Traces the contradictions of the historical legacy of Sierra Leone and the excesses of the independent nation-state to unravel the sequences of dependency that culminated in political instability, soc
Camara offers a detailed examination of the political evolution of Guinea from World War II to the present. Using primary source information, he evaluates the impact and influence Guinea has had on Fr
Examines the social and economic consequences of the colonial economy on the people and society of the region. Departs from most studies of colonial impacts by including a gender-based analysis of the
Ahad, an economist and native Somalian who has written on Somali history, literature, and historiographical writing, analyzes the Deelly poetry debate, which took place in 1979 and 1980 among Somalia'
African antiquity has been discerned both nullifyingly and constructively. Uses of African Antiquity in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries reveals how reading the past can be extended to underst
Revising her doctoral dissertation for Gonzaga University in Washington State, and drawing on her personal experience in southern Sudan during the period, Jendia (Makereve U., Kampala, Uganda) recount
Without the political correctness and racial sensitivity that too often inhibits northern scholars, African writers offer their own perspectives on current conditions throughout the continent. Their t
Memories of the German presence in the central Volta Region of Ghana are deep and vivid. This ethnically diverse area was part of the German Togoland colony from roughly 1884 to 1914 but German-speaki
Julius Nyerere, former president of Tanzania, once compared his government's support for education to a starving village pooling its resources in order to equip some of its members so they can go seek
This study examines how French medical and political authorities dealt with epidemics in Senegal through segregation and other methods designed to limit contact between blacks and whites. The study re
Seck (African and African-American studies, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) explores the neglected corpus of Senegalese Sufi oral texts, particularly the Wolof Sufi texts, for what they reveal ab
Akpan-Obong (political science and women's studies, Arizona State U.) provides a review and analysis of the growth and diffusion of information and communications technologies in Nigeria. She examines
There is an enduring faith among a wide range of social actors that formal education will effect profound social change in the Third World, even in places where declining economic opportunity makes th
