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The Anthropology of Music

Main emphases: European explorers' accounts (from late 15th c. onwards) of non-Western peoples and cultures provided basis for development of anthropology and ethnomusicology, and provided most…
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Ancient watercourses and biogeography of the Sahara explain the peopling of the desert

The dating of lacustrine sediments show that the “green Sahara” also existed during the last interglacial and provided green corridors that could have formed dispersal routes at a likely time for the migration of modern humans out of Africa.
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TRADITIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDS: GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND DYNAMICS IN RELATION TO THE ECOLOGY OF WEST AFRICA

Archaeology, Language, and the African Past

The author reveals how language, history, and Archaeology in Africa have changed over time and how these changes have changed the role of language and archaeology in African life.

'You can't go home again' Pastoralism in the new millennium

Contact details: Institutional Home/correspondence Research Fellow CISPAL Overseas Development Institute 8, Guest Road 111, Westminster Bridge Road Cambridge CB1 2AL London, SE1 7JD United Kingdom…

CONFLICT BETWEEN PASTORALISTS AND CULTIVATORS IN NIGERIA

Bananas and Plantains in Africa: Re-interpreting the linguistic evidence

Phytolith evidence for early domesticated bananas in Cameroun supports a conclusion reached previously from a combination of botanical and linguistic evidence, namely that plantains reached West…
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Rural radio in agricultural extension: the example of vernacular radio programmes on soil and water conservation in N. Ghana.

Radio is a powerful communication tool. Experience with rural radio has shown the potential for agricultural extension to benefit from both the reach and the relevance that local broadcasting can…

The Expansion and Adaptation of Fulbe Pastoralism to Subhumid and Humid Conditions in Nigeria

R. Blench — L'expansion et l'adaptation du pastoralisme peul aux conditions climatiques humides et subhumides du Nigeria. ; Les Peuls, dont la population est la plus dispersee des peuples pasteurs du…
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The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography

This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics,…
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