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AFRICAN STUDIES
Myth and Meaning
San-Bushman folklore in global context
J.D. Lewis-Williams
J.D. Lewis-Williams, one of the leading South African archaeologists and ethnographers, examines the complex myths of the San Bushmen to create a larger theory of how myth is used in cultures worldwide. Exploring ethnographic, archival and archaeological lines of research, he extracts the ‘nuggets’, the far-reaching but often unspoken words and concepts of language and understanding that are opaque to outsiders, to establish a more nuanced theory of the role of these myths in the thought-world and social circumstances of the San. The book draws from the author’s own work, the unique 19th-century Bleek & Lloyd Archive, more recent ethnographic work, and San rock art. It includes well-known San stories such as The Broken String, Mantis Dreams and Creation of the Eland.
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Business of Social and Environmental
Innovation, The
Exploring new frontiers in Africa
Editors: V Bitzer, R Hamann, M Hall & E Wosu Griffin-EL
The role of business in developing innovative responses to complex social and environmental problems is becoming increasingly urgent. This is especially pertinent in sub-Saharan Africa which shows signs of a brighter future as the world’s second fastest-growing region. Yet there is very little research on this subject in Africa. This book seeks to contribute to the growing body of scholarly work on social and environmental innovation with the two-fold aim of studying the role of business in creating such innovation and focusing on the African context. The chapters and case studies address the role of entrepreneurs, large companies, cross-sector collaboration initiatives, and academia and teachers in social and environmental innovation. Cutting across these sections are four themes: social innovation as a process and outcome; mapping and scaling up innovation; the tension between social purpose and pro t generation; and socio-economic and institutional context.
2015
258 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 205 9 Southern African rights only R346.00
BISAC: HIS001040, SOC011000
BIC: HBJH, HBTB, HRQC, JFHF
2015
260 pages
Soft cover
Print: 978 1 77582 074 1 Southern African rights only R308.00
BISAC: BUS072000
BIC: KJJ