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Periodical articleAlexander, Jocelyn; McGregor, JoAnn (2020)
See this publicationThe Travelling Toyi-Toyi: Soldiers and the Politics of Drill
Journal of Southern African Studies. Volume 46 #5. p. 923-940.

Periodical articleHepner, Tricia Redeker (2020)
See this publicationAt the Boundaries of Life and Death: Notes on Eritrea and Northern Uganda
African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review. Volume 10 #1. p. 127-142.

Periodical articleBucher, Jesse (2016)
See this publicationThe skull of Mkwawa and the politics of indirect rule in Tanganyika
Abstract presentJournal of Eastern African Studies. Volume 10 #2. p. 284-302.

BookEkoué, Sophie (2016)
Sagesses d'Afrique
Vanves: Hachette. 159p.

Periodical articleLange, Mary Elizabeth (2016)
See this publicationMarking memories: indigenous north of the !Garib River and contemporary in Westville, South Africa
Abstract presentCritical Arts: A Journal of Media Studies. Volume 30 #6. p. 855-876.

Periodical issueSwart, Sandra (ed.) (2016)
See this publicationSpecial issue: Writing animals into African history
Abstract presentCritical African studies. Volume 8 #2. p. 95-237.

BookCasely-Hayford, Gus; Fargion, Janet Topp; Wallace, Marion (eds.) (2015)
West Africa: word, symbol, song
Abstract presentLondon: British Library. 160p.

BookKembo, Dieudonné Mukundila (2015)
Le pagne africain et sa symbolique: femmes et féminité au travers de motifs d'un objet majeur de la culture africaine
Paris: L'Harmattan. Culture africaine. 167p.

BookLukanda lwa Malale (2015)
Les Baluba: histoire, cosmologie et sémiologie d'un peuple bantu
Paris: L'Harmattan. Comptes rendus. 221p.

Periodical articleMaithufi, Sopelekae (2015)
See this publicationOf fire and rejuvenation: in search of the 'post' in 'post-apartheid'
Abstract presentInternational Journal of African Renaissance Studies. Volume 10 #1. p. 170-180.

Periodical articleMoolla, F.F. (2015)
Desert ethics, myths of nature and novel form in the narratives of Ibrahim al-Koni
Tydskrif vir letterkunde. Volume 52 #2. p. 176-196.

Periodical articleAmtaika, Alexius (2014)
See this publicationThe power and authority of the dominant to name: a case study of selected Nyanja and isiZulu linguistic expressions regarding 'national assets'
Abstract presentJournal of African Cultural Studies. Volume 26 #1. p. 99-115.

BookBrett-Smith, Sarah C. (2014)
The silence of women: Bamana mud cloths
Milan: 5 Continents Editions. 317p.

Periodical articleChawane, Midas (2014)
The appearance and significance of Rastafari cultural aspects in South Africa
Abstract presentNew contree: a journal of historical and human sciences for Southern Africa. #71. p. 92-113.

BookItoua, Daniel Isaac (2014)
Instruments de musique traditionnelle des Mbôsí du Congo: secrets et applications
Paris: L'Harmattan. Études africaines. 170p.

BookNuwagaba, Taga F. (2014)
Totems of Uganda: culture embracing nature
Author. 168p.

BookSpeitkamp, Winfried; Zehnle, Stephanie (eds.) (2014)
Afrikanische Tierräume: historische Verortungen
Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. Topics in interdisciplinary African studies. 194p.

Periodical articlewa Mutiso, Kineene (2014)
Number symbolism (nos. 1, 4, 7 and 1,000) in Swahili poetry: the case of 'Utenzi wa Fatumah'
Abstract presentKiswahili. Volume 77. p. 132-148.

BookJones, Karen R.; Macola, Giacomo; Welch, David (eds.) (2013)
A cultural history of firearms in the age of empire
Abstract presentFarnham: Ashgate. 317p.

Periodical articleLeblan, Vincent; Bricka, Blandine (2013)
See this publicationGenies or the opacity of human-animal relationships in Kakande, Guinea
African Study Monographs. Volume 34 #2. p. 85-108.

Periodical articleMüller, Retief; Kruger, Frans (2013)
See this publicationRain and water symbolism in southern African religious systems: continuity and change
Abstract presentExchange: Journal of Contemporary Christianities in Context. Volume 42 #2. p. 143-156.

