NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa

Melina C. Kalfelis is a postdoctoral researcher in the Cultural and Social Anthropology Faculty at the University of Bayreuth. Lately, she has been a fellow at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa and the Cluster of Excellence ‘Africa Multiple’.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsForeword: NGOs and Lifeworlds in AfricaAram ZiaiIntroduction: The Lifeworlds and Trajectories of NGOs in AfricaMelina C. Kalfelis and Kathrin KnodelPart I: Engagements and EncountersChapter 1. An Association for Emerging Technologies and the Bases of Its Longevity. The Example of Yam Pukri in Burkina FasoSylvestre OuédraogoChapter 2. ‘I Will Not Tell Anyone Until You Have Left’: The Ending of a Development Relationship RememberedKaren LauterbachChapter 3. Becoming an Expert and Negotiating Development: A Development Studies Programme in GermanyUlrike SchultzOn OpportunitiesChapter 4. Alternatives to Consultancy and NGOing: Developing Anthropological Team Research in West AfricaSten HagbergPart II: Politics and DonorsChapter 5. Career Trajectories of Tanzanian Aid Workers: Structural Inequalities and New Management Practices in Public Foreign AidMolly SundbergChapter 6. The Contribution of National NGOs to Development in Burkina Faso: Review and ProspectsAlain J. SissaoChapter 7. Artisanal Mining – a Necessary Evil: Narratives Legitimating Large-Scale Mining as a Pathway to DevelopmentBettina EngelsOn Reciprocity (beyond Africa)Chapter 8. The Price of Getting Donor Money: Gift Exchange in Aid Relations and the Depoliticization of NGOsBeata ParagiPart III: Memories and HistoryChapter 9. Negotiating Tightropes: A Historical Appraisal of NGOs and their Adaptability in Nigeria’s Changing Political SpaceAbimbola O. AdesojiChapter 10. From Development State to Non-State Development: Counterpart Careers, West German Aid and Asymmetrical Interdependence in Late Socialist TanzaniaEric BurtonChapter 11. Civil Society and the Challenge of Consolidating Democracy in TogoKokou Folly Lolowou HetcheliChapter 12. The Custodians of Development Memory in Morocco: When Development Projects Create New Forms of Leadership for Policy-MakingMatthieu BrunOn InstitutionsChapter 13. On the Advantages of ‘Intentional Amnesia’: Some Preliminary Notes on a Cultural History of NGOs in Burkina FasoHans P. HahnAfterword: Ad Hoc NGOs, Structural Failure and the Politics of Silence: Stories about Development from a Village in TogoHubertus BüschelIndex

“This is a high-quality work of scholarship that can make a contribution to African Studies, NGO Studies, and Development Studies.” • Victoria Bernal, University of California, Irvine“I really liked the book and deeply enjoyed reading it… there is nothing quite like it out there. It’s a strong book that, surprisingly, coheres around a single overarching problem.” • Ebenezer Obadare, University of Kansas