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1 online resource (394 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; List of Contributors; Contents; Foreword; Chapter One -- On the Challenges of African Mining and Environments in the New World Order: An Introduction; Africa's Resources and Western Conjurations of a New World Order; Locating Africans Back in the Mine Compounds: On the Resilience of Colonial Templates; Outlines of the Chapters; References; Chapter Two -- When Did the Rain Start to Beat Us? Discursive Dispossession and the Political Economies of Misrecognition about African Mining; Introduction. |
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(Dis- )possessing the 'Possessed'? On the Material and Discursive Dispossession of AfricansGlobal Hunter-Gatherers and the Question of Security for Capital? Multinational Corporations of Private Security and Private Armies; Attracting Foreign Investors or Attracting Foreign Appropriators? Discursive Dispossession and the Political Economies of Misrecognition in Africa; Conclusion; References; Chapter Three -- Archaeological Technologies of Gold Mining and Processing and their Relationship to Contemporary Chikorokoza: The Case of Mutanda Site, Mutare, Zimbabwe; Introduction. |
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A summary of the archaeological excavations at Mutanda Site -- S 18° 59' 49.2"" E 032° 19' 27.84"", Elev. 1089m. The chaîne opératoire of Mutanda Cultural Precinct; Crucibles and the archaeometallurgical evidence; The connection between hammerstones and dolly holes; Early Forms of ASM, trading in Manyika and 'Blanket' Prospecting; ASM, low barriers of entry and ethnoarchaeology; Formal or Informal -- "Don't arrest gold panners, Mangudya"; Social practices and the habitus of Makorokozas; Conclusion; References. |
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Chapter Four -- Unsung Heroes? An Anthropological Approach into the Experiences of 'Zamazamas ' in Johannesburg, South AfricaIntroduction; Historical overview of mining practices characteristic in African mining systems; Influence of contemporary mining practices on the sustainability of 'zamazama ' mining; Identities and the spirit of communalism among zamazamas; Experiences of women artisanal miners; The question of 'formality' and 'non-formal' mining practices; Conclusion: Towards an inclusive framework in contemporary African mining systems; References. |
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Chapter Five -- Zamazama 5 -- Livelihood Strategies, Mobilisation and Resistance in Johannesburg, South AfricaIntroduction; Background; Conceptualising non-formal mining; Non-formal mining in the context of South Africa; Part One: The macro and micro political economy of mining in a post-apartheid labour regime; Part Two: The mining labour process: The tools and the division of labour; Ethnicity, nationality and syndicates; Beliefs and Earnings; Part Three: Marketing of gold: Buyers and the destination of gold; Part Four: Risk -taking, Precarity, Solidarity and new forms of resistance. |
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Power, Representation and Resistance. |
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Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Mineral industries -- Social aspects. |
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Africa. |
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Mineral industries. |
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Mineral industries -- Political aspects -- Africa.
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Mineral industries -- Political aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Nhemachena, Artwell.
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Warikandwa, Tapiwa V. (Tapiwa Victor)
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Print version: Nhemachena, Artwell. Mining Africa. Law, Environment, Society and Politics in Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives : Law, Environment, Society and Politics in Historical and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, ©2017 9789956764327 |
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9789956764563 (electronic book) |
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9956764566 (electronic book) |
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