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This book brings together in a comparative analysis the results of studies of the various cultural, social, economic and historical aspects that are formative in African societies’ experiences of how people negotiated the spaces and times of being in transit on the road to prosperity. The book analyses the various outcomes of the process of mobility and the experience of spaces and times of transit across gender, generational, and class-differences. These experiences are explored and give insight into the socio-cultural and economics transformations that have taken place in African societies in the past century. Contributors are: Akinyinka Akinyoade, Walter van Beek, Marleen Dekker, Ton Dietz, Rijk van Dijk, Isaie Dougnon, Jan-Bart Gewald, Meike de Goede, Benjamin Kofi Nyarko, Samuel Ntewusu Aniegye, Taiwo Olabisi Oluwatoyin, Shehu Tijjani Yusuf, Augustine Tanle and Amisah Zenabu Bakuri.

Africans --- Immigrants --- #SBIB:39A6 --- #SBIB:39A73 --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- Ethnology --- Migrations --- Economic aspects. --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions. --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Africa --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Emigration and immigration --- Migration. Refugees --- International economic relations --- Migrations&delete& --- Economic aspects --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions

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In contrast to the rich tradition of academic analysis and understanding of the pre-colonial and colonial history of Zambia, the country’s post-colonial trajectory has been all but ignored by historians. The assumptions of developmentalism, the cultural hegemony of the United National Independence Party’s orthodoxy and its conflation with national interests, and a narrow focus on Zambia’s diplomatic role in Southern African affairs, have all contributed to a dearth of studies centring on the diverse lived experiences of Zambians. Inspired by an international conference held in Lusaka in August 2005, and presenting a broad range of essays on different aspects of Zambia’s post-colonial experience, this collection seeks to lay the foundations for a future process of sustained scholarly enquiry into the country’s most recent past.

Politics --- Zambia --- Postcolonialism --- Postcolonialisme --- Zambie --- History --- Politics and government --- Economic conditions --- Histoire --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions économiques --- Postcolonialism -- Zambia. --- Zambia -- Economic conditions -- 1964-. --- Zambia -- History -- 1964-. --- Zambia -- Politics and government -- 1964-. --- History & Archaeology --- Regions & Countries - Africa --- Conditions économiques --- Post-colonialism --- Postcolonial theory --- Political science --- Decolonization

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Africa abounds with examples of material and immaterial innovations that were envisaged, developed and designed elsewhere yet came to be innovatively and sometimes unexpectedly transformed in Africa. The authors in this volume explore how external innovations (products, technologies, services, institutions and processes) have been appropriated in African societies in order to be acceptable and relevant to local conditions, expectations and demands. Written from different disciplinary perspectives, the chapters demonstrate the depth and richness of innovation in Africa with, in some cases, surprising outcomes. The case studies presented are on subjects as diverse as the wine industry, trading stores, land reforms, washing powder, M-Pesa, cassava, weddings, international borders, guest houses, urban water supply, car technology, shallow wells, and railways and blacksmithing.

Economic production --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Business planning. --- Entrepreneurship. --- New business enterprises. --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- Technological innovations --- Inventions --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Research, Industrial --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Technology transfer --- Information technology --- Social aspects --- Africa --- Economic conditions --- E-books --- Prior art (Patent law) --- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Technology --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Eastern Hemisphere --- 2000 - 2099