A Current Bibliography on African Affairs - Baywood Publishing

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opportunities can be achieved for all members of the diverse South African society, if
representativeness is the most decisive criterion for public service employment.
1425. Widlok, T. GOOD OR BAD, MY HERITAGE: CUSTOMARY LEGAL
PRACTICES AND THE LIBERAL CONSTITUTION OF POST-COLONIAL STATES.
Anthropology Southern Africa. 2008, 31(1&2):13-19.
The post-colonial constitutions of Namibia (1990) and of South Africa (1996) in
principle allow for ‘indigenous’ or ‘customary’ law within the framework set by constitutional
law. Developments in recent years, in particular in the course of debates surrounding
the reform of inheritance laws, highlight the problems of integrating customary law with
the newly established liberal law of the state. Arguing from an anthropological perspective,
this contribution shows that the case of inheritance law reform in southern Africa sheds
more light on inherent contradictions in the dominant legal system. It points at a number of
intrinsic problems in the process of creating legal rules in the face of social practice.
1426. Williams, C. T., S. A. Grier, and A. S. Marks. “COMING TO TOWN”: THE
IMPACT OF URBANICITY, CIGARETTE ADVERTISING, AND NETWORK NORMS
ON THE SMOKING ATTITUDES OF BLACK WOMEN IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH
AFRICA. Journal of Urban Health. 2008, 85(4):472-485.
This study was conducted to examine the effect of urban living on smoking attitudes
among black African women in South Africa. We examine how urbanicity affects attitudes
toward smoking and how it moderates the relationship between both advertising exposure
and network norms on black women’s smoking attitudes. Respondents were 975 black
women currently living in Cape Town townships, some of which were raised in rural
villages or small towns. Respondents completed a cross-sectional survey, which included
data on smoking attitudes, norms, and exposure to cigarette advertising.
1427. Williams, J. M. LEGISLATING ‘TRADITION’ IN SOUTH AFRICA. Journal
of Southern African Studies. 2009, 35(1):191-209.
This article analyses the debate and passage of the Traditional Leadership and
Governance Framework Act of 2003. Through an examination of the passage of this Act, I
demonstrate how traditional leaders, the ANC-led government, and civil society organisations
each imagine the role of ‘tradition’ and chieftaincy in South Africa and how these
different notions were accommodated in the final legislation. After the recognition of
traditional leaders in the interim (1993) and final constitutions (1996), there has been a
great deal of confusion concerning the responsibilities of traditional leaders in South
Africa’s new democratic dispensation.
1428. Willis, J. WHAT HAS HE GOT UP HIS SLEEVE? ADVERTISING THE
KENYAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN 2007. Journal of Eastern African Studies.
2008, 2(2):264-271.
Formal advertising played an unprecedentedly prominent part in the 2007 Kenya
elections. This article offers a brief description of the media advertising campaigns of the
two main contenders for the presidency, and suggests that, particularly in the case of the
incumbent, this visible media campaign shared much of its message with a campaign which
was pursued by leaflets, emails, text messages and in speeches, which emphasised the
alleged dangers of a Raila victory.