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- catalog abstract "African Friends and Money Matters grew out of frustrations that Westerners experience when they travel and work in Africa. Africans have just as many frustrations relating to the Westerners in their midst. Each uses and manages money and other resources in very different ways, and these differences create many misunderstandings and frictions. The author deals with everyday life in Africa. He first introduces the very different goals of African and Western economic systems and then presents ninety observations of African behaviors related to money matters. Explanatory comments are given that show how each one works out in real life. He illustrates his and others' experiences with anecdotes from across the continent. Drawings by two African artists add further clarity to the text as they capture Africans and Westerners in authentic situations. The result is that the reader is able to make sense of customs that at first seem incomprehensible. This book will be of interest to Westerners living, working, or traveling in sub-Saharan Africa: business, government, diplomatic, and NGO personnel, religious workers, journalists, development sociologists, and tourists. The audience also includes professors and students in African studies. Africans will also be interested for what it reveals about Western culture and many of the significant ways Westerners react to Africa. - Publisher.".
- catalog contributor b12433394.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "African Friends and Money Matters grew out of frustrations that Westerners experience when they travel and work in Africa. Africans have just as many frustrations relating to the Westerners in their midst. Each uses and manages money and other resources in very different ways, and these differences create many misunderstandings and frictions. The author deals with everyday life in Africa. He first introduces the very different goals of African and Western economic systems and then presents ninety observations of African behaviors related to money matters. Explanatory comments are given that show how each one works out in real life. He illustrates his and others' experiences with anecdotes from across the continent. Drawings by two African artists add further clarity to the text as they capture Africans and Westerners in authentic situations. The result is that the reader is able to make sense of customs that at first seem incomprehensible. This book will be of interest to Westerners living, working, or traveling in sub-Saharan Africa: business, government, diplomatic, and NGO personnel, religious workers, journalists, development sociologists, and tourists. The audience also includes professors and students in African studies. Africans will also be interested for what it reveals about Western culture and many of the significant ways Westerners react to Africa. - Publisher.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.".
- catalog description "Use of Resources -- Friendship -- The Role of Solidarity -- Society and People of Means -- Loans and Debts -- Business Matters -- Toward a Conclusion -- References.".
- catalog extent "vii, 224 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "African friends and money matters.".
- catalog identifier "1556711174".
- catalog isFormatOf "African friends and money matters.".
- catalog isPartOf "Publications in ethnography ; 37".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dallas, Tex. : SIL International : International Museum of Cultures,".
- catalog relation "African friends and money matters.".
- catalog spatial "Africa, Sub-Saharan.".
- catalog spatial "Africa.".
- catalog subject "Businesspeople Africa.".
- catalog subject "Finance Africa, Sub-Saharan.".
- catalog subject "Finance, Personal Africa.".
- catalog subject "HG187.5.A2 .M37 2001".
- catalog subject "Interpersonal relations and culture Africa.".
- catalog subject "Money Africa, Sub-Saharan.".
- catalog subject "Social networks Africa.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Use of Resources -- Friendship -- The Role of Solidarity -- Society and People of Means -- Loans and Debts -- Business Matters -- Toward a Conclusion -- References.".
- catalog title "African friends and money matters / David E. Maranz.".
- catalog type "text".