The African Inheritance - Brossura

Griffiths, Ieuan Ll. Ll.

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ISBN 10: 0415010926 ISBN 13: 9780415010924

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1995

Riassunto

Africa is a continent gripped by civil wars and widespread famine. The causes of many of the continent's problems are deep rooted and can be traced to Africa's colonial past, when European powers divided the spoils of the continent into separate sovereign states.
The African Inheritance examines the effect this "balkanization" of Africa has had, and is having, on the political and economic well-being of the continent.
From a brief history of pre-colonial Africa and its subsequent European partition and inevitable decolonization, the book discusses the consequences of such an inheritance: small and weak states, destructive secessionist movements, irredentism and African imperialism. Attempts to tackle these problems and assert independent development are inhibited by the colonial inheritance.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Ieuan L l. Griffiths is Reader in Geography in the School of African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415010926
• ISBN 13: 9780415010924
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania