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Unity Through Diversity: A Case Study of Chrislam in Lagos (2016)
Journal Article
Janson, M. (2016). Unity Through Diversity: A Case Study of Chrislam in Lagos. Africa, 86(4), 646-672. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972016000607

This article presents an ethnographic case study of Chrislam, a series of religious movements that fuse Christian and Muslim beliefs and practices, in its socio-cultural and political-economic setting in Nigeria’s former capital Lagos. Against conven... Read More about Unity Through Diversity: A Case Study of Chrislam in Lagos.

Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War) (2016)
Journal Article
Rettová, A. (2016). Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War). Comparative Literature, 68(4), 389-407. https://doi.org/10.1215/00104124-3698477

A central discussion in African Philosophy concerns the “African concept of time,” famously theorized by John S. Mbiti. Mbiti makes a distinction between a circular and a linear concept of time, associating the former with Africa and the latter with... Read More about Time as Myth, Time as History in Afrophone Novels on Ujamaa (Tanzanian Socialism) and the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela (Zimbabwean Liberation War).

kososel tamlon uy kyepohak: wiliem sukhillentu <kotaysosel> uy yenkwusacek uyuy (Genealogy of the Discourse on Korean Traditional Novels: A Study on the Academic Significance of Professor W. E. Skillend's <Kodae Sosol> (2016)
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Ahn, D., & Yeon, J. (2016). kososel tamlon uy kyepohak: wiliem sukhillentu uy yenkwusacek uyuy (Genealogy of the Discourse on Korean Traditional Novels: A Study on the Academic Significance of Professor W. E. Skillend's . Nammyeonghag yeon'gu, 52, 121-170. https://doi.org/10.14381/NMH.2016.52.12.30.121

Before and After the Wheel: Precolonial and Colonial States and Transportation in Mainland Southeast Asia and West Africa (2016)
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Charney, M. W. (2016). Before and After the Wheel: Precolonial and Colonial States and Transportation in Mainland Southeast Asia and West Africa. Humanetten, 37, 9-38. https://doi.org/10.15626/hn.20163702

The present article seeks to demonstrate the important influence pre-colonial roads and overland transportation had on the emergence of modern transportation systems in modern Africa and Southeast Asia. To do so, it examines the pre-colonial and colo... Read More about Before and After the Wheel: Precolonial and Colonial States and Transportation in Mainland Southeast Asia and West Africa.

Inner Life, Politics and the Secular: Is there a ‘Spirituality’ of Subalterns and Dalits? Notes on Gramsci and Ambedkar. (2016)
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Zene, C. (2016). Inner Life, Politics and the Secular: Is there a ‘Spirituality’ of Subalterns and Dalits? Notes on Gramsci and Ambedkar. Rethinking Marxism, 28(3-4), 540-562. https://doi.org/10.1080/08935696.2016.1243420

When discussing the plight of subaltern groups, scholars often underline the economic and material troubles suffered by “the poor” through the perpetration of unjust exploitation, unequal distribution of wealth, and more generally, their being subjec... Read More about Inner Life, Politics and the Secular: Is there a ‘Spirituality’ of Subalterns and Dalits? Notes on Gramsci and Ambedkar..

Menstruation and the cycle of poverty: a cluster quasi-randomised control trial of sanitary pad and puberty education provision in Uganda (2016)
Journal Article
Montgomery, P., Hennegan, J., Dolan, C., Wu, M., Steinfield, L., & Scott, L. (2016). Menstruation and the cycle of poverty: a cluster quasi-randomised control trial of sanitary pad and puberty education provision in Uganda. PLoS ONE, 11(12), Article e0166122. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166122

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Poor menstrual knowledge and access to sanitary products have been proposed as barriers to menstrual health and school attendance. In response, interventions targeting these needs have seen increasing implementation in public and private... Read More about Menstruation and the cycle of poverty: a cluster quasi-randomised control trial of sanitary pad and puberty education provision in Uganda.

Review of: Ethnicity and International Law: Histories, Politics and Practices by Mohammad Shahabuddin (2016)
Journal Article
Hamzić, V. (2016). Review of: Ethnicity and International Law: Histories, Politics and Practices by Mohammad Shahabuddin. Melbourne journal of international law, 17(2), 489-493

Mohammad Shahabuddin’s book is a comprehensive and much-needed historical study of the role of ethnicity in the making of international law. It calls for a heightened attention to a pair of opposites: the nineteenth-century Romantic idea of the natio... Read More about Review of: Ethnicity and International Law: Histories, Politics and Practices by Mohammad Shahabuddin.

House of the people? Afghanistan’s parliament in 2015 (2016)
Journal Article
Larson, A. (2016). House of the people? Afghanistan’s parliament in 2015. Conflict, Security & Development, 16(6), 595-612. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2016.1248408

Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections in September 2005 marked the re-establishment of the legislature after a 30-year hiatus. Instead of connecting constituents to central government, however, it is argued here the Wolesi Jirga (lower house or WJ) h... Read More about House of the people? Afghanistan’s parliament in 2015.

Schoolgirls’ experience and appraisal of menstrual absorbents in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional evaluation of reusable sanitary pads (2016)
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Hennegan, J., Dolan, C., Wu, M., Scott, L., & Montgomery, P. (2016). Schoolgirls’ experience and appraisal of menstrual absorbents in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional evaluation of reusable sanitary pads. Reproductive Health, 13(143), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-016-0260-7

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Governments, multinational organisations, and charities have commenced the distribution of sanitary products to address current deficits in girls’ menstrual management. The few effectiveness studies conducted have focused on health and... Read More about Schoolgirls’ experience and appraisal of menstrual absorbents in rural Uganda: a cross-sectional evaluation of reusable sanitary pads.

The regional heterogeneity of wellbeing “expenditure” preferences: evidence from a simulated allocation choice on the BES indicators (2016)
Journal Article
Becchetti, L., Corrado, L., & Fiaschetti, M. (2017). The regional heterogeneity of wellbeing “expenditure” preferences: evidence from a simulated allocation choice on the BES indicators. Journal of Economic Geography, 17(4), 857-891. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbw042

With an online survey on major Italian newspapers we ask respondents to simulate the typical policymaker decision, that is, the dilemma of allocating scarce financial resources among alternative competing goals using the domains of the newly defined... Read More about The regional heterogeneity of wellbeing “expenditure” preferences: evidence from a simulated allocation choice on the BES indicators.