Documents on Modern Africa
Author | : T. Walter Wallbank |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1964 |
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Author | : T. Walter Wallbank |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1964 |
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Author | : Thomas Walter Wallbank |
Publisher | : Krieger Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"In the years following the close of World War II, alien rule in Africa has been all but eliminated, as upwards of thirty independent African nations emerged by the early 1960's. [The author] has selected and arranged forty-eight documents and readings to aid in an understanding of modern African history. The selections discuss: the opening of Africa; the various philosophies and systems of colonial rule and the consequences of World War I on the African scene; the impact of global conflict following 1939; the rise of nationalism; the independence explosion; the nature of the new African governments; Pan-Africanism; the African cultural renaissance; and such unresolved issues as South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, and Angola."--back cover.
Author | : Colin Legum |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1138 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. Ayo Langley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 858 |
Release | : 1979-12 |
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ISBN | : 9780847662197 |
Author | : Julia Ann Clancy-Smith |
Publisher | : Pages from History (Paperback) |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195338270 |
Explores the history of the modern Middle East and North Africa through original source documents, including photographs, posters, diplomatic records, and literary works.
Author | : J. Ayodele Langley |
Publisher | : Africa Book Centre (Miscellaneous Titles) |
Total Pages | : 880 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
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AYO LANGLEY, now a permanent Civil Servant in The Gambia, started collecting material for this book while lecturing in political science in the University of Edinburgh. The documents, reports, and extracts that he has selected (from French as well as English sources) illustrates the theme of Black Liberation and self determination that has for well over an hundred years characterized the writings of the great Black thinkers and liberators. In this selection the reader can follow the developments and expansion of the theme from the works of the early fathers, Crummell, Blyden, and Sarbah, through that of Sekyi, Thuku and Chilembwe down to the work of the modern philosopher-kings Nkrumah, Senghor and Nyerere. This book provides a brilliant aid to the better understanding of the development and intellectual problems that beset the modern states of Africa.
Author | : Donald Anthony Low |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520019690 |
Author | : Julia Ann Clancy-Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Africa, North |
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Explores the underlying theme of unity in diversity, utilizing a mix of documents--including photographs, posters, diaries, diplomatic records, archival sources, and literary works. Offers a compromise between conventional political and diplomatic histories and those focusing on social and cultural history. The authors demonstrate how the Middle East and North Africa have participated in and shaped the grand currents of global history during the past two centuries. --From back cover.
Author | : World Bank |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2009-12-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0821380834 |
Sustainable infrastructure development is vital for Africa s prosperity. And now is the time to begin the transformation. This volume is the culmination of an unprecedented effort to document, analyze, and interpret the full extent of the challenge in developing Sub-Saharan Africa s infrastructure sectors. As a result, it represents the most comprehensive reference currently available on infrastructure in the region. The book covers the five main economic infrastructure sectors information and communication technology, irrigation, power, transport, and water and sanitation. 'Africa s Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation' reflects the collaboration of a wide array of African regional institutions and development partners under the auspices of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa. It presents the findings of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project launched following a commitment in 2005 by the international community (after the G8 summit at Gleneagles, Scotland) to scale up financial support for infrastructure development in Africa. The lack of reliable information in this area made it difficult to evaluate the success of past interventions, prioritize current allocations, and provide benchmarks for measuring future progress, hence the need for the AICD. Africa s infrastructure sectors lag well behind those of the rest of the world, and the gap is widening. Some of the main policy-relevant findings highlighted in the book include the following: infrastructure in the region is exceptionally expensive, with tariffs being many times higher than those found elsewhere. Inadequate and expensive infrastructure is retarding growth by 2 percentage points each year. Solving the problem will cost over US$90 billion per year, which is more than twice what is being spent in Africa today. However, money alone is not the answer. Prudent policies, wise management, and sound maintenance can improve efficiency, thereby stretching the infrastructure dollar. There is the potential to recover an additional US$17 billion a year from within the existing infrastructure resource envelope simply by improving efficiency. For example, improved revenue collection and utility management could generate US$3.3 billion per year. Regional power trade could reduce annual costs by US$2 billion. And deregulating the trucking industry could reduce freight costs by one-half. So, raising more funds without also tackling inefficiencies would be like pouring water into a leaking bucket. Finally, the power sector and fragile states represent particular challenges. Even if every efficiency in every infrastructure sector could be captured, a substantial funding gap of $31 billion a year would remain. Nevertheless, the African people and economies cannot wait any longer. Now is the time to begin the transformation to sustainable development.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9781558762893 |