In May 2008 anti-immigrant riots in South Africa displaced more than a hundred thousand people. Despite the media attention that the riots attracted, there has been no study that presents trend data on anti-immigrant sentiment for the period after 2008. This paper uses data from the nine rounds of the South African Social Attitudes Survey over the period 2003?2012 ...

Xenophobic violence in South Africa existed before the end of the apartheid in 1994 and there lacks evidence that it will end anytime soon. In view of the effects of xenophobic violence on foreigners in South Africa, this article showcases the argument that what regularly happens in South Africa is a reflection of the challenges inherent in African countries. While...

Cet article examine la pratique de la circoncision masculine au sein du peuple migrant des Yaos, au Zimbabwe, dans le but de mettre en évidence l'importance de la circoncision comme une plateforme pour la mobilisation sociale contre le VIH et le sida. Cet article traite des avantages que présente cette pratique sur le plan de la santé et de la nouvelle forme d'iden...

Traditional institutions of conflict resolution play a very significant role in the day-to-day lives of Africans in general and Ethiopians in particular. In Ethiopia, a country that has adopted ethnic federalism as its policy, such traditional institutions help to blur political boundaries and bring people from different ethnic and regional backgrounds together. Fu...