https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de ama14@uni-koeln.de (Redaktion Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online) Bei Fragen oder Problemen wenden Sie sich bitte direkt an den Website-Verantwortlichen. https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/logo.gif daily 1 2004-12-13T12:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2022/5612 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2022, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Schmidt, Sigrid DPPL 2022-11-02T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2022/5526 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2022, Iss. 1: L’article est basé sur quelques notes prises par le co-auteur à Bongbokpole au cours d’une enquête exploratoire menée chez les Aɓaɓóa du groupement Bokpendú, Territoire des Bambesa, qui prétendent qu’à côté du leɓóale leurs ancêtres usaient d’un langage nommé letakpú, qui était parlé exclusivement non seulement par les guerriers du clan Bongbokpole pendant les batailles mais aussi par d’autres membres de la communauté à l’occasion des palabres dans le but de protéger les secrets des délibérations ; d’où l’interdiction de sa révélation aussi bien aux étrangers qu’aux membres du clan Bongbokpole même en qui on n’avait pas confiance. Les présentes notes n’étant pas obtenues à l’aide d’un questionnaire classique, moins encore le produit d’une enquête menée par un linguiste professionnel mais plutôt par quelqu’un qui n’a bénéficié d’une initiation à la linguistique africaine que pour des fins de traduction de la bible, ne permettent pas d’avoir une idée très nette sur la structure de ce letakpú, et par conséquent d’établir avec certitude à quel groupe de dialectes ɓóa il devrait être rangé ; et surtout de vérifier l’hypothèse d’une langue initiatique ou intentionnellement créée pour être employée dans une sphère privée. Le letakpú pourrait bien être une langue empruntée à l’un ou l’autre parler des pygmoïdes Bakangó, pêcheurs des rives de l’Uélé et de la Bomokandi ; car il s’y trouve pas mal d’éléments apparemment d’origine disparate. Articles No publisher Motingea Mangulu, André Tazanaba Kadite, Dieudonné DPPL 2022-05-31T23:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2022/5525 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2022, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Kunzmann, Janika DPPL 2022-05-27T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2022/5508 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2022, Iss. 1: Articles No publisher Aldawi, Maha A. DPPL 2022-03-16T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2022/5507 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2022, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Souag, Lameen DPPL 2022-03-10T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/the-body-as-a-toolbox/5459 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Taluah, Asangba Reginald DPPL 2021-12-31T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2022/5500 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2022, Iss. 1: Der folgende Aufsatz behandelt die Erstellung einer digitalen 3D Rekonstruktion im akademischen Kontext. Es sollen die einzelnen Schritte, die es für eine auf wissenschaftlichen Methoden basierenden Rekonstruktion bedarf, vorgestellt und erläutert werden. Der Schwerpunkt liegt hierbei auf der quellenkritischen Arbeit und Bestimmung der einzelnen zu rekonstruierenden Elemente. Die technischen Schritte für die Erstellung des 3D-Modells werden anhand von begleitenden Online-Blog-Beiträgen näher erläutert. Ziel dieses Aufsatzes ist es zu zeigen, wie eine moderne 3D-Rekonstruktion begleitet von einer ordentlichen, quellenkritischen Dokumentation aussehen kann und somit einen wissenschaftlichen Diskurs darüber erst ermöglicht. Articles No publisher Hinz, Daniel Tharandt, Louise DPPL 2021-12-30T23:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/the-body-as-a-toolbox/5486 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: Since the advent of Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980, bodies of veterans of the national liberation war have featured prominently in the southern African country’s politics, mainly at the service of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). This article explores the continuum of activities in which veterans’ bodies functioned as instruments which ZANU-PF relied upon in consolidating power in post-2000 Zimbabwe. It trains its lens on the agency of liberation war military veterans in the unfolding of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP), state funerals at National Heroes Acre and provincial heroes acres scattered across Zimbabwe, presidential send-offs and welcomes at Harare International Airport, marches in solidarity with ruling elites, and at ZANU-PF political rallies. In these spaces, bodies of war veterans functioned as vectors of partisan political views, purveyors of state-centric versions of the nation’s history, embodiments of an ideology of war and exemplars of state-sanctioned versions of patriotism. Operating in a context framed by the rise of vibrant political opposition to ZANU-PF’s political hegemony in the form of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), war veterans in post-2000 Zimbabwean politics served largely to contain forces that threatened the erstwhile revolutionary party’s power retention interests. Proceedings No publisher Mlambo, Obert Gwekwerere, Tavengwa DPPL 2021-12-30T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/5397 