Periodical articleAterianus, Alice (2012)
Des diables, des prophètes et des 'banzis' sur les scènes de Libreville: les réemplois religieux des rappeurs du Gabon
Abstract presentAutrepart. #60. p. 39-53.

Periodical articleGiblin, John D.; Remigius, Kigongo (2012)
See this publicationThe social and symbolic context of the royal potters of Buganda
Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. Volume 47 #1. p. 64-80.

Periodical articleGoodrich, Andre; Bombardella, Pia (2012)
Street name-changes, abjection and private toponymy in Potchefstroom, South Africa
Abstract presentAnthropology Southern Africa. Volume 35 #1-2. p. 20-30.

Periodical articleJenkins, Elwyn (2012)
See this publicationShowcasing South African rock art on postage stamps
Abstract presentCritical Arts: A Journal of Media Studies. Volume 26 #4. p. 466-483.

Periodical articleMcCracken, Donal P. (2012)
See this publicationEquivocators or zealots? Post-revolutionary re-imaging colonial languages, names and name change in Ireland and South Africa
Abstract presentCritical Arts: A Journal of Media Studies. Volume 26 #4. p. 447-465.

BookSpecken, Hendrik (2012)
See this publication'This is not our homeland': die alltägliche (Re-)Produktion von Nation in einem saharauischen Flüchtlingslager
Mainz: Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität. Arbeitspapiere #139. 74p.

Periodical articleBazzi, Rachid (2011)
See this publicationLa vessie et le bonnet, ou l'ombilic du conte
Maghreb Review. Volume 36 #1. p. 78-85.

Periodical articleCimpric, Aleksandra (2011)
Les transformations des représentations symboliques relatives à l'eau: la sorcellerie des 'talimbi' dans le contexte urbain centrafricain
Abstract presentCahiers d'études africaines. Volume 51 #204. p. 873-892.

Periodical articleHeldman, Marilyn (2011)
Two circular diagrams in a royal Ethiopic manuscript ((EMML ms. 50): context and meaning
Rassegna di studi etiopici. Volume 3. p. 185-218.

Periodical articleKerseboom, Simone (2011)
Grandmother-martyr-heroine: placing Sara Baartman in South African post-apartheid foundational mythology
Historia: amptelike orgaan. Volume 56 #1. p. 63-76.

BookMusée d'Aquitaine de la ville de Bordeaux (2011)
Arts d'Afrique: voir l'invisible
Bordeaux: Musée d'Aquitaine. 240p.

Periodical articleRelke, Joan (2011)
See this publicationThe Predynastic dancing Egyptian figurine
Abstract presentJournal of Religion in Africa. Volume 41 #4. p. 396-426.

Periodical articleBernault, Florence (2010)
Quelque chose de pourri dans le post-empire: le fétiche, le corps et la marchandise dans le Mémorial de Brazza au Congo
Abstract presentCahiers d'études africaines. Volume 50 #198-200. p. 771-798.

BookDiblé, Danielle (2010)
Amadou Hampâté Bâ: l'espace initiatique
Paris: l'Harmattan. Études africaines. 91p.

Periodical articleDolisane-Ébosse, Cécile (2010)
Sens et puissance des mythes dans l'oeuvre de Werewere Liking
Abstract presentÉthiopiques: revue socialiste de culture négro-africaine. #85. p. 135-144.

Periodical articleGuindeuil, Thomas (2010)
'Pour l'âne, le miel n'a pas de goût': miel et société dans l'histoire du royaume d'Éthiopie
Abstract presentJournal des africanistes. Volume 80 #1-2. p. 283-306.

Periodical articleIsaacs-Martin, Wendy (2010)
Strengthening national identity through national symbols and historical narrative: do national leaders have a role to play?
Africa Insight. Volume 40 #3. p. 80-91.

BookJuhé-Beaulaton, Dominique (ed.) (2010)
Forêts sacrées et sanctuaires boisés: des créations culturelles et biologiques (Burkina Faso, Togo, Bénin)
Abstract presentParis: Karthala. Hommes et sociétés. 280p.

Periodical articleKah, Henry Kam (2010)
See this publicationWomen's resistance in Cameroon's western Grassfields: the power of symbols, organization, and leadership, 1957-1961
Abstract presentAfrican Studies Quarterly. Volume 12 #3. p. 67-91.

Periodical articleKlemm, Peri M. (2010)
Tying Oromo history: the manipulation of dress and adornment during the late nineteenth century
Abstract presentThe journal of Oromo studies. Volume 17 #1. p. 111-135.

