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A study of Kenya and its role in the "end of Empire", this book shows how Britain continued to vigorously pursue imperial interests in Africa even after the "East of Suez" role. Kenyan decolonization and British interests, it becomes clear, were intimately linked.
The evolution of student activism in sub-Saharan Africa is crucial to understanding the process of democratic struggle and change in Africa. Focusing on the period of 'democratic transitions' in the 1990s, this work discusses the involvement of student activism in democratic struggles across contemporary Africa and focuses on two case studies.
A collection of Baruch Hirson's writings producing a comprehensive picture which includes the role of trade unions, the Communist Party, and Trotyskist groups. This book provides an insight into the influences which helped to guide the South African resistance movement. It is aimed at those interested in the political career of Nelson Mandela.
In Africa, western donors have sought to impose 'neo-liberal' visions of socio-economic and political institution-building, spreading political reforms and economic liberalisation with far-reaching consequences. This title questions the assumption that Africa was lacking the useful components for a spontaneous transition to democracy.
How has the position of Afrikaners changed since the end of the Apartheid regime in South Africa? This work argues that the global political economy and the closely associated ideology of globalization are major catalysts for change in Afrikaner identifications and positions. It contributes to our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa.
The politics of water have taken centre stage in global concerns about sustainable development. This book investigates a fresh mode of achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of people who lack access to safe water and sanitation by 2015. It is suitable for those concerned with issues of water and sustainable development.
Mahmud Muhammad Taha was the leader of the 'Republican Brothers and Sisters', a small group of Sudanese nationalists who called for a mystical, inclusive reinterpretation of Islam that ended traditional legal discriminations against women and non-Muslims. This book explores the life and ideas of this Sudanese reformer.
The humanitarian crisis in Darfur,has attracted significant international media attention. Here, Noah Bassil offers a re-conception of the conflict by examining the origins of the conflict through the broader issue of state failure in post-colonial Sudan, providing a valuable contribution to History, International Relations and Peace Studies.
Covering a vital period in the history of Central Africa, this work examines the growth of nationalist violence in Nyasaland, the declaration of the State of Emergency and the repercussions of the Devlin Commission at home and abroad.
Covering a period in the history and development of East Africa, this narrative explores the cultural influences of the Arab peoples who traded with East Africa and settled there, Portuguese traders from the late 17th century onwards and the first wave of settlers from the Indian Sub-Continent.
A rich ethnographic portrait of the Sahrawi people and their socio-political organization
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