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Aid and Economic Development

Alice N. Sindzingre

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Aid and Economic Development Introduction The analysis of the relationships between foreign aid—also called “official development assistance” ...

Algeria

Phillip Naylor

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Algeria Introduction Algeria, Africa’s largest country, remains understudied except for its modern history, which features an oppressive colon...

Angola

W. Martin James

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Angola Introduction Angola is a land of contrast. It has abundant natural resources such as petroleum, diamonds, phosphate, timber, and fishin...

Archaeology and the Study of Africa

Ann B. Stahl

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Archaeology and the Study of Africa Introduction Africa is the birthplace of humankind and a continent of tremendous social and cultural diver...

Art, Art History, and the Study Of Africa

Patrick McNaughton, Diane Pelrine

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Art, Art History, and the Study of Africa Introduction African cultures have created sumptuous and subtle art in numerous materials for many m...

Children and Childhood

Steve Howard

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2013-02-26

Children and Childhood Introduction African society is structured largely around the lives of its children. Across the continent, children rep...

Colonial Rule, German

Marianne Bechhaus-Gerst

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

German Colonial Rule Introduction With the exception of Brandenburg-Prussia’s short-lived attempt to gain a foothold on the West African coast...

Congo River Basin States

John Yoder, J. Jeffrey Hoover

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Congo River Basin States Introduction Throughout the forests and savannas of the great Congo basin, families and Houses have organized for hun...

Conservation and Wildlife

Heidi G. Frontani

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Conservation and Wildlife Introduction Conservation in Africa, as elsewhere, involves decisions about the allocation and use of resources, inc...

Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)

Thomas Turner, Robert E. Smith

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Introduction The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) lies astride the equator, with a small coastl...

Early States And State Formation In Africa

Graham Connah

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Early States and State Formation in Africa Introduction Archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, geographers, and other schol...

Education and the Study of Africa

Corrie Decker

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Education and the Study of Africa Introduction Though some historians and anthropologists have examined precolonial or indigenous forms of soci...

Environment

A. T. Grove

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Environment Introduction The environment of Africa, as it is considered here, includes the atmosphere and its behavior over the long and short...

Famine

Daniel Maxwell, Merry Fitzpatrick

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Famine Introduction Famine is now generally described as an extreme crisis of access to adequate food, manifested in widespread malnutrition a...

Gabon

Jeremy Rich

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Gabon Introduction Located in West Central Africa, Gabon is a country on the South Atlantic coast. The equator passes through the center of th...

Geography and the Study of Africa

Heidi G. Frontani

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Geography and the Study of Africa Introduction All geographers, including those with regional interests in Africa, study the earth via inquiri...

Historiography and Methods of African History

Funso Afolayan

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Historiography and Methods of African History Introduction The study of African history as an independent and autonomous focus of scholarship ...

Image of Africa, The

Curtis Keim

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

The Image of Africa Introduction Since World War II, Westerners have become increasingly self-critical regarding their images of the world...

Indian Ocean and Middle Eastern Slave Trades

George M. La Rue

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Indian Ocean and Middle Eastern Slave Trades Introduction Although slavery and some regional slave trading existed in earlier eras, the spread...

Invention of Tradition

Thomas Spear

Subject: African Studies »

Date Added: 2012-10-25

Invention of Tradition Introduction “Tradition” is one of the most vexed concepts in African historiography, often criticized for conveying th...

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