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Death and Dying in the History of Africa Since 1800

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ID7099065
AuthorsRebekah Lee (0000-0003-3368-3971, University of London, corresponding author), Megan Vaughan (0000-0002-0062-9605, University of Cambridge)
Year2008
Volume49
Issue3
Pages341-359
Publication date2008-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of African History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0021853708003952
OpenAlexW2019426462
LanguageEN
Citations received71
References cited33

In this Introduction to the Special Issue on Death in African History we explore issues raised by the existing literature and suggest ways forward for future research. Death has long been a central concern of social anthropological writing on African societies, and of the extensive literature on African belief systems. Until recently, however, little attention has been paid to the history of death practices in Africa in relation to demographic change, urbanization, the interventions of the colonial and postcolonial state and the availability of new technologies. We explore the ways in which these forces have contributed to re-inventions of practices and beliefs surrounding death which are both self-evidently ‘modern’ and yet also rooted in a much longer history

Archaeology · Colonialism · Economic growth · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Genealogy · Relation (database · Social history (medicine · Sociology · State (computer science · Urbanization · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Medicine · Religion, Society, and Development

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