-border Taking of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters in Switzerland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda

Schriften zum Zivilprozessrecht

The book investigates the extent to which cross-border taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters in relation to Switzerland, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, and Uganda is allowed. Such evidence-taking is not only governed by the domestic law of the state seeking evidence abroad and that of the…

Eric Asoh

Assessing the Impact of Sustainability Standards as a Strategy for Livelihood Sustainability in the Cocoa Industry

in the South West Region of Cameroon

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

This study assesses the impact of Fairtrade on the livelihood sustainability of smallholder cocoa producers in the South West region of Cameroon. In Cameroon just like in many other developing countries, the smallholder farmers have deficient strategies with limited production and productivity resulting in…

Fidelis Etah Ewane

Regional Integration and Cooperation in Central Africa: From State-Centric Perspective to Multi-Level Governance

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

Dieses Buch befasst sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten des Regionalisierungsprozesses, insbesondere da diese mit regionalen Friedens- und Sicherheitsfragen in der ECCAS Region interagieren. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt auf politischen Aspekten der Integration, und so untersucht der Autor Institutionen und…

Michaela Triebel

Debt Relief as Panacea for Solving the Development Crisis of Sub-Saharan Africa

An Analysis of the HIPC Initiative

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

During the last years, poverty reduction has been in the centre of attention of all development agencies. While Latin America and East Asia as a region managed to significantly improve the living conditions of their people, the quality of life for most people in sub-Saharan Africa appears to only have improved…

Lisa Mackenrodt

Swahili Spirit Possession and Islamic Healing in Contemporary Tanzania

The Jinn Fly on Friday

Fern/Sehen: Perspektiven der Sozialanthropologie

This account embeds Swahili spirit possession and Islamic healing rituals into its particular geographical, cultural and historical context. It gives an overview of the historical development of the syncretistic Muslim-Swahili littoral in East Africa. A special emphasis is put on Afro-Arab history in relation to…

Honorat Satoguina

Contribution of the Clean Development Mechanism to Sustainable Energy Production

The Energy Sector in the West African Economic and Monetary Union - Case Study: Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

The Kyoto Protocol encompasses flexible mechanisms, which allow the use of the world’s cheapest possibilities for emission reductions. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows for the generation of emissions credits through emission reduction projects, is the only mechanism that involves developing…