Abstracts and Papers 

Panels 6-11


Panel N°. 6
Religion and Society in Africa / La réligion et société en Afrique

The Growth of Islamic Learning in Northern Ghana and its Interaction with Western Secular of Education
Abdulai Iddrisu

Mozambican convert miners: missionaries or a herd without a shepherd?
Dr. Alda Romão Saúte

"Questioning the ‘Secular’ / 'Federal ‘State :  The Islamic Legal System and  the Constitutional Dilemma of the Nigerian State."
Chris O. Uroh (Ph.D.)

The Development of Indegenous Religion as Basis for Community Orientation in Africa
Andrew Nfamewih Aseh

Toward a Third Type of fundamentalism?
Prof. Hamadi Redissi


Panel N°. 7:
Popular Arts and Culture / La réligion et société en Afrique

Anthropology and Culture in the New Millennium: New Directions and Challenges in Anthropology of the post-colonial era
Ana Piedade Monteiro

"Nechra*approche ethnographique de la sexualité de la femme à Constantine"
Mouni Djekrif

Popular Culture Studies in Postcolonial African Academia and their Public Practices
Okello Ogwang

Ugandan Asians, Identity and the Literacy Medium
Danson Kahyana,

Tapping Culture for a Noble Cause:Lessons from the ritual Kumuse in reinforcing Postive Health Habits in Bungoma     District,Western Kenya.
Kibaba Makokha


Panel N°. 8:
The Great Lakes: Conflict and Reconstruction / Les Grands Lacs: conflit et réconstruction

Conflits et reconstruction en Afrique: cas de la Région des Grands Lacs
Prof. Dr Kabutu  Birige

Globalisation and Violence: Implications for peace and security in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Elijah Dickens Mushemeza

Les conflits  et la réconstruction en Afrique
Ngodi Etanislas

State, Conflict and Reconstruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Andre Mbata B Mangu


Panel N°. 9
Health, Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa / Etat, identité politique et violence politique

‘States, Markets & Violence:  Reconceptualizing Political Action and Political Community in Africa’
Dr. Abdul Raufu Mustapha.

« Constitutionnalisme et problématique de la domestication de la violence politique en Afrique »
Taltou Ebénizer

‘The Ethnic Question in African Democratization Experiences’
Dr. Dickson Eyoh

Liberal Framework or Liberation Framework? Comparing Liberal and Vanguardist Understandings of the Reorganization of Post-Apartheid South African Society
Krista Johnson

“Political Pluralism and the Management of Diversity : some Challenges Facing Algeria
Ahmed Thabet,


Panel N°. 10
Migration Dynamics / Dynamiques de la Migration

Migrations  de travail,identités et  diversité  culturelle  dans  les sociétés  africaines.
Dr  Ahoudou Garba,

Taxation, Migration and the Creation of a Working Class Kenya: The Myth and the Reality
Isaac Tarus

Migration de travail ou "trafic d'enfant" ? Mise en perspective historique: le cas du Pays Dogon
Isaie Dougnon

From civil war to floods: Implications for internal migration i  Gaza province of Mozambique
Inês Macamo Raimundo

«  Une lecture spatiale du phénomène migratoire. Cas des Ath Waghlis. » 
Belhocine Messaci Nadia


Panel N°. 11
New Regionalist Impulses in Africa / Les nouvelles impulsions régionalistes en Afrique

From OAU  to AU : New Wine in Old Bottle?
Dr. Armstrong Matiu Adejo,

L’Union Africaine comme réponse africaine au défi de la mondialisation
Reine Djuidje Kouam 

Language and Regional Integration: Foreign or African Languages for the African Union?
Ernest S. Mohochi

 « Afrique, Maghreb ou les nécessités de régionalisation »
Yasmina Arama

Libya's Africa Policy: What does it mean for South Africa and NEPAD?
Sanusha Naidu (Ms)