Presented Papers

Ethnology and Culture I:
Hana Horáková (CZ): Zulu Nation, Ethnicity and Politics
Josef Kandert (CZ): African religious kingdoms
Holger Weiss (FIN): Debating poverty and marginalization among Muslim scholars in contemporary Ghana

Colonialism:
Ivo T. Budil (CZ): African slavery and historical context of the first crisis of the pigmentocracy-Saint Domingue 1793-1804
Viera Vilhanova-Pawlikova (SK): Baganda-British Encounters, 1862-1962: Variables of Resistance and Collaboration
Jaroslav Olša jr. (CZ): Czech traveller as a South African journalist. Emil Holub and his activities in the South African press in the seventies of 19th Century.
Mesfin Gedlu (ETH): European Colonisation of Africa: An Interpretation

African Languages I:
Andrzej Zaborski (PL): Afroasiatic/Hamitosemitic linguistics as a developing science
Václav Blažek (CZ): On application of glottochronology for Saharan languages
Yvonne Treis (D): Of houses devouring their inhabitants and of ears swallowing rumours - The many meanings of the verb it- 'eat' in Kambaata
Mauro Tosco-Graziano Sava (IT): Doing linguistic fieldwork in Southwest Ethiopia: my own experience

African Perspectives:
Luboš Kropáček (CZ): Libyan model for Africa
Petr Skalník (CZ): African Political Leadership: Any Alternatives?
Bořivoj Hnízdo (CZ): Role of English in Africa: Linguistic Imperialism or Factor of Political Identity?
Petr Jelínek (CZ): Mosambican Transition to Democracy

African Languages II:
Ursula Drolc (D): Codeswitching vs. Borrowing: Language contact phenomena in Ki-Laala
Axel Fleisch (D): How cognitive semantics relate to comparative linguistics: A case study from Nguni (S-Bantu)
Mauro Tosco-Graziano Sava (IT): On the classification of Ongota, again
Jan Záhořík (CZ): The Early History of the Somali and the discussion on Baiso - an overview

Politics:
Alemayehu Kumsa (ETH): Contemporary Political Conflict in Somalia
Ivan Lukáš (CZ): Regional Integration in sub-Saharan Africa, the case of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Vlastimil Fiala (CZ): The typology of African political parties

Ethnology and Culture II:
Jana Jiroušková (CZ): Traditional elements in contemporary Angolan society
Vendula Řezáčová (CZ): Traditional healing and strategies of resistance in post-apartheid South Africa
Kateřina Mildnerová (CZ): Witchcraft in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dagmar Vokrová (CZ): Circumcision or Mutilation. The Global Debate over Female Genital Operations

Africa in International Relations:
Tomáš Machalík (CZ): Czechoslovakia on the battlefront of the Cold War. Angolan civil War and the “Namibian Czechs”
Pavel Hlaváček (CZ): Role of China in Africa
Martin Kubata (CZ): Phenomenon of securitization in South Africa

Cultural Events

- Asaph Batecereza > Exposition of paintings in Alliance Francaise, Pilsen
- Dance performance of Southafrican artists in Buena Vista Club
- Dance performance of the Czech cultural group TukuTiko in Buena Vista Club

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