Periodical articleLegrip, Olivia (2010)
Du 'zoro firarazana' à l'autel catholique et de la mémoire familiale au support vidéo: accumulations et nouveaux usages 'modernisés' des images religieuses
Abstract presentÉtudes océan Indien. #44. p. 185-214.

Periodical articleLécrivain, Claudine (2010)
Des chevreuils égarés au yeux éblouis: les clandestins entre humanité et animalité
Expressions maghrébines. Volume 9 #2. p. 193-210.

Periodical articleMartin-Granel, Nicolas (2010)
Singeries au Congo
Abstract presentCahiers d'études africaines. Volume 50 #198-200. p. 1113-1145.

Conference paperTerramorsi, Bernard; Sambo, Clément (eds.) (2010)
Les filles des eaux dans l'océan Indien: mythes, récits, représentations: actes du colloque international de Toliara (Madagascar, mai 2008)
Abstract presentParis: L'Harmattan. 559p.

Periodical articleThotse, Mahunele (2010)
See this publicationContesting names and statues: battles over the Louis Trichardt/Makhado 'city-text' in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Abstract presentKronos: Journal of Cape History. #36. p. 173-183.

Periodical articleTonda, Joseph (2010)
Le Mausolée Brazza, corps mystique de l'État congolais ou corps du 'négatif'
Abstract presentCahiers d'études africaines. Volume 50 #198-200. p. 799-821.

Periodical articleWaldock, Victoria (2010)
The Taleschout hippos: an enigmatic site in the Messak Settafet, southwest Libya
Sahara: Prehistory and History of the Sahara. #21. p. 93-106.

Periodical articleAyantayo, J.K. (2009)
Ancestral veneration in national symbols and its implications for national integration and moral transformation in Nigeria
Abstract presentOrita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies. Volume 41 #2. p. 1-17.

Periodical articleBoulama, Kaoum (2009)
La notion du Nord dans trois romans sahéliens
Abstract presentÉthiopiques: revue socialiste de culture négro-africaine. #82. p. 13-27.

Periodical articleBruzzone, Virginia Tiziana (2009)
Lignages et pouvoir en milieu seereer de la Petite Côte (Sénégal): perte et résistance des fonctions traditionnelles
Abstract presentBulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Série B: Sciences humaines. Volume 53 #1-2. p. 19-29.

Periodical articleDjiar, Kahina Amal (2009)
See this publicationSymbolism and memory in architecture: Algerian anti-colonial resistance and the Algiers Casbah
The Journal of North African Studies. Volume 14 #2. p. 185-202.

BookGay, Denis (2009)
Les Bohra de Madagascar: religion, commerce et échanges transnationaux dans la construction de l'identité ethnique
Zürich: LIT Verlag. Freiburger sozialanthropologische Studien #23. 396p.

Periodical articleMensah, Kobby (2009)
Symbolically speaking: the use of semiotics in marketing politics in Ghana
Identity, Culture and Politics: an Afro-Asian Dialogue. Volume 10 #1. July. p. 75-89.

Periodical articleMirzeler, Mustafa Kemal (2009)
See this publicationSorghum as a gift of self: the Jie harvest ritual through time
Abstract presentHistory in Africa. Volume 36. p. 387-419.

BookOyelola, Pat (2009)
Nigerian artistry
Ibadan: Mosuro. 328p.

Periodical articleSwanepoel, Natalie (2009)
Capital letters: material dissent and place name change in the 'new' South Africa, 2005-2006
Abstract presentAnthropology Southern Africa. Volume 32 #3-4. p. 95-105.

Dissertation / thesisTasew, Bayleyegn (2009)
Metaphors of Peace and Violence in the Folklore Discourses of South-Western Ethiopia: A Comparative Study
Abstract present370p.

Periodical articleAsaah, Augustine H. (2008)
Postcolonial relations with suns: a comparative study of Palangyo's 'Dying in the Sun' and Kourouma's 'Les soleils des indépendances'
JALA: the Journal of the African Literature Association. Volume 2 #1. p. 113-129.

Periodical articleBurka, Temesgen (2008)
See this publication'Qaalluu', smith and metal: traditional conflict resolution mechanisms in the medium of metals among the Oromo of northeast Wollega, Ethiopia
Abstract presentEthiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Volume 6 #1-2. p. 25-43.

Periodical articleDumas-Champion, Françoise (2008)
L'activité pastorale et le cycle végétatif chez les Masa (Tchad/Cameroun)
Abstract presentJournal des africanistes. Volume 78 #1-2. p. 143-155.

