When democracy was introduced to Nigeria in 1999, one third of its federal states declared
that they would be governed by sharia, or Islamic law. In Democratization and Islamic Law …

In this comprehensive and provocative study of maternal reactions to child death in Guinea-
Bissau, West Africa, anthropologist Jónína Einarsdóttir challenges the assumption that …

The processes that permitted a few SIV strains to emerge epidemically as HIV groups
remain elusive. Paradigmatic theories propose factors that may have facilitated adaptation to …

This study examines the coexistence and interrelatedness of individuals and groups of
different ethnic and cultural backgrounds in northwest Cameroon, an area also known as the …

This is a quantitative and qualitative research study of the rise in the numbers and
percentages of Christians and Muslims in Africa. It presents data showing the religious …

Starting from a discussion of theoretical approaches to conversion to Christianity, this article
discusses the mission of the Protestant Moravian Church among the Nyakyusa of …

The study examines the assumption that mothers in poverty stricken areas with high rates of
fertility and child mortality will, as a survival strategy, neglect their children, sometimes with a …

This article explores the hunting aesthetics of initiated Jula hunters of Côte d'Ivoire who call
themselves dozos. It explains how their hunting aesthetic structures their relationship to …

As a contribution to the more general discussion on causes of language endangerment and
death, we describe the language ecologies of four related languages (Bà Mambila …

This article focuses on the Christian debate on polygyny from the perspective of mission
theologians, missionaries, and women at the grassroots level in Cameroon. From the end of …