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ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
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The Armenian dispersion is often studied as a textbook diaspora, with a common origin, collective memory, shared interests, and a sense of co-responsibility. Among the different components of the Armenian “transnation,” Armenian Americans occupy a unique
Anouche Der Sarkissian
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‘A Sort of Armed Argument’: Ireland's Civil War of Words
Abstract This article sets out to contribute to the study of the languages of European civil wars through outlining and analysing the deployment of language as a weapon by the opposing sides of the Irish independence movement that split over the terms of the Anglo‐Irish Treaty of December 1921.
DONAL Ó DRISCEOIL
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Acceptance, Healing and Reflective Nostalgia in the Works of Elin Toona and Agate Nesaule
The Estonian and Latvian diaspora communities that formed in the United States after World War Two anchored their identity and cultural practices in hopes of survival and eventual freedom for their occupied homelands.
Martin Nõmm
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Harnessing Migration for Inclusive Growth and Development in Southern Africa [PDF]
The primary goal of this study is to present the results of a comprehensive scope of key opportunities and challenges for harnessing migration for inclusive growth and development at the regional level in Southern Africa.
Crush, Jonathan +3 more
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Abstract While the geographical distribution of eviction filings has been explored in Toronto, the intersection of rental housing financialization, race and eviction remains underexplored. Financial actors and their intermediaries, who fuel the eviction crisis in economically disenfranchised Black renter communities, exert significant influence over ...
Nemoy Lewis +2 more
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An Investigation on Identity Challenges Faced by Muslim Women Immigrants in Europe [PDF]
The emergence of various conflicts and challenges as a result of Muslims' presence in European countries as well as the growing Muslim diaspora within a predominately secular context have sparked significant concerns in the field of social sciences ...
Reyhanesadat Gerami +2 more
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The Impact of the Huguenot Diaspora on International Commerce
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Abstract While many African cities, such as Nairobi, fared comparatively well during the pandemic years, urban residents still faced compounded uncertainties and an unequal distribution of burdens that were infrastructurally co‐mediated, for example, within and through place‐specific waterscapes and their socio‐technical infrastructures.
Moritz Kasper +2 more
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A “Tech First” Approach to Foreign Policy? The Three Meanings of Tech Diplomacy
ABSTRACT Scholars have recently argued that international politics is plagued by instability as the world rapidly transitions from one crisis to another. This state of “Permacrisis,” or permanent crises between states, is driven by technological innovations which create new kinds of crises and drive competitions between adversarial states.
Ilan Manor
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