Contemporary Africa challenges and opportunities /
60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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African histories and modernities
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137444134 |
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60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137438911. |
Carrier Form: | 280 p. |
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9781137444134 : 1137444134 : |
CLC: | D066 |
Contents: | Introduction: Change and Continuity in Contemporary Africa-- Toyin Falola and Emmanuel M. Mbah PART I: COLONIAL AND NEOCOLONIAL LEGACIES 1. Mau Mau Inventions and Reinventions-- Mickie Mwanzia Koster 2. Race and Social Islands in Kenya's Urban Spaces-- Brillian Besi Muhonja 3. The Second World War and Africa's Socio-Economic Infrastructures: a Case Study of the Nigerian Railroad System-- Tokunbo A. Ayoola 4. The Cold War and the Emergence of Economic Divergences: Africa and Asia Compared-- S. U. Fwatshak PART II: TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENTS IN ECONOMIES AND CULTURES 5. Africa's Debt Burden and |