Periodical articleKarangi, Matthew M. (2008)
See this publicationRevisiting the roots of Gikuyu culture through the sacred 'Mugumo' tree
Abstract presentJournal of African Cultural Studies. Volume 20 #1. p. 117-132.

Periodical articleRossatanga-Rignault, Guy (2008)
'Laver le corps': symbolique et thérapeutique de l'eau en Afrique
Abstract presentPalabres actuelles: revue de la Fondation Raponda-Walker pour la Science et la Culture. #2. p. 91-105.

Periodical articleTonda, Joseph (2008)
La santé en Afrique ou l'esprit contre le corps
Abstract presentPalabres actuelles: revue de la Fondation Raponda-Walker pour la Science et la Culture. #2. p. 65-89.

Periodical issueWidgren, Mats; Håkansson, N. Thomas; Börjeson, Lowe (eds.) (2008)
Special issue: The political ecology of trade, food production, and landscape transformations in Northeast Tanzania: 1850-2000
Abstract presentInternational Journal of African Historical Studies. Volume 41 #3. p. 369-609.

Periodical articleAchrati, Nora (2007)
See this publicationFollowing the Leader: A History and Evolution of the Amir 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi as Symbol
The Journal of North African Studies. Volume 12 #2. June. p. 139-152.

Periodical articleDoki, Gowon Ama (2007)
Signifying systems in traditional African theatre aesthetics: the 'Girinya' ritual dance of the Tiv people of Nigeria
Abstract presentAfrican Performance Review. Volume 1 #2-3. p. 7-26.

Periodical articleHolsoe, Svend E. (2007)
Matilda Newport: the power of a Liberian invented tradition
Abstract presentLiberian Studies Journal. Volume 32 #1. p. 84-93.

Periodical articleJegede, Ayodele Samuel (2007)
Cultural symbols in health communication in a Yoruba setting of Southwestern Nigeria
Journal of environment and culture. Volume 4 #1. p. 1-15.

BookSheridan, Michael J.; Nyamweru, Celia (eds.) (2007)
African sacred groves: ecological dynamics & social change
Abstract presentOxford: James Currey. 230p.

Periodical articleSounaye, Abdoulaye (2007)
See this publicationInstrumentalizing the Qur'an in Niger's public life
Abstract presentJournal for Islamic Studies. Volume 27. p. 211-239.

Periodical articleUkpokolo, Chinyere (2007)
Gender, symbols and traditional peacebuilding among the Nanka-Igbo of South-Eastern Nigeria
Journal of environment and culture. Volume 4 #1. p. 41-68.

Periodical articleAsakitikpi, O.A. (2006)
Cloth motifs as semiotic expression among Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria
Journal of environment and culture. Volume 3 #2. p. 113-122.

Periodical articleJennings, Eric (2006)
See this publicationMadagascar se souvient: les multiples visages du monument aux morts du Lac Anosy, Antananarivo
Outre-mers: revue d'histoire. Volume 94 #350-351. p. 123-140.

Book chapterBeek, Walter E.A. van (2005)
See this publicationKapsiki beer dynamics
Abstract presentIn: Ressources vivrières et choix alimentaires dans le bassin du lac Tchad. p. 477-499.

BookDe Courtilles, Isabelle; Prevost, Liliane (2005)
Guide des croyances et symboles: Afrique: Bambara, Dogon, Peul
Paris: L'Harmattan. Études africaines. 250p.

Periodical articleMartey, Emmanuel (2005)
Spiritual challenges of widowhood symbolism in African religio-cultural setting: a Christian theological perspective
Abstract presentOrita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies. Volume 37 #1-2. p. 129-149.

Dissertation / thesisPopp, Wossen Marion (2005)
Conflicting practices of environment construction in Bale, Ethiopia
Berlin: Weißensee Verlag. Berliner Beiträge zur Ethnologie #9. 213p.

Periodical articleBekerie, Ayele (2004)
An historical overview of Ethiopia's symbolic significance to the African diaspora
Horn of Africa. Volume 22. p. 64-87.

BookEboh, Simeon Onyewueke (2004)
African communalism: the way to social harmony and peaceful co-existence
Frankfurt am Main: IKO - Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation. Onuganotu lectures #3. 247p.

Periodical articleHaaland, Randi (2004)
See this publicationIron Smelting - A Vanishing Tradition: Ethnographic Study of This Craft in South-West Ethiopia
Abstract presentJournal of African Archaeology. Volume 2 #1. p. 65-79.

