The African Affairs Reader

Author : Nic Cheeseman,Lindsay Whitfield,Carl Death
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192513021

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The African Affairs Reader by Nic Cheeseman,Lindsay Whitfield,Carl Death Pdf

African Affairs is the top journal in African Studies and has been for some time. This book draws together some of the most influential, important, and thought provoking articles published in its pages over the last decade. In doing so, it collates essential cutting-edge research on Africa and makes it easily available for students, teachers, and researchers alike. The African Affairs Reader is broken down into four sections that cover some of the biggest themes and questions facing the continent today, including: the African State, the Political Economy of Development, Africa's Relationship with the World, and Elections, Representation & Democracy. Within each section, articles deal with some of the most significant recent trends and events, such as the prospects for democratization in Ghana and Nigeria, the factors underpinning Rwanda's economic success, the rise of political corruption in South Africa, the spread of the drugs trade, the struggle against gender based violence, and the growing influence of China. Each section is introduced by a new purpose-written essay by the journal's editors that explains the evolution of the wider debate, highlights key contributions, and suggests new ways in which the discussion can be taken forward. Taken together, the essays and articles included in the volume provide both a coherent introduction to the study of Africa and a compelling commentary on the current state of play on the continent.

Author : African Bibliographic Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120713289

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African Affairs for the General Reader by African Bibliographic Center Pdf

Author : Tim Kelsall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197667408

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Charlatans, Spirits and Rebels in Africa by Tim Kelsall Pdf

When Stephen Ellis died in July 2015, African Studies lost one of its most prolific, provocative and celebrated scholars. Given the scale and uniqueness of his contribution, it is perhaps surprising that a collection of his writings did not appear during his lifetime. It is now possible to bring such a volume to the public. With an introduction by Tim Kelsall and an afterword by Jean-François Bayart, this collection aims to provide scholars and students with an introduction to the main themes in Ellis' work. These revolved around the roles of religion, criminality and violence in African society and politics--preoccupations that also informed his interpretation of African rebellions and resistance movements. The volume spans more than three decades of scholarship; case studies from six countries; highly-cited and lesser-known articles; and a sampling of works intended for public engagement as well as an academic audience. It will serve as a reader for African Politics and History, and as an invitation to students to delve deeper into Stephen Ellis' oeuvre.

Author : Philip W. Quigg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0527305006

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Africa by Philip W. Quigg Pdf

Author : Nic Cheeseman,Lindsay Whitfield,Carl Death
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192513038

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The African Affairs Reader by Nic Cheeseman,Lindsay Whitfield,Carl Death Pdf

African Affairs is the top journal in African Studies and has been for some time. This book draws together some of the most influential, important, and thought provoking articles published in its pages over the last decade. In doing so, it collates essential cutting-edge research on Africa and makes it easily available for students, teachers, and researchers alike. The African Affairs Reader is broken down into four sections that cover some of the biggest themes and questions facing the continent today, including: the African State, the Political Economy of Development, Africa's Relationship with the World, and Elections, Representation & Democracy. Within each section, articles deal with some of the most significant recent trends and events, such as the prospects for democratization in Ghana and Nigeria, the factors underpinning Rwanda's economic success, the rise of political corruption in South Africa, the spread of the drugs trade, the struggle against gender based violence, and the growing influence of China. Each section is introduced by a new purpose-written essay by the journal's editors that explains the evolution of the wider debate, highlights key contributions, and suggests new ways in which the discussion can be taken forward. Taken together, the essays and articles included in the volume provide both a coherent introduction to the study of Africa and a compelling commentary on the current state of play on the continent.

Author : Ieuan L.l. Griffiths
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135855598

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The Atlas of African Affairs by Ieuan L.l. Griffiths Pdf

The Atlas of African Affairs is divided into five sections dealing with environmental, historical, political and economic issues and with Southern Africa. Throughout, the book presents an interdisciplinary, integrated perspective on African affairs. Most of the chapters deal with continent-wide themes and are illustrated by maps of Africa as a whole drawn to a standardised outline of the same map projection and scale. Other chapters, often by way of example, discuss parts of the continent or individual countries and are illustrated with appropriate maps. The basic format of integrated text and maps is supplemented by guides to further reading at the end of each section as well as a series of detailed statistical tables at the end of the book.

