Cynthia Brantley

• Poverty, Health and Reproduction in Early Colonial Uganda, Jan Kuhanen

  Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa Today•2007•Referências: 1

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  Reviewed by: Poverty, Health and Reproduction in Early Colonial Uganda Cynthia Brantley Kuhanen, Jan . 2005. Poverty, Health and Reproduction in Early Colonial Uganda. Joensuu, Finland: University of Joensuu Publications in the Humanities. 434 pp. paper. We are fortunate that Jan Kuhanen's work comes to us quickly because of the Scandinavian policy of publishing dissertations. At the same time, the book reflects some of the downsides of a dissert…

• Feeding Families, African Realities and British Ideas of Nutrition and Development in Early Colonial Africa

  Open Access•Joey Power, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Canadian Journal of African…•2004

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• Sources and Methods in African History

  Toyin Falola, Christian Jennings et al.•EDITOR•BOOK•Sources and Methods in African…•2003

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  An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing. This book is…

• Feeding Families

  C J Lee, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•African Studies Review•2003•Citada por: 4

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• Feeding Families

  John Lwanda, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•2003•Citada por: 2

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• Feeding Families

  Diana Wylie, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•2002•Citada por: 4

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• Kikuyu-Maasai Nutrition and Colonial Science

  Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•1997•Citada por: 3

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  Cynthia Brantley, Kikuyu-Maasai Nutrition and Colonial Science: The Orr and Gilks Study in Late 1920s Kenya Revisited, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), pp. 49-86

• Through Ngoni Eyes

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Critique of Anthropology•1997•Citada por: 9•Referências: 13

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  ■ Drawing upon a significant amount of unpublished data which Margaret Read collected as a part of the 1939 Nyasaland Nutrition Survey and her simultaneous study on the impact of migrant labor on village life in Nyasa land, this article argues that her conclusions that matrilineal practices were being taken over by patrilineal ones is not borne out by the evidence she collected. As peoples in the three nutrition survey villages (Yao, Chewa and Ng…

• The Crisis in African Agriculture

  Cynthia Brantley, Mohamed Lamine Gakou et al.•ARTICLE•African Economic History•1989

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• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Jidlaph G Kamoche, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•1984•Citada por: 18

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• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Margaret Hay, Margaret Jean Hay et al.•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•1984

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• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Joan Vincent, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Ethnohistory•1984

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• An Oral History of Tribal Warfare

  Cynthia Brantley, Jeffrey A Fadiman•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•1983•Citada por: 6

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• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Marguerite Ylvisaker, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Canadian Journal of African…•1983

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• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Frederick Cooper, Faith Cooper et al.•ARTICLE•African Economic History•1982•Citada por: 12

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• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800–1920

  Cynthia Brantley•BOOK•Giriama and Colonial Resistance…•1981•Citada por: 25

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  The Giriama of Kenya's coastal hinterland persistently resisted colonialism, and they were unreceptive both to Christianity and to Islam. In 1912 the British colonial authorities earmarked the Giriama as a key source of labor for the plantations Europeans were trying to develop along the coast. The Giriama, prosperous producers and traders, could not become wage laborers and maintain their successful economy, and the British demands upon this sca…

• An Historical Perspective of the Giriama and Witchcraft Control

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•1979•Citada por: 14•Referências: 10

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  Opening ParagraphWherever belief in witchcraft permeated an African society, fear prevailed and people demanded protection and control. Even though the degree of African concern about witchcraft was not always appreciated by outsiders, it was possible, at least in centralized societies, for such outsiders to discern the processes that were involved in its control. A king or a priest who failed to control the spread of witchcraft and to alleviate …

• Gerontocratic Government

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•1978•Citada por: 19•Referências: 8

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  Opening ParagraphIn the protection of their kaya home deep in the forest of the Mombasa hinterland, the Giriama of Kenya developed a non-centralized government based on a council of elders (kambi), and derived from age-sets. They were supported by a special secret society within the kambi whose oath and select membership were used to maintain order and determine guilt in difficult situations. In the period from approximately 1700 until sometime i…

• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800–1920

  Cynthia Brantley•BOOK•Giriama and Colonial Resistance…•1981•Citada por: 25

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  The Giriama of Kenya's coastal hinterland persistently resisted colonialism, and they were unreceptive both to Christianity and to Islam. In 1912 the British colonial authorities earmarked the Giriama as a key source of labor for the plantations Europeans were trying to develop along the coast. The Giriama, prosperous producers and traders, could not become wage laborers and maintain their successful economy, and the British demands upon this sca…

• Gerontocratic Government

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•1978•Citada por: 19•Referências: 8

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  Opening ParagraphIn the protection of their kaya home deep in the forest of the Mombasa hinterland, the Giriama of Kenya developed a non-centralized government based on a council of elders (kambi), and derived from age-sets. They were supported by a special secret society within the kambi whose oath and select membership were used to maintain order and determine guilt in difficult situations. In the period from approximately 1700 until sometime i…

• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Jidlaph G Kamoche, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•1984•Citada por: 18

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• An Historical Perspective of the Giriama and Witchcraft Control

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•1979•Citada por: 14•Referências: 10

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  Opening ParagraphWherever belief in witchcraft permeated an African society, fear prevailed and people demanded protection and control. Even though the degree of African concern about witchcraft was not always appreciated by outsiders, it was possible, at least in centralized societies, for such outsiders to discern the processes that were involved in its control. A king or a priest who failed to control the spread of witchcraft and to alleviate …

• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Frederick Cooper, Faith Cooper et al.•ARTICLE•African Economic History•1982•Citada por: 12