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Mietzner, Angelika DPPL 2021-11-15T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/5395 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Schmidt, Sigrid DPPL 2021-11-08T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/5394 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Schmidt, Sigrid DPPL 2021-10-30T22:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/the-body-as-a-toolbox/5391 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: This paper discusses Hausa proverbs related to body parts and bodily functions. The Hausa people sometimes conceptualize body-related proverbs as tools used to perform certain functions virtually or in reality. Thus, this study attempts to explore some of these proverbs and analyze them within the framework of Linguistic Relativity, nowadays associated with Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf. Through the use of a purposive sampling pro-cedure, the data (the proverbs) for the study is generated from a written textbook on Hausa proverbs and from non-participant observation of spontaneous communication among Hausa native speakers in Kano state, Nigeria. From the analysis of the selected proverbs, the study found out that Hausa people have a penchant of conceptualizing body parts as tools. And this further reinforces the belief that although in the Western world, some of the works associated with human body are, to a large extent, done by machines these days, in Africa, human body parts are still used as tools to perform a number of functions, hence their linguistic conceptualization as such. Proceedings No publisher Yusuf, Aliyu Yalubu DPPL 2021-10-16T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/5389 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Schmidt, Sigrid DPPL 2021-10-15T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/the-body-as-a-toolbox/5387 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: This article is the revised version of a presentation at the International Workshop “The Body as a Toolbox” (Cologne, October 2018). It can discuss only some aspects of body conceptions in Ancient Egypt and will focus on few anthropological issues. An overview of the Ancient Egyptian idea of man will be given, including corporal as well as intellectual and social aspects. These aspects are not only to be considered separately, but intertwined. First, the Ancient Egyptian idea of the origin of human beings and its basic condition (anthropogenesis) will be presented, because it represents the reflection on human nature (anthropology). This nature comprises different aspects (Corporeality/ Ka/ Ba/ Heart/ Name/ Shadow und Ach), which need a short introduction. Then the human body will be described with regard to its capabilities of perception and interaction. At this point we also talk about single body parts as symbol for special skills. Ancient Egyptien sources also combine body parts with material culture. Finally, the idea of human beings’ ambivalence or its complexity will be illustrated by a primary source (The Struggle between Horus and Seth). Proceedings No publisher Kootz, Anja DPPL 2021-10-06T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2021/5268 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2021, Iss. 1: This article is about travel as transgression, pilgrimage and fetish. It bases on empirical research conducted by the authors at now-closed sites of transgressive party tourism in El Arenal on the island of Mallorca. Constructions of transgression and lostness are seen as being complex: Getting lost while traveling is regarded as part of the scripted confusion in the tourist zone. We therefore investigate the noise in the beer halls as opportunities for the tourists to create meaning in situations when one does not know how to articulate oneself properly. Instead of leading to destruction, the lack of ordered language, we argue, serves the reification of order. Through the production of ambiguity and meaning, community could be created. Despite the abrupt halt of the tourism industry due to the pandemic in 2020, this need for ritual transgression and community making did not disappear. By its unavailability, the outcry for the rituals became even more channeled on digital platforms. Soon, products were sold online that should help to replace those which could usually be found in the shops in El Arenal. Implementing the consumerist part of the imaginary of adventure, the items further deliver the previously performed mockery of the marginalized to the holiday makers in their home apartments. The ritual transgression by tourists at the Spanish party site always involved giving a role to West African migrants. As ambulant vendors, by wearing carnivalesque costumes and selling items such as sunglasses, they were to offer moorings for order to be restored, making racism and segregation along the boundaries constructed by classism obvious parts of the consumption and excess in the area. The street vendors, who could before at least slightly benefit in a financial way from their inclusion in the party industry at the beach, were then completely bypassed by the online T-shirt sales, and the hostility of the images representing them increased. We argue that, with reference to Walter Benjamin, these transgressive objects at the cost of marginalized and precarious Others were necessary for the upholding of ritual confusion and the following reinstallation of order. Articles No publisher Storch, Anne Traber, Janine DPPL 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z