Bøger i AFRICA PAST PRESENT PROSPECTS serien

Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga, Serges Djoyou Kamga, and Arnold Kwesiga explore a relatively new phenomenon, namely referred to as illicit financial flows, that aim to impoverish the African continent and prevent its economic development. There is a direct relationship between illicit financial flows and failed initiatives to realize the right to development on the continent. For instance, in 2016, Africa received $41 billion towards public development while $50 billion left the continent through illicit financial flows. The gap between recent economic achievements on the continent and its state of generalized underdevelopment coupled with rampant poverty, corruption, prolonged economic crisis, and political instabilities signals an issue with resource allocations. The systematic theft of resources by multinational corporations and criminal networks is a hard blow to the idea of people-driven development in line with the Pan African vision of "an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa" proclaimed by Agenda 2063. Right to Development and Illicit Financial Flows from Africa: Dynamics, Perspectives, and Prospects provides insights into the dynamics and perspectives on illicit financial flows and its dire impacts on the right to development and development initiatives across the continent.

This book examines the legal and security threat posed by pandemics in Africa and beyond. The authors propose that to effectively counter pandemics, it is necessary for states to transcend beyond a realism approach and to adopt security policies that reflect the multidimensional nature of state authority and functions.

This is a comprehensive analysis on Nigeria, its people, and emerging contemporary digital trends through the expanding concept of the virtual community. It uses Farooq Kperogi, a prominent leader in the virtual community, and his writings as a lens to foreground the discussion.

This book examines the history of community relations across the Kenya-Uganda border using the case of the Bukusu and the Bagisu. From this microcosmic level, the book explores the social, economic, and political relations that have evolved between the two communities and states over time.

Identity Transformation and Politicization in Africa: Shifting Mobilization, edited by Toyin Falola and Céline A. Jacquemin, questions whether identity is providing and sustaining power for elites, or fueling oppression and conflicts, being mobilized for exclusionary movements versus inclusive societal changes, or educating in ways that foster progress and development. Do aspects of African identities and the challenges they present also hold prospects for more inclusive and peaceful democratic and representative futures? The contributors cover a wide spectrum of expertise on different African countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Morocco, and Libya). They come from diverse disciplines (History, Political Science, Public Administration, Philosophy, Economics and Finance, Cultural Studies, Music, and International Relations), and use various methods and approaches in their research. Some contributors belong to the groups whose identity is being scrutinized and are participants in the efforts to politicize and mobilize, while others remain outside observers, who share some traits or interests with the African identities examined and provide different kinds of insights. Several chapters explore how innovative pedagogical projects studying African history and identity—facilitated by the internet and new social media—transform and connect with the African continent. Each author provides important insights on how mobilization around identity issues has been shifting with the internet and social media.

This book examines nature and character of institutions and development in Africa.

This book studies the corporate structure, labour relations, and profitability of an individual mining company on the Northern Rhodesian (Zambian) Copperbelt.

This book explores how Europe and Africa can be conceptualized and researched as a single macro-area connected by interrelated, global and multilevel dynamics.

This book shifts focus to policy and practical measures relating to implementing the right to development.

This book explores the nature and impacts of leadership and institutions on Africa's development.

This collection brings together essays on the role that radio played in political resistance against oppressive regimes during the period of the armed struggle in the region.

This collection offers new perspectives that explore and reshape new directions around which postcolonial Nigeria can make progress around identities, values and histories.

Provides an improved understanding into women's participation in Nigeria and lays bare the misconceptions.

The book provides the readers a deeper understanding on how the conflict management mechanisms adopted in pastoralist-farmer conflict affect the protection of internally displaced persons in Benue and Nasarawa states.

This volume critiques postcolonial African historiography, certain misconceptions about vernacular epistemologies including gender and sexuality and the making of the historical archive.

The book reflects a productive (knowledge) agency as it's authored by scholars based in Africa

The book reflects a productive (knowledge) agency as it's authored by scholars based in Africa

Provides an understanding of the importance of elections in democratization and the constitution of order.