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  • China in Africa

    Between Imperialism and Partnership in Humanitarian Development

    by Augustine Avwunudiogba, Kudakwashe Chirambwi, Charity Manyeruke, Emmanuel Matambo, Lawrence Mhandara, Surajudeen Mudashiru, Charles Mutasa, Simbo Olorunfemi, Wei Ye, Sabella O. Abidde0, Tokunbo A. Ayoola2, George BN Ayittey3, Elisha J. Dung4, Alecia D. Hoffman5, Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi6, Priye S. Torulagha7 ...
    This book examines Sino-African relations and their impact on Africa. It argues that Africa’s relationship with China has had a profound impact on key sectors in Africa—economic and political development, the media, infrastructural development, foreign direct investments, loans, debt peonage, and international relations. The authors also analyze the imperialist and neo-colonialist implications of ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Africa and the Millennium Development Goals

    Progress, Problems, and Prospects

    Edited by Charles Mutasa, Mark Paterson ...
    This unique work by the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, tracks the progress Africa has made in achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since 2000.Thirteen analytical chapters written by scholars and practitioners with expertise in the various areas covered by the eight MDGs are organized around the larger themes of political economy, ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Africa and the World

    Bilateral and Multilateral International Diplomacy

    Edited by Dawn Nagar, Charles Mutasa ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book probes key issues pertaining to Africa’s relations with global actors. It provides a comprehensive trajectory of Africa’s relations with key bilateral and major multilateral actors, assessing how the Cold War affected the African state systems’ political policies, its economies, and its security. Taken together, the essays in this volume provide a collective understanding of Africa’s ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

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    The Case of Ethiopia

    by Aaron Tesfaye ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book critically assesses the impact of Ethiopia’s policy of Agriculture Development Led Industrialization. Employing qualitative and quantitative analysis, it presents empirical evidence suggesting persistent economic growth. The research highlights improvements in infrastructure, health care, education, poverty alleviation as well reductions in infant mortality rate. The impact of this ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Auditing Good Government in Africa

    Public Sector Reform, Professional Norms and the Development Discourse

    by M. Gustavson ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there. It focuses on public audit institutions and offers rich empirical research results, which contradicts many assumptions made in the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Contemporary Issues in African Society

    Historical Analysis and Perspective

    Edited by George Klay Kieh, Jr. ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the twin critical processes of state-building and nation-building in Africa and the confluence of major domestic and global issues that shape them. The book covers topics such as the expansive role of non-governmental organizations, the growing influence of charismatic Pentecostalism, ethnic conflicts in East Africa, the failure of the African Union’s peacekeeping efforts in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Challenge for Africa

    by Wangari Maathai ...
    In this groundbreaking work, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner and founder of the Green Belt Movement offers a new perspective on the troubles facing Africa today. Too often these challenges are portrayed by the media in extreme terms connoting poverty, dependence, and desperation. Wangari Maathai, the author of Unbowed, sees things differently, and here she argues for a moral revolution among Africans ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight

    And Other Stories of Africa

    by Rian Malan ...
    An essay collection that offers "a fascinating glimpse of post-apartheid South Africa" from the bestselling author of My Traitor's Heart ( The Sunday Times).The Lion Sleeps Tonight is Rian Malan's remarkable chronicle of South Africa's halting steps and missteps, taken as blacks and whites try to build a new country. In the title story, Malan investigates the provenance of the world-famous song, ... Read more

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  • Clooney's War

    South Sudan, humanitarian failure and celebrity

    by Alex Perry ...
    In this book Alex Perry explores how humanitarian activities across the world, including those of celebrities like George Clooney and others brought pressure to bear that resulted in the creation of South Sudan as a separate state. This at a time when senior diplomats believed the chances of the new nation surviving and thriving were slim. Predictably, it seems an outcome that should have solved ... Read more

    $2.27 USD

  • Magnificent and Beggar Land

    Angola Since the Civil War

    by Ricardo Soares de Oliveira ...
    Magnificent and Beggar Land is a powerful account of fast-changing dynamics in Angola, an important African state that is a key exporter of oil and diamonds and a growing power on the continent. Based on three years of research and extensive first-hand knowledge of Angola, it documents the rise of a major economy and its insertion in the international system since it emerged in 2002 from one of ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Seizing Power

    The Strategic Logic of Military Coups

    by Naunihal Singh ...
    How coups happen and why half of them fail.While coups drive a majority of regime changes and are responsible for the overthrow of many democratic governments, there has been very little empirical work on the subject. Seizing Power develops a new theory of coup dynamics and outcomes, drawing on 300 hours of interviews with coup participants and an original dataset of 471 coup attempts worldwide ... Read more

    $31.19 USD

  • All About Africa! About All African States and Peoples

    by Baby Professor ...
    Kids, welcome to Africa! This is a great picture book that will take you to the beautiful African states and meet the people who call it home. Learn about the sights and sounds of the place. See the animals roaming in the safaris. Learn about the place’s traditions and cultures too. Go ahead and grab a copy today. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD