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African Studies
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African Minorities in the New World
This book uncovers the reality that new African immigrants now represent a significant force in the configuration of American polity and identity especially in the...
ISBN: 978-0-415-96092-2 | Published September 14th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about African Minorities in the New WorldTrans-Atlantic Migration
The Paradoxes of Exile
This book argues that a new cadre of African immigrants are finding themselves in the New World—mostly well educated, high-income earning professionals, and belonging to...
ISBN: 978-0-415-96091-5 | Published July 19th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about Trans-Atlantic MigrationThe Human Cost of African Migrations
In an era of globalization, population growth, and displacements, migration is now a fact of life in a constantly shifting economic and political world order....
ISBN: 978-0-415-95837-0 | Published June 19th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about The Human Cost of African MigrationsAfrica in the 21st Century
Toward a New Future
Africa in the 21st Century: Toward a New Future brings together some of the finest Pan African and Afrocentric intellectuals to discuss the possibilities of...
ISBN: 978-0-415-95773-1 | Published May 14th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about Africa in the 21st CenturyMissions, States, and European Expansion in Africa
Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa aims to explore the ways Christianity and colonialism acted as hegemonic or counter hegemonic forces in the making...
ISBN: 978-0-415-95559-1 | Published April 25th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about Missions, States, and European Expansion in AfricaIndigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Society
ISBN: 978-0-415-95620-8 | Published March 19th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African SocietyThe Politics of Ethnic Nationalism
Afrikaner Unity, the National Party and the Radical Right in Stellenbosch, 1934–1948
The Politics of Ethnic Nationalism is the first significant local study of National Party and Afrikaner politics.
By focusing on Stellenbosch as a university and...
ISBN: 978-0-415-97986-3 | Published November 29th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about The Politics of Ethnic NationalismMobutu's Totalitarian Political System
An Afrocentric Analysis
Mobutu's political system, inaugurated in 1965 and lasting more than three decades, met all the characteristics of totalitarianism. This study shows that the failures and...
ISBN: 978-0-415-98028-9 | Published November 16th 2006 by Routledge.
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The Aesthetic Ideal in Classical Egypt
This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term...
ISBN: 978-0-415-97994-8 | Published November 16th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about NeferThe Role of the Press and Communication Technology in Democratization
The Nigerian Story
In the 1990s, Nigeria, like several countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America, underwent transition programs to return the country to democracy. Nigeria’s...
ISBN: 978-0-415-98149-1 | Published October 19th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about The Role of the Press and Communication Technology in DemocratizationThe Experience of Economic Redistribution
The Growth, Employment and Redistribution Strategy in South Africa
This book provides an analysis of the country's political economy in transition. It documents the history of the gold mining industry's involvement in shaping the...ISBN: 978-0-415-98014-2 | Published October 9th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about The Experience of Economic RedistributionSocial Movements and Democracy in Africa
The Impact of Women's Struggles for Equal Rights in Botswana
This book examines social movements in Africa, analyzing how they emerge and how they may impact public policy, the legal and political situation, and the...ISBN: 978-0-415-97847-7 | Published September 13th 2006 by Routledge.
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Student Power in Africa's Higher Education
A Case of Makerere University
This book, the first of its kind to treat Uganda, provides a historical analysis of the role of student voices in the development of Uganda's...ISBN: 978-0-415-97746-3 | Published August 24th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about Student Power in Africa's Higher EducationThe NGO Factor in Africa
The Case of Arrested Development in Kenya
The book breaks new ground in understanding the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Africa. The book historicizes NGOs using the Rockefeller Foundation as a...
ISBN: 978-0-415-97995-5 | Published August 17th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about The NGO Factor in AfricaDoing Justice without the State
The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model
This study examines the principles and practices of the Afikpo (Eugbo) Nigeria indigenous justice system in contemporary times. Like most African societies, the Afikpo indigenous...
ISBN: 978-0-415-97729-6 | Published July 25th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about Doing Justice without the StateA Roadmap for Understanding African Politics
Leadership and Political Integration in Nigeria
This book examines the impact of post-colonial leadership on political integration in Nigeria, offering an in-depth understanding of the historical and contemporary forces that shape...
ISBN: 978-0-415-98106-4 | Published July 18th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about A Roadmap for Understanding African PoliticsAfrica and IMF Conditionality
The Unevenness of Compliance, 1983-2000
Ghana was one of the first African countries to adopt a comprehensive IMF reform program and the one that has sustained adjustment longest. Yet, questions...
ISBN: 978-0-415-97947-4 | Published June 27th 2006 by Routledge.
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African Cultural Values
Igbo Political Leadership in Colonial Nigeria, 1900–1996
Although numerous studies have been made of the Western educated political elite of colonial Nigeria in particular, and of Africa in general, very few have...
