This book provides unique and detailed perspectives on different aspects of dissent, protest and disputes and how these have, in turn, continued to pose challenges in Africa. The contributors argue that, dissent, protest and most forms of disputes in Africa are the result of daily challenges that its people have faced and continue to encounter. These challenges include, amongst others, demands for transparency, good governance and accountability; waves of instability that have created insecurity in most parts of the continent, an unsustainable level of youth unemployment, rapid population…mehr
This book provides unique and detailed perspectives on different aspects of dissent, protest and disputes and how these have, in turn, continued to pose challenges in Africa. The contributors argue that, dissent, protest and most forms of disputes in Africa are the result of daily challenges that its people have faced and continue to encounter. These challenges include, amongst others, demands for transparency, good governance and accountability; waves of instability that have created insecurity in most parts of the continent, an unsustainable level of youth unemployment, rapid population growth, a continent-wide healthcare and poverty crises and numerous environmental challenges.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Emmanuel M. Mbah is Associate Professor of History and Director of Africa and African Diaspora Studies at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Dissent, Protest and Dispute Africa 2. The Music of Heaven, the Music of Earth, and the Music of Brats: Tuareg Islam, the Devil, and Musical Performance 3. Finding Social Change Backstage and Behind the Scenes in South African Theatre 4. Soccer and Political (Ex)pression in Africa: The Case of Cameroon 5. "Child Labor Resistance in Southern Nigeria, 1916 - 1938" 6. M'Fam Goes Home: African Soldiers in the Gabon Campaign of 1940 7. "Disgraceful Disturbances": TANU, the Tanganyikan Rifles, and the 1964 Mutiny 8. The Role of Ethnicity in Political Formation in Kenya: 1963-2007 9. Land, Boundaries, Chiefs and Wars 10. Borders and boundaries within Ethiopia: dilemmas of group identity, representation and agency 11. Rural Agrarian Land Conflicts in Postcolonial Nigeria's Central Region 12. The Evolution of the Mungiki Militia in Kenya, 1990 to 2010 13. Refugee-Warriors and Other People's Wars in Post-Colonial Africa: The Experience of Rwandese and South African Military Exiles (1960-94) 14. Oiling the Guns and Gunning for Oil: The Youth and Niger Delta Oil Conflicts in Nigeria
1. Introduction: Dissent, Protest and Dispute Africa 2. The Music of Heaven, the Music of Earth, and the Music of Brats: Tuareg Islam, the Devil, and Musical Performance 3. Finding Social Change Backstage and Behind the Scenes in South African Theatre 4. Soccer and Political (Ex)pression in Africa: The Case of Cameroon 5. "Child Labor Resistance in Southern Nigeria, 1916 - 1938" 6. M'Fam Goes Home: African Soldiers in the Gabon Campaign of 1940 7. "Disgraceful Disturbances": TANU, the Tanganyikan Rifles, and the 1964 Mutiny 8. The Role of Ethnicity in Political Formation in Kenya: 1963-2007 9. Land, Boundaries, Chiefs and Wars 10. Borders and boundaries within Ethiopia: dilemmas of group identity, representation and agency 11. Rural Agrarian Land Conflicts in Postcolonial Nigeria's Central Region 12. The Evolution of the Mungiki Militia in Kenya, 1990 to 2010 13. Refugee-Warriors and Other People's Wars in Post-Colonial Africa: The Experience of Rwandese and South African Military Exiles (1960-94) 14. Oiling the Guns and Gunning for Oil: The Youth and Niger Delta Oil Conflicts in Nigeria
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497