This issue is dedicated to Otakar Hulec on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Published: 2015-12-30

Obituary

Researching and Reporting Africa without Fear or Favour Stephen Ellis (13 June 1953–29 July 2015)

Ineke van Kessel

13-16

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Jack Goody (1919–2015)

Petr Skalní­k

5-11

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Editorial

Editor´ s Note

Petr Skalní­k

17-18

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Articles

Problems of Knowledge and Knowledge Production in Africa

Getnet Tamene

19-42

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A Matter of Choice? The Role of English and Isixhosa for University Graduates in their Early Careers

Irina Turner

43-74

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From Foster Care to Enslavement: What Future for Africa’s Social Security System?

Henry Kam Kah

75-100

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Sacralising Cyberspace: Online Religious Activism in Ethiopia

Meron Eresso

127-154

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New Media and Expectations of Social Closeness: The Mobile Phone and Narratives of “Throwing People Away” in Cameroonian Transnational Social Relationships

Primus M. Tazanu

101-126

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Reports

Report on the 9th International Conference on African Studies “Viva Africa” held at Prague, 22-23 October 2015

Petr Skalní­k

155-158

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Africa in International Relations: The Frontier as Concept and Metaphor (Summary of the Keynote Address)

Daniel C. Bach

159-164

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Reviews of Book

Hana Horáková and Stephanie Rudwick, eds. 2014. Global Challenges and Local Reactions: Czech Republic and South Africa. Berlin: Lit Verlag

Ian Taylor

165-167

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Viera Pawliková-Vilhanová. 2013. The Production of History and Culture in Africa Revisited: Problems, Methods, Sources. Studia Orientalia Monographica, Volume 4. Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied, Ústav orientalistiky

Jan Klí­ma

167-169

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Léonce Ndikumana and James K. Boyce. 2011. Africa’s Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent. London/New York: Zed Books

Getnet Tamene

169-172

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Jeremy Silvester, ed. 2015. Re-Viewing Resistance in Namibian History. Windhoek: University of Namibia

Jan Klíma

172-177

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Christian Thibon, Marie-Aude Fouéré, Lidred Ndeda and Susan Mwangi, eds. 2014. Kenya’s Past as Prologue: Voters, Violence and the 2013 General Election. Nairobi: Twaweza Communications

Vlastimil Fiala

177-182

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