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• Through Ngoni Eyes

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Critique of Anthropology•1997•Citada por: 9•Referências: 13

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  ■ Drawing upon a significant amount of unpublished data which Margaret Read collected as a part of the 1939 Nyasaland Nutrition Survey and her simultaneous study on the impact of migrant labor on village life in Nyasa land, this article argues that her conclusions that matrilineal practices were being taken over by patrilineal ones is not borne out by the evidence she collected. As peoples in the three nutrition survey villages (Yao, Chewa and Ng…

• An Oral History of Tribal Warfare

  Cynthia Brantley, Jeffrey A Fadiman•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•1983•Citada por: 6

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• Feeding Families

  C J Lee, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•African Studies Review•2003•Citada por: 4

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• Feeding Families

  Diana Wylie, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•2002•Citada por: 4

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• Kikuyu-Maasai Nutrition and Colonial Science

  Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•1997•Citada por: 3

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  Cynthia Brantley, Kikuyu-Maasai Nutrition and Colonial Science: The Orr and Gilks Study in Late 1920s Kenya Revisited, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), pp. 49-86

• Feeding Families

  John Lwanda, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•2003•Citada por: 2

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• Gerontocratic Government

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•1978•Citada por: 19•Referências: 8

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  Opening ParagraphIn the protection of their kaya home deep in the forest of the Mombasa hinterland, the Giriama of Kenya developed a non-centralized government based on a council of elders (kambi), and derived from age-sets. They were supported by a special secret society within the kambi whose oath and select membership were used to maintain order and determine guilt in difficult situations. In the period from approximately 1700 until sometime i…

• An Historical Perspective of the Giriama and Witchcraft Control

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•1979•Citada por: 14•Referências: 10

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  Opening ParagraphWherever belief in witchcraft permeated an African society, fear prevailed and people demanded protection and control. Even though the degree of African concern about witchcraft was not always appreciated by outsiders, it was possible, at least in centralized societies, for such outsiders to discern the processes that were involved in its control. A king or a priest who failed to control the spread of witchcraft and to alleviate …

• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800–1920

  Cynthia Brantley•BOOK•Giriama and Colonial Resistance…•1981•Citada por: 25

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  The Giriama of Kenya's coastal hinterland persistently resisted colonialism, and they were unreceptive both to Christianity and to Islam. In 1912 the British colonial authorities earmarked the Giriama as a key source of labor for the plantations Europeans were trying to develop along the coast. The Giriama, prosperous producers and traders, could not become wage laborers and maintain their successful economy, and the British demands upon this sca…

• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Frederick Cooper, Faith Cooper et al.•ARTICLE•African Economic History•1982•Citada por: 12

  Incluir item

• An Oral History of Tribal Warfare

  Cynthia Brantley, Jeffrey A Fadiman•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•1983•Citada por: 6

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• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Marguerite Ylvisaker, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Canadian Journal of African…•1983

  Incluir item

• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Jidlaph G Kamoche, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The American Historical Review•1984•Citada por: 18

  Incluir item

• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Margaret Hay, Margaret Jean Hay et al.•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•1984

  Incluir item

• The Giriama and Colonial Resistance in Kenya, 1800-1920

  Joan Vincent, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Ethnohistory•1984

  Incluir item

• The Crisis in African Agriculture

  Cynthia Brantley, Mohamed Lamine Gakou et al.•ARTICLE•African Economic History•1989

  Incluir item

• Kikuyu-Maasai Nutrition and Colonial Science

  Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•1997•Citada por: 3

  Incluir item

  Cynthia Brantley, Kikuyu-Maasai Nutrition and Colonial Science: The Orr and Gilks Study in Late 1920s Kenya Revisited, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), pp. 49-86

• Through Ngoni Eyes

  Open Access•Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Critique of Anthropology•1997•Citada por: 9•Referências: 13

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  ■ Drawing upon a significant amount of unpublished data which Margaret Read collected as a part of the 1939 Nyasaland Nutrition Survey and her simultaneous study on the impact of migrant labor on village life in Nyasa land, this article argues that her conclusions that matrilineal practices were being taken over by patrilineal ones is not borne out by the evidence she collected. As peoples in the three nutrition survey villages (Yao, Chewa and Ng…

• Feeding Families

  Diana Wylie, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•The International Journal of…•2002•Citada por: 4

  Incluir item

• Sources and Methods in African History

  Toyin Falola, Christian Jennings et al.•EDITOR•BOOK•Sources and Methods in African…•2003

  Incluir item

  An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing. This book is…

• Feeding Families

  C J Lee, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•African Studies Review•2003•Citada por: 4

  Incluir item

• Feeding Families

  John Lwanda, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa•2003•Citada por: 2

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• Feeding Families, African Realities and British Ideas of Nutrition and Development in Early Colonial Africa

  Open Access•Joey Power, Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Canadian Journal of African…•2004

  Incluir item

• Poverty, Health and Reproduction in Early Colonial Uganda, Jan Kuhanen

  Cynthia Brantley•ARTICLE•Africa Today•2007•Referências: 1

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  Reviewed by: Poverty, Health and Reproduction in Early Colonial Uganda Cynthia Brantley Kuhanen, Jan . 2005. Poverty, Health and Reproduction in Early Colonial Uganda. Joensuu, Finland: University of Joensuu Publications in the Humanities. 434 pp. paper. We are fortunate that Jan Kuhanen's work comes to us quickly because of the Scandinavian policy of publishing dissertations. At the same time, the book reflects some of the downsides of a dissert…

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