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Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Globalization by Unwana Samuel Akpan 9781666922851
RRP: $193.20Booksplease Price: $175.48In Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Globalization, editor, Unwana Samuel Akpan provides a timely collection of relevant and key, well-informed contributions on the Nigerian media industries in a changing media landscape. This collection assembles... -
The State and the Legacies of British Colonial Development in Malawi: Confronting Poverty, 1939–1983 by Gift Wasambo Kayira 9781666921656
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $161.87What were the origins of British ideas on rural poverty, and how did they shape development practice in Malawi? How did the international development narrative influence the poverty discourse in postcolonial Malawi from the 1960s onwards? In The State... -
The Afrocentricity Trajectories of Looting in South Africa by Mfundo Mandla Masuku 9781666919905
RRP: $153.30Booksplease Price: $137.76Looting has become an increasingly popular concept in South Africa as an unsophisticated interpretation of ownership by "force" of property during periods of mayhem. However, looting is a complex concept whose origin spans a long history that cuts across... -
History, Identity and the Bukusu-Bagisu Relations on the Kenya and Uganda Border by Peter Wafula Wekesa 9781666919240
RRP: $161.70Booksplease Price: $145.11History, Identity, and the Bukusu-Bagisu Relations on the Kenya and Uganda Border analyzes issues of history, identity, and the Bukusu-Bagisu relations on the Kenya and Uganda border. From this microcosmic level, Peter Wafula Wekesa explores forms of... -
Political Party Financing and Electoral Politics in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by Babayo Sule 9781666919219
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $161.87In Political Party Financing and Electoral Politics in Nigeria's Fourth Republic, Babayo Sule provides a detailed analysis of the process of political party financing in Nigeria from 1999 to the present. Sule links the party financing process with the... -
The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus: National Constitutions, Citizens' Sovereignty, Communication, and Awareness by Korwa Gombe Adar 9781666930238
RRP: $170.10Booksplease Price: $152.46Since its establishment in 1980 the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has largely been a state driven organization, with the people of Southern Africa, though enshrined in the treaty, remaining observers in the SADC democratization and... -
Intersectionality and Women’s Access to Justice in Africa by J. Jarpa Dawuni 9781793632678
RRP: $214.20Booksplease Price: $194.00Intersectionality and Women's Access to Justice, edited by J. Jarpa Dawuni, propounds layered intersectionality as a paradigm for examining how gendered factors affect women's access to justice, whether as judges or litigants. Through intersectional and... -
Democratization and Military Coups in Africa: Post-1990 Political Conflicts by George Klay Kieh Jr 9781793643063
RRP: $178.50Booksplease Price: $161.87Democratization and Military Coups in Africa: Post-1990 Political Conflicts studies the seemingly endless cycle of coups that have occurred in Africa since the "Free Officers Coup" of 1952 in Egypt. Unfortunately, after more than three decades of the... -
Rethinking Institutions, Processes, and Development in Africa by Ernest Aniche 9781538151129
RRP: $214.20Booksplease Price: $194.00African scholarship concerning the nexus between institutions and development is still dominated by economic perspective of development despite the emergence of humanistic perspective of development. Human development is a more embracing, encompassing... -
Cultural Texts of Resistance in Zimbabwe: Music, Memes, and Media by Rodwell Makombe 9781538150917
RRP: $205.80Booksplease Price: $185.96Cultural Texts of Resistance in Zimbabwe explores how ordinary citizens appropriate and deploy cultural texts such as internet memes, songs, political cartoons and social media discussions as vehicles to contest hegemonic narratives of the state and... -
Cameroon-Nigeria Relations: Trends and Perspectives by Osita Agbu 9781793635945
RRP: $214.20Booksplease Price: $194.00Cameroon-Nigeria Relations: Trends and Perspectives, edited by Osita Agbu and C. Nna-Emeka Okereke, examines various aspects of Cameroon-Nigeria relations since their attainment of independence in 1960. The Cameroon and Nigerian contributors... -
Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by John Campbell 9780190657970
Booksplease Price: $106.01As the "Giant of Africa," Nigeria is home to about twenty percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa, serves as Africa's largest producer of oil and natural gas, comprises Africa's largest economy, and represents the cultural center of African... -
Taiwan in Africa: Seven Decades of Certainty and Uncertainties by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde 9781793650924
RRP: $161.70Booksplease Price: $145.11While China's role and place in Africa has garnered a lot of scholarly attention-be it praise or condemnation-not much has been written about Taiwan's role and place on the continent even though Taiwan was a major player and partner in Africa's quest for... -
