Overview

Although Africa seems to most people a remote and impoverished place remembered for the suffering of its people, it has played an important role in recent history, and it will play a significant role in the future of America and the West in general. This volume of the ANNALS, Perspectives on Africa and the World, provides a unique opportunity for fresh insight into the continent's past, present, and future by examining crucial historical turning points in African history over the past 75 years. The distinguished authors emphasize that understanding the reality of Africa in the twenty-first century requires viewing the continent within a broader context of recent world history. Through the lens of four watershed events-World War II, the end of colonialism, the cold war, and the new global interconnections- they show how much of what happens on the African continent has its origins in Washington, London, Paris, Moscow, or Beijing, just as events in Africa can shape the politics and economies of the world, and that we ignore Africa to our own peril.

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Author:   Tukufu Zuberi ,  Tanji Gilliam
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Volume:   No. 632
Weight:   0.200kg
ISBN:  

9781412993944

ISBN 10:   1412993946
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   03 September 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: A Perspective on Africa and the World - Tukufu Zuberi 2. Black Africans in World War II: The Soldiers' Stories - John H. Morrow, Jr. 3. The Ogaden War and the Demise of Detente - Donna R. Jackson 4. Decolonization or National Liberation: Debating the End of British Colonial Rule in Africa - Cheikh Anta Babou 5. Radical Islam in East Africa - Charles R. Stith 6. Debating Darfur in the World - Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf 7. The United States of Africa: A Revisit - George B. N. Ayittey 8. Africa's Development beyond Aid: Getting Out of the Box - Julius Gatune 9. Afrocentricty and the Argument for Civic Commitment: Ideology and Citizenship in a United States of Africa - Molefi Kete Asante

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