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Rising Anthills: African and African American Writing on Female Genital Excision, 1960-2000 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Female genital excision, or the ritual of cutting the external genitals of girls and women, is undoubtedly one of the most heavily and widely debated cultural traditions of our time. By looking at how writers of African descent have presented the practice in their literary work, Elisabeth Bekers shows how the debate on female genital excision evolved over the last four decades of the twentieth century, in response to changing attitudes about ...
Unravelling the evolution of Africa's drainage basins through a widespread freshwater fish, the African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus Universiteit Hasselt KU Leuven
Aim The formation history of Africa's current river basins remains largely unknown. In order to date changes in landscape and climate, we studied the biogeography of the African freshwater fish with the largest natural distribution. We also validated biogeographical units.Location Continental Africa.Taxon Clarias gariepinus sl.Methods We investigated mitochondrial cytb sequences of 443 individuals from 97 localities, using a haplotype network ...
African Gateways: Measuring airline connectivity change for Africa’s global urban networks in the 2003-2009 period Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper studies the globalization of major African cities through their changing insertion in global airline networks. As such, the paper adds to a growing body of literature that analyzes the role of infrastructure in the formation of world-city networks. We draw on a rich data source that provides longitudinal airline booking data, which can be directly linked up to the evolution of inter-urban networks at the African and global scale. Our ...
How far a protected area contributes to conserve habitat species composition and population structure of endangered African tree species (Benin, West Africa) Universiteit Gent
Made in Africa : production and consumption of African red slip ware in Late Antiquity Universiteit Gent
English Abstract “Made in Africa” is dedicated to the information on production and consumption encapsulated in a single sherd labeled ‘African Red Slip Ware’ by archaeologists. This PhD thesis focuses on the identification of different Tunisian production centers by applying standardized fabric description – an archaeological method to classify pottery according to the microscopic features of the sherd. It records the variation in ‘African Red ...
Drug quality analysis of isometamidium chloride hydrochloride and diminazene diaceturate used for the treatment of African animal trypanosomosis in West Africa Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BackgroundDiminazene diaceturate (DA) and isometamidium chloride hydrochloride (ISM) are with homidium bromide, the main molecules used to treat African Animal Trypanosomosis (AAT). These drugs can be purchased from official suppliers but also from unofficial sources like local food markets or street vendors. The sub-standard quality of some of these trypanocides is jeopardizing the efficacy of treatment of sick livestock, leading thus to ...
African gateways: measuring airline connectivity change for Africa's global urban networks in the 2003-2009 period KU Leuven Universiteit Antwerpen Universiteit Gent
This paper studies the globalization of major African cities through their changing insertion in global airline networks. As such, the paper adds to a growing body of literature that analyzes the role of infrastructure in the formation of world-city networks. We draw on a rich data source that provides longitudinal airline booking data, which can be directly linked up to the evolution of inter-urban networks at the African and global scale. Our ...
European Union and Chinese Strategic Narratives towards Africa: A Mixed Methods Study of Reception by African Audiences KU Leuven
Since the start of the 21st century, China has emerged as an important partner for Africa, shaking up the continent’s existing international relations. Rather than aligning its approach to that of ‘traditional donors’, China stresses that its own experience as a developing country predisposes it to interact with African countries in a fundamentally different way. The Chinese emphasis on respect for sovereignty, non-conditional relations and ...