An established introductory textbook that provides students with a refreshing account of the complex events in sub-Saharan Africa since 1800. Aligning itself with the new critical tendencies emerging in Africa, the text examines indigenous social developments prior to the Industrial Revolution and the impact of colonialism from the perspective of class formation and capital penetration.
This is an ideal core text for modules on Modern African History or African Politics - or a supplementary text for broader modules on African History - which may be offered at the upper levels of an undergraduate History, Politics or African Studies degree. In addition it is a crucial resource for students who may be studying modern African history for the first time as part of a taught postgraduate degree in African history, African politics or African studies. New to this Edition: - Revised and updated throughout in light of the latest research - Incorporates recent developments and events - Additional chapters cover Africa in the twenty-first century and examine social and cultural history since independence
Автор: T. Falola; E. Mbah Название: Contemporary Africa ISBN: 1137438916 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137438911 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 83850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: 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.
Автор: Lisa Mueller Название: Political Protest in Contemporary Africa ISBN: 1108423671 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108423670 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 89750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the twenty-first century, Africa has seen an explosion of protests, but why? Drawing on extensive field research, Lisa Mueller is able to show how cross-class coalitions fuel contemporary African protests. Through this, she helps to explain why protests and unrest occur, even at times of apparent economic prosperity.
Автор: Ebenezer Obadare; Wale Adebanwi Название: Governance and the Crisis of Rule in Contemporary Africa ISBN: 1137563575 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137563576 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 79190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This volume advances the discussions of leadership in Africa`s specific history, culture, economy, and politics. The book promotes an understanding of leadership and its paradoxes and illuminates the conditions under which political leadership has been produced, and how those conditions have shaped leaders.
Автор: Graham Matthew Название: Contemporary Africa ISBN: 1137500336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137500335 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 27940.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
This textbook offers a critical introduction to the study of Africa, drawing on scholarship from a range of academic disciplines. A comprehensive discussion of the continent's geography and history provides a backdrop to broad-ranging coverage of its social, economic, political and cultural composition as well as its future prospects. Moreover, moving beyond the all-too-common tendency to view Africa as a single, homogeneous entity, Graham provides a nuanced overview that challenges preconceptions and stereotypes.
Written in a sophisticated yet accessible style, and supported by a range of pedagogical features, this book introduces undergraduate students from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds to the contemporary study of Africa.
Автор: M. Eze Название: The Politics of History in Contemporary Africa ISBN: 1349384917 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349384914 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 60550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book mediates a dialectics between power and subjectivity versus history and politics. The invention of Africa is not merely a residue of Africa`s encounter with Europe but a project in continuity in contemporary history of Africa, where history has become a location of struggle and meaning, a location of power and domination.
Автор: Collet Dandara, Fatima Ferraz, Erika Kraemer-Mbula, Christopher Mabeza, Rasigan Maharajh, Lebs Mphahlele, McEdward Murimbika, Thomas Pogue Название: The Emergence of Innovations in (South)ern Africa: Long Histories and Contemporary Debates ISBN: 192834125X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781928341253 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 68370.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Traces the history of innovations from precolonial times and examines precolonial settlements in southern Africa such as Mapungubwe in LImpopo Province, Bokoni in Mpumalanga Province and Msuluzi in KwaZulu-Natal Province from the perspective of their indigenious technological efforts to harness nature for communal benefit.
Название: Contemporary citizenship, art, and visual culture ISBN: 0815365950 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815365952 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 158230.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Taking citizenship as a political position, cultural process, and intertwining of both, this edited volume examines the role of visual art and visual culture as sites for the construction and contestation of both state-sanctioned and cultural citizenships from the late 1970s to today.
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