Mwenda Ntarangwi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3580966 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mwenda Ntarangwi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mwenda |
| FAMILY NAME | Ntarangwi |
| SIGNATURE | NTARANGWI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Calvin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
"Useless degrees", quality assurance, and employable graduates
At a time when it is critical to understand humanity and its various forms of socioeconomic and political life, anthropology and other social sciences are being threatened by a neoliberal emphasis on "relevant" courses in universities in Kenya. Universities are suffering from a push for "relevance" at the detriment of their traditional role of being a public good. Using personal experiences, comparative secondary data overview and analysis, I dis…
A decolonial anthropology
The 2022 meeting of the Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory (GDAT) Social Anthropology, University of Manchester. The motion is, of course, a riff on Audre Lorde's well-known 1984 claim that 'the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.' Lorde is asking about the tools of a racist and constitutionally excl…
Why Do You Behave Like That
Engaging Children and Youth in Africa
Anthropology in South Africa
Live in Dar es Salaam
Film Review
African Hip Hop and Politics of Change in an Era of Rapid Globalization
African hip hop has emerged as a forum that allows youth to critically participate in the continent’s development and ideological processes in this era of rapid globalization. Arguing that a large proportion of youth in Africa are now involved in various forms of resistance and contestation of social and political practices and processes, I show that with the shrinking role of the state in providing social services due to global economic changes …
Children’s Lives and Children’s Voices
I have changed my mind now
Few topics seem to rile students as much as genital cutting (FGC), even in a classroom characterized by moderate discussion. Two discussion threads usually emerge: one is outright condemnation of the practice, including labeling it female genital mutilation, and the other is some display of cultural relativity which leads, for the most part, to its reluctant acceptance. These responses replicate the basic arguments used today in a variety of foru…
Association for Africanist Anthropology
African Anthropology Struggling Along
The Challenges of Education and Development in Post-Colonial Kenya
Explorations of socio-cultural realities of many African countries in the post colonial era reveal a very complex yet saddening reality. Poor infrastructure, large numbers of the local populations living below poverty lines, and contin ued civil and ethnic strife are some of the most prevalent identifiable markers of post-colonial Africa. This paper addresses the legacy of colonialism as mani fested in the educational system of Kenya in the post-…
Revitalizing Anthropology in East Africa
East Africa is known the world over for its extensive contribution to the history of humankind especially through the work of paleontologists and other archaeologists. Yet if one asked an average East African what anthropology is one is likely to be told that it is something to do with looking at old bones or one will have no clue all together. Such responses are instructive of the way anthropology and anthropologists have operated in East Africa…
A decolonial anthropology
The 2022 meeting of the Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory (GDAT) Social Anthropology, University of Manchester. The motion is, of course, a riff on Audre Lorde's well-known 1984 claim that 'the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.' Lorde is asking about the tools of a racist and constitutionally excl…
African Hip Hop and Politics of Change in an Era of Rapid Globalization
African hip hop has emerged as a forum that allows youth to critically participate in the continent’s development and ideological processes in this era of rapid globalization. Arguing that a large proportion of youth in Africa are now involved in various forms of resistance and contestation of social and political practices and processes, I show that with the shrinking role of the state in providing social services due to global economic changes …
Why Do You Behave Like That
Anthropology in South Africa
African Anthropology Struggling Along
The Challenges of Education and Development in Post-Colonial Kenya
Explorations of socio-cultural realities of many African countries in the post colonial era reveal a very complex yet saddening reality. Poor infrastructure, large numbers of the local populations living below poverty lines, and contin ued civil and ethnic strife are some of the most prevalent identifiable markers of post-colonial Africa. This paper addresses the legacy of colonialism as mani fested in the educational system of Kenya in the post-…
Revitalizing Anthropology in East Africa
East Africa is known the world over for its extensive contribution to the history of humankind especially through the work of paleontologists and other archaeologists. Yet if one asked an average East African what anthropology is one is likely to be told that it is something to do with looking at old bones or one will have no clue all together. Such responses are instructive of the way anthropology and anthropologists have operated in East Africa…
The Challenges of Education and Development in Post-Colonial Kenya
Explorations of socio-cultural realities of many African countries in the post colonial era reveal a very complex yet saddening reality. Poor infrastructure, large numbers of the local populations living below poverty lines, and contin ued civil and ethnic strife are some of the most prevalent identifiable markers of post-colonial Africa. This paper addresses the legacy of colonialism as mani fested in the educational system of Kenya in the post-…
Association for Africanist Anthropology
African Anthropology Struggling Along
I have changed my mind now
Few topics seem to rile students as much as genital cutting (FGC), even in a classroom characterized by moderate discussion. Two discussion threads usually emerge: one is outright condemnation of the practice, including labeling it female genital mutilation, and the other is some display of cultural relativity which leads, for the most part, to its reluctant acceptance. These responses replicate the basic arguments used today in a variety of foru…
Children’s Lives and Children’s Voices
African Hip Hop and Politics of Change in an Era of Rapid Globalization
African hip hop has emerged as a forum that allows youth to critically participate in the continent’s development and ideological processes in this era of rapid globalization. Arguing that a large proportion of youth in Africa are now involved in various forms of resistance and contestation of social and political practices and processes, I show that with the shrinking role of the state in providing social services due to global economic changes …
Film Review
Live in Dar es Salaam
Engaging Children and Youth in Africa
Anthropology in South Africa
Why Do You Behave Like That
"Useless degrees", quality assurance, and employable graduates
At a time when it is critical to understand humanity and its various forms of socioeconomic and political life, anthropology and other social sciences are being threatened by a neoliberal emphasis on "relevant" courses in universities in Kenya. Universities are suffering from a push for "relevance" at the detriment of their traditional role of being a public good. Using personal experiences, comparative secondary data overview and analysis, I dis…
A decolonial anthropology
The 2022 meeting of the Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory (GDAT) Social Anthropology, University of Manchester. The motion is, of course, a riff on Audre Lorde's well-known 1984 claim that 'the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.' Lorde is asking about the tools of a racist and constitutionally excl…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · Anthropology (7 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 works) · Citation (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Library science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works)