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  • Dictatorland

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    de Paul Kenyon ...
    A Financial Times Book of the Year'Jaw-dropping' Daily Express'Grimly fascinating' Financial Times'Humane, timely, accessible and well-researched' Irish TimesThe dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-storey-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. The austere, incorruptible leader who has shut Eritrea off from the world in a perman... ... Leer más

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  • The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300–1589

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    Series Libro 118 - African Studies
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  • Livingstone’s Tribe

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  • The Liberian Civil War

    de Mark Huband ...
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  • Freedom Burning

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    After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority over other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to suppress the slave trade, while the Royal Navy enforced abolition worldwide and an anxious public debated the true ... Leer más

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  • Globalization and Africa’s Transition to Constitutional Rule

    Socio-Political Developments in Nigeria

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    This book contributes to the discourse on post-colonial and globalization theories, focusing on Nigeria's transition to a federal system of government. The project analyzes 10 years of civil rule in Nigeria, between 1999 and 2009, and its constitutional arrangements while also engaging in comparative studies of other socio-political developments in Sub-Saharan Africa. The collective influences of ... Leer más

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  • Authentically African

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