afriche e orienti - the journal

issues 1999

1/1999 exiles and memories

Thoughts on exile and memory, by Alessandro Triulzi
Alienation, authenticity and writing: thinking as retrieval of memory, by Kusum Aggarwal
Positive and negative aspects of speaking French in Algeria: the journal "Algerie Littérature/action", by Naget Khadda
Traditions, memories and exile: East African Literature in English, by Felicity Hand
Stories and marginalization. Some recent novels in French speaking Africa, by Nadia Valgimigli
A look at the Portuguese, by Maria Alexandre Dàskalos
The city as a shelter for freedom of expression, by Cristiana Flamingo
For an International Forum of writers, by Salman Rushdie
Exile in the homeland: Africans in Nazi Germany, by Dag

Fragments
Mr. Aziz's golden tooth: the bus to Shemiran, by Goli Taraqqi
Younis Tawfil: exile between everyday life and memory, ed. by Cristina Schiavone
Escaping the net, by Cristiana Fiamingo

Events
Rwanda after genocide, by Gasana Ndoba
Crisis in Guinea Bissau, by Carlos Cardoso
Report of the UN mission in Algeria, by Madjid Benchikh

Development
World Development Report and Human Development Report 1998: towards a stronger dialogue?, by Alessia Alboresi and Arrigo Pallotti

Immigration
Lives of nomadism: people from Senegal and migrations, by Sebastiano Ceschi

Researches
Human rights, globalisation and culture. The experience of TRC in South Africa, by Richard Wilson

Language
Algeria: Languages, Culture, Identity, by Khaoula Taleb-Ibrahim

Literature
Literature and psychoanalysis. A voice from below: Kajubi D. Mukajanga and his novel Mpenzi I-II, by Graziella Acquaviva
Interview with the writer Yvonne Vera, ed. by Isabella Metambanadzo

Music
Doudou N'diaye Rose's special percussions, by Alina Renditiso

Media
The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Italian press, by Elena Gardenght and Maura Pazzi
Turning local stories into international events, by Tricia Redekker Hepne
Letter to the President of the Italian National Broadcasting company

Tools
From the Journals, ed. by Afrolab
Bibliography: Kurds and Kurdistan, ed. by Stefania Marzocchi
Yasar Kemal, by M.C. Pudioli

2/1999 conflicts in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa: why conflicts?, by Mario Zamponi
The Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict and us, by Alessandro Triulzi
Ethiopia-Eritrea: the reasons for an announced conflict, by Uoldelul Chelati Dirar
Mogadiscio between ruins and globalisation, by Roland Marchal
Congo-Zaire-Congo: from rebellions to democracy?, by Anna Maria Gentili
Youth - war in Sierra Leone. Pacifying a monster?, by Paul Richards
Reportages by Rino La Rocca
Conflicts in Africa in the age of globalisation, by Maurizio Melani

Event Kosovo, by Fabio Martelli

Interview Meeting with Alpha Oumar Konaré, President of the Republic of Mali

Gender Genital mutilation in Africa and elsewhere, by Giancarla Codrignani

Literature
There are no longer griot here, but poets. Conversation with Véronique Tadjio, by Cristina Schiavone
Amitav Ghosh, by Simonetta Lelli

Images
Colonized Imaginary, by Gianluca Gabrielli
Research unit on children literature, University of South Africa, by Felicité Fairer-Wessel

Cinema Black Cinema: Africa of the year 2000, by Anna Maria Gallone

Music Taarab: the role of women in the music of Zanzibar, by Flavia Aiello

Tools From the journals/ Conflicts in Subsaharan Africa, by DavideTramontano

From the journals Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines, by Alessandro Triulzi

Bibliography EU-ACP relations: the Lomé Convention, by Arrigo Pallotti

Internet
Maghreb and the net, by Michelangelo Cocco and Giancarlo Gennuso
Afrilex and the lexicographical activity in South Africa, by Flavia Aiello

Events
Nigeria 1999: end of the never ending transition?, by Marcella Emiliani
Presidential Elections in Algeria, by Anna Maria Medici
West Sahara: a referendum for the new millennium?, by Francesco Correale
Turkey: 1999 elections, by Mario Nordio