Periodical articleHenderson, Patricia C. (2004)
The Vertiginous Body and Social Metamorphosis in a Context of HIV/AIDS
Abstract presentAnthropology Southern Africa. Volume 27 #1-2. p. 43-53.

Periodical articleMuzumanga Ma-Mumbimbi, Flavien (2003)
La symbolique végétale dans la mystique de Béatrice Kimpa Vita (1682-1706)
Revue africaine des sciences de la mission = African review of mission studies. Volume 10 #19. déc.. p. 143-167.

Periodical articleLagopoulos, Alexandros Ph.; Stylianoudi, M.-G. Lily (2001)
See this publicationThe Symbolism of Space in Ethiopia
Abstract presentAethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian Studies. Volume 4. p. 55-95.

Periodical articleMagwaza, Thenjiwe (2001)
See this publicationPrivate Transgressions: The Visual Voice of Zulu Women
Abstract presentAgenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. #49. p. 25-32.

Periodical articleWolf, Jan J. de (2001)
Talking sheep, dancing calabashes, devouring gourds: natural symbols of the 'uncanny' in East African folktales
Afrika und Übersee: Sprachen, Kulturen. Volume 84 #2. p. 257-276.

Periodical articleJames, Wendy (2000)
See this publicationReforming the Circle: Fragments of the Social History of a Vernacular African Dance Form
Abstract presentJournal of African Cultural Studies. Volume 13 #1. June. p. 140-152.

Periodical articleKandé, Sylvie (2000)
See this publicationFrom Bandiagara to Paris: reflections on the travels of a Dogon sign
Abstract presentResearch in African Literatures. Volume 31 #4. p. 21-28.

BookBaroin, Catherine; Boutrais, Jean (eds.) (1999)
L'homme et l'animal dans le bassin du lac Tchad
Abstract presentParis: Éditions IRD. Colloques et séminaires. 705p.

BookFardon, Richard (1999)
See this publicationMary Douglas: an intellectual biography
London: Routledge. 315p.

Periodical articleNgub'usim Mpey-Nka, Richard (1999)
La symbolique et la mystique du nombre '9' chez le peuple Yansi traditionnel
Abstract presentCongo-Afrique: économie, culture, vie sociale. Volume 39 #337. septembre. p. 417-434.

Periodical articleHaaland, Gunnar (1998)
Beer, Blood and Mother's Milk: The Symbolic Context of Economic Behavior in Fur Society
Sudan Notes and Records. #2. p. 53-76.

Periodical articleCrandall, David P. (1996)
See this publicationFemale over Male of Left over Right: Solving a Classificatory Puzzle among the OvaHimba
Abstract presentAfrica: Journal of the International African Institute. Volume 66 #3. p. 327-348.

Periodical articleNabofa, M.Y. (1996)
Saliva symbolism in African belief
Abstract presentOrita: Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies. Volume 28 #1-2. p. 11-35.

Periodical articleDupré, Marie-Claude; Pinçon, Bruno (1995)
La métallurgie du fer: technique, symbolique et sémantique: symbolique obstétrique et dynamique de la contradiction en Afrique centrale
Abstract presentCahiers des sciences humaines. Volume 31 #4. p. 825-848.

BookLuig, Ute; Oppen, Achim von (eds.) (1995)
Naturaneignung in Afrika als sozialer und symbolischer Prozess
Abstract presentBerlin: Verlag Das Arabische Buch. Arbeitshefte #10. 112p.

Periodical articleTrollip, Anna-Marie (1995)
Meaning of Blankets, Towels and T-Shirts in the Context of Acculturation in South Africa
Abstract presentSouth African Journal of Ethnology. Volume 18 #4. December. p. 150-154.

Periodical articleMacEachern, Scott (1994)
See this publication'Symbolic Reservoirs' and Inter-Group Relations: West African Examples
Abstract presentAfrican Archaeological Review. Volume 12. p. 205-224.

Periodical articleRitz-Müller, Ute (1993)
See this publicationBäume des Lebens: zum Naturverständnis in der Westafrikanischen Savanne (Burkina Faso)
Abstract presentPaideuma. Volume 39. p. 163-176.

Periodical articleTurco, Angelo (1993)
L'ordine infinito: simboli territoriali e dispositivi sociali presso i Senoufo della Costa d'Avorio
Abstract presentTerra d'Africa. p. 15-72.

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