NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa : : Transdisciplinary Perspectives / / ed. by Kathrin Knodel, Melina C. Kalfelis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Adesoji, Abimbola O.,; Brun, Matthieu,; Burton, Eric,; Büschel, Hubertus,; Engels, Bettina,; Hagberg, Sten,; Hahn, Hans P.,; Hetcheli, Kokou Folly Lolowou,; Kalfelis, Melina C.,; Knodel, Kathrin,; Lauterbach, Karen,; Ouédraogo, Sylvestre,; Paragi, Beata,; Schultz, Ulrike,; Sissao, Alain J.,; Sundberg, Molly,; Ziai, Aram,
• HerausgeberIn: Kalfelis, Melina C.,; Knodel, Kathrin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become ubiquitous in the development sector in Africa and attracting more academic attention. However, the fact that NGOs are an integral part of the everyday lives of men and women on the continent has been overlooked thus far. In Africa, NGOs are not remote, but familiar players, situated in the midst of cities and communities. By taking a radical empirical stance, this book studies NGOs as a vital part of the lifeworlds of Africans. Its contributions are immersed in the pasts, presents and futures of personal encounters, memories, decision-making and politics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa -- Introduction: The Lifeworlds and Trajectories of NGOs in Africa -- Chapter 1 An Association for Emerging Technologies and the Bases of Its Longevity: The Example of Yam Pukri in Burkina Faso -- Chapter 2 ‘I Will Not Tell Anyone until You Have Left’: The Ending of a Development Relationship Remembered -- Chapter 3 Becoming an Expert and Negotiating Development A Development: Studies Programme in Germany -- Chapter 4 Alternatives to Consultancy and NGOing: Developing Anthropological Team Research in West Africa -- Part II Politics and Donors -- Chapter 5 Career Trajectories of Tanzanian Aid Workers: Structural Inequalities and New Management Practices in Public Foreign Aid -- Chapter 6 The Contribution of National NGOs to Development in Burkina Faso: Review and Prospects -- Chapter 7 Artisanal Mining – A Necessary Evil: Narratives Legitimating Large-Scale Mining as a Pathway to Development -- Chapter 8 The Price of Getting Donor Money: Gift Exchange in Aid Relations and the Depoliticization of NGOs -- Part III Memories and History -- Chapter 9 Negotiating Tightropes: A Historical Appraisal of NGOs and Their Adaptability in Nigeria’s Changing Political Space -- Chapter 10 From Development State to Non-state Development: Counterpart Careers, West German Aid and Asymmetrical Interdependence in Late Socialist Tanzania -- Chapter 11 Civil Society and the Challenge of Consolidating Democracy in Togo -- Chapter 12 The Custodians of Development Memory in Morocco: When Development Projects Create New Forms of Leadership for Policymaking -- Chapter 13 On the Advantages of ‘Intentional Amnesia’ Some Preliminary Notes on a Cultural History of NGOs in Burkina Faso -- Afterword: Ad Hoc NGOs, Structural Failure and the Politics of Silence: Stories about Development from a Village in Togo -- Index