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/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/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/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/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/2015/4232 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Harding, Leonhard DPPL 2015-03-04T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4127 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Krempel, Pascal DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4124 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Körner, Till DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4123 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Michaelis, Philipp DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4122 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Zeien, Ina Tanita DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4121 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Harding, Leonhard DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4120 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Bergmann, Stepahnie DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4119 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Harding, Leonhard DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4118 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Harms, Dana DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4117 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Saidi, Lina DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/archiv/2015/4116 Afrikanistik Online, Vol. 2015, Iss. 1: Proceedings No publisher Harding, Leonhard DPPL 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z