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Necroclimatism in a spectral world (dis)order? : rain petitioning, climate and weather engineering in 21st century Africa /

Highlighting the problematiques of working with a narrow version of greenhouse effects or global warming, this book posits the theory of necroclimatism that encompasses broader versions of greenhouse effects and global warming. Conceiving cultures, societies, moral sensibilities, epistemologies, pol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nhemachena, Artwell (Editor ), Mawere, Munyaradzi (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa RPCIG, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fast-tracking Africa to climate apocalypse (FATACA)? An introduction to decolonising climate and weather issues / Artwell Nhemachena & Munyaradzi Mawere
  • The historiography and politicisation of droughts in colonial Africa / Takavafira Masarira Zhou
  • Climate change and the future of Africa : impacts on water resources in eastern and southern Africa / Wisdom Sibanda & Fortune Sibanda
  • Chipping and refashioning the soapstone? A symbolic re-appraisal of the colonial wresting of weather and climate control from African spirit mediums / Edmore Dube
  • Rain petitioning in African Indigenous knowledge systems : insights from Ifa among the Yoruba People of Nigeria / Oluwole Tewogboye Okewande
  • Perceptions and experiences of climate change in rural Zimbabwe : the case of elderly women in Goromonzi District / Ignatius Gutsa
  • Neoimperial engineering of droughts and famine on post-colonial Zimbabwe? Knowledge systems and the politics of land repossession in Africa / Beatrice Lantern
  • Climatological anomalies, food politics and the poor in Africa / Aaron Rwodzi
  • Climate change in Zimbabwe : challenges and prospects for rural women in Bikita District / Nancy Mazuru
  • Towards an ecotheology? A postcolonial analysis of the ecological depletion at Kwenda Mission of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe / Martin Mujinga
  • Land (dis)possession and environmental destruction in Zimbabwe : a critical reflection of events since the beginning of the 21st century / Alex Munyonga
  • A benchmaking framework to boost Africa's standards to reduce emissions from the transportation sector / Semie M. Sama
  • Global warming and climate colonialism/imperialism : appraising decolonisation / Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango
  • Moving beyond neoimperial lamentations over decolonising African Land and environments : the model of Zimbabwe as the future / Tom Tom & Clement Chipenda.