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OverviewA comprehensive examination of the work of the African Union (AU), with special emphasis on its capacity to meet the challenges of building and sustaining governance institutions and security mechanisms. Samuel Makinda and F. Wafula Okumu show how Africa and, in particular, the AU can effectively addressed the challenges of building and sustaining governance institutions and security mechanisms only if they have strategic leadership. Current debates on, and criticisms of, leadership in Africa are also analyzed as well as key options for overcoming the constraints that African leaders face. Core topics covered include: * the colonial policies of the European powers * the emergence of Pan-Africanism * the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 * the evolution of the OAU into the AU in 2002 * the AU's capacity to address poverty alleviation, conflict management and resolution, peacebuilding and humanitarian intervention. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Samuel M. Makinda , F. Wafula OkumuPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780415403504ISBN 10: 0415403502 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 01 September 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Replaced By: 9781138790391 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book, authored by two eminent African scholars, is timely and analyses the African continental movement from the OAU in 1963 to the AU. The authors make an honest and sobering assessment of the performance of the AU. Few books have been written on the AU, and this one fills a big gap by providing researchers and lay people with an analysis of this important organization at a time when African leaders are debating the establishment of the United States of Africa. Ambassador Ahmed Haggag, Former OAU Assistant Secretary General. The dream of a United Africa is over 100 years old. It crystallized among Black people in the Diaspora, and its founders included the legendary African American intellectual, W.G.B. DuBois. The creation of the AU is the most ambitious stage of Pan-Africanism so far. This book gives us an insight into both the scale of Africa's ambition and the formidable challenges facing such a vision of regional integration. The authors are in command of the facts and are sensitive to the vision. Professor Ali A. Mazrui, Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York. Author InformationSamuel M. Makinda is Professor of Security Studies and International Relations at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. F. Wafula Okumu is the Head of African Security Analysis Programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria, South Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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