ISBN: 978-0-415-97993-1 | Published June 27th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about African Cultural ValuesWestern-Educated Elites in Kenya, 1900-1963
The African American Factor
Western-educated Elites in Kenya, proposes to conduct a critical examination of the emergence of the American-educated Kenyan elites (the Asomi) and their role in...ISBN: 978-0-415-97730-2 | Published December 9th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Western-Educated Elites in Kenya, 1900-1963The Hidden Debate
The Truth Revealed about the Battle over Affirmative Action in South Africa and the United States
The Hidden Debate is a fresh and cutting-edge comparative analysis of the ongoing and highly charged social conflict over affirmative action in South Africa and...ISBN: 978-0-415-97691-6 | Published October 28th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about The Hidden DebateBritain, Leftist Nationalists and the Transfer of Power in Nigeria, 1945-1965
This is the first comprehensive study of leftist ideology and movements and their organizational structure in colonial and post colonial Nigeria. Tijani moves the contributions...
ISBN: 978-0-415-97812-5 | Published October 17th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Britain, Leftist Nationalists and the Transfer of Power in Nigeria, 1945-1965Law, Morality, and International Armed Intervention
The United Nations and ECOWAS
International law is often manipulated in the debate about humanitarian intervention. The Liberian case provides an opportunity to challenge the UN and The Economic Community...ISBN: 978-0-415-97595-7 | Published September 6th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Law, Morality, and International Armed InterventionContending Political Paradigms in Africa
Rationality and the Politics of Democratization in Kenya and Zambia
The book focuses on the politics of democratization in Africa, especially the strategic choices of the political elite, both incumbent and opposition within the context...ISBN: 978-0-415-97588-9 | Published July 19th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Contending Political Paradigms in AfricaNon-Traditional Occupations, Empowerment, and Women
A Case of Togolese Women
This study explores the relationship between the nature and context of non-traditional occupations and the empowerment status of women in society. Specifically, it examines the...ISBN: 978-0-415-97359-5 | Published April 25th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Non-Traditional Occupations, Empowerment, and WomenKwame Nkrumah's Politico-Cultural Thought and Politics
An African-Centered Paradigm for the Second Phase of the African Revolution
This study critically synthesizes and analyses the relationship between Kwame Nkrumah's politico-cultural philosophy and policies as an African-centered paradigm for the post-independence African revolution. It...ISBN: 978-0-415-94833-3 | Published March 8th 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Kwame Nkrumah's Politico-Cultural Thought and PoliticsIgbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960
This study will analyze the complexity and flexibility of gender relations in Igbo society with emphasis on such major cultural zones as the Anioma, the...ISBN: 978-0-415-97210-9 | Published December 30th 2004 by Routledge.
more information about Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960The Yoruba Traditional Healers of Nigeria
This work examines the counseling approaches and techniques used by Yoruba traditional healers of Nigeria. It also describes the functions performed by Yoruba traditional healers...ISBN: 978-0-415-94580-6 | Published January 5th 2004 by Routledge.
more information about The Yoruba Traditional Healers of NigeriaMaat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt
A Study in Classical African Ethics
This work is a critical examination of Maat, the moral ideal in ancient Egypt. It seeks to present Maat in the language of modern moral...ISBN: 978-0-415-94753-4 | Published December 1st 2003 by Routledge.
more information about Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient EgyptThe 'Civil Society' Problematique
Deconstructing Civility and Southern Nigeria's Ethnic Radicalization
This volume deftly undertakes both a theoretical deconstruction of the concept of civil society (and related themes, including civility) and an empirical analysis of the...ISBN: 978-0-415-94785-5 | Published November 25th 2003 by Routledge.
more information about The 'Civil Society' ProblematiqueThe Athens of West Africa
A History of International Education at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone
This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The...ISBN: 978-0-415-94795-4 | Published September 30th 2003 by Routledge.
more information about The Athens of West AfricaNyansapo (The Wisdom Knot)
Toward an African Philosophy of Education
This study examines the issues of indigenous philosophies, which are embedded in different aspects of socialization process among the Akan of Ghana. The research explores...ISBN: 978-0-415-94733-6 | Published September 30th 2003 by Routledge.
more information about Nyansapo (The Wisdom Knot)Kwame Nkrumah's Contribution to Pan-African Agency
An Afrocentric Analysis
This study analyzes contributions made by Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972) to the development of Pan-African agency from the 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester to the military...ISBN: 978-0-415-94643-8 | Published July 3rd 2003 by Routledge.
more information about Kwame Nkrumah's Contribution to Pan-African AgencyForthcoming Titles:
The Ancient Egyptian Family, Kinship and Social Structure
By Troy D. Allen
September 3rd 2008
Between the Lines, Africa in Western Spirituality, Philosophy, and Literary Theory
By A. Lassissi Odjo
December 31st 2008
The African Origins of Rhetoric
By Cecil Blake
March 1st 2009
Balancing Written History with Oral Traditions, The Legacy of the Songhoy People
By Hassimi O. Maiga
April 15th 2009