Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Carolina Academic Pre
Keywords: africa, vol, contemporary
Number of Pages: 5
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0890892032
ISBN-13: 9780890892039
Contemporary Africa, edited by Toyin Falola captures the challenges, optimism and problems that face modern Africa, notably those of economic underdevelopment and political instability. African countries seek various answers, and they have recorded varying degrees of success as they attempt to unite their peoples to build strong nations, develop their economies, and stabilize their politics. Failures have equally been recorded in a number of places, although these have not prevented the search for new solutions nor dampened the enthusiasm of Africans in liberating themselves from poverty. Amon
Author: Economic Commission for Africa
Publisher: United Nations Publicatio
Keywords: africa, development, financing, flows, capital, report, economic
Number of Pages: 203
Published: 2007-02-20
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9211251036
ISBN-13: 9789211251036
Release date: February, 2007. Copyright Year: 2006 In English Capital flows to Africa in the form of aid, remittances and foreign direct investment have increased considerably over the past four years. However, they are unevenly distributed among countries. In addition, capital flows to Africa are highly volatile and unpredictable, increasing macroeconomic uncertainty and undermining government’s ability to design and sustain long-term development plans. The 2006 edition of the Report places capital flows at the centre of the debate on development financing and examines how external capi
Author: G. Mokhtar
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: africa, history, general, scientific, committ, international, vol, unesco, abridged, ancient
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 1990-06-27
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0520066979
ISBN-13: 9780520066977
Volume II of this acclaimed series is now available in an abridged paperback edition. The result of years of work by scholars from all over the world, The UNESCO General History of Africa reflects how the different peoples of Africa view their civilizations and shows the historical relationships between the various parts of the continent. Historical connections with other continents demonstrate Africa’s contribution to the development of human civilization. Each volume is lavishly illustrated and contains a comprehensive bibliography.
Author: George B.N. Ayittey
Publisher: Palgrave Macmilla
Keywords: africa, future, unchained, blueprint
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 1403973865
ISBN-13: 9781403973863
Why haven’t the poorest Africans been able to prosper in the twenty-first century? Celebrated economist George Ayittey thinks the answer is obvious: economic freedom was denied to them, first by foreign colonial powers and now by indigenous leaders with similarly oppressive practices. As war and conflict replaced peace, Africa’s infrastructure crumbled. Instead of bemoaning the myriad difficulties facing the continent today, Ayittey boldly proposes a program of development--a way forward--for Africa. Africa Unchained investigates how Africa can modernize, build, and improve its ind
Author: Albie Sach
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Keywords: africa, southern, perspectives, justice, south
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1973-06-01
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0520024176
ISBN-13: 9780520024175
Author: David Birmingham
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Keywords: africa, ris, series, ohio, neighbors, angola, empire
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2006-04-15
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0896802485
ISBN-13: 9780896802483
The dark years of European fascism left their indelible mark on Africa. As late as the 1970s, Angola was still ruled by white autocrats, whose dictatorship was eventually overthrown by black nationalists who had never experienced either the rule of law or participatory democracy. Empire in Africa takes the long view of history and asks whether the colonizing ventures of the Portuguese can bear comparison with those of the Mediterranean Ottomans or those experienced by Angolas neighbors in the Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, or the Dutch colonies at the Cape of Good Hope and in the
Author: Thomas P Ofcansky
Publisher: Westview Pre
Keywords: africa, modern, world, nations, uganda, pearl, tarnished
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1995-12-20
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0813310598
ISBN-13: 9780813310596
Uganda, a landlocked nation in East Africa, was known during colonial times as the Pearl of Africa, largely because of its pleasant climate and rich land. For most of the postindependence period, however, Uganda was one of the most brutal and violent nations in Africa. In 1986, a new government seized power, promising to restore internal stability and economic prosperity. Since then, Uganda has gradually become a model for other African states struggling to improve the lives of their citizens.In this broad survey, Thomas P. Ofcansky examines the political, economic, and social themes that ha
