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Chocolate Nations
Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa
African Arguments

Zed Books
FROM BEAN TO BAR - WHERE DOES YOUR CHOCOLATE COME FROM? Chocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the...
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A History of Africa

Palgrave Macmillan
History of Africa offers a richly illustrated introduction to the history of the entire continent, from earliest times right up to the present day. The third...
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Policing in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan
This wide-ranging collection offers fresh insights into a critical factor in development and politics on the African continent. It has three primary...
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Britain, Kenya and the Cold War
Imperial Defence, Colonial Security and Decolonisation

Tauris Academic Studies
Far from having to "scram from Africa" following the abandonment of her "East of Suez" role, and despite the problems of Mau Mau, and even the Suez debacle on...
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Family Law in Islam
Divorce, Marriage and Women in the Muslim World
Library of Islamic Law

I.B. Tauris
In both the West and throughout the Muslim world, Islamic family law is a highly - and hotly - debated topic. In the Muslim World, the discussions at the heart...
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Seers, Saints and Sinners
The Oral Tradition of Upper Egypt

I.B. Tauris
Traditional Egyptian folktales have a flavor and vivacity that until now has proved impossible to render in translation. Here, Elizabeth Wickett presents a...
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Integration and Peace in East Africa
A History of the Oromo Nation

Palgrave Macmillan
This book analyzes the development of indigenous religious, commercial, and political institutions among the Oromo mainly during the relatively peaceful two...
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The Dying Sahara
US Imperialism and Terror in Africa

Pluto Press
In The Dark Sahara ( Pluto Press, 2009), Jeremy Keenan exposed the collusion between the U.S. and Algeria in fabricating false flag terrorism to justify the...
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Getting Somalia Wrong?
Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State
African Arguments

Zed Books
Somalia is a comprehensively failed state, representing a threat to itself, its neighbors, and the wider world. In recent years, it has become notorious for...
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Region-building in Southern Africa
Progress, Problems and Prospects

Zed Books
How successful have Southern African states been in dealing with the major issues that have faced the region in recent years? What could be done to produce...

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The First Sudanese Civil War
Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan, 1955-1972

Palgrave Macmillan
This book is a comprehensive investigation, discussion, and analysis of the origins and development of the first civil war in the Sudan, which occurred between...
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Poisoned Wells
The Dirty Politics of African Oil

Palgrave Macmillan
Each week the oil and gas fields of sub-Saharan Africa produce well over a billion dollars’ worth of oil, an amount that far exceeds development aid to the...
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Africa Unchained
The Blueprint for Africa's Future

Palgrave Macmillan
Why haven't the poorest Africans been able to prosper in the twenty-first century? Celebrated economist George Ayittey thinks the answer is obvious: economic...
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Defeating Dictators
Fighting Tyranny in Africa and Around the World

Palgrave Macmillan
Despite billions of dollars of aid and the best efforts of the international community to improve economies and bolster democracy across Africa, violent...
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Contemporary South Africa
Contemporary States and Societies Series

Palgrave Macmillan
This book is a wide-ranging introduction to the social, political, cultural and economic life of South Africa. Updated throughout, the new edition considers...
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AIDS in the Twenty-First Century, Fully Revised and Updated Edition
Disease and Globalization

Palgrave Macmillan
First published in 2002, AIDS in the Twenty-First Century met with widespread praise from researchers and policy makers. This edition is fully revised to take...
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The Trouble with Africa
Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working

Palgrave Macmillan
The World Bank's former spokesperson for Africa's controversial statement about who's to blame for the continent's problems
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Fanonian Practices in South Africa
From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo

Palgrave Macmillan
Fanonian Practices in South Africa examines Frantz Fanon’s relevance to contemporary South African politics, and by extension, research on postcolonial Africa...
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Cities in Contemporary Africa

Palgrave Macmillan
This book offers a broad range of scholarly interpretations of the evolving forms, the changing dynamics, and the unexpected surprises that characterize...
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My Nigeria
Five Decades of Independence

Palgrave Macmillan
His nineteenth-century cousin, paddled ashore by slaves, twisted the arms of tribal chiefs to sign away their territorial rights in the oil-rich Niger Delta....
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Magic and Warfare
Appearance and Reality in Contemporary African Conflict and Beyond

Palgrave Macmillan
This study explores the roles played by magic in contemporary African warfare, specifically through the case of Sierra Leone, to assess its impact on behaviour...
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Moroccan Monarchy and the Islamist Challenge
Maintaining Makhzen Power

Palgrave Macmillan
An examination of the Moroccan monarchy’s religious authority and its use of rituals of power, this book look at how the monarchy limits the ability of...
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Fela
From West Africa to West Broadway

Palgrave Macmillan
Essays exploring world of Fela Kuti: legendary Nigerian Afrobeat musician, political leader, keeper of 28 wives, black icon
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Conflict and Human Security in Africa
Kenya in Perspective

Palgrave Macmillan
The tragedy of poverty is that it happens in a wealthy world. Despite global prosperity unrivalled in human history, a new wave of dramatic crises at the turn...