Updated and revised edition.
Designed as a textbook for the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Kenyan historians chart Kenya's post-independence years.
The long-view on more recent events in Zimbabwe's history.
The author provides evidence to question many common assumptions about land degradation.
Examines the nature of informal trade and smuggling in Zaire.
This work discusses the economic reforms that have taken place in Ghana since independence in 1957. It includes sections on: structure and growth;... Læs mere
A detailed study of the impact of gender on the politics of Uganda.
Joint winner of the 1989 Herskovits Award
Key study on writer and activist Kgositsile that presents a new approach to studying the radicalism of Africa and its diaspora and makes a major contribution to the histories of Black lives, gender studies, jazz studies, politics, and creativity.
A timely and important examination of the forest's environmental crises, investigating their biophysical, political, economic, and socio-cultural aspects, that reveals why previous conservation efforts failed.
Traces changing visions of mystical power and authority on the island of Pemba, whose people's reputed resistance to outside rule has shaped the national narratives of both Zanzibar and Tanzania.