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/2022/5525 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/2022/5507 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/2021/5397 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/2021/5389 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/2018/4790 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2018, Iss. 1: For any scholar with an interest in Southern African ‘Khoisan’, it is almost mandatory to become familiar with the works of Anthony Traill (1939-2007). Few linguists have matched the impact and scope of his studies on the phoneme inventories, phonological characteristics and other aspects of the languages now grouped into the Kx’a, Tuu and Khoe-Kwadi families (Güldemann 2014). Apart from his invaluable contributions to comparative ‘Khoisan’ studies, Traill is probably best remembered as the unchallenged specialist on the northeasternmost Taa variety subsequently referred to as (East) !Xóõ. Starting from 1969, he undertook innumerable field trips to the Lone Tree-Kagcae area in Botswana and, with the help of his !Xóõ assistants, collected an extensive corpus of data on their language and culture which was to result in three major monographic publications. Book reviews No publisher Fehn, Anne-Maria DPPL 2018-12-26T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2018/4683 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2018, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Hollington, Andrea DPPL 2018-05-27T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2018/4644 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2018, Iss. 1: Mbororo, Invasion of a Nation by Arthur Cimwanga Badibanga published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbruecken, 2016 is predominantly a drama interspersed with folk song and a bit of poetry. Other notable plays by Badibanga include La Derision Autoritaire (1993) and L’Innocence sans Preuve (1992). The impacts of nomadic tribes like the Mbororo in their migrations and settlements in most parts of the sub-Saharan Africa have been of great concern to most governments. Mindful of these instances, the playwright attempts to unravel the causes for such conflicts between the indigenes and the nomadic tribes and their subsequent search for freedom to live according to the respective traditions. The play is set in three acts and revolves around the Mbororo and key figures in Congolese society and the world at large. The concerns raised in the play are vital to these very recent times as these are the prevailing issues. What is most significant to this play is that fact that he provides a clear resolution to conflicts at stake. Notwithstanding the significance of the themes that Badibanga chooses to tackle, the play is over ambitiously populated with diverse characters and entities such Church members, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross, United Nations, African Union who supposedly appear in passing and carry individual voices. A limited number of character can echo the sentiments and thoughts expressed therein and would have given the play a more unified plot. There are some particular issues with the typesetting as sentences and sometimes words are separated by unnecessary gaps. Being a translation of the French original text (Cimwanga 2016), readers would have also expected that the Abstract to the book to be in English like all other translations.More so, there exist some typos and grammatical incoherencies in the writing, most of which could have been corrected with the appropriate attention. For instance, quite apart from Act One, which is rendered appropriately, Act Two and Act Three have a misspelt "Act" as "Acte". Interestingly so, the common idiom ‘A stitch in time saves nine’ is rendered as ‘… a stick in time saves nine’ as conveyed by Bakumbasasa in Act three (31). The play is overall a good attempt to address the issues of freedom and conflict pertain in some parts of Africa and the Congo in particular. However, the ingredients that are crucial for the success of a play are not best employed by the playwright in this regard. Book reviews No publisher Taluah, Reginald Asangba DPPL 2018-01-15T15:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2017/4616 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2017, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Lorenz, Steffen DPPL 2017-11-23T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2017/4552 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2017, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Widlok, Thomas DPPL 2017-08-24T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2017/4546 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 14, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Mlambo, Obert DPPL 2017-07-10T22:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2017/4520 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2017, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Süß, Martha Christine DPPL 2017-01-23T23:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2016/4482 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2016, Iss. 1: Book reviews No publisher Hollington, Andrea DPPL 2016-12-14T23:00:00Z