Author : Michael A. Gomez
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814731659

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Diasporic Africa by Michael A. Gomez Pdf

Diasporic Africa presents the most recent research on the history and experiences of people of African descent outside of the African continent. By incorporating Europe and North Africa as well as North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, this reader shifts the discourse on the African diaspora away from its focus solely on the Americas, underscoring the fact that much of the movement of people of African descent took place in Old World contexts. This broader view allows for a more comprehensive approach to the study of the African diaspora. The volume provides an overview of African diaspora studies and features as a major concern a rigorous interrogation of "identity." Other primary themes include contributions to western civilization, from religion, music, and sports to agricultural production and medicine, as well as the way in which our understanding of the African diaspora fits into larger studies of transnational phenomena.

Author : Library of Congress. European Affairs Division,Helen Field Conover
Publisher : Washington : University Press of Washington
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015034622749

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Introduction to Africa by Library of Congress. European Affairs Division,Helen Field Conover Pdf

Author : Oyeronke Oyewumi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137090096

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African Gender Studies by Oyeronke Oyewumi Pdf

This is the first comprehensive reader that brings African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender, and society. Bringing together the essential writing on this topic from the last 25 years, these essays discuss gender in Africa from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Author : Nathaniel Norment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 1594601550

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The African American Studies Reader by Nathaniel Norment Pdf

This book is the most comprehensive anthology in the field. The intellectual, political, and social aspects of African American Studies continue to evolve, as do the ways in which the discipline will advance knowledge about African Americans for the future. This edition contains new authors; updated introductions to each section and the bibliography; an expanded glossary of biographies; and review questions and critical analyses for each section. Topics include: The Discipline; African American Women's Studies; Historical Perspectives; Philosophical Perspectives; Theoretical Foundations; Political Perspectives; Critical Issues and Perspectives; and Curriculum Development and Program Models.

Author : African Bibliographic Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120713297

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A Current Reading List on Africa by African Bibliographic Center Pdf

Author : Christopher Cramer,John Sender,Arkebe Oqubay
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198832331

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African Economic Development by Christopher Cramer,John Sender,Arkebe Oqubay Pdf

"This book challenges conventional wisdoms about economic performance and possible policies for economic development in African countries. Its starting point is the striking variation in African economic performance. Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. The authors highlight not only differences between countries, but also variations within countries, differences often organized around distinctions of gender, class, and ethnic identity. For example, neo-natal mortality and school dropout have been reduced, particularly for some classes of women in some areas of Africa. Horticultural and agribusiness exports have grown far more rapidly in some countries than in others. These variations (and many others) point to opportunities for changing performance, reducing inequalities, learning from other policy experiences, and escaping the ties of structure, and the legacies of a colonial past. The book rejects teleological illusions and Eurocentric prejudice, but it does pay close attention to the results of policy in more industrialized parts of the world. Seeing the contradictions of capitalism for what they are - fundamental and enduring - may help policy officials protect themselves against the misleading idea that development can be expected to be a smooth, linear process, or that it would be were certain impediments suddenly removed. The authors criticize a wide range of orthodox and heterodox economists, especially for their cavalier attitude to evidence. Drawing on their own decades of research and policy experience, they combine careful use of available evidence from a range of African countries with political economy insights (mainly derived from Kalecki, Kaldor and Hischman) to make the policy case for specific types of public sector investment"--

Author : Sylvia Tamale
Publisher : Fahamu/Pambazuka
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780857490162

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African Sexualities by Sylvia Tamale Pdf

A groundbreaking book, accessible but scholarly, by African activists. It uses research, life stories, and artistic expression--including essays, case studies, poetry, news clips, songs, fiction, memoirs, letters, interviews, short film scripts, and photographs--to examine dominant and deviant sexualities and investigate the intersections between sex, power, masculinities, and femininities. It also opens a space, particularly for young people, to think about African sexualities in different ways.

Author : Nic Cheeseman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521191128

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Democracy in Africa by Nic Cheeseman Pdf

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of Africa's history of democracy, grappling with important questions facing Africa today.

Author : Roy Richard Grinker,Stephen C. Lubkemann,Christopher B. Steiner
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1405190604

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Perspectives on Africa by Roy Richard Grinker,Stephen C. Lubkemann,Christopher B. Steiner Pdf

The second edition of Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation is both an introduction to the cultures of Africa and a history of the interpretations of those cultures. Key essays explore the major issues and debates through a combination of classic articles and the newest research in the field. Explores the dynamic processes by and through which scholars have described and understood African history and culture Includes selections from anthropologists, historians, philosophers, and critics who collectively reveal the interpenetration of ideas and concepts within and across disciplines, regions, and historical periods Offers a combined focus on ethnography and theory, giving students the means to link theory with data and perspective with practice Newly revised and updated edition of this popular text with 14 brand new chapters and two new sections: Conflict and Violent Transformations; and Development, Governance and Globalization