3/99 transition in South Africa

South Africa, 1994-1999: elections and party system, by M. Cristina Ercolessi
COSATU and democratic government between political institutionalisation and social marginalization, by Franco Barchiesi
Development and reforms of the local government, by Antonio Pezzano and Sebastiana Etzo
Education to democracy, human rights and citizenship, by Penny Enslin
Criminality in South Africa, by Massimiliano Giamprini
Storiography and the Truth Commission, by Cristiana Flamingo

Events
Elections in Israel in 1999: the broken promise, by Ilan Pappe
The results of Israeli elections, by Cristiana Flamingo
The (in)security zone in South Lebanon, by Michele Concato
Morocco, on the threshold of a new kingdom, by Francesco Correale
The new face of Gheddafi, by Andrea Semplici

Focus
Cultural evolution in post-revolutionary Iran, ed. by Anna Vanzan
From our correspondent from?.., by Alberto Negri
Opposition, rural life and pre-revolutionary cinema, by Farian Sabahi
Debate with Ulama in Iran. Gender and Islam, by Ziba Mir-Hossein
Bibliography: Iran 1979-1999: 20 years of revolution, 20 years of books, by M. Cristina Pudioli
Iran, the books of the anniversary, by Farian Sabahi

ResearchesDemocracy and Security in Israel, by Federico Foli

Gender Pakistan: the muhajira women in Karachi: ethnicity, gender and the state by Daniela Bredi

Education
Surviving in the desert and adventures in wild regions. Children Literature for the young Namibia, by Andrée-Jeanne Tötemeyer
Unyago: the symbol of life. Women and education in Tanzania, by Maria Rosaria Russo
University and structural adjustment in Ghana, by Marco Guadagnino

MediaFreedom of press in Africa between progress and involution, by Mamoudou Sy

Literature Assia and the others, by Anna Vanzan

Theater Nights Drums, by Nadia Valgimigli

ComicsSwahili Comics in Tanzania, by Florinda Guadagna

Music The notion of "Musical Change" and the "Standardization" of the Tradition: a case studies of the Traditional Egyptian Music, by Dimitrios N. Ouzounis

Photography Meetings with south African photography
Alf Kumalo, South African photographer

4/1999 elections and political transitions in Africa

Event
Buriani Baba Wa Taifa Julius Nyerere by Anna Maria Gentili
Ciao Paola by Carlo Scaramella
Elections and political transition in Africa. Editorial by M. Cristina Ercolessi Globalization, democracy and development. Mozambique's challenges for 2000 by Mario ZamponiConsolidation of democracy and political transition in Mozambique: 99's elections by Corrado TornimbeniNamibia, or the ambiguities of a democracy by Cristiana FiamingoTransition and 1999 election: Niger looking for democracy and stability by Enrico SborgiGuinea Bissau: change at last? by Carlos Cardoso
Ben Ali's long walk to democracy. First "pluralist" presidential elections in Tunisia by Antonio Pezzano

Events The clayfooted elephant. Ivory Coast after Houphouët-Boigny by Christof Hartmann30 years of OAU Convention on refugees by Giancarla Codrignani

Researches State, informal economy and civil society. Urban transport in Dar es Salaam by Matteo Rizzo

Fragments Sahel by Marco Aime

History and memory
The beast of the past: history and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Colin Bundy Colonial graveyards and public history in Namibia by Dag HenrichsenMemory as a literary genre by Ana Paula TavaresAdwa: the voice and the memory. Conversation with Haile Gerima by Maria Coletti and Leonardo De Franceschi

Development Africa's foreign debt: interview with Joseph Hanlon by Corrado Tornimbeni

Media "Asmerino belisimoo!" Identities on web during the Ethiopia-Eritrea's conflict by Giuseppe Porcaro

Arts Georges Adéagbo: "the story of the lion" and the big hunt of the critics by Eriberto EulisseFrom India to Mozambique by Alda Costa and Sara de Sousa Teixera

Music Interview with mbira queen Stella Chiweshe by Alina Renditiso

Photography Which "african" photography? by Enrico Sturani
Photographic history of italian colonialism by Massimo Zaccaria
From the journals

Bibliography Christianity in South Africa by Barbara Bompani
Virtual University for Sub-Saharan Africa by Michelangelo Cocco and Giancarlo Gennuso

Books reviews Interview with Mohamed Talbi by Seyed Farian Sabahi