Power / Knowledge / Land: Contested Ontologies of Land and Its Governance in Africa by Laura German 9780472055333
RRP: $69.20Booksplease Price: $67.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472055333Author Laura GermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan Press -
Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa: Shifting Mobilization by Toyin Falola 9781666917925
RRP: $220.50Booksplease Price: $199.54Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa: Shifting Mobilization, edited by Toyin Falola and Celine A. Jacquemin, questions whether identity is providing and sustaining power for elites, or fueling oppression and conflicts, being mobilized for... -
Issues of Governance, Security, and Development in Contemporary Africa by Mohamed Camara 9781666902716
RRP: $210.00Booksplease Price: $190.28Governance, security, and development are three critical components of a dialectical nexus that is both dominant and determinant for any objective and fruitful quest for the understanding of the trajectory of a country, a region or, in the case of... -
Contemporary Wars and Conflicts Over Land and Water in Africa by Carlson Anyangwe 9781666910360
RRP: $220.50Booksplease Price: $199.54Contemporary Wars and Conflicts over Land and Water in Africa highlights Africa's tragedy of endless conflicts. Rich in case studies, it examines violent conflicts and Africa's approaches to conflict resolution. The case studies show that Africa... -
African Armies: Evolution And Capabilities by Bruce E. Arlinghaus 9780367169916
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $81.77This book examines the evolution of African armed forces, their impact on the societies in which they operate, and their current capabilities, with special attention to their effectiveness as military institutions.Book InformationISBN 9780367169916Author... -
Mozambique: From Colonialism To Revolution, 1900-1982 by Barbara Isaacman 9780367168605
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $81.77Drawing on oral interviews as well as written primary sources, the authors of this book focus on the changing and complex Mozambican reality. They focus their study on the changing and complex Mozambican reality to avoid depicting the colonized people as... -
Analyzing Pol Change/h by James R Scarritt 9780367167783
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $82.40This book addresses political instability and the role of the military in unstable politics, as well as to class formation, class conflict, and prolonged economic dependency in Africa. It uses a comprehensive theoretical approach based on... -
Aids And Stds In Africa: Bridging The Gap Between Traditional Healing And Modern Medicine by Edward C Green 9780367163921
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $81.77This book emphasizes the factors in the spread and control of AIDS that have received less attention in the literature. It suggests that a collaborative action program involving traditional healers is necessary if we wish to impact the spread of AIDS and... -
Culture And Counterculture In Moroccan Politics by John P. Entelis 9780367162689
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $81.77This book incorporates the critical features of the external environment into an analysis that is principally directed at the kinds of policy alternatives available to Morocco for which culture and culturally related historic and domestic socioeconomic... -
Bridges To The Future: Prospects For Peace And Security In Southern Africa by Hans-Joachim Spanger 9780367159184
RRP: $62.98Booksplease Price: $59.85With the ending of white minority rule in South Africa, the democratic elections in Mozambique and the renewed efforts at a negotiated settlement of civil war in Angola, Southern Africa has entered a new era. Much more is required, however, to ensure... -
Agriculture And Rural Development In The People's Republic Of The Congo by G. Nguyen Tien Hung 9780367158668
RRP: $62.98Booksplease Price: $59.85This comprehensive study outlines the current transformation in agriculture and its effect on the demography, development, and economy of the People's Republic of the Congo. G. Nguyen Tien Hung analyzes fundamental structural changes within the economy... -
Agrarian Reform Under State Capitalism In Algeria by Karen Pfeifer 9780367158118
RRP: $62.98Booksplease Price: $59.85This book looks at Algerian economic development as a case study of state capitalism in the Third World. It focuses on research in twenty communities representing the country's major agricultural zones and investigates the institutional changes brought... -
Civil Society and Democracy in Nigeria: A Theoretical Approach by Bernard Nwosu 9780367638085
RRP: $304.50Booksplease Price: $274.24This book examines the complex relationship between the state and civil society and the impact that this has had on democratization processes in Nigeria from colonial times to the present.Expanding notions of democracy, the author builds a theoretical... -
Innovation for Development in Africa by Jussi S. Jauhiainen 9780367349578
RRP: $304.50Booksplease Price: $274.24This book uncovers the many ways in which innovations and innovation system development policies have become crucial to development policy formation across Africa.As new instruments, actors and tools emerge in development cooperation, the role of... -
The North African Environment At Risk by Will D Swearingen 9780367309923
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $81.77Deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, air and water pollution, loss of wildlife habitat, and declining biodiversity are interrelated manifestations of a growing environmental crisis in North Africa that has received relatively little attention... -
State And Market In Postapartheid South Africa by Merle Lipton 9780367304072
RRP: $62.98Booksplease Price: $60.48This book argues that South Africa experienced extensive periods of trade liberalisation in the 1970s and 1980s. It discusses the libertarian analysis of state failure, particularly the libertarian argument that market failures are less serious and less... -
Rural Settlement Structure And African Development by Marilyn Silberfein 9780367301859
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $81.77This volume is the result of a group of researchers applying their insights and experience to a common theme. All the authors are con-cerned with rural development in Africa and all have focused on the con-nection between the development process and the... -
The United States And The Horn Of Africa: An Analytical Study Of Pattern And Process by Okbazghi Yohannes 9780367296988
RRP: $188.98Booksplease Price: $162.90The recent collapse of the bipolar world order has been accompanied by momentous changes, dynamically setting the international system in motion toward an uncertain future. Such a profound transformation of the international system mandates an evaluation... -
Tanzania: An African Experiment by Rodger Yeager 9780367289461
RRP: $188.98Booksplease Price: $162.27This book provides an overview of Tanzania, one of Africa's economically most distressed, socially most innovative, and politically most controversial countries. Focusing on the last three decades, it glimpses into the rich Tanzanian past and reflects... -
Regional Disparity In Subsaharan Africa: Structural Readjustment Of Uneven Development by Assefa Mehretu 9780367285456
RRP: $188.98Booksplease Price: $162.90This book is an outcome of research on African development from the standpoint of economic geography which I have been undertaking over the last four years. The initial impetus for the research was a social science grant from the Rockefeller Foundation... -
The African Experience: From Olduvai Gorge To The 21st Century by Roland Oliver 9780367318253
RRP: $304.50Booksplease Price: $274.24This masterpiece of scholarship and compression, the second edition of The African Experience, covers the entire span of human history across the African continent, from the earliest emergence of hominids in eastern and southern Africa up to the present... -
Patriarchy And Class: African Women In The Home And The Workforce by Sharon B Stichter 9780367282400
RRP: $273.00Booksplease Price: $236.69This book argues for the applicability of a materialist mode of production analysis to the situation of women in Africa. It briefly reviews some of the intellectual background and current theoretical dilemmas of marxism-feminism.About the AuthorSharon B... -
Peasants, Agrarian Socialism, And Rural Development In Ethiopia Alemneh Dejene 9780367298036
RRP: $88.18Booksplease Price: $81.77One of the few systematic field surveys undertaken following the 1975 agrarian reform in Ethiopia, this study analyzes the conditions constraining agricultural productivity of peasant farmers in the Arsi region and examines how farmers view peasant and... -
Agriculture, Women, and Land: The African Experience by Jean Davison 9780367014186
RRP: $188.98Booksplease Price: $168.04This book examines gender relations to land relations that are crucial to formulating policies through which African women's food producing capabilities can be advanced. It addresses the need to document historical changes in land tenure practices that... -
Bridging The Rift: The New South Africa In Africa by Larry Swatuk 9780367010126
RRP: $188.98Booksplease Price: $170.14Despite the lingering effects of more than a decade of sanctions and economic stagnation, South Africa retains the most powerful, industrialized, and diversified economy in sub-Saharan Africa. Today, as a postapartheid future is constructed and as the... -
A Future South Africa: "Visions, Strategies, and Realities" by Peter L. Berger 9780367003449
RRP: $188.98Booksplease Price: $170.14This book identifies the key 'actors' whose visions and strategies are crucial to the pattern which change will take in South Africa. These actors, their visions and 'strategic logic' were subjected to a critique by their researchers in the light of... -
Armed Forces, Conflict, and Change in Africa by Henry S. Bienen 9780367003357
RRP: $77.68Booksplease Price: $73.27Nigeria has not evolved political formulas that explicitly allow religion or religious authorities to define legitimacy. There have, however, been struggles carried out in religious terms over constitutional mechanisms for adjudicating conflict. Religion...