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Article focuses on the transformation in the urban communities in Ethiopia, exemplified by food culture. Ethiopian family, multiethnic and multicultural, is hierarchical and patriarchal. This hierarchy is noticeable also in food and culinary habits, for example the sharing of meat in a festive dish called doro uet.
Since 2008 Eritrea has been considered a pariah state, accused of supporting terrorism and destabilising the region. There are many indicators that this position may soon change. High costs of keeping the tension with Ethiopia alive, a new political and economic context in the region and a relative openness of the neighbouring countries suggest a reset in Asmara’s external relations could materialise...
The purpose of the article is to show the strategies of legitimacy, the scope of the investments and the rules of engagement of the BRICS in Africa. In the introduction, the birth of the BRICS and the nature of trade between the BRICS and Africa are presented. Next, the activities of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are characterized.
The First Matabele War had several results. Firstly, it ended the existence of the Ndebele Kingdom. Secondly, it was the basis of the British dominion between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. Thirdly, it became the founding myth of the Rhodesian community. Nothing has stuck in the memory of the settlers as much as the death of the members of the Major Allan Wilson’s patrol, whose main task was to capture...
In this article, I described the commercial role and functions of lançados and tangomãos at the turn of the 16th and 17th century. They were Portuguese runaways who fled to West Africa and lived there amongst Africans. The main occupation of lançados and tangomãos was trade, as they served as middlemen between African people and European merchants. They also worked as translators and guides after...
The decision of the Zulu King Dingaan to kill Piet Retief is the topic of many debates, starting from the very moment when it happened. This text is a voice in the debate. It tries to decide when Dingaan took this decision, what were his motives and to what extent the actions of Piet Retief influenced Dingaan. It also deals, at least to some extent, with the question of the inevitability of Zulu-Boer...