Author: Kidane Mengisteab
Publisher: Red Sea Press(NJ)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Anatomy of the African Tragedy
Author: Kidane Mengisteab
Publisher: Red Sea Press(NJ)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: Red Sea Press(NJ)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Angola
Author: Tony Hodges
Publisher: James Currey
ISBN: 9780852558744
Category : Angola
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive account of the severity of the problems that face war-torn, underdeveloped, oil producing states.
Publisher: James Currey
ISBN: 9780852558744
Category : Angola
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive account of the severity of the problems that face war-torn, underdeveloped, oil producing states.
Life and Death Matters
Author: Barbara Rose Johnston
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315425351
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The first edition of Life and Death Matters was a breakthrough text, centralizing the experiences of those on the front lines of environmental crises and forging new paradigms for understanding how crises emerge and how different groups of actors respond to them. This second edition, fully updated with both expanded and new chapters, once again provides a benchmark for the field and opens important pathways for further research. Authors reassess the state of scholarship and grassroots activism in a new century when social and environmental systems are being reconceptualised within post-9/11 security and biosecurity frameworks, when global warming and resource scarcity are not fears but realities, when global power and politics are being realigned, and when ecocide, ethnocide, and genocide are daily tragedies. This bold new edition of Life and Death Matters will be a widely used textbook and essential reading for students, scholars, and policy makers.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315425351
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The first edition of Life and Death Matters was a breakthrough text, centralizing the experiences of those on the front lines of environmental crises and forging new paradigms for understanding how crises emerge and how different groups of actors respond to them. This second edition, fully updated with both expanded and new chapters, once again provides a benchmark for the field and opens important pathways for further research. Authors reassess the state of scholarship and grassroots activism in a new century when social and environmental systems are being reconceptualised within post-9/11 security and biosecurity frameworks, when global warming and resource scarcity are not fears but realities, when global power and politics are being realigned, and when ecocide, ethnocide, and genocide are daily tragedies. This bold new edition of Life and Death Matters will be a widely used textbook and essential reading for students, scholars, and policy makers.
The African Garrison State
Author: Kjetil Tronvoll
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1847010695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Examines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised garrison state.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1847010695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Examines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised garrison state.
The Horn of Africa since the 1960s
Author: Aleksi Ylönen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317028570
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Horn of Africa has long been one of the most dynamic and politically turbulent sub-regions on the African continent. Host to great ancient civilizations, diverse peoples, and expansive states, the region has experienced massive social, economic, and political transformations which have given rise to military coups, revolutions and intractable ethnic, socio-economic, and religious conflicts. This comprehensive volume brings together a team of expert scholars who analyze international, regional, national, and local affairs in the Horn of Africa. The chapters demonstrate the intertwined nature of the actors and forces shaping political realities. The case studies, focusing on Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan, and South Sudan eloquently illustrate the complex dynamics connecting the spectrum of political issues in the region. The Horn of Africa since the 1960s will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Africa and political science.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317028570
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Horn of Africa has long been one of the most dynamic and politically turbulent sub-regions on the African continent. Host to great ancient civilizations, diverse peoples, and expansive states, the region has experienced massive social, economic, and political transformations which have given rise to military coups, revolutions and intractable ethnic, socio-economic, and religious conflicts. This comprehensive volume brings together a team of expert scholars who analyze international, regional, national, and local affairs in the Horn of Africa. The chapters demonstrate the intertwined nature of the actors and forces shaping political realities. The case studies, focusing on Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan, and South Sudan eloquently illustrate the complex dynamics connecting the spectrum of political issues in the region. The Horn of Africa since the 1960s will be of interest to students and scholars of contemporary Africa and political science.
Wole Soyinka and Modern Tragedy
Author: Ketu Katrak
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0313240744
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The tragic drama of Nigeria's leading playwright, Wole Soyinka, is the focus of this in-depth study. Ketu H. Katrak explores Soyinka's concept of the tragic experience as it relates to Yoruba culture and analyzes the unique features of his theory of tragedy which blends Yoruba traditional drama with Western tragic forms. Opening with a biographical overview of Soyinka's life and career, Katrak addresses the major issues presented by Soyinka in his essay on tragedy, The Fourth Stage. These include the origin of tragic feeling, the components of the tragic experience, and the concretization of these abstract notions in the Yoruba god Ogun. The author demonstrates that it is through these themes and the elements of ritual and myth that Soyinka imparts communal values to his work, ultimately achieving a metaphysical level of expression. Katrak also discusses the element of the death of the protagonist in a number of Soyinka's plays and how it is beneficial for the community. The history of a community, a nation, and mankind, as it appears in other Soyinka plays, is also discussed. Throughout the work, the study of Soyinka's drama is balanced with an analysis of dramatic structure and stagecraft. Included are interviews and discussions with many of Nigeria's academicians, as well as with Soyinka himself.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0313240744
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The tragic drama of Nigeria's leading playwright, Wole Soyinka, is the focus of this in-depth study. Ketu H. Katrak explores Soyinka's concept of the tragic experience as it relates to Yoruba culture and analyzes the unique features of his theory of tragedy which blends Yoruba traditional drama with Western tragic forms. Opening with a biographical overview of Soyinka's life and career, Katrak addresses the major issues presented by Soyinka in his essay on tragedy, The Fourth Stage. These include the origin of tragic feeling, the components of the tragic experience, and the concretization of these abstract notions in the Yoruba god Ogun. The author demonstrates that it is through these themes and the elements of ritual and myth that Soyinka imparts communal values to his work, ultimately achieving a metaphysical level of expression. Katrak also discusses the element of the death of the protagonist in a number of Soyinka's plays and how it is beneficial for the community. The history of a community, a nation, and mankind, as it appears in other Soyinka plays, is also discussed. Throughout the work, the study of Soyinka's drama is balanced with an analysis of dramatic structure and stagecraft. Included are interviews and discussions with many of Nigeria's academicians, as well as with Soyinka himself.
Natural Resources and Conflict in Africa
Author: Abiodun Alao
Publisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 9781580462679
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa.
Publisher: University Rochester Press
ISBN: 9781580462679
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The first comprehensive account of the linkage between natural resources and political and social conflict in Africa.
Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa
Author: Andrea L. Stanton
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 141298176X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1977
Book Description
These volumes convey what daily life is like in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Entries will aid readers in understanding the importance of cultural sociology, to appreciate the effects of cultural forces around the world.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 141298176X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1977
Book Description
These volumes convey what daily life is like in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Entries will aid readers in understanding the importance of cultural sociology, to appreciate the effects of cultural forces around the world.
African Foreign Policies in International Institutions
Author: Jason Warner
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137575743
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This book is the first to exclusively consider the foreign policy tendencies of African states in international institutions. As an edited volume offering empirically based perspectives from a variety of scholars, this project disabuses the notion that Africa should be considered a "niche" interest in the field of foreign policy analysis. It asserts that the actions of the continent's states collectively serve as an important heuristic by which to interrogate and understand the foreign policies of other global states, and are not simply "anomalously" extant entities whose actions should be studied only insofar as they deviate from predictions based on the experiences of Western or other non-African states.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137575743
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This book is the first to exclusively consider the foreign policy tendencies of African states in international institutions. As an edited volume offering empirically based perspectives from a variety of scholars, this project disabuses the notion that Africa should be considered a "niche" interest in the field of foreign policy analysis. It asserts that the actions of the continent's states collectively serve as an important heuristic by which to interrogate and understand the foreign policies of other global states, and are not simply "anomalously" extant entities whose actions should be studied only insofar as they deviate from predictions based on the experiences of Western or other non-African states.
African Childhoods
Author: M. Ensor
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137024704
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
With 70 per cent of its people under the age of 30, Africa is the world's youngest continent. African youngsters have been largely characterized as either vulnerable victims of the frequent humanitarian crises that plague their homelands, or as violent militarized youth and 'troubled' gang members. Young people's contributions to processes of educational provision, peace building and participatory human development in Africa are often ignored. While acknowledging the profound challenges associated with growing up in an environment of uncertainty and deprivation, African Childhoods sheds light on African children's often constructive engagement with a variety of societal conditions, adverse or otherwise, and their ability to positively influence their own lives and those of others.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137024704
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
With 70 per cent of its people under the age of 30, Africa is the world's youngest continent. African youngsters have been largely characterized as either vulnerable victims of the frequent humanitarian crises that plague their homelands, or as violent militarized youth and 'troubled' gang members. Young people's contributions to processes of educational provision, peace building and participatory human development in Africa are often ignored. While acknowledging the profound challenges associated with growing up in an environment of uncertainty and deprivation, African Childhoods sheds light on African children's often constructive engagement with a variety of societal conditions, adverse or otherwise, and their ability to positively influence their